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Look at the utter dominance of this sub-conference over the last few years.
In years past, it was the SEC East. But this has been the SEC West's turn and look what they do out of conference. The SEC East isn't too shabby either, but look at the last few BCS Championships... including this upcoming one.
I predict LSU to win this one for the Trifecta... Alabama, Auburn, LSU. Who's next? Arkansas? Mississippi State?
So far, Mississippi State and Auburn won their bowl games. Arkansas may win. But at least one of the top two has to lose.
Look at the utter dominance of this sub-conference over the last few years.
In years past, it was the SEC East. But this has been the SEC West's turn and look what they do out of conference. The SEC East isn't too shabby either, but look at the last few BCS Championships... including this upcoming one.
I predict LSU to win this one for the Trifecta... Alabama, Auburn, LSU. Who's next? Arkansas? Mississippi State?
So far, Mississippi State and Auburn won their bowl games. Arkansas may win. But at least one of the top two has to lose.
What are they feeding them folks down there?
The Big 12 South was perennially the best division in college football during the BCS era until Little Brother Aggie jumped ship. It is now, without a doubt, the SEC West.
You only had two conferences that even had divisions until this past season.
There have been plenty of years where the Big 12 South just had a couple of good teams, or a bunch of average teams, or one team dominating. It's really just been in recent years that it's been at a high level of competition to where it went down to the wire on who was going to win the division.
You only had two conferences that even had divisions until this past season.
There have been plenty of years where the Big 12 South just had a couple of good teams, or a bunch of average teams, or one team dominating. It's really just been in recent years that it's been at a high level of competition to where it went down to the wire on who was going to win the division.
Since 2000 the Sooners and Horns have been incredibly dominant, not just within the division/conference but also in out of conference games. Throw in Tech which is never a slouch, A&M, and now OSU's run of success you have 5 of 6 teams in the division which are likely to win on any given day.
Yeah, but how many times do any of those teams play an SEC West opponent?
I say, Bring It!
It was almost a reality a few seasons ago when Nebraska and Colorado jumped ship and it looked like the Big 12 was going to totally implode. Slive came after the Sooners hard, but Boren/Oklahoma said no dice if it can bring Oklahoma State too. At that time, the SEC did not want OK State.....I'm guessing Slive&Co. regret that now.
I would love to see the Oklahoma/Texas teams play the SEC on a consistent basis in the out of conference schedule every year. Having the Sooners and Horns play y'all on a consistent basis might knock ya down a peg and bring you back to reality.
It was almost a reality a few seasons ago when Nebraska and Colorado jumped ship and it looked like the Big 12 was going to totally implode. Slive came after the Sooners hard, but Boren/Oklahoma said no dice if it can bring Oklahoma State too. At that time, the SEC did not want OK State.....I'm guessing Slive&Co. regret that now.
I would love to see the Oklahoma/Texas teams play the SEC on a consistent basis in the out of conference schedule every year. Having the Sooners and Horns play y'all on a consistent basis might knock ya down a peg and bring you back to reality.
Colorado couldn't handle the Mountain West these days. I see they are having a tough time in their new conference.
Like I said, I see LSU winning it this year and y'all better watch out for Arkansas next season. I guess you could say the trend is sort of moving towards Oklahoma.
Oh, btw... congrats to OK State! What a classless act by Stanford on that last play. Why won't they let us see it?
Since 2000 the Sooners and Horns have been incredibly dominant, not just within the division/conference but also in out of conference games. Throw in Tech which is never a slouch, A&M, and now OSU's run of success you have 5 of 6 teams in the division which are likely to win on any given day.
That's the point, for most of the Big 12 South's history it's just been between OU and Texas. To me that is not a competitive division if you only have two teams really being a force and the other teams not really being in it. A&M hasn't had a run since 1998. It's only been in fairly recent years that you've had other teams really starting to compete. So the idea that the Big 12 South has been some kind of football powerhouse since 1998 [which is what you claimed] just doesn't match up with the record book.
Just about every conference has at least two good teams that play at a high level, so having OU/Texas being dominant doesn't really make the Big 12 South anything special. I just think people forget about everything prior to the last few years and forget that OSU and Tech have not always been big players in the conference and most of the time the division was decided in early October.
The Big 12 South was perennially the best division in college football during the BCS era until Little Brother Aggie jumped ship.
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