Big 12 scheduling

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:00 pm

The Big XII is vastly overrated. They get great SoS numbers in the BCS because they all play patsies for non conference games. They build up those records so that they're all winning teams when they go into non-conference play.

The Big XII is no better than the Big 10 or the Pac 10, IMO. Other than Texas & OU I think BG is a 2 TD favorite over every other team in that conference.

transfer2BGSU · Post by **transfer2BGSU** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:08 pm

Ineedbotox wrote:Disagree on ACC & Big 10. JMO though.

You're a woman - you're opinion doesn't count.

Now get back into that damn kitchen and get dinner ready for the hubby!

Ineedbotox · Post by **Ineedbotox** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:27 pm

I've had a bad week Transfer. Don't mess with me. (see blog) Dinner is already taken care of. It's leftovers from Mike Modano's favorite restaurant where we ate last night (again see blog).

Whatever. Big 12 rocks. Not sure this will work, but it has a link to bowl standings. Look at the bowl bids & wins (although in that regard, Mt. West & Conf USA suck). But again, whatever. I said it was just my opinion, which despite your opinion I am stupid & don't know anything about football, I watch at least 10 games per week during football season, I am my H's secret weapon in fantasy football, & I won my firm's College Pick em last year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_footb ... s,_2004-05

Conf # W L Pct Teams
Mt West 3 2 1 0.667 New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming
C-USA 5 3 2 0.600 Cincinnati, Louisville, Memphis, Southern Miss, UAB
Pac-10 5 3 2 0.600 Arizona St, California, Oregon St, UCLA, USC
Big 12 7 4 3 0.571 Colorado, Iowa St, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech
ACC 6 3 3 0.500 Florida St, Georgia Tech, Miami (FL), North Carolina, Virginia, Virginia Tech
Big Ten 6 3 3 0.500 Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio St, Purdue, Wisconsin
SEC 6 3 3 0.500 Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Tennessee
WAC 4 2 2 0.500 Boise St, Fresno St, Hawai'i, UTEP
Indep. 2 1 1 0.500 Navy, Notre Dame
Big East 5 2 3 0.400 Boston College, UConn, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, West Virginia
MAC 5 2 3 0.400 Bowling Green, Marshall, Miami (OH), Northern Illinois, Toledo
Sun Belt 2 0 2 0.000 North Texas, Troy

transfer2BGSU · Post by **transfer2BGSU** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:34 pm

Botox Diaries wrote:My undergrad magazine is pretty uninspiring, but that's what you expect when you go to a wild ass party school out in the corn fields of Ohio. There's not a lot to report in print. If there were, it would be stuff like "J.D. is doing well after a 3 week stint in rehab. Shout out to all the brothers at the Phi Delt House. Good times" or "Tara (fka 'SuperSkank') is currently working at Baby Dolls. She is back from maternity leave (her 4th) & is thankful that she has been moved off the night shift, and can be currently located there from 3-7pm."

Is that really what we print in our wild ass party school out in the middle of the corn fields of Ohio alumni magazine?

PGY Tiercel · Post by **PGY Tiercel** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:40 pm

Yeah, transfer don't be tough on her. Its hard when the upper class lawyers must deal with common folk. Hell she even has to deal with D.A.s. How dare they be upset that while they prosecute criminals and make only 38K a yr trying to make society a better place, defense/trial lawyers go and make millions trying to prove the innocence of rapist and murderers.

Flipper · Post by **Flipper** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:41 pm

Ohhhhhh...I think Botox and Transfer are heading for a WWF styled cage match.....

The Big 12 is like any other conference, it has some really good teams and some really bad ones. I don't think merely being associated with the likes of an Oklahoma or Texas should elevate middling schools like Texas Tech any more than a middling Big 10 like Whisky should be elevated by its association to Ohio State or Meeechigan.

In other words, a sh*t sammich is still a sh*t sammich no matter how tasty the bread is...

Ineedbotox · Post by **Ineedbotox** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:42 pm

Did I ever tell y'all I love Texas!!!!!

