It is going to be an interesting conference season. Lots of so-called upsets.
The best quarterbacking in the country is going on in the Big 12.
This is not necessarily breaking news. Almost all of the conference's dozen QBs were playing at a high level last season, and some of them for several years. But now, they've gone and taken over college football. The race to be a first-team All-American is only slightly more competitive than the race to be first-team all-Big 12.
Consider: Six of the NCAA's top seven active QBs in career passing efficiency are in the Big 12. The league also has three of the NCAA's top four in 2008 efficiency … and four of the top eight … six of the top 13 … eight of the top 24 … 11 of the top 40. Five of them are ahead of the efficiency rating that led the nation in 2007 (176.5).
In a league that loves the spread offense, these guys barely even throw incompletions anymore. Six of them are completing more than 70 percent of their passes -- last year, just one did so.
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The best quarterbacking in the country is going on in the Big 12.
This is not necessarily breaking news. Almost all of the conference's dozen QBs were playing at a high level last season, and some of them for several years. But now, they've gone and taken over college football. The race to be a first-team All-American is only slightly more competitive than the race to be first-team all-Big 12.
Consider: Six of the NCAA's top seven active QBs in career passing efficiency are in the Big 12. The league also has three of the NCAA's top four in 2008 efficiency … and four of the top eight … six of the top 13 … eight of the top 24 … 11 of the top 40. Five of them are ahead of the efficiency rating that led the nation in 2007 (176.5).
In a league that loves the spread offense, these guys barely even throw incompletions anymore. Six of them are completing more than 70 percent of their passes -- last year, just one did so.
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