That's laughable about the big 12 and so is ESPN. They are paid to rep certain leagues they pay money for. The Big 12 has had a solid year and are playing more defense than I've seen in years. Let's keep in mind though this is a conference that signed exactly zero 5 star recruits this past season and has had recruiting issues for several years due to all the instability shown. This is narrowing the gap between the best and worst programs. So you are seeing parity and surprises.
Kirk Herbstreit on Iowa's State's Head Coach: "He's gone."
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That's laughable about the big 12 and so is ESPN. They are paid to rep certain leagues they pay money for. The Big 12 has had a solid year and are playing more defense than I've seen in years. Let's keep in mind though this is a conference that signed exactly zero 5 star recruits this past season and has had recruiting issues for several years due to all the instability shown. This is narrowing the gap between the best and worst programs. So you are seeing parity and surprises.
First off please link that. Also, the Big 12 has the 2 worst teams in CFB- Baylor and Kansas. I also provided you with every teams out of conference schedule- showed you there were only 4 teams that had a winning record and of those Big 12 won 1 of those games. And another poster pointed out they are 4-6 overall. I don't give a crap who Oklahoma has left because they are in a crap conference...to compare conferences you have to look at the results in the non conference schedule.
Big Ten Teams beat:
1) Texas
2) Florida
3) Pitt
Shhhhhhhhh.....just shhhhhh
What are the advantages of coaching at Arkansas? Any pluses for quality of life?
Tennessee is also a possible landing spot. IF cyclones beat okie state Saturday that puts them in drivers seat for b12 championship game. Campbell is playing with house money at that point. He can name his price then.
Especially due to his buyout, I still think he is more likely than not to stay for at least one more year. Every win he gets at this point ups the chance someone at least makes a strong push for him.
Jimmy Johnson was also involved somehow with ISU. Earl Bruce who left ISU and did well at Ohio State.
I think what hurts the Big 12 is just 10 teams and the lack of divisions. Rumor has it that sometime down the road there will be just 4 power conferences each having 16 teams. The conference that will be gone is the Big 12. Texas and Oklahoma would be the 1st teams looking for greener pastures. It could be very hard to keep those 2 teams satisfied if they think they can make more money in a bigger better conference. The Big 12 is nothing without those 2 big name teams.
The Big 12 is not the best conference but the lack of defense narrative has been proven wrong year after year with P5 out of conference games.
Gene Chizik also won a national title.
Jimmy Johnson was on the Majors staff. So was Jackie Sherrill. Other ISU assistants who have done pretty well are Pete Carroll and Mack Brown. Another half-dozen have been head coaches with mixed success.
He’s gone! He will either go somewhere and make a name for himself or fail in 3-4 years then get hired as an assistant coach at a big school....not a horrible circumstance either way in my opinion.
