Big 12 Football Beat '23-24

[GoCats1994]

Just wondering out loud (since still relevant to the Big 12)...

Did Quinn Ewers just send Arch Manning to the transfer portal?

Texas upsets Alabama in Tuscaloosa behind Sophomore QB Quinn Ewers. With the Manning pedigree, how long would young Arch be willing to sit without playing?

I know nothing here. Just filing this away in "things noticed"

[bearcatbret]

^^^^Not sure about your question about Arch Manning going to the transfer portal. However, I read where he refuses to accept NIL cash until he proves that he deserves it and was not expecting to start this year.

[Lobot]

UCF's Plumlee is out for a while.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38378782

[bearcatbret]

UCF's Plumlee is out for a while.

https://www.espn.com/college-footbal.../_/id/38378782

I am sure that he will be back for our 11/4 showdown.

[Bearcat93]

https://amp.kansas.com/sports/colleg...279214999.html

There’s still time for this to evolve a bit, but here’s a look at B12 power rankings 2 weeks in. Hopefully Kansas is stronger than anticipated as we close with them (not seeing the rivalry element here), but it might have been better to play OK later as our ability to beat a ranked team looks like only OK at the moment and they are possibly at risk of staying around #19 when we play them. While this article has KS & UCF ahead of us, not sure Plumlee’s absence keeps that going. We
may be hanging around the 20-25 range if we keep winning (not getting ahead of ourselves here, but on paper, only OK stands out) this year and relying on losses of other teams more than the strength of our wins.

[GoBearcats31]

Top games this weekend:

- #15 Kansas State at Missouri (12 pm ET - SEC Network)
- BYU at Arkansas (730 pm ET - ESPN2)
- West Virginia hosts Pitt (730 pm ET - ABC)
- TCU versus Houston in a Big 12 game (800 pm ET - FOX)

[Lobot]

Full Scoreboard:

https://www.espn.com/college-football/scoreboard/_/group/4

Some weird ones this week. Baylor plays.....checks notes.. Long Island U. If the Bears make it 0-3 I'll be impressed.

[bearcatbret]

As bad as UC was on Saturday, the league was even worse. Oklahoma Football: Cougars climb in updated Big 12 power rankings (usatoday.com)

[Lobot]

Speaking of Cougars, Holgorsen is on coaching carousel watch at Houston. Tillman Fertitta was in his camp and got him hired there so let's see if he decides to keep Holgo around too long. They fired the last guy for going 7-4 because Holgo was available.

The fan base is done with him after the loss at Rice in 2OT. That's a very similar scenario to UC vs. Miami where Rice should never win that game for the most part. Weirdly enough Rice's QB is same guy that beat UC in the Peach Bowl with Georgia.

[Lobot]

Bad day at the office for the newbies, save Houston. UCF without Plumlee, apparently forgot how to defend the run and gave up 281 yards rushing to K-State. Giddens had 207 of them and threw in 86 yards receiving for good measure.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/scoreboard/_/group/4

[Lobot]

Athletic Big XII mailbag for 9/29: ($)

https://theathletic.com/4908645/2023/09/28/big-12-football-oklahoma-state-texas-oklahoma/

[Lobot]

Scoreboard for this week : Everyone is on fraud watch this week, expecially West Virginia. The Kansas at Texas game should be interesting on Saturday.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/scoreboard/_/group/4

[Lobot]

On Yormark and Expansion for the conference. I could have put this in the expansion thread but seemed better suited for a BIg XII thread. ($)

https://theathletic.com/4903436/2023/09/27/big-12-expansion-brett-yormark-realignment/

[Lobot]

We have the big idle week before Homecoming so here's the Week 5 scoreboard highlighted by the last Big XII version of the Red River Rivalry. Chances are good that the winner of that game will win the conference and have a shot at the CFP.

I was lookiing at the standings and we're close to bringing up the rear. The 4 new teams aren't doing well in conference play or overall except for BYU at 1-1, 4-1. The BYU win was over UC so I'm not sure what that tells us about the newbies.

Oklahoma State is going set some sort of record for lowest point total in the season at this rate. They've only scored 85 points over 4 games so far which is completely the oppopsite of normal for them. Mike Gundy may have jumped the shark this season.

Scoreboard:

https://www.espn.com/college-football/scoreboard/_/week/6/year/2023/seasontype/2/group/4

[Bearcat Chris]

Winnable games left on our schedule:

1. Iowa State
2. Oklahoma State
3. Houston
4. Possibly Baylor

B.C.