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Old 01-03-2014, 10:43 AM   #1809
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Originally Posted by TomBarndtsTwin View Post
The last few comments in this thread describe perfectly why Nebraska, Colorado, Texas A&M and Mizzou all left the Big 12. There is ZERO conference pride in the Big 12, their own teams **** each other over and their conference commish fails to go to bat for them when necessary. The Big 12 is everything the Big 8 was not. The conference was ruined by the inclusion of the Texas schools. It ruined the Big 12 and made it what it is today.

That's why so many fans of Big 12 teams don't take any pride in their conference and don't understand why SEC fans do. It's called loyalty. Something the Big 8 once had, but has long since gone . . . . .
This is actually a pretty interesting point.

I was raised over split eras; being born in the early 80s I remember the Big 8 but have a more vivid recollection of the Big 12. My folks, OTOH, were obviously long-time Big 8 supporters.

My parents, to a person, supported other members of the conference during bowl games, tournaments, etc... I, OTOH, pretty much rooted against all of them.

It does seem like there was a camaraderie that came from the Big 8 that never existed in the Big 12. The camaraderie exists in the SEC as well. Honestly, I think it's a good thing. I think there's some truth to the position that the lack of 'ties' within the conference is why some schools looked to leave.

Setting that aside - damn OU looked good. That's arguably the best I've seen an offense look this year. Stoops and his OC absolutely abused Saban and Smart last night. That's the first time in a long time I've seen Alabama get outcoached. And AJ McCarron couldn't have looked more like Matt Cassel if he tried. By the mid-2nd quarter, he was staring at the rush and things just fell apart from there.

Hat's off to an OU - they were inconsistent this year, but they look like they have a keeper at QB and they were firing on all cylinders last night.

Kirby Smart - you probably want to slow down on packing boxes for your HC gig; I'm pretty sure your phones got a lot quieter this morning.
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