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Houston Chronicle: Big 12 fights perception its teams play little or no defense
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<blockquote data-quote="TopFrog" data-source="post: 2077695" data-attributes="member: 120"><p><a href="http://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/college-football/article/High-scoring-Big-12-teams-rank-low-in-CFP-poll-6615543.php" target="_blank"><span style="color: #4b0082"><span style="font-size: 24px"><strong>Houston Chronicle: Big 12 fights perception its teams play little or no defense</strong></span></span></a></p><p> </p><p>Tim Griffin</p><p> </p><p>Are all those points being scored in Big 12 games a sign of weakness?</p><p> </p><p>No Big 12 teams were ranked higher than sixth in the first College Football Playoff poll released this week. So are the monster numbers produced in the league the major reason the conference is judged behind the others?</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>The national narrative about the Big 12 has been interesting the last few days. After Baylor earned a No. 6 ranking in the first CFP poll and TCU checked in at eighth, it led some in the fly-over states to wonder if there again could be a national conspiracy against the only Power Five league left out of the CFP last season.</p><p> </p><p>The biggest reason is because there is a perception that defense is not being played in the Big 12. ...</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/college-football/article/High-scoring-Big-12-teams-rank-low-in-CFP-poll-6615543.php" target="_blank">http://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/college-football/article/High-scoring-Big-12-teams-rank-low-in-CFP-poll-6615543.php</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TopFrog, post: 2077695, member: 120"] [URL="http://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/college-football/article/High-scoring-Big-12-teams-rank-low-in-CFP-poll-6615543.php"][COLOR=#4b0082][SIZE=24px][B]Houston Chronicle: Big 12 fights perception its teams play little or no defense[/B][/SIZE][/COLOR][SIZE=24px][/SIZE][/URL] Tim Griffin Are all those points being scored in Big 12 games a sign of weakness? No Big 12 teams were ranked higher than sixth in the first College Football Playoff poll released this week. So are the monster numbers produced in the league the major reason the conference is judged behind the others? The national narrative about the Big 12 has been interesting the last few days. After Baylor earned a No. 6 ranking in the first CFP poll and TCU checked in at eighth, it led some in the fly-over states to wonder if there again could be a national conspiracy against the only Power Five league left out of the CFP last season. The biggest reason is because there is a perception that defense is not being played in the Big 12. ... [URL="http://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/college-football/article/High-scoring-Big-12-teams-rank-low-in-CFP-poll-6615543.php"]http://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/college-football/article/High-scoring-Big-12-teams-rank-low-in-CFP-poll-6615543.php[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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