This is the sixth installment of the 2009 Big 12 Roundtable, a weekly feature during the season. Each week, an SB Nation Big 12 blogger will host the Roundtable and submit a series of questions to all Big 12 bloggers. This week, the Roundtable is being hosted by Corn Nation. Listed below are I Am The 12th Man's answers.

 1.  I'm sure everybody had preseason predictions for their team.  Now that we're a few games in, revise your predictions with your best and worst case scenarios (being reasonable on both sides), and then revising your prediction for the season result.

Best case scenario: 6-6 to 7-5. We are currently 3-1; if we beat Iowa State, Colorado, and Kansas State from the North division, that will put us at 6-6 and in a bowl game. If we beat Baylor from the South, that will put us at 7-5. Any more wins than that, and we're looking at an 8-4 season and exceeding preseason expectations.

Worst case scenario: The bottom falls out on our team, we get hit hard by injuries, we lose to everyone but Iowa State at home and Colorado on the road, and finish 5-7, failing to make the postseason. I think we have more talent than that, though.

2.  In 2010, the Big 12 will send it's 7th place team to play in a new bowl game to be played at Yankee Stadium, replacing the Independence Bowl in Shreveport.  What's your take on this move?  Is it a good move for players?  Is it a good move for the conference?  Is it a good move for fans?

While I am not a huge fan of the Independence Bowl, I do think we should have traded out one of our other bowl ties for this game, if we were going to agree to go to a bowl game in New York. The fact is, New York is frigid in the winter, and as someone who thinks the reward of a bowl game should be to go to a warm weather destination (or somewhere with a domed stadium with entertainment close by to make it a fun trip for the fans), I don't see how this is a reward for the players. Their reward is to play in the snow and ice of New York in December? New York City has a lot to offer as a travel destination (Broadway, Times Square, Little Italy, Ground Zero, etc.), so it might be appealing to some fanbases, but I liked the fact that Shreveport had gambling for entertainment. I'd much rather trade out the Texas Bowl than the Independence Bowl. I really don't see how going to Houston, Texas is a reward for most Big 12 players. A lot of Texans play on Big 12 teams, so playing in Houston may be a short trip from home, so their families and friends can see them, but other than that, it isn't much of a postseason destination. Shreveport has casinos, Houston has.....refineries? Overall, I'd say moving to a bowl in New York is good for the fans, bad for the players, and good for the conference; it definitely means more media exposure on the East Coast for the Big 12 Conference, but I wish they'd shuffled out a different bowl than Shreveport.

3.  Oklahoma is now 2-2, with one of those victories coming against a winless 1-AA team.  Will all be well in Soonerland once Sam Bradford returns? 

Sam Bradford isn't going to magically fix the issues on OU's offensive line, but his mere presence alone makes the offense better, because they have more confidence with him on the field. I expect him to be rusty in his first game back if/when he returns, but the offense will be clicking in his second game (assuming they don't lose any more wide receivers to injury, that is).

For Oklahoma, everything hinges on the texas game. Assuming they beat Baylor this weekend, a win over texas would put them at 2-0 on conference, in control of their own destiny, and on their way to another possible conference championship. If they lose to texas, they are looking at a repeat of the 2005 season, and a trip to a minor bowl. With Gresham and possibly Bradford going pro after this season, OU may be looking at a tougher season in 2010, too.

4.  This week, Missouri and Nebraska face off on an ESPN Thursday night broadcast at 8 pm.  Last Thursday, Colorado lost to West Virginia.  Missouri and Colorado both have played Friday night road games.  What's your take on non-Saturday games?

If they are done the right way, with the fans taken into consideration, I am a big fan of non-Saturday games. I like it when we have football games on every day of the week, with Sunday and Monday showing NFL games, Tuesday -Friday all showing one college game, and then college games all day Saturday. I think Thursday and Friday night games are terrific for national exposure for college programs; I just think they need to be planned plenty of time in advance, so fans can make sure they can get the time off to travel for mid-week games. I also like the fact that Thursday night games are typically good matchups for ESPN, so they are games worth watching. I am looking forward to watching the Missouri-Nebraska game.

The only downside to non-Saturday games is that they can throw off your whole schedule in that the traditional gameweek for your team is screwed up. I think if you are going to play in a non-Saturday game, you need a bye week either before or after the game so you can get your kids re-adjusted to a regular schedule, and so they don't suffer from a short week before their game, which can effect preparation.

5.  It seems everybody is in agreement that the bottom three teams in the North are the bottom three teams in the conference.  Is the gap growing, and which of these teams is going to break out of the cellar first.  Or is it hopeless?

I'm not sure if the gap is growing between teams in the North, because I think there is still a very big gap between teams in the North and teams in the Big 12 South. I think the teams in the North are a lot closer together than some may want to admit. It wasn't that long ago that Nebraska was hideously wretched, much like Colorado is this year. As for which teams will break out of the cellar first, I think you have to look at Kansas State, simply because of their coaching. Snyder will get them palying fundamentally solid football in all three areas; it is just a matter of time for him to recruit the talent he needs to get them winning again. I think if State becomes a challenger in the North again, Kansas will take a step back, and Colorado might also have some issues. Colorado will be down as long as they keep their current coaching staff in place, because they simply aren't getting the job done there.

6.  Rank all of the division 1 football conferences from top to bottom.  Not just the BCS conferences (ACC, Big 12, Big 10/11, Big East, Pac 10, SEC), but the others (MAC, Conference USA, WAC, Mountain West, Sun Belt) as well.  Who's the strongest conference, and who's the pretender?

1. SEC
2. Big 12
3. Pac-10
4. Big Televen
5. Big East
6.  ACC
7. Mountain West
8. WAC
9. Conference USA
10. MAC
11. Sun Belt

I really think the ACC is the biggest pretender of all the BCS conferences; if it wasn't for Georgia Tech, they'd be damn near unwatchable. Watching Big Televen football games is like watching most other conferences play in slow motion; RichRod beng at Michigan does give me hope this conference will improve, though. Oregon and USC carry the banner for the Pac-10. TCU and Air Force are my main reasons for watching Mountain West Conference football. The WAC is a one-team conference with Boise State, as is Conference USA with Houston. The MAC and the Sun Belt don't even have one notable team between the two of them, which is why they are at the bottom of my list.

7.  PowerPoll time.  Rank 'em 1 to 12 based on who you think would be the victor on a neutral field.

1. texas longhorns
2. Missouri Tigers
3. Oklahoma St. Cowboys
4. Nebraska Cornhuskers
5. Oklahoma Sooners
6. Kansas Jayhawks
7. Texas A&M Aggies
8. Texas Tech Red Raiders
9. Baylor Bears
10. Kansas St. Wildcats
11. Iowa St. Cyclones
12. Colorado Buffaloes