What is wrong with being in a conference where the teams can beat each other. That makes for an exciting regular season. Why would we want to belong to a conference, where there are only a few superior teams. They have the exciting week where Georgia and Alabama play each other, but the rest of the season they are beating the heck out of the lower teams. Plus team like Alabama were paying their players way before NIL came along. I will stick with our boring big 12. And every once in a while, we will surprise the two big conferences.
In the last decade or so, BYU has beaten Tennessee, Ole Miss, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Mississippi State, and Texas A&M, Nebraska, Oregon, UCLA, USC, and Wisconsin. I’m sure other Big 12 teams have had recent success against SEC and B1G teams. Just because the money isn’t quite the same m, doesn’t mean teams can’t rise to the occasion in a playoff.
Let's quit apologizing for the flawed teams in the big 12. The ultimate value of football is entertainment. Is there another conference more entertaining? There are so many fanbases with hope in this conference. Let's embrace our strengths and flaws and realize how fortunate we are to root for these athletes, win or lose.
Mike Gundy has lost his motivation and doesn't want to put in the effort to win. He defends terrible assistant coaches and no effort in recruiting. His teams are inconsistent and getting worse. Oh well, hoops is around the corner.
The Big 12 has to have schools step up and become capable of beating teams like Georgia in playoff games. I'm a huge Big 12 fan. But none of these coaches are doing that. It's not the programs aren't good enough. It's not the schools aren't brands. It's none of these coaches are good enough to beat Ryan Day or Kirby Smart. It's no time for the what you don't have anymore. Those days are done. You want to be relevant, be relevant. You have schools like Baylor holding on to a coach that won't ever get Baylor back to top 5. Gundy isn't serious. Whittinham isn't good enough. None of them. Having a playoff spot won't last too long if these schools don't stand on their own and become good enough to win. I don't think the conference is really getting it. Chaos is ok. But looking like crap isn't. If Big 12 schools aren't serious about being a big boy conference they need to be clear about that now. You cannot have coaches losing games looking like crap talking about everyone will lose a game so we're ok. The goal for the Big 12 is not to get a playoff spot. The goal of the Big 12 is to do something with their playoff spot besides show up. If that isn't the goal. The conference is done. Unless every AD and coach is fired and replaced by people who are serious about winning.
It galls me to say this as a BYU fan, but Whittingham and Utah beat Saban and Alabama in the Cotton Bowl in 2009 and finished undefeated. He's a great coach, but probably gonna retire soon. They would been been a serious contender with a healthy Rising. Now I need to go shower as I feel filthy for posting this.
