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Originally Posted by Saul Good
This should be a showcase game for the league in which lesser-known teams receive national attention...but nobody is paying attention other than die hard CFB fans. The ESPN/ABC/CBS hype machine is in full effect for Ole Miss and Mississippi State right now. The Big 12 game is getting zero run because the conference consists of 10 teams all rowing in different directions.
The lack of exposure will make achieving success more difficult in the future...which will make getting exposure more difficult...and the cycle perpetuates itself. It doesn't help that Big 12 teams have a bad habit of crapping their pants when they finally do start to garner national attention with #1 ranked Kansas State getting drilled by 28 points to a terrible Baylor team that was 1-5 in conference. That torpedoed their title run and Klien's Heisman bid. This was followed up by Baylor getting stomped by 5 touchdowns late in the year by Oklahoma State. Both the Wildcats and Bears proceeded to get stomped in their bowl games as well.
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Admit, it's tough whereas in the SEC you can get so many years to coast through trash bag teams like Missouri has been able to.