ahh yes 2081 was an epic season..
Kind of like Mahomes?
My whole point was that the QB play of the Big 12 was better than anywhere else and to defend them and the way they were being used was much harder than any other conference. It's like people think the conference doesn't "care" about defense. Solid to great defensive coordinators look below par competing in the Big 12.. Patterson was thought of as a defensive wizard (still is) and he got bodied by Briles and the Veer and shoot.
The answer is somewhere in the middle. The better teams in the SEC would do just fine in the Big Xii, but the weaker teams would struggle.
I understand. I don't think the top SEC teams would struggle with it week to week, but the weaker teams would have a hard, hard time. I saw half of the Big Xii in person last year (Iowa State, TCU, Okla. State, Texas and Kansas), and I saw Alabama with their back-up QB in the Bowl Game. Alabama wouldn't have been trippin' over playing any of those teams. Granted, it's only half of the conference, but playing in the Big Xii wouldn't be tougher for Alabama than the SEC week to week. Kentucky, on the other hand, would have struggled mightily vs. the Big Xii last year in a week to week grind. Just my opinion. I like both conferences and have no axe to grind.
Yep. For a while there I would've hated to be a DC in the Big 12. A week or two was okay but having to deal with that stuff week in and week out is a royal pain in the ass. Wore on them mentally and physically. It looks to me like it still bothers the hell out of Coach Hitch 'em Up when his defense doesn't shut down a team.
Anything is possible, but Alabama in 2018 had Tua at his best and a very dominant team. Not sure who would have outscored them in the Big Xii with a healthy Tua. I suppose if they played @ OU or @ Texas with Tua injured, they could have lost, but Jalen was a more than capable backup. At the end of the day, Alabama had an equal or better offense than Oklahoma and a better defense than any team in the Big Xii no matter how you want to compare it in 2018. I don't see them trippin' in the Big Xii in 2018 at all.
They are! All they need is a different coach.
Just curious 78. Which conferences "overall" would you say has had better offenses and QB play in the past 10 years?
Overall? The Big Xii.
Overall? The Big Xii.
However, 2017 Georgia, 2018 Alabama and 2019 LSU were just as good or better offensively than any Big Xii team in those 3 years + they all had big, fast defensive lines - which is why they could beat OU (Alabama and LSU handily without being threatened). Alabama literally destroyed OU's O-line (which was considered the best in the country) in the Orange Bowl until they were up 28-0.
FWIW, Iowa State gives Big Xii offenses fits! I love my Cyclones, but if ISU can hang with Big Xii offenses, so can Georgia, Alabama and LSU!
Granted, that was not as high of a level as Tua in 2018 for Alabama or Burrow in 2019 for LSU, but sure. Georgia had a very strong running game, and they would have been just fine playing in the Big Xii in 2017. As it was, they were good enough to beat the best team in the Big Xii on a neutral field. Not sure why you cannot give the SEC Champions that have actually beaten a Big Xii Champion in the Playoff the benefit of the doubt that they just might be able to make it through the other Big Xii teams. It's really not that much of a stretch. Fromm and the Bulldogs took OU's first half gut punch and fought back and won. They scored more points than the best Big Xii offense in a head to head game. I will say, they would be the most likely to lose a Big Xii game though of the 3 examples (like they did the following year to Texas in the Sugar Bowl), but they still would have been a super-tough match-up for most of the Big Xii to handle. They won the SEC and beat the Big Xii Champion in 2017. They were what I would call better than average - even with Fromm.
That defense that was supposably great got whipped for damn near 50 pts, if they hadn't had a full month, they would have been blown out in a regular conference game.Granted, that was not as high of a level as Tua in 2018 for Alabama or Burrow in 2019 for LSU, but sure. Georgia had a very strong running game, and they would have been just fine playing in the Big Xii in 2017. As it was, they were good enough to beat the best team in the Big Xii on a neutral field. Not sure why you cannot give the SEC Champions that have actually beaten a Big Xii Champion in the Playoff the benefit of the doubt that they just might be able to make it through the other Big Xii teams. It's really not that much of a stretch. Fromm and the Bulldogs took OU's first half gut punch and fought back and won. They scored more points than the best Big Xii offense in a head to head game. I will say, they would be the most likely to lose a Big Xii game though of the 3 examples (like they did the following year to Texas in the Sugar Bowl), but they still would have been a super-tough match-up for most of the Big Xii to handle. They won the SEC and beat the Big Xii Champion in 2017. They were what I would call better than average - even with Fromm.
And outscored and WON the game against the BEST offense the Big Xii had to offer TOO. Of course, they could have lost a game in the Xii like they did in the SEC that season (@ Auburn), but give the SEC Champion that BEAT the Big Xii Champion with the Heisman Trophy winning QB some credit. OU had a month to prepare for Georgia too! lol.