1987alum · Post by **1987alum** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:43 pm

Flipper wrote:Ohhhhhh...I think Botox and Transfer are heading for a WWF styled cage match.....

The Big 12 is like any other conference, it has some really good teams and some really bad ones. I don't think merely being associated with the likes of an Oklahoma or Texas should elevate middling schools like Texas Tech any more than a middling Big 10 like Whisky should be elevated by its association to Ohio State or Meeechigan.

In other words, a sh*t sammich is still a sh*t sammich no matter how tasty the bread is...

Listen, Flip, I can take you insulting Texas Tech and Wisconsin, but when you start insulting bread ... well, you've just gone too far.

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:50 pm

So now we can make arguments based on taking out facts that disprove what we're trying to say? (i.e., "the fact that CUSA and MWC had better bowl records than the Big 12 doesn't matter because I think CUSA and MWC suck")

If I'm ever in a courtroom in Texas, I think I know who I *don't* want defending me.

"Your honor, my client has never been in trouble, and has a perfect record in society. Except for the time he killed those few people, or the time he set fire to a grade school. But those don't count, because I thought they sucked."

Good thing they don't like to fry people in Texas....

transfer2BGSU · Post by **transfer2BGSU** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 3:02 pm

Flipper wrote:Ohhhhhh...I think Botox and Transfer are heading for a WWF styled cage match.....

Hell In A Cell. I can take her. I know a ton of lawyer jokes

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A. His lips move

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Ineedbotox · Post by **Ineedbotox** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 3:02 pm

what other conferences had 7 bowl berths? Hmmmm, anyone?

And who is still on my list of people I wouldn't defend anyhow, even if I was forced to do it for $80/ hr? You & Heinrich need to have a few more drinks.

And I know Transfer is only kidding, so he's still on my good list. You 2 however are not going to be getting a visit from Santa this year.

MiamiBando · Post by **MiamiBando** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 3:04 pm

Why can't BG's AD give Brad Bates at Miami a call, and negotiate a deal with the Big 12 WITH Miami? Set up some good home and homes or 2-1's?

Jacobs4Heisman · Post by **Jacobs4Heisman** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 3:07 pm

<<<< gets popcorn ready to watch the show.

The big 12 is just barely above the Pac-10 in my opinion. BCS Conference strength in general should be SEC, Big 11, ACC, Big 12, Pac-10, Big Least. That list is off the top of my head and isn't very solid, just an off the cuff opinion.

The big 12 north last year was pretty horrible. I also have to agree with whoever said we should be favored against every big 12 team this year outside of OK and tejjjhhas. Ever since nebraska's swoon, the big 12 just hasn't been a powerful conference.

transfer2BGSU · Post by **transfer2BGSU** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 3:10 pm

I did e-mail the Texas A&M AD and told him what I thought of Franchiones comments. I also provided him with Paul Krebs e-mail and told him I would like for him and Krebs to schedule a home-and-home series.

Now if I had only said "Git-R-Done" in my best "Larry The Cable Guy" voice.

Jacobs4Heisman · Post by **Jacobs4Heisman** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 3:18 pm

Ineedbotox wrote:what other conferences had 7 bowl berths? Hmmmm, anyone?

And who is still on my list of people I wouldn't defend anyhow, even if I was forced to do it for $80/ hr? You & Heinrich need to have a few more drinks.

And I know Transfer is only kidding, so he's still on my good list. You 2 however are not going to be getting a visit from Santa this year.

yeaah...I don't think I'd be proud of having the most mediocre .500 teams of any conference in the country. Last year was the fluke of the millenium. I'm not too proud of the MAC's 5 bowl games last year. Every team except Akron with a winning record in the country got to a bowl game (excluding the brawlers). Having that many bowl teams last year just adds to the argument of playing too many patsies just to get to a winning record. The whole conference could go 3-5, 4-4, or 5-3 in conference, win 3 games against sam houston state, binghamton junior college, and Alaska A&M and still havea winning record. Nothing to boast about IMO.