There were several "Whoa!" games last week. In the Big 12, the only real Whoa! was Oklahoma State crashing all the way to the ground. October 29th was the day. OSU woke up with a 6-1 record, with only a three point loss to TCU marring it. Then, they got mudholed at Kansas State and finished the season, 1-4 in their last five games. It shows how fast things change in college football. Gundy went from being the toast of the Big 12 to "What's up with Gundy?" Well, Gundy's Gundy, and in eighteen years at Oklahoma State, he's ended up with seven or eight wins eight times. He's not far out of his lane.
Baylor's going to a bowl game. That game will determine whether they have a wining or losing season. Nobody expected this in August. This may be discussed a little in the off season, along with the quarterback situation.
Anyone who had this as the final Big 12 conference rankings in August could be sitting on a beach with Pina Coladas right now.
Texas figured out too late that they could out-personnel most of the teams they play.
Here are the final Big 12 standings, conference only.
Outside of the Big 12, there were some crazy games.
A tale of two teams
Iowa State and Texas A&M both had insanely disappointing seasons, A&M more so, because they expected to challenge for the playoffs. Neither team is going to a bowl, but there was a heck of a contrast in how each team approached their last game. Iowa State played like they just wanted to go home. A&M played like it was their Super Bowl. You have to give A&M credit. They whipped LSU. Maybe the Tigers were taking the Aggies for granted, but it does show that often, there's not that much difference in talent, but motivation can mean everything.
TCU knows they won't get any respect, and being undefeated is the only way they make the playoffs. They're playing like they care.
LSU may have been looking forward to Georgia next week. Even the players and coaches may not know why they were so flat, but both TCU and A&M were home, and home field advantage means a LOT in college football.
Playoffs? You talking about playoffs?
Going into the weekend, there were four undefeated P5 teams. We knew there would be a maximum of three coming out of the weekend, since Michigan and Ohio State were two of them. Most people expected Ohio State to come out on top, but wouldn't have been too shocked if Michigan won. They were flabbergasted at the curb stomping the Wolverines put on OSU. Going back to the LSU-A&M game, last week the playoff committee had LSU at 9-2 ahead of both a 10-1 Southern Cal and a 10-1 Clemson. LSU had it all in front of them.
South Carolina has taken both Tennessee and Clemson out of the playoff talk.
Lincoln Riley. Say it to a Sooner they'll look like this:
How the B12 fan bases perceive their coaches now:
Thrilled!
Sonny Dykes
Chris Klieman
Joey McGuire
Pretty happy
Lance Leipold
Not sure
Steve Sarkisian
Mike Gundy
Matt Campbell
Dave Aranda
Brent Venables
Neal Brown
Baylor's going to a bowl game. That game will determine whether they have a wining or losing season. Nobody expected this in August. This may be discussed a little in the off season, along with the quarterback situation.
Anyone who had this as the final Big 12 conference rankings in August could be sitting on a beach with Pina Coladas right now.
Texas figured out too late that they could out-personnel most of the teams they play.
Here are the final Big 12 standings, conference only.
Outside of the Big 12, there were some crazy games.
A tale of two teams
Iowa State and Texas A&M both had insanely disappointing seasons, A&M more so, because they expected to challenge for the playoffs. Neither team is going to a bowl, but there was a heck of a contrast in how each team approached their last game. Iowa State played like they just wanted to go home. A&M played like it was their Super Bowl. You have to give A&M credit. They whipped LSU. Maybe the Tigers were taking the Aggies for granted, but it does show that often, there's not that much difference in talent, but motivation can mean everything.
TCU knows they won't get any respect, and being undefeated is the only way they make the playoffs. They're playing like they care.
LSU may have been looking forward to Georgia next week. Even the players and coaches may not know why they were so flat, but both TCU and A&M were home, and home field advantage means a LOT in college football.
Playoffs? You talking about playoffs?
Going into the weekend, there were four undefeated P5 teams. We knew there would be a maximum of three coming out of the weekend, since Michigan and Ohio State were two of them. Most people expected Ohio State to come out on top, but wouldn't have been too shocked if Michigan won. They were flabbergasted at the curb stomping the Wolverines put on OSU. Going back to the LSU-A&M game, last week the playoff committee had LSU at 9-2 ahead of both a 10-1 Southern Cal and a 10-1 Clemson. LSU had it all in front of them.
South Carolina has taken both Tennessee and Clemson out of the playoff talk.
Lincoln Riley. Say it to a Sooner they'll look like this:
How the B12 fan bases perceive their coaches now:
Thrilled!
Sonny Dykes
Chris Klieman
Joey McGuire
Pretty happy
Lance Leipold
Not sure
Steve Sarkisian
Mike Gundy
Matt Campbell
Dave Aranda
Brent Venables
Neal Brown
