70-63? Records galore!

[El Supremo]

Is the Big 12 now the new MWC?

I wish I had seen this, but I was flying back to Denver.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- No. 9 West Virginia and the Big 12, perfect together.

Geno Smith and the fast-moving, high-scoring Mountaineers proved they fit right in with their new conference, outracing No. 25 Baylor 70-63 on Saturday in the Big 12's highest-scoring game ever.

Smith tied a conference mark with eight touchdown passes and narrowly missed another one with 656 yards passing.

''It did feel like one of those classic Texas shootouts,'' said Smith, whose school moved over from the Big East this season. ''That's kind of what the Big 12 is about.''

Smith outdueled Baylor's Nick Florence, who broke Heisman Trophy-winning predecessor Robert Griffin III's school record with 581 yards. Florence threw for five TDs.

School, conference and FBS marks all got rewritten in this one.

More at: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/no-9-west-virginia-beats-200156721--ncaaf.html

[El Supremo]

1. It looks like UT-OSU might be the same thing.

[madinmaryland]

2. Basketball season, Dude...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/120420779

[El Supremo]

3. I skipped that because I took the title...

literally.

[madinmaryland]

4. You are a literary expert now? What dost thou thinkest?

[JonLP24]

5. This should help me out in Condem's picks threads

Now I know both teams have flawed defenses and will pick against them when they face balanced foes.

[hughee99]

6. It's the Big 12(ish).

Flawed "D" is a conference requirement. The only team with a decent "D" I've seen so far is the team in the big "D" (well, Fort Worth actually).

[JonLP24]

7. I agree

Pretty much only Texas (after they lost the NC to Alabama) has had a top 10-20 pass defense in the Big 12. This year they fell off pretty far. Oklahoma has a great pass D so for but that is after games against UTEP & Florida A&M. It'll be interesting to see where they are after their loss to Kansas St.

About TCU, they had an excellent D during their Fiesta/Rose years and pretty solid the few years prior but they weren't Big 12 at the time. Hopefully they continue their ways and I'm sure they will as long as Patterson is at the helm.