**** Official 2012 Big 12 Football Thread ****
 

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2012 Big 12 Media Days:

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The Big 12 officially welcomes its new members:

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Current Standings:

<pre> Big 12 Pct Streak Overall Pct Streak</pre>
<pre>Baylor 0-0 .000 - 0-0 .000 -</pre>
<pre>Iowa State 0-0 .000 - 0-0 .000 -</pre>
<pre>Kansas 0-0 .000 - 0-0 .000 -</pre>
<pre>Kansas State 0-0 .000 - 0-0 .000 -</pre>
<pre>Oklahoma 0-0 .000 - 0-0 .000 -</pre>
<pre>Oklahoma State 0-0 .000 - 0-0 .000 -</pre>
<pre>TCU 0-0 .000 - 0-0 .000 -</pre>
<pre>Texas 0-0 .000 - 0-0 .000 -</pre>
<pre>Texas Tech 0-0 .000 - 0-0 .000 -</pre>
<pre>West Virginia 0-0 .000 - 0-0 .000 -</pre>

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Regents approve new Baylor Football Stadium.

The trend of smaller capacity stadiums continues with Baylor, capping the attendance at 45,000.

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Aka flyover conference day.

This conference thread sucks ass...

Why are boise state and byu not in the big 12?

The day after pill. Make sure you use it.

Wickedson

Walter Camp Award watch list:

Tavon Austin, WR, West Virginia

Arthur Brown, LB, Kansas State

Seth Doege, QB, Texas Tech

Tony Jefferson, S, Oklahoma

Landry Jones, QB, Oklahoma

Tyler Lockett, WR/KR, Kansas State

Nigel Malone, CB, Kansas State

Alex Okafor, DE, Texas

Joseph Randle, RB, Oklahoma State

Geno Smith, QB, West Virginia

Kenny Stills, WR, Oklahoma

Media predicted order of finish:

1. Oklahoma (32) -- 396 total points
2. West Virginia (7) -- 339
3. Texas -- 291
4. Oklahoma State -- 267
5. TCU (1) -- 260
6. Kansas State (1) -- 257
7. Baylor -- 162
8. Iowa State -- 121
9. Texas Tech -- 116
10. Kansas -- 46

Shouldn't this be the ****Official KU finishes last in the Big XII**** thread?

BYU has been a rumored addition many times in the past couple years. Boise St. simply has no where close to the academic requirements for the Big 12 (I'm not sure they even have a US News and World Report ranking).

The Big 12 have stated publicly that they are happy with 10 members and the media deals being signed reflect that even at 10 members the Big 12 holds with all the other major conferences when it comes to value.

The only team publicly mentioned by Big 12 officials to be added is Notre Dame. Word is that the teams in the Big 12 have different thoughts on expansion; KSU, Baylor, WVU, TCU and Texas Tech all favor expansion... Texas, OU, OSU are against expansion at this time... Kansas, ISU are in the camp of willing to expand but with certain conditions that are to be met.

This is further discussed in the Conference Realignment thread. This thread is not for expansion. Only to discuss the football being played in the Big 12 this fall with a focus on the eight teams not in our local area. KU and KSU have their own football threads for this season which already include thousands of posts where you can find all the information you need on those teams.

I know Wickedson catches a lot of heat. But this is a good idea for a thread.

...OUR TIME??

A thread about the Big XII excluding Kansas, Kansas State, and expansion? Should be a hotbed of interesting posts.

What would it exclude those things?

.....then don't read and/or post in it?????

I will be interested to see where TCU and WVU finish in the conference. Better than Mizzou would have?

Need the horns as a thread icon to have the correct thread designation.

Not too difficult to beat middle of the conference.

Can we leave the KU/MU piss contest to a minimum in this thread? They are no longer in the same conference so it's pointless and empty. Best of luck to the Tigers in the SEC.

I'm excited for this season and actually liked the Weis hire. It can't get worse, can it? lol. I'm excited to see how WV and TCU do. Can't wait! FOOTBALL IS BACK!

Obviously KU and KSU should be discussed here in their relation to other Big 12 teams and their respective interaction with the conference.

I'm was more speaking to the minutiae and details when it comes to KU which have been discussed thoroughly in the KU thread. But if something happens that is of immediate impact and you don't want to wade through the thousands of posts in this years thread then feel free to post it here.

I am too. TCU will be down with all the recent legal trouble their team has been through but they'll be plenty excited to come in and show they belong in a BCS level conference.

I think WVU is going to win the whole thing. Geno Smith is my pick for Heisman as well. He's an awesome player.

You're tired and played. Time to move on, we'd all appreciate it.

Will be tough. I think the only possible NC contenders out of this conference are Oklahoma and WVU. Nationally I think USC is going to be in the best position to take it all this year.

Your 20 posts aren't going to keep this shitty thread going Wickedson.

It is way more interesting to me than any B1G thread.

I'd be fine with a B1G thread. I may even post in it. Then again I think the B1G is going to be all Penn State for the next decade or so. Not sure how much football is going to matter in that region anymore.

I think Penn State will win more games than KU and even if the football program is abolished they'll still have the same number of conference wins as KU did last year.

Cool. Feel free to start a thread about the Big 10 and Penn State's football future. As a KU fan I love the fact that my school has zero interaction with that institution.

Florida St. will join the Big12, its just a matter of when.

The Big XII is naming their COTY award after Chuck Neinas. This is not a joke. They really are.

Just heard that. Nice honor for a man who's been involved since the Big 8 days.

Im pretty stoked.... Looking forward to the games.

When are people going to learn their lesson about KSU?
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Who would you put them above?

Swap with OSU, wouldn't surprise me if they go higher than that. They just seem to overachieve yearly.
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Award to be handed out at Kemper Arena during Big XII basketball tournament.

