re: Would Texas A&M be undefeated in the Big 12 this year?

aw hell naw

losses to K-State, West Virginia, Oklahoma, Texas Tech, and Texas (because they are Texas' bitch)

7-5

The teams that make their way through the gauntlet learn more about themselves. Going through a cupcake schedule doesn't prepare you. See Big Game Bob.

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Where is your daily KK thread? Is he going to Tulane this time?

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If i was a betting man i would say SMU or some other smaller Texas or Louisiana school.

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10 team conferences, how do they work?

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Give him a break, it isn't his fault no one in that conference can accurately count to twelve...

There's a lot of speculation.

IF Texas hadn't gone overboard with the Longhorn Network, would A&M and Missouri have stayed?

IF Justin Tucker doesn't make that FG, is Mike Sherman still the head coach?

IF Mike McKinney isn't forced out as chancellor, does the board of regents have the balls to go to the SEC?

Snyder, sorry didn't know how to spell it.

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Or the Big 10 for that matter.

But I would think that if someone only casually follows college football, ie enough that they'd post regularly on a college football discussion board, they'd know which conferences have championship games and which conferences all members play each other.

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No one cares about the big12, big1G, Pac12, BigEast, or Texas enough to keep tabs on them here.

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No one cares about the big12, big1G, Pac12, BigEast, or Texas enough to keep tabs on them here.

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I watch all of college football. I can't just follow the SEC in a vacuum. However, I only truly CARE about the SEC.

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Would Texas A&M be undefeated in the Big 12 this year?

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State should've stayed in the sun belt, y'all almost had it this year.

Even if I knew that A&M would go undefeated through the Big 12 there is no way in hell I would want to be back there. What a dumpster fire that conference has become.

Would A&M go undefeated? Likely not, but they would have as good of a shot at winning the Big 12 as anyone, especially because of how the schedule would have worked with KState and OU at Kyle. KState is the only decent defense in the Big 12 and they aren't fast. A&M would likely average about 60 a game against most of the league. If it weren't for the vulnerability in the secondary A&M would smoke the B12. There is no defense there capable of handling Manziel, including KState.

I don't know where some of you folks get that we are "Texas' bitch". We beat Texas the last time we were in Austin. The record is even over the last 35 years. They did win thanks to a phantom call last year at Kyle but they don't match up well with A&M at all, we probably score 70 on them with that D.

Baylor and WVU REALLY don't play defense at all. Nor does OSU. None of them run the Spread as well as La Tech for that matter. We rolled Tech the last 3 years and would have them at Kyle so I don't see how that is an issue. Last time TCU beat A&M was 24 contests ago in 1972. KU and Iowa State are easy wins.

OU and KState would both be good games that could go either way. Both would be at Kyle though and neither team has much size and speed on defense to deal with Manziel.

Something else to remember about the Big 12 is their recruiting has really dropped off in recent years. Really only Texas and OU have more than a couple of 4* players and most of the teams are filled with 2 and 3* guys. I don't know if A&M has lost a single player in the last 3 years to Tech for instance that held an A&M offer. Up until '09 Okie State was regularly beating A&M for recruits with their shiny new facilities at the time but that valve also has been shut down for the last few years. The talent just isn't what it was there in the Mid 00's as A&M, LSU, and others have cherry picked an awful lot of the best talent.

As I said, A&M would likely drop a game or maybe 2 in the Big 12 in the end. We aren't consistent enough. That said A&M might be favored in every game by the folks in Vegas.