Big 12 Defense
Who watched any of the Mizzou-Kansas game last night and lost the fact that this game was supposed to be between two teams from one of the top conferences? This conference is getting the benefit of the doubt in the National Title race. If everything goes according to plan this weekend, it’s expected champion will be going to the BCS National Championship game over TCU and Cincinnati and Boise State.
The average pass defense in the Big 12 is 71st in the country. I’ve heard some Big 12 fans claim that it’s that their pass offenses are just “so good”. Amazing claim after watching the Mizzou-Kansas debacle. Three yard passes continually turned into 50+ yard plays due to what seemed to be dozens of missedd tackles (yeah, impossible – but did you watch the game?).
This has direct relationship to the Heisman race. Colt McCoy has earned his yards against these same defenses. If he’s a leader heading into the final weekend of the season, why aren’t Todd Reesing and Taylor Potts on the radar? (more yards/game)
Competition matters and no one will tell me the SEC isn’t the best competition week in/week out.
For what it’s worth, McCoy has faced one good pass defense…Oklahoma’s in October. Ranked 22nd in the nation. McCoy’s performance? 127 yards passing, 1 TD, 1 Interception…84.5 passer rating.
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