My Big 12 Predictions 2010

[bshirt]

4) What will be the highest score run up on Minnesota when people figure out Kevin Cosgrove is running the same crap defensive sets there that he ran in Nebraska?

If there is any football justice AT ALL, Cosgrove will still be the DC at Minny when we get to play them.

Oooooohhhhh do I hope he's still there.

Oh yeah!!

Mighty COZ vs "Multiple" SW....WOW!....the brainwaves will be so strong it just might melt the galaxy. NU's offense vs COZ's Golden Gopher defense. Oh the drama!!

 

[fro daddy]

Eh. I don't see this team losing to Washington or Missouri. Both teams are very similar, relying on a star QB and solid WR corps but mediocre Offensive Lines, unspectacular running games and poor defenses.

Mu's o-line is believed to be among the best in the conference. Infact, many have stated it is the best. And the 2009 tigers were GP's worst rushing team since he came to MU. Given what they have done the other 8 years, i believe its safe to say that you are not fully correct in your assesment.

 

[Ratt Mhule]

4) What will be the highest score run up on Minnesota when people figure out Kevin Cosgrove is running the same crap defensive sets there that he ran in Nebraska?

If there is any football justice AT ALL, Cosgrove will still be the DC at Minny when we get to play them.

Oooooohhhhh do I hope he's still there.

Yeah, our offensive problems would have been gone for one game last year had we played them.

Two games if you count Arizona. Cosgrove will be at Minnesota, I just hope Minnesota will be in Lincoln in 2011 so we can show Cosgrove how much we appreciated what he did for our program while he was our DC :facepalm:

 

[deedsker15]

Big 12 North

1. Nebraska | 12-2 (Loses to Washington, Missouri. Wins Big 12 Championship vs. Oklahoma)

2. Missouri | 10-3 (Loses to Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Texas Tech)

3. Kansas State | 9-4 (Loses to Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Texas, Missouri)

4. Colorado | 7-6 (Loses to Georgia, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas State, Oklahoma, California)

5. Kansas | 6-7 (Loses to Georgia Tech, Kansas State, Texas A&M, Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Missouri)

6. Iowa State | 4-9 (Loses to Iowa, Kansas State, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Missouri)

Big 12 South

1. Oklahoma | 12-2 (Loses to Texas Tech. Loses Big 12 Championship vs. Nebraska)

2. Texas | 11-2 (Loses to Nebraska, Oklahoma)

3. Texas Tech | 10-3 (Loses to Texas, Arkansas, Houston)

4. Texas A&M | 9-4 (Loses to Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Texas)

5. Oklahoma State | 8-5 (Loses to Washington State, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Nebraska, Texas, Oklahoma)

6. Baylor | 3-10 (Loses to TCU, Kansas, Texas Tech, Colorado, Kansas State, Texas, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M, Oklahoma)

I agree with everything except for your forecast on Baylor. Manhattan, have you ever seen Robert Griffin play?

thank you

 

[BigRedPowerWagon]

14-0 Play Bama For the NC and Win

2010 NC baby.

 

[craigsker]

The Huskies are lacking depth on both the offensive and defensive line and it is because of that I think the Huskers will win in a close one. The Huskies will hang for the first half, possibly three quarters, but just like we did in the past, we will wear them down. The secondary contains Locker and gets the job done. It'll be close but we'll get out of Seattle with a win.

Tremendous motivation coupled with the game being in Lincoln is too much for the 'Horns this time around. We get the Texas monkey off our back.

The game I'm marking with an asterisk (*) is the road game to Texas A&M. The Aggies are getting better and College Station is always a hostile environment to play in. By the time this game is played the Aggies could have all the cobwebs cleared out and pull out a win. In the end, I regretfully think they win this one and we'll place this game in the "Games we lost, but shouldn't have" column.

I may be overly optimistic but I think 11-1 in the regular season is entirely possible. I also believe a victory in the conference championship is a strong possibility purely on the premise that "defense wins football games."

 

[Blackshirt316]

Eh. I don't see this team losing to Washington or Missouri. Both teams are very similar, relying on a star QB and solid WR corps but mediocre Offensive Lines, unspectacular running games and poor defenses.

Mu's o-line is believed to be among the best in the conference. Infact, many have stated it is the best. And the 2009 tigers were GP's worst rushing team since he came to MU. Given what they have done the other 8 years, i believe its safe to say that you are not fully correct in your assesment.

It's believed to be one of the most talented offensive lines in the conference, yes. But one of the best? No. The problem with Missouri's line isn't a talent issue it's a conceptual one. Missouri runs a spread system with lots of option principles but their line is made up of big bulky powerful guys that have almost ZERO lateral movement and very little quickness. In a system where trapping and pulling is a must, Missouri has a team full of guys who struggle to do either well. To which the run game is also a conceptual issue that Yost/Pinkel have yet to understand. The backs do so much lateral running (again something the line simply can't handle) and very little straight ahead movement and even when they eventually do go forward, the line just does not ever seem to blow the defense off the line or knock them to the ground.

Missouri's line is of course a pass block first line though. And yes they do pass block quite effectively - at least until they meet up with quick, physical pass rushers who can outmaneuver them at the snap, get underneath initial contact to gain leverage, read the play and then explode through the blocker to the point of attack. exactly what most Big 12 teams employ and what Nebraska in particular excels at.

You can have all the individual talent in the world but if it isn't utilized well or taught effectively that individual talent doesn't mean a whole lot as a unit. And Missouri's offensive line falls into that category every season.