CFN Big 12 Predictions

I can see TT winning 9 of those games...

11-1..I cant see it happening but I aint gonna say it aint gonna happen...there are cinderella teams every year...who knows..the Pirate may pull out a great year like Mangino...
 
This is a year when just about anything can happen. We might be very good or headed to the Alamo Bowl. Tech has a lot of potential.

I don't think the predictions are laughable. Colorado and Kansas will be pointing to their games with Texas with great focus. They've got OU losing to OSU to end the season probably based on the same thing. We represent signature victories for programs to hang their hats on.

I'm not saying I agree with the predictions, but all they have done is choose a few upsets of the kind that happen every year.

8-4 could definitely happen in the way they describe.
 
CU worries me. I spent the summer up in Colorado and, according to the news I read/watched, that is the game that CU has circled on their calendar. That is to be their statement game. Hopefully it will be a statement that they are not yet ready to make.
 
While it would be relatively new territory for Tech, they've got a good, well coached team. I could easily see Tech going 10-2. 11-1 will be a lot tougher, but they are due for a win against Texas. They win approximately 1 out of every 4 outings vs. UT and probably should've won last time in Lubbock barring the 2nd half assistance from the officials. They'll be hungry for a win.
 
Tech concerns me.

Mizzou concerns me more.

I think we win one of these two, but not both. I like the way we are apparently bringing speed to the field on D, but there will be a ton of pressure on young guys to get coverages right and make tackles in the open field.

There just won't be many gimmes for this squad. Mack and crew have been preaching that for awhile, we'll see if the team has heard the message.
 
If circling a game on a calender is all it takes to beat Texas we would be 0-12 every year.

Honestly, who does not circle the Texas game on their calender?

OU, a consistently successful team nationally, circles it every year, yet we manage to win those from time to time...........

If you want to scare me, tell me you are going to hit me on my nose, not "We circled the date on the calender"....big deal.
 
If you look at who would be favored based on what we know right now, Colorado is the only upset he picked, and I bet we would only be favored by a few points. I think we go 9-3 or 10-2, but 8-4 is not that big of a stretch. Picking OU to lose 2 is probably more of a stretch then us going 8-4 unfortunately. Let's just beat the gooners and be done with this crap. Hookem.
 
I think the chances of Texas having a ten win season are higher than an eight win one. Texas may be reloading some but it is not like they have recruited bottom of the barrel.

Some of the new players may just be a bit better than people are giving them credit for.

I will be really surprised if Colorado beats Texas this year.
 
TEXAS could very well go 8-4. They could just as well go 10-2

First four games 4-0
Florida Atlantic
at UTEP
Arkansas
Rice

Next four games 2-2
at Colorado
Oklahoma (Dallas)
Missouri
Oklahoma State

Last four games 3-1
at Texas Tech
Baylor
at Kansas
Texas A&M

Bowl game 1-0
10-3 ranked in the top 15 to end the year

This is standard operating procedure for Mack Brown and Co. as is exhibited by the following:
103-25 overall record 1998-2007 (ten years)
4-6 vs Oklahoma
7-3 vs A&M
8-2 vs Texas Tech
6-1 vs Nebraska
2-4 vs Kansas State
5-1 vs Colorado
10-0 vs Oklahoma State
10-0 vs Baylor
4-0 vs Kansas
4-0 vs Missouri
6-0 vs Iowa State
7-3 in Bowls
2-0 in BCS Bowls
1-2 in Big XII Championship games
1-0 in MNC
Ended year ranked in AP top 25 - ten times

The eleven years (same number of games) prior to Brown were very poor for TEXAS.
72-54-2 overall record for 1984-1997 (eleven years) same number of games
4-5-2 vs Oklahoma
3-8 vs A&M
6-5 vs Texas Tech
6-5 vs Baylor
0-6 vs Colorado
1-0 vs Nebraska
1-1 vs Missouri
3-0 vs Kansas
1-6 in Bowls
1-0 in Big XII Championship games
Ended year ranked in AP top 25 – four times

Brown has improved every aspect of TEXAS football record with the notable exceptions of:
Oklahoma - Brown has about the same record as the previous eleven years
Kansas State – did not play eleven yrs prior to Brown but 2-4 is disappointing
Big XII Championship games – 1-2 not very good (really just the loss to Colorado)

The rest is pretty awesome:
80.47 winning % vs 57.03 % – drastic change
Winning record against A&M and Texas Tech - very good change
39-1 against Colorado, OSU, Baylor, Kansas, Missouri, and ISU - excellent change
7 Bowl wins - much better
Four AP Top Ten final rankings - much better
Six other AP Top 21 final rankings - much better
1 MNC
 
I agree with Speedway on the W/L predictions. I think it can be better than that but that is probably a safe estimate. There is almost no way it will be worse than that and a good chance that we will be better, but that is a pretty accurate picture of the season. I think our best chance to improve on that prediction is in the block with CU, OU, Mizzou, and OSU. We will beat CU and OSU in my mind, but Mizzou and OU are dicey. Still I think there is a good chance to go 1-1 on those games.

