Briles Tears Into Big 12 Commish Bowlsby

[BigdaddyQH]

After Baylor defested Kansas State to win a share of the Big 12 title, Baylor head coach Art Briles tore into Big 12 Commish Bob Bowlsby in a face to face confrontation on stage after Bowlsby presented Baylor with a Conference Championship Trophy. Briles said: ""You know, if you're going to slogan around and say there's 'One True Champion,' all the sudden you're gonna go out the back door instead of going out the front? Don't say one thing and do another."

Briles went on to say that Baylor defeated TCU and had won the Big 12 championship on the field two years in a row. Bowlsby, who was roundly booed by the Baylor faithful who stayed for the presentation, left without comment.

This is so typical Big 12. Briles is right. Bowlsby has no class at all, but what would you expect from a Big 12 Commish?

 

[RunLeeRun]

For a moment I was starting to re-think leaving the conference. Seemed like a nice resurgence, then this chickenshit move came down. Runner-up Ribbons for everybody!!

 

[BigdaddyQH]

TCU fell to 6th in the AP Poll today.

 

[BranFlakes]

Expand your Conference. Get to 14 teams. Have a Championship game or this will happen again. The Selection Committee is swayed by a Conference Championship Game.

 

[golffish]

Good idea but what quality programs are available to add? I think that boat has sailed.

Expand your Conference. Get to 14 teams. Have a Championship game or this will happen again. The Selection Committee is swayed by a Conference Championship Game.

 

[BranFlakes]

Start collecting some of the better quality AAC teams. Cincinnati, Houston, Memphis, UCF.

 

[BigdaddyQH]

I think that Cincinnati would be a lock for the Big 12. Memphis would be another excellent choice. This gives the Big 12 12 teams and a CC game. The North would be composed of Cincinnati, Memphis, West Virginia, Kansas State, Kansas and Iowa State. The South would get the 4 Texas teams and two Oklahoma teams. I doubt if Texas would allow Houston or UCF in the Conference.

 

[BranFlakes]

Cincinnati and Memphis bring quality basketball programs into the Conference as well.

 

[CoachCB]

Expand your Conference. Get to 14 teams. Have a Championship game or this will happen again. The Selection Committee is swayed by a Conference Championship Game.

Totally agree. It's their own fault. It's a shame though. None of the B12 teams got blown the fuck out by a 6-6 football team from the worst "power 5" conference on their home field......

 

[GoSooners]

Good idea but what quality programs are available to add? I think that boat has sailed.

I think you are probably right. The boat has sailed. At least for quality programs with football tradition. I said it a few years ago, I wish this conference had split up and OU would have gone to the Pac-12 with the other Big 12 elite when they had the chance. It would have completely changed the face of college football. Now it's pretty much just an embarrassment that seemed like a good idea 15 years ago when it started. But now it reminds me of the girl in highschool that you thought was attractive and you thought she might be a good catch. Then you saw her at the 20 year reunion and she was fat and disgusting, and you were so glad you dodged that bullet. Well, that girl is the Big 12, and OU is married to her...

 

[alkimyst]

Fantastic analogy!!

 

[akphidelt]

I agree there Baylor should be the champ based on head to head but TCU and Baylor got killed by their conference. Ok, ok st, WVU, Texas, T Tech, all sucking made their schedules horrid. And then you basically have a k st team who lost to all 3 top 25 opp they played. Tough to gauge how good those teams are Ooc with their schedules.

 

[sdf]

Sorry, but if it were OU or Texas that tied atop the Big12, OhioSt wouldnt be in the conversation. OSU lost to 6-6 VTech at home. They played in the 4th best conference. TCU and Baylor were in a better conference.

http://espn.go.com/blog/statsinfo/tag/_/name/conference-power-rankings

TCU dominated just about everyone except for #5 ranked Baylor (the horrors!) who needed a huge comeback at home just to beat TCU. The committee couldnt decide TCU or Baylor so they punted and took OSU.

OSU made it because they are a "name" team with a big following. Big following = more fans and higher ratings. A big middle finger to you smaller schools. It also helped that Wisky totally laid down for OSU, much like Arizona did for Oregon.


Conference championship games are made to bring in more money and to make things even since not all teams play each other in a 12-14 team league and that's their best way of making it fair. In the 10 team leagues, everyone plays everyone and a conf championship game is unnecessary......

But yeah, to play the "game", Big12 will have to add 2 teams and have a conf. championship game to appease the committee. The sad truth.

 

[Albatross]

^^^ Probably some truth there, but no championship game hurt. The OOC schedule is pathetic by both TCU and Baylor.

 

[silver7]

Too bad Baylor didn't get Wisky in the Cotton, Briles would have tried for 60 to zip.

 

[Knightrofins]

U need 12 teams in a conference to have a championship game. Why dont they add 2 more teams then? Then the big 12 would ACTUALLY have 12 teams? No wonder why they werent smart enough to field a team in the final 4 in which they had 2 contenders!!

Btw, I know a certain school in Orlando that would join. They have a good football program and the conference be able to recruit better in Florida!!

 

[MackDonald]

Too bad Baylor didn't get Wisky in the Cotton, Briles would have tried for 60 to zip.

Guys: Be reminded that "ol" silver 7 is a hard-core Golden Gopher fan. He remembers the Wisconsin/Minnesota games from way back well (the oldest rivalry in in the now NCAA div-1 history) dating back to 1890. The trophy was Paul Bunyan's axe. You can see why he would not object to a Baylor piling 60 plus points on the Badgers. Ha (lol). FYI: Minnesota leads the series 59 to 57.

Good luck with your Bowl Plays "old man" : We've seen a lot college football games during the past 65 years....haven't we my friend.