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Originally posted by ktsnake
So, what, are you saying that A&M, Texas, Nebraska, K-State, Okie State, Mizzou and Texas Tech are on the same plain of mediocrity that Syracuse, Va Tech, West Virginia, Boston College, Pitt, etc. are on? I'd have to say that the Big XII is a few notches up.
The Big XII South is probably the toughest division in NCAA DI in my opinion. My very, very biased opinion 
(for those of you not in the know, that's OU, Texas, A&M, Okie State, Texas Tech and Baylor. Any of those guys are pretty serious threats with the exception of Baylor, but under Morris (former coach at Kentucky), they are definitely improving -- they knocked of Colorado last year.
But the Big XII/Big 8 is nothing like Miami and the 7 dwarves were last year.
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WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG. Your homerism here needs to not bleed past your OU roots - A&M sucks, badly, right now. Rebuilding teams do NOT deserve the respect of their forefathers until they earn it.
OSU is solid, but so is WVU - athletic squads, well-coached, but with significant flaws. We'll call it a wash there.
Baylor? SHUT UP. Not even applicable, any team can win on any given day, but a loss to the bears? would you be ok w/ that, kev?
UT is the most overrated program in the history of college football. How many seasons do they have to start in the top 5 and lose in the Holiday Bowl? They are purely a media creation.
And Tx Tech? Jesus - they are a system. That's all. Sure, the system racks up monster numbers, and it rapes patsie non-conference teams, and they always pull out a surprise win or two, but they get shredded in bowl games. Strictly a mediocre squad, I'd compare them to Syracuse, and not favorably, any day of the week.
Take out OU, and the Big8 sucks (obviously with nebraska down, and colorado being essentially non-existent - this is not the glory days of the conference). Sorry, kev, but it's the f-ing truth, dude.