Quote Originally Posted by Ummy View Post
I LOVE that every team in the big 12 plays every team, but I hate what it does to the perception of big 12 teams vs other conferences because of the w-l records. We tend to end up with a handful of 6-6 or 7-5 teams that are much better than they look on paper. The parity in the Big 12 is very strong, especially this year, and you just don't see that in other conferences. Yet say we managed a season so tight that every game was a tossup and every team either ended up 5-4 or 4-5 in the conference, it wouldn't be looked at as 10 good and competitive teams, but 10 mediocre teams of 8-4 or 7-5.

The current structure makes for some fun games to watch, but definitely leaves us underrated as a conference.
I'm mixed on this. On one hand, the numbers don't lie, and we'd currently be a team that benefits...not much difference at the top of the conferences, the differences are in the next third/half. However, to do this, ya gotta have conference cupcakes. We have played that role in the past, I hope we don't get end up back there.