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Old 06-14-2010, 10:32 PM   #2554
panerd
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Originally Posted by sterlingice View Post
Not only that, but I don't understand how it's suddenly a much crappier football conference when Nebraska hasn't been Nebraska for nearly a decade* and Colorado hasn't been good since the 5th down play (not true, but they've had 4 straight losing seasons and haven't been a national player since 2001).

I understand how fragile the conference is at this point. But where is this crap coming from that Nebraska and Colorado singlehandedly somehow made the Big XII more of a football power conference?

SI

*I know historically, they're a much better program but that's looking like a longer and longer time ago. Since 2003, they have 63 wins. Texas Tech has 62 and Mizzou 58 and both Kansas schools have been to a BCS bowl more recently than Nebraska.

Yeah I think the whole national coverage of the Big 12 has been very un-educated at best. UT/OU/KU/K-State/Mizzou/OSU/TT have all had a top 5 ranking/national title hopes since the inception of this conference. (K-State may be a bit of a stretch but they were a player for a few years there)

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