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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch
Dodds forgot the cardinal lesson of athletics, you're only as strong as your weakest link. And the Big 12 is mostly made up of weak links right now.
I'll ask again: if it's such a crappy league, why did Mike Slive sign a post-season bowl contract with them?
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As a large man once said, "dollar signs".
The Big 12 isn't a crappy league; at least not when you compare it to any league other than the SEC. It just has no real appeal.
There are two schools that anyone cares about nationally. Texas is in a freefall that would make Nebraska blush, and Oklahoma has been exposed as a team that has fattened up for years against mediocre teams only to get their shit pushed in when the postseason rolls around. Hell, you can now pencil in a bad loss or two during the regular season for them as well.
The strength of the Big 12 is its 7-9. That's something, but I don't think anyone is getting a boner over winning the Holiday, Car Care, Alamo, and Heart of Dallas bowls, especially when the conference had a losing record in bowl games overall, got spanked by a combined 46 points in the two good bowls, and didn't have a single impressive win outside of conference.