CFN Big 12 Predictions

South-6-2 TexasTech (@KSU, NU, @A$M, @KU, UT, oSu, @OU, BU)6-2 Texas....... (@CU, @OU, MU, oSu, @TT, BU, @KU, A$M)6-2 Oklahoma (@BU, UT, KU, @KSU, NU, @A$M, TT, oSu)3-5 Okie State (A$M, @MU, BU, @UT, ISU, @TT, @CU, OU)
3-5 Baylor....... (OU, ISU, oSu, NU, MU, UT, A$M, TT)
3-5 A&M.......... (@oSu, KSU, TT, @ISU, CU, OU, BU, UT)

North-
7-1 Missouri (@NU, oSu, @UT, CU, @BU, KSU, @ISU, KU)
4-4 Nebraska (MU, @TT, @ISU, BU, @OU, KU, @KSU, CU)
4-4 Kansas (@ISU, CU, @OU, TT, KSU, @NU, UT, @MU)

3-5 Colorado (UT, @KU, KSU, @MU, @A$M, ISU, oSu, @NU)
1-7 Iowa St (KU, @BU, NU, A$M, @oSu, @CU, MU, @KSU)
1-7 Kansas St (TT, @A$M, @CU, OU, @KU, @MU, NU, ISU)
 
OK, Rex Kramer...you don't agree. I put myself out here and I know i will be criticized, and that is fine. I don't take it personally (though developmental disability smack = uncool) but why don't you post your predictions?

Like I said though, I hope im wrong. Is it that you think we will beat them, or that if we lose we don't get blown out? Help me change my mind. I'm not a stubborn person, and I would gladly see things from your perspective.
 
8-4 for us and 11-1 for TT is unlikely, but hey. How boring would it be if every prediction by every talking head was based entirely on a modified Sagarin ranking?

The problem with preseason predictions is the butterfly effect. One fumble at the goal line can keep you from tying it up against OU and thus change a season. One call that you did not break the plane sends your QB in next on a sneak that slaps you with a season-ruining injury. The same things can go in your favor: an opponent only has to fall to the ground to seal a win but stays up long enough for a fumble to be forced. Etc.

With all that stated, I see our season as anywhere from 8 to 13 wins by the time all is said and done (bowl included). Our best game is good enough to play with anybody, in all likelihood. Our worst game is bad enough to lose to a FAU or an Arkansas (and certainly in Lubbock or Dallas). I give us slightly less than 50% chance of beating OU and slightly better than 50% of beating Tech. I think we can handle everybody else as long as we don't make a big blunder. 7-1 conference should get us to CCG (which I think we would win), but 6-2 likely would not.

W/L for premier CFB programs (e.g., us) is like Tiger Woods' scorecard. You know that it will be full of impressive marks, but the real possibility of a precious few blunders potentiates the whole thing's seeming a disappointment. It is not about how good we are; it is about how few times we err.
 
goose.. first.. our pass defense literally cannot be worse than last year's team. (well.. I suppose we could drop to the absolute bottom of the barrel vs. in the low 100s).

The secondary has better athletes, more speed and the scheme the defense will play is designed for more speed rushers and speed off the corner. This will result in less time for the quarterback to progress through his reads and fewer opportunities to get burned. Combine this with a DC who knows his arse from a hole in the ground and the defense looks to be improved.

As for Colorado.. immediately before playing Texas they have... West Virginia at home on a Thursday night, then, they play on the road at Florida State. They could, and should, be coming into the Texas game on a two game skid as well as, perhaps being beaten up physically.

As for Tech, what has changed defensively with them? Their DC was in place when they played us in Austin... their personnel is much the same. Under Mack, Texas has lost to Tech twice.. once by 4 points and once by 7 points. Will Tech win? They very well may. Will it be a mudhole stomping? There are no facts which point to that. Also, in the weeks prior to playing us, Tech has Nebraska at home.. aggy at aggy.. Kansas at Lawrence.. then us.

Is this year's edition of our Longhorns a national title contender? Too many question marks. But, is the gloom and doom justified?...
 
I think we can beat ou this year. Tech and KU will be the toughest games I think we can go with only 1-2 losses. Now this is assuming Greg Davis, Mack and the rest of the staff earn their money this year.
 
well, i'll put it this way, i would say less than 1 in 100 chance that OSU both loses to ISU at home and beats OU this season. So that, to me, is a ridiculous prediction, for a 2 outcome result to be that unlikely. Oklahoma is going to be VERY strong this year, and if OSU is good enough to beat them, they should be good enough not to trip over their dicks against Iowa State in Stoolwater.
 
I was going by the CFN predictions. I think that is the same day that the Houston Chronicle predicted that UT plays Oklahoma at college station. Wonder if the moon is full that day?
 
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.




They also can't play any defense or run block....have you not seen them for the past nine seasons...?

Why should this season's team be any different....Same ****, different year.
 
When/if we lose a game, I'll make a prediction. This team is a total unknown, for the first time in a long, long time. New coaches, new players. It's kinda fun isn't it?!!!!!!!!!!!
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I think the Tech game will likely be a shootout. They will probably abuse our secondary, but the Tech defense will be about as effective as the French at stopping our offense. I think it is entirely possible that they win by 7-10 points, but I would be really surprised if it were more than that. If they do blow us out OU-style, it will be because we committed massive screwups on offense and special teams on the scale of KSU 2007.

The key to beating Tech will be to sustain long drives on offense that keep Harrell, Crabtree, and co. off the field. And score every time. Keep their O out of rhythm. Pretty much the same formula we have used for the last several years in a row. If our defensive front can pressure Harrell and make him miss, even better.

I think 9-3 is a reasonable prediction, with a trip to the Cotton or Alamo Bowl in the postseason.
 
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