I do fear Tech this year though and A&M. I would be fully comfortable against aggie except for the last two seasons. It is just too hard to predict much against those ******** so I will call it the wild card. Tech is not as scary but this will absolutely be the land pirates best season of the decade. They have been overhyped so many times it is hard to believe they are good this season, but they are. No one can deny Crabtree's skill. Harrell is a primadonna, but he can sling the ball pretty well. Their line is as heavy as most NFL lines. Now the D has not sold me, but there is no way it will be as bad as last year. All starters return, so they presumably will be better. So no run game, and weak D, they still can score a lot and fast. If we are going to win that game we need serious offensive production and SACKS!! It seems like too much pressure on the young DBs so the big question is how often and how quickly we can get the Harrell.
 
OK, I've been hesitant to make any predictions about this year. It is about a tough a schedule as we've seen in a while and this team, while talented, does have several question marks.

That said, here is my sense of it:
1. OU, more likely than not that we lose this game.
2. Mizzou at home, Kansas away. More likely than not, we split these games.
3. Tech. I have to agree that this game scares the hell out of me. It always does in Lubbock. This year, they have the experience (on offense) and we have the inexperience (in the secondary. Until, I see the Muschamp magic, I'd say this is a 60-40 we lose game.
5. CU and A&M could definitely catch up napping, but likely we win those games.

So, like most, I think 9-3 is the most likely outcome.
 
My prediction isn't the greatest, but here it is...

I think Tech and Mizzou blow us out. The Tech game is going to be by 4+ touchdowns. It will snowball and be horrible as we get hit in the mouth early. Their fans will be carrying bleachers around. This will resemble the two bad OU games.
Mizzou won't be like Kstate last year because that was all due to our own mistakes. The score will be simialr from our defense allowing them to have a near perfect game. Offensively, we will score some points but we won't be able to keep our defense off the field. We will make it respectable by the end of the game, but it will be well in hand before the 4th quarter.

We will lose to OU by a respectable margin, by 10-13 points.

We will dominate some teams ala Iowa State last year against Baylor, Rice, and UTEP, have some solid performances against Arkansas, Colorado, aggy and Kansas, and have some scares against FAU and OSU.

9-3 will be a good record for our team, but as fans we will have a sour taste in our mouths form the way we lose: Beatdowns and a close-but-no-cigar against our main rival. Winning at Kansas and finally beating aggy gives us something to be happy about.

I would be satisfied with a 9-3 record,though not necessarily jumping for joy if the loses are good hard fought games. If this does indeed happen, I think it makes for the next off-season to be even more painful than this year as we will have a Big 12 Championship in 2010.

I don't think we are a bad team at all, we just happen to have one of the toughest conferences. Even if Charles and Finley hadn't left early, I still don't think we'd win the Big 12 this year.

I will enjoy the season, and I hope my predictions are wrong in a favorable way for the Horns, but I think we are going to have some tough Sunday mornings.
 
well, 05 is the last time OSU lost to an unranked team at home and that was a WOEFUL O-State team. 02 is the last time OU lost at OSU and OSU only lost one home game, to 8-5 UCLA. So no, OSU beating a top 10 team and losing to a team that is .500 or less both at home doesn't happen much at all.
 
I'm a huge Mizzou fan, but the inexperience on the o-line and injuries at some skill positions (D. Alexander, Coffman - nagging ankle ) make me think they won't live up to the pre-season hype. I think UT takes care of business in Austin. I also think UT will beat the **** out of Kansas.
 
Man, it probably is a bit ludicrous, but until we show improvements on pass defense I'm just not certain we won't get our butts kicked by high powered offenses. I just hate that this game is in Lubbock. That is really what is nagging at me. Like I said, I hope I'm wrong.
 
I see us beating Missouri and Colorado without too much problem. I see us losing to Tech. And I could see us losing to Kansas and OU. But we are going to ******* beat aggy.
 

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