Around the Big 12: Week #12

1 (A+ 98%) - Texas Tech (10-0)
So the bye week creates kind of a championship type week buildup for the Tech/OU game. Good stuff. When you're not playing these guys, they're a lot of fun to watch. Didn't appreciate that Tech fan coming onto phog.net and talking trash to KU after the UT game though. How does that make sense?
(HD rank 5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-1-1-1)

2 (A 97%) - Texas (10-1)
Because I've never witnessed it, they still represent the team I'd like to beat most in the Big 12. Mainly though, I'm pretty jealous of the scores of talented athletes they stock up on.
(HD rank 4-4-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-2-2-2)

3 (A 96%) - Oklahoma (9-1)
It's been a long wait for the Sooners since losing to UT. Can they deliver and create chaos in the division?
(HD rank 1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3)

4 (A- 92%) - Oklahoma State (9-2)
Not exactly a dominating win at Colorado (30-17), but I'll give the Cowboys the benefit of the doubt until I see them against OU. By the way, it looks like they'll catch the Sooners at a good time no matter what.
(HD rank 6-6-6-7-6-6-2-2-4-4-4-4)

5 (A- 91%) - Missouri (9-2)
Not quite exactly the chase for the national title that they expected, but definitely a season that cements them as a solid Big 12 program. Claiming the north means they get one last crack at an elite team from the south and the benefit of playing it at Arrowhead.
(HD rank 2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5)

6 (B 87%) - Nebraska (7-4)
Bo Pelini good, Bill Callahan, not so good. Nebraska fans can breathe again.
(HD rank 8-7-7-8-8-8-9-7-6-7-6-6)

7 (C 74%) - Kansas (6-5)
The fact that KU is not happy about a trip to a low-level bowl is good thing. The facilities are in place and check the recruiting classes and you'll see continued improvement there. Is 7-5 or 6-6 where you want to be in year seven? No, but the Big 12 is in a totally different stratosphere right now and I think we know now that losing six talented players was a bit more than we could handle.
(HD rank 3-3-5-6-5-5-6-6-7-6-7-7)

8 (C- 70%) Baylor (4-7)
The Bears handled A&M 41-21 in Waco and as usual it looks like they'll be a dangerous team by the time they get back on our rotation.
(HD rank 11-11-10-9-9-10-8-10-10-8-8-8)

9 (D- 62%) - Kansas State (4-7)
At this point, I think they should shutdown the university and move the vet and engineering schools to Lawrence. We can expand Memorial to 80,000 and finally have that one solid team that a small population state like Kansas should have. Hopefully, we can get Arkansas or Iowa to join the north to fill up that slot.
(HD rank 9-9-9-10-10-11-7-9-9-9-9-9)

10 (D- 61%) Texas A&M (4-7)
That one had to be hard to take. Two weeks to prepare for Austin, then wait until next year.
(HD rank 12-12-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-10-10)

11 (D- 60%) - Colorado (5-6)
They didn't get embarrassed, but once again, they didn't get the win. Still, a shot a bowl though.
(HD rank 7-8-8-5-7-7-10-8-8-11-11-11)

12 (F- 53%) Iowa State (2-9)
Can't even help out a friend with a simple home win that could have possibly* made the Border War a playoff for a Big 12 title game spot. You're dead to me ISU.
(HD rank 10-10-11-11-11-9-11-12-12-12-12-12)

*If CU could have won at Lincoln, which they can't.