In recent years, the Big 12 has been completely solid and highly volatile.
Oklahoma has won back-to-back convention championships, wasting a league game in more than 4 seasons, still a big favorite.
The rest of the convention is an adventure excursion to choose from, with five other schools completing a moment after the Sooners each of the last 4 years. The state of Oklahoma and West Virginia are tied for the current position in 2016.
A week after big 12 within Minutes of Texas Tech defeated its two classic heavyweights on the first day of the conference, the No. nine Texas and 18 Oklahoma face potentially difficult games again.
The Longhorns host Texas-owned TCU since former UT athletic director DeLoss Dodds played a key role in taking the Horned Frogs to Big 12 in 2012.
TCU coach Gary Patterson is 6-2 against 3 Texas coaches in the Big 12 game. This is one way to return a favor.
In fact, it can be argued that no rivalry represents the Longhorns’ recent struggle to be more than a competitor of the big 12 than their series with the Frogs.
From 1968 until the dissolution of the Southwest Conference after the 1995 season, TCU beat Texas once. The installation of an annual series on TCU was not meant to be a risk to Texas, however, the Frogs not only won two-thirds of the games, but also earned it outright.
Oklahoma will attempt to recover from its second-half cave as opposed to the state of Kansas and the state of Iowa in Ames. Traditionally, this has been a reliable game for the Sooners. Oklahoma has lost twice to the state of Iowa since 1962.
Coach Matt Campbell’s arrival at Iowa State, however, turned the Clones into an exit: OR won 3 of the last four, but none more than 10 points.
This can be appealing Saturday to the Red River Rivals, who then face off.
The options:
Friday
Louisiana Tech (plus 23 1/2) at No. 22 BYU
Cougars quarterback Zach Wilson finished his third place in two games. The five . . . BYU 38-21.
Saturday
Virginia (plus 28) at No. 1 Clemson
The Cavaliers have moved away from the Tigers for much of Clemson ACC’s five-game winning streak, with the exception of last year’s Array 62-17 convention championship explosion. . . CLEMSON 42-10.
Lol thirteen Texas A
Nick Saban is 19-0 against his former assistants, 3-0 against Aggies coach Jimbo FisherArray . . ALABAMA 35-20.
South Carolina (over 18) ranked in Florida
Florida has played five games with a total of 500 yards in the 4 seasons (49 games) of current Gamecocks coach Will Muchamp leading the Gators; Florida has eight 500-yard games in 27 Dan MullenArray. FLORIDA 38-23.
Auburn (plus 6 1/2) at No. Georgia
Will Southern California QB J. T. Daniels is going to BulldogsArray. . GEORGIA 24-20.
TCU (plus 11 1/2) at number nine in Texas
Longhorns tilt series with frogsArray. . TEXAS 34-21.
Tulsa (plus 22) at No. UCF
Knights quarterback Gabriel Dillon has spent more than 400 yards in the first two UCF Array games. UCF 45-21.
North Carolina No. 12 (minus 14) at Boston College
First game since 2013 and the Tar Heels have a 4-0 Eagles record since joining the ACC in the ’05Array. . NORTH CAROLINA 38-21.
South Florida (plus 22) at No. 15 Cincinnati
The Bearcats have held 20 of the last 29 war parts 4. 0 yards consistent with runArray. . CINCINNATI 31-7.
Arkansas (plus 18) ranked in the state of Mississippi
The Bulldogs probably wouldn’t want 623 yards moving on to QB K. J. Costello this week.
No. 17 Oklahoma State (minus 21) in Kansas
Cowboys have 10 consecutive rounds in the Array series. OKLAHOMA STATE 42-17.
No. 18 Oklahoma (minus 7) in the state of Iowa
Sooners lost consecutive regular-season games in 1999Array. OKLAHOMA 35-24.
No. 20 LSU (plus 20 1/2) in Vanderbilt
The Tigers switched from Air Raid to a Vandy offensive that played eight consecutive games without breaking the two hundred yards past Array. . LSU 38-14.
Missouri (plus 11 1/2) to Tennessee
Flights have won 8 in a row, the streak since the eleventh consecutive in 2015 and 2016. We’ll see if it ends better for coach Jeremy Pruitt than for Butch Jones. . . TENNESSEE 27-20.
State of North Carolina (plus 14) at number 24 Pittsburgh
The Panthers lead the country in tackles for defeat with 11. 33 consistent with Array. PITTSBURGH 35-17.
No. 25 Memphis (minus 2 1/2) at SMU
Tigers have played since September 5 due to an outbreak of COVID-19. It’s hard to know what to expect. Array. . SMU 38-31.
TWITTER REQUESTS
Navy (minus 6 1/2) to the Air Force – @EZembeck
First game for Falcons playing with exhausted listArray. . NAVY 28-14.
Texas Tech (plus 2 1/2) in Kansas State – @MatthewHLeach
The Wildcats have won eight of the Array series games. KANSAS STATE 35-31.
Baylor (minus 3) in West Virginia – @ArtWMoore
The Bears broke a three-game streak against the Mountaineers last year. Array. . WEST VIRGINIA 24-21.
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Last week: 14-5 in a row; Propagation 8-11.
Season: 27-9 in a row; 20-15 propagation.
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