Comments on: Big 12 football: Week 2 rankings

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:41:09 +0000

Jeff, expansion is great, but who? What teams are available that actually help the conference? The only team that would help the conference is Notre Dame and they have NO interest in joining ANY conference, let alone the Big XII. They are working with the Orange Bowl to get a bowl tie-in. This is ALL about MONEY!!! The Big XII just signed a TV deal and the SEC is going to sign one soon that will dwarf the Big XII deal. The Big XII just doesn’t have the TV markets to generate enough revenue to compete longterm with the SEC, PAC 12 and B1G. It won’t happen this year or next but over the long term the Big XII will drop down to the ACC level. If one conference provides $20M per year per school and the other provides $30M per year per school it soon adds up to real money. Four schools looked at the long term and jumped to greener (more money) pastures. OU should have cut the ties to Texas and jumped with OSU to the PAC 12 when they had the chance.

By: jeff

jeff — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:42:46 +0000

Big 12 better expand or else risk going side by side with the Big 10 into the land of irrelevant conferences.

By: willie

willie — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 03:17:01 +0000

WV, KSU, ISU, TCU, OU, TT, UT, BAY, and the rest

By: Jerry

Jerry — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:17:09 +0000

Based on on field performance I would say it is about right.
I do agree with Galileo though. I also agree a road win over Iowa is better than a home win against Miami. I also would move OU down since UTEP was beaten by a bad team last week. I think a better rating based on only on field performance would be:
Iowa State-KState-Baylor-West Virginia-Texas-Texas Tech-OU-TCU-OSU-Kansas. Texas has beaten two not so good teams but at least they were in the same division. They didn’t go down a division to play. Wins over lesser division foes shouldn’t count as a win and a loss to one should count double. I am afraid in the next game OU plays they will find out what it is to face a really good team. I am an OU fan, but I think it will be KState 38-OU 24. Colin Kline is looking like the best of both Jones and Bell.

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By: Galileo, Houston

Galileo, Houston — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 04:39:29 +0000

Phil, I thinkBerry is one of the better college football writers in the country because of his commitment to doing actual research. His historical stuff is especially good. Of course he’s not perfect (see above) but he’s still one of the best around.

By: Galileo, Houston

Galileo, Houston — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 04:35:11 +0000

Berry, you ranked Baylor #1 after Week One, over West Virginia. Then why would you put West Virginia ahead of Baylor now since they both had Week 2 off? If this list is determined by actual on-field achievements only, then I fail to understand how WVa’s win over Marshall is bigger now than it was last week. Both SMU and Marshall won their games in Week 2 over lesser opponents (SMU beat Stephen H. Austin and Marshall beat Western Carolina). So strength of schedule can’t be the reason.

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 01:14:20 +0000

I love your analysis. Mostly because I’m a Cyclone fan, but also because it is a breath of fresh air after a weekend of watching and listening to the bobble heads who have been entrusted with televising college football for us. This is a great blog that I’ll be following throughout my fan-hood of the Big 12 and Cyclones.

By: CycoCyclone

CycoCyclone — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:53:48 +0000

I love it, Berry! We definitely didn’t have cupcakes week 1 or 2, but Western Illinois has our full attention week 3….snicker