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Tulsa World: Big 12 parity justifies 10-team size
By JOHN KLEIN Senior Sports Columnist
There is no better illustration of the Big 12's remarkable parity than Baylor's upset of No. 1 Kansas State a few weeks ago.
A year ago, No. 2 Oklahoma State was knocked off by ninth-place Iowa State in the 12th week of the season.
The Big 12 will not have a team in the BCS National Championship Game for the fourth straight year but the league in is better overall health than perhaps any time in the conference's history.
Nine of the 10 teams will go to bowls.
Nine of the 10 teams would appear capable of beating just about any team in the country, except for a few of the elite at the top of the polls. ...
http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/article.aspx?subjectid=203&articleid=20121130_203_B1_Therei93599
By JOHN KLEIN Senior Sports Columnist
There is no better illustration of the Big 12's remarkable parity than Baylor's upset of No. 1 Kansas State a few weeks ago.
A year ago, No. 2 Oklahoma State was knocked off by ninth-place Iowa State in the 12th week of the season.
The Big 12 will not have a team in the BCS National Championship Game for the fourth straight year but the league in is better overall health than perhaps any time in the conference's history.
Nine of the 10 teams will go to bowls.
Nine of the 10 teams would appear capable of beating just about any team in the country, except for a few of the elite at the top of the polls. ...
http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/article.aspx?subjectid=203&articleid=20121130_203_B1_Therei93599
