Originally Posted by jaretac 
If you are talking about the Big12, think about this. Baylor, Texas A&M, and Nebraska all had major coaching changes. How many teams are able to turn it around in one year after a major coaching change? If any of those three do well this year it will be A&M with their solid run game. I think Kansas St. will continue to struggle, and Ron Prince will loss his job this year. I also think that Oklahoma State will not be as good this year- that's just my opinion though. Kansas- will not be a 12 win team this year. They will be very good, but probably 8 or 9 wins are more realistic.
In regards to Kansas, just because they may not have as many wins does not mean they won't be just as good if not better than last year. They get our south rotation this year which is probably good for an extra loss at least. I think A&M play to their strengths under Sherman, something they didn't do under Fran. I don't know about OSU and Baylor, but I think KSU gets six wins as Prince will be singing for his supper. I also think Nebraska is the wild card. Pelini is hoped to be the next Stoops and he very well could be as his resume is just as impressive. I believe that NU has more talent now than the OU team that Stoops took over and he had them pretty solid in his first season. I know the NU defense is a big question mark, but from top to bottom, NU probably has more talent than anyone in the north as Cally recruited very well. If Pelini's brother does anywhere near the job that Pelini did in that 2003 season on defense, they will surprise a lot of people this year.
I know normally that new coaches don't always work out, but all the teams had quit on their old coaches and I think only Briles stepped into a fairly bad situation at Baylor. I believe Sherman and Pelini stepped into fairly decent situations regardless of last year and could have their teams at least playing to the level of the year before.
Bottom line is that the Big 12 is probably good enough to have at least 2 teams in the BCS this year (with the real possibility of playing for the national title) and will probably have 8 teams go bowling so IMO that would be better than last year. Like I said, we may not have the
KU story this year, but just because a few teams have more losses, I am not sure they will be any tougher an out than they were last year.
