![]() Somehow this Cowboys program keeps chugging along, even after constantly losing top players and coordinators. Don’t be surprised when the Horny Toads finish in the top three of the final Big 12 standings. Even with many of last season’s starters being freshmen and sophomores, TCU still finished the year as the conference’s highest ranked team defense. Big 12 followers and college kids both love scoring, but Patterson’s 4-2-5 formation is like a chastity belt against the pass-happy Big 12 teams. You know head coach Gary Patterson is always going to field a great D, a rarity in this conference where defense is as popular with the fans as abstinence is on college campuses. With his return this fall, and a crop of new passers in the rest of the conference, Pachall was selected as the Preseason All Big 12 QB. Prior to his departure, Pachall threw for nearly 1,000 yards with 10 TDs and only one pick. TCU had multiple injuries, suspensions, and other turmoil last offseason, and their starting QB, Casey Pachall, left the team after four games to enter drug rehab. The Horned Frogs had a mediocre season in their first year as a Big 12 team, but don’t blame it solely on the increased strength of schedule. I put them second because they have a bad habit of letting the Sooners beat their ass in the Red River Shootout. UT has the pedigree to win the conference and potentially compete for a national title. He now understands that you’re supposed to coach five-star recruits to WIN football games, and not just roll over against mediocre competition. ![]() Following the 2009 title game loss, Mack Brown said he kinda lost his way as a coach. In total, 19 starting players from a 2012 team that went 9-4 will wear the burnt orange again this season. The Horns return their QB (David Ash, who is much better than you think), top three RBs, two best WRs, the entire offensive line, and NINE defensive starters. The media has been asking when Texas will return to national prominence seemingly forever, but this might be the year it actually happens. Hey, did you hear the news? The Longhorns are back, y’all. After losing Landry Jones to graduation, the Sooners will likely hand the starting QB spot to Blake Bell, AKA “The Belldozer.” At 6’6” and 265 lbs., The Belldozer is one of the best short yardage backs in the country, but for his career he’s only completed 10 of 20 passes for just more than 100 yards, with one interception. OU is a great symbol for the Big 12 conference as a whole, because they do well against the good teams from every conference, but if they’re matched up against the four or five elite teams in a given season, they get stomped. ![]() I like Stoops’ point from earlier this summer that the Big 12 is better than the SEC from top to bottom, but that’s mostly because the SEC has four more teams. Oklahoma under Bob Stoops has always been great, but rarely elite. The Sooners can justify their claim as top dog in the Big 12 the last few years (total wins since 2008: OU – 52, OSU – 49, Texas – 47, KSU – 39), but they have had little late-season relevance in the national title picture since the 2008 BCS Championship game loss to Tim Tebow’s Gators.
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