OSU lost a lot of weapons, and I am not sold on TCU at all. However, I think anywhere from 4-6 is reasonable.

Yeah, I think OSU is ripe for a disappointing year after their run last year.
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There is very little separating 3-6.

Not sure why K-State is picked 6th. They lost one of the Browns if they could just lose the other they'd be the 2nd best team in conference.

Agreed, and the voting reflects it.

If UT finds an offense, they could win the B12. Their D is fuggin balls. Therefore, I think there are 3 tiers in the B12:

Tier 1
OU
WVU
UT

Tier 2
TCU
KSU
OSU

Tier 3
Baylor
ISU
TT

Somewhere in the depths of hell - ku

First national poll has been released.

USA Today Poll

RK TEAM RECORD PTS
1 LSU (18) 0-0 1403
2 Alabama (20) 0-0 1399
3 USC (19) 0-0 1388
4 Oklahoma 0-0 1276
5 Oregon 0-0 1258
6 Georgia 0-0 1061
7 Florida State 0-0 1055
8 Michigan 0-0 1023
9 South Carolina 0-0 981
10 Arkansas 0-0 948
11 West Virginia 0-0 833
12 Wisconsin 0-0 743
13 Michigan State 0-0 717
14 Clemson 0-0 598
15 Texas 0-0 549
16 Nebraska 0-0 501
17 TCU 0-0 499
18 Stanford 0-0 497
19 Oklahoma State 0-0 476
20 Virginia Tech 0-0 461
21 Kansas State 0-0 398
22 Boise State 0-0 271
23 Florida 0-0 250
24 Notre Dame 0-0 166
25 Auburn 0-0 66

Others receiving votes: Washington 64, Louisville 46, Georgia Tech 35, Cincinnati 32, Texas A&M 28, Baylor 23, Utah 22, Mississippi State 21, SOUFLA 12, NCSTATE 11, Louisiana Tech 10, Brigham Young 10, Virginia 9, Houston 7, Southern Miss 6, Rutgers 5, UCF 5, Tennessee 3, Missouri 3, FLAINTL 3, Northern Illinois 2, TEXASTECH 1

TCU'S NEW COURT...

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KU fan posts a picture of a basketball court in a football thread. Nobody is surprised.

this is a football thread (that you started)

That's their football court.

wut

Eventually it will get stormed and there will be a thread about it.

QB to watch? Steele Jantz

Come on take it easy on them....it's all they have literally...I mean the rest of their athletic programs suck ass...men's basketball is all they have literally nothing else is worth a crap. Really! It's crazy how shitty their athletic programs are...just let them have their men's basketball...they have to have something.

LMAOLMAO

Almost room to put a track around it.

I'm sorry but I don't see why WVU is so highly touted. Their defense is garbage. The offense is outstanding, but the defense is going to cost them a few games.

The 70 they put on Clemson in the Orange Bowl is fueling a lot of it I'm sure. The last thing people remember seeing is those receivers and backs running through the ACC like butter.

I think Geno Smith is a great talent too.

But yes, you're right. The Big 12 is a different level when it comes to the offenses you have to go against. I think they'll do well but won't win it all.

Really? Kansas finished 23rd in this years Capital One Cup Standings.

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You're a Missouri fan right? I don't see them on the list. Can you tell me where they are please?

Yeah, KU athletics this past season wasn't that bad. Football was terrible but they had very good seasons in mens/womens basketball, track and field, the womens soccer team made the ncaa tourney etc. They are turning it around in some sports, hopefully football will follow.

Watch what happens with Men's Golf now as well. Hiring the coach away from CSU that's been to the NCAA's 12 out of 14 years ought to help.

Looks like a MU home game...

ROFL Really? Pachall will blow his numbers away this year.

Keep dreaming.

You've never watched Pachall play huh? That kid is huge and has a great arm couple that with our receiving corp and Pachall is going to have a good year. Pachall will be 2-5th best qb in the big 12 this year.

He's also a drug-addicted drug-dealing loser.

No, his roommate was the dealer and was expelled. Casey smoked some weed and did a little blow. OH. NOEZ COLLEDGE KIDZ DO THE DRUGZ!110101010011111!!!!!

But he deals them on time and in a spot where only his intended receivers can get to them.

What a garbage program. Gary Patterson is truly a piece of shit.

Then this stuff..

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I know. Terrible program and shitty head coach. Fitting that a Chiefs and Royals fan would cheer for them.

I think you just described Steele.

Hearing that Honey Badger might get back on the LSU team. If true then that will obviously confirm that the SEC_ is a fraud. Why even play teams from that conference. What a joke. Get lives and get some perspective. There's a reason why the NC title game featuring two SEC_ schools was the lowest rated ever. Most of us in the CFB world don't want to see programs that cheat and that's all the SEC_ is if they allow this. Its all they'll ever be.

Who takes the bait? Is it Saul or Kstater?

Lots of QBs looking to make noise in the Big 12 this year.

We can argue all we want but I personally can't wait to see what these guys have in store for us. Going to be a great year...

Why on earth do you think either of us would "take bait?" We aren't that stupid.

KU let Aqib Talib play.

Point?

Same situation. Even the same position.

....and KU finished last in the Border War Series by a good margain. Not a good year to be talking smack on head 2 head stuff. It really was Domin8ing :whackit:

I don't recall KU "kicking Talib off the team".

I have no problem with having first time offenders being given another chance.

But to act all high and mighty by dismissing a player for multiple offenses but then simply bringing them back on board in the attempt to win more football games is hypocrisy at it's finest. No redeeming quality to it. As if nothing from the Penn State situation has been learned.

Let's just hope what's being talked about isn't true.