Seriously, fifth in the Big 12 South? And a low 5th, too. The Cowboys couldn’t sniff fourth place in the media poll. Here’s how I figure it. Texas A&M and Oklahoma State will finish with the same conference record and the Cowboys – playing at home – will win the head-to-head on Thursday night on ESPN on Sept. 30.
Here’s the conference schedules of the competing schools and my knowledgeless estimation of how the game will go.
Texas A&M
-at OSU – LOSS
-Missouri – WIN
-at Kansas – WIN
-Texas Tech – WIN
-Oklahoma – LOSS
-at Baylor – WIN
-Nebraska – LOSS
-at Texas – LOSS
That’s a 4-4 record … and assuming they beat Tech and win in Lawrence.
Now OSU
-Texas A&M – WIN
-at Texas Tech – LOSS
-Nebraska – LOSS
-at Kansas State – WIN
-Baylor – WIN
-at Texas – LOSS
-at Kansas – WIN
-Oklahoma – LOSS
That’s 4-4 and that’s assuming a loss at Tech. The rub is the Kansas game. I have both squads winning there with a Jayhawk squad welcoming a new coach. So it looks like the battle for fourth rests in Lawrence.
Tech gets to play Iowa State and Colorado this year so they have an easy road to third.
(Note the OSU fan mentality that I’ve completely ruled out first or second. The Cowboys JUST started putting the conference title game on their school issued schedules whereas OU has put that game and date on theirs every year. Just saying …)
So I think the Pokes finish no lower than 4th in the Big 12 South. Everyone is cradling their scrotums over A&M. What have they done to deserve ANY notoriety? Jerrod Johnson is a poor man’s Quincy Carter and will intercept his way out of at least two conference wins this year.
July prediction for Oklahoma State: 8-4 … assuming they don’t crap the bed at Louisiana-Lafayette.
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