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Originally posted by ktsnake
Iowa State, Ok State and Kansas no one can say from year to year. They usually have poor seasons but usually do pretty well in their non-conference games.
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I disagree - I'll say right now how they'll do:
ISU will go 2-2 in non-conference play, go 4-4 in conference, and make a bowl purely due to large fan following . . . not a great team this year, the Seneca Wallace show can only go so far. Worst case: losing conference record, loss to U of I, no bowl game.
KU will finish with a losing record, even with their non-conference patsies.
OSU is the only real wildcard, and they'll either go 5-6 or 6-5 . . . not exactly a powerhouse.
I think we all saw how "good" the Big 12 was, top-to-bottom, when supposed 'up-and-coming powerhouse' Texas Tech got beat (in what basically amounted to a home game) by Iowa in the Alamo Bowl, even with All-Big 10 back Ladell Betts on the sideline the whole game. The Big 12 is top-heavy, in my mind; past OU, UT, and maybe Colorado, I expect a big down year while Nebraska rebuilds, A&M recovers, and KSU tries to figure out what the hell is going on. Non-conference games don't carry much weight unless they're against top-tier opponents, which the vast majority are not.
The Big 10 might not be in for a great season either - Michigan, I think, will have a down year, leaving OSU and Illinois to carry the torch. Look for Iowa and Purdue to have better-than-advertised seasons, while MSU will have trouble duplicating last year's success. Penn State needs to put up the SOS.
The SEC - every year something stupid happens in the SEC, but hey at least they don't play Duke every year (FSU I'm looking in your direction . . . ).
But then again, what do I know? I'm just a Hawk fan who lives in Boston . . .