They did, but let's be honest the Big 12 wasn't what it was 3-4 years ago. OU struggled, Texas was down, KSU was down, no Mizzou, no Texas A&M, no Nebraska, and the teams they rbought in (WVU and TCU) had down years.
And where were those schools when Nebraska was runnin a train on college football in the 90's? Looking at it from that perspective is so subjective it's not even worth explaining. Just nitpicking the facts to back up their point. And no one knows where Nebraska, Baylor, and Duke will be in 5 years. My guess is Nebraska will be right where we are now at the very worst, and Baylor and Duke will be right back where they belong-so to speak-once their coaches move on to bigger and better opportunities.
Especially since Steve not only reads message boards, but probably posts on some as well. A majority of sports journalists do in todays age.
sipple also had a profound misunderstanding on how deadspin operates. so, he might be a little behind the times.
Even still, as someone who holds a degree in journalism, Sipple had to know on a very fundamental level how completely dumb of a thing that was to say. He all but gave away his credibility and admitted he was a blind program supporter instead on an unbiased arbiter with that statement.
