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Big 12 football still lags behind in opponents

By Berry Tramel Modified: April 30, 2009 at 8:38 am • Published: April 30, 2009
Big 12 football teams play 48 non-conference games this season. Only 11 are against fellow BCS leagues.

That’s 22.9 percent, and that stinks. It’s the lowest figure among the six major conferences.

The Pac-10 plays half its games (15 of 30) against equal-footing foes.

The Atlantic Coast Conference plays 41.6 percent, the Big East 40 percent, the Big Ten 31.8 percent and the SEC 29.2.

Then here comes the Big 12, again averaging less than one legitimate opponent per school.

You can’t always measure strength of schedule by an opponent’s league. Who is tougher, TCU or Indiana? But for the most part, percentage of BCS-league foes is a solid measuring stick.

And the Big 12 stinks. Only Baylor, which goes to Wake Forest and hosts Connecticut, is playing more than one fellow BCS-league member. Texas and Texas Tech are playing none.

Some Big 12 teams are playing solid mid-majors. OU is playing Brigham Young and Tulsa. Colorado plays Colorado State. Kansas plays Southern Miss.

Missouri goes to Nevada. OSU and Tech both play Houston.

At least the Big 12 fares a little better in I-AA opponents.


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by Berry Tramel
Columnist
Berry Tramel, a lifelong Oklahoman, sports fan and newspaper reader, joined The Oklahoman in 1991 and has served as beat writer, assistant sports editor, sports editor and columnist. Tramel grew up reading four daily newspapers — The...
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