Archive for the ‘Big 12’ Category
Week Two Analysis and Plays – Easy Boys
OK, we got off to a great start in week one of college football going 6-2(75%). Remember, the goal is to hit in the 57-59% range. Things begin to change, the lines get tighter, and the public gets crazy. I will address all that in another post, so let’s get on to [...]
Winners and Losers from College Football Week One
After a fantastic and exciting first week of college football, I wanted to give my opinion of the top 5 winners and losers. I know there are three more games, but unless I see something that surprises me, I think I’ve seen enough to post.
WINNERS
1 – CHRIS PETERSON and his Boise State Broncos
To me, [...]
Week One Analysis and Plays
As mentioned in an earlier article, the fact that I went 3-0 last night means that I will tread lightly on Saturday. There is some value out there, and I think there are also some soft lines, so we will see what happens.
Louisiana @ Okie State
Louisiana may be the worst team in the FBS, [...]
Nutt Interested in Kansas
Now that the regular season is finished in college football, plenty of coaches will start interviewing for jobs at other schools. The most interesting story of the day is that Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt is interested in the Kansas job.The Kansas City Star reported that Nutt is on athletic director Lew Perkins’ list and [...]
Kansas Needs Phillip Fulmer
Ever since he was hired at Kansas in 2002, Mark Mangino has made Kansas football relevant. Before 2002, all Kansas fans cared about was college basketball and college basketball recruiting. Mangino is a great offensive mind that helped lead Oklahoma to a national championship in 2000 as their offensive coordinator. The ironic part is that [...]
Five Burning Basketball Questions: Big 12 Style
1) Will Kansas start and end the year as the top-ranked team in the country?
This is always a tough task, but the Jayhawks are built to win their second national title in three years. Bill Self has one of the best guard-center combinations in guard Sherron Collins and Cole Aldrich. If Oprah Collins can stay [...]
Breaking News: Tuberville Interested in UCF Job
In the most shocking college football news of the day, former Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville is interested in the UCF head coaching job. George O’Leary might get fired after the season and Tuberville thinks he can recruit succesfully at UCF and possibly get them to a BCS game. We have mentioned plenty of times in [...]
Danielson Likes SEC QBs Better Than Big 12 QBs
The Big 12 was supposed to be the conference with the best quarterbacks in the nation with Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford and Texas quarterback Colt McCoyboth returning to compete for a national championship. Bradford injured his shoulder in the loss to BYU and McCoy has struggled with six touchdowns and four interceptions in three games. [...]
Oklahoma is Done
Unlike many people, I still thought Oklahoma had a chance to make the BCS National Championship after Sam Bradford injured his shoulder on Saturday. There is almost a team every year that makes the BCS National Championship while having at least one loss. Remember in 2007 when LSU won the national title while having two [...]
Cox Will Play Tomorrow
Georgia fans can relax as quarterback Joe Cox said that a little case of the flu will not prevent him from playing in Georgia’s game tomorrow against Oklahoma State. Cox did not fly with the team to Stillwater, but the Georgia quarterback is expected to join a later flight. This will be one of the best [...]