Dirty Dozen Rankings - Week 6
by Beergut on Oct 8, 2009 7:15 AM CDT
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Our weekly ranking of all Big 12 teams. All Big 12 teams are done with non-conference play now, so we're moving full-bore into conference season. Teams are ranked on where I think they are right now in the season. Previous week's rankings are in parenthesis. As always, comments and constructive criticism are welcome.
- texas(2): Back to the top after a bye week and OU loss.
- Missouri(3): Battles Nebraska for title of best in Big 12 North tonight.
- Nebraska(7): Arguably might have one of the best defenses in the Big 12.
- Oklahoma State(4): Loss of Dez Bryant makes this ranking very shaky.
- Oklahoma(1): Couldn't handle the pressure of being vaulted to the top of the rankings last week.
- Kansas(5): Moved down only because I think Nebraska can beat them right now.
- Texas A&M(7): Sorry loss to Arkansas brings back memories of last season.
- Texas Tech(8): Struggled to beat a bad New Mexico team. Who is their starting QB now?
- Baylor(10): True freshman Nick Florence has proven a capable replacement for Robert Griffin.
- Kansas State(11): Win in Farmageddon over Iowa State shows Cats are making progress.
- Iowa State(9): A 1-point loss in a divisional game is a positive trend for Iowa State.
- Colorado(12): Loss to West Virginia keeps them in the conference basement for now.
Notes: Well, Oklahoma completely failed me by losing to Miami, even with two weeks of preparation, so texas moves back into the top spot in the rankings. So much for showing faith in a team...texas' game with Colorado this Saturday means they will enter their game with Oklahoma next week without having been challenged for three weeks. The way Oklahoma is playing right now, though, that probably doesn't matter...The fact that Missouri, a team many predicted to be struggle this season after losing Jeremy Maclin and Chase Daniel, might be the second-best team in the conference right now tells you all you need to know about the non-conference season this year...I like Thursday night games on ESPN, and I am thrilled Nebraska and Missouri agreed to have this one moved for television. Night games at Columbia are always fun to watch...The Dez Bryant story should bring a lot of attention to Oklahoma State's game with Texas A&M Saturday morning. Bryant's absence from the lineup makes Oklahoma State a little bit easier to defend; his loss has caused Oklahoma State to move from an 8-point favorite to off the boards in Vegas...Oklahoma should get an easy win over Baylor this week, because Baylor's defense is atrocious. We'll get to see how Nick Florence does against a stout Oklahoma defense, though...The Fighting Manginos of Kansas should be 1-0 in conference after playing Iowa State this weekend. Fighting their basketball team and a bye week should have them hungry and ready...Texas A&M faces a tough challenge against Oklahoma State even without Dez Bryant on the field. State's rushing offense will be a stern test for A&M's weak run defense...Steven Sheffield's performance against New Mexico pretty much blows holes in any claim that it is the players, no the system, at Texas Tech. When your backup QB can come in and still put up ridiculous numbers in one half of play, it's the system...I expect Nick Florence to continue to start for Baylor even if/when Blake Szymanski becomes healthy. Florence was solid in his attempt to replace Robert Griffin, although he lacks Griffin's explosiveness (so does every other QB in the nation, so that isn't a knock on Florence). Florence executes the offense without making mistakes that will cost them the game, while making enough plays to keep the chains moving; that is what coaches want from a true freshman QB with no experience...Kansas State is slowly improving by playing fundamental football. It isn't pretty, but you ca see signs of progress in Bill Snyder's team, if you look in the right areas...Last season, Iowa State opened conference play with a two-point loss to Kansas; this season, it was a one-point heartbreaker to Kansas State. Expect Iowa State to request no Kansas teams to open conference play in 2010...I am not sure if Colorado will be favored in a single game they play the rest of the season. Their best bet for a win right now looks like @ K-State October 24 or @ Iowa State November 14. Other than those two games, they should be decided underdogs against the rest of their conference schedule.
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As much as i would like to agree with you, I just don’t see us ranked above Tech and Baylor. If we come out strong at home against OSU then we get to 6 wins. Another Ark game and I don’t know if we get to 6
OSU/A&M Line
It’s been adjusted down to -5 OSU.
I’d rank OU 4, OSU 5, Tech 7, and A&M/Baylor tied for 8. I still think that A&M has something to prove before being ranked above Tech. I also think I’d still rank ISU last until they prove they can either beat KSU or CU.
ISU has at least won some games
and played well at times
Colorado has played well in one game, their only win, which is why they are last in my rankings.
and what has OU done that puts them above Oklahoma State?
OSU at least has a win over Georgia, OU has two wins over Idaho State and Tulsa
As for Tech, they have two losses, and they don’t know who their starting QB is. Oh, and their defense isn’t very good. We have our issues right now, but we have enough of an offense to knock off Tech.
yes you do you put up 38 points vs utah state. bradford will have season ending.......
surgery b/c okie can’t win nc. you just watch he won’t even be a 2nd round pick b/c after that hit by the byu player and he got injured the pro scouts have seen he can;t take a big hit. just think what 2 nfl players would do to him. he will be like matt linehart . a backup qb wherever he plays.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Oct 8, 2009 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Sam Bradford
He’ll still have more NFL success than Tim Tebow or Dannyboy McCoy
Florence is a redshirt freshman from South Garland. Cu will be favored at home against us.
by miketag on Oct 8, 2009 3:51 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Florence signed in 2008
enrolled in 2009, so it looks like he greyshirted
Since this is his first year of college experience, I still count him as a true freshman.
Beergut
I was with you on the DTN gameday board when we played New Mexico. I thought your input was unbiased and factual with how the game was being played that day. To now say though that Tech struggled to beat New Mexico is simply not true. Saying Tech struggled wiping the floor with New Mexico would be accurate but we never trailed in that game despite our starting QB playing like crap and then getting injured and playing the second half with our backup QB. We did end up winning by 20 points. I know it’s your opinion but no one in the world would agree with you that Tech struggled the whole game, I would agree that we struggled the first half, but football is a two half game.
here is my issue with Tech right now
As I’ve said before, we don’t know who your QB is. That will make me drop you in the rankings.
A secondary issue, which I haven’t gone into much, is Tech is incredibly inconsistent. I know the effort y’all gave against New Mexico isn’t going to be the same as the effort you put forth against texas (or how hard you’ll play against A&M), but I expected a much more business-like, methodical destruction of New Mexico. Given the heartbreaking loss to Houston and the controversy all week with players being suspended for twittering during meetings and smashing helmets, I expect Tech to come out pissed off and blow New Mexico out of the water. That didn’t happen. After 5 games and two losses, I think you are what you are, and in Tech’s case, that is a team that is still searching for answers at QB, and consistency on offense because of the questions at QB. As such, I dropped Tech in my rankings.
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