Big 12 Power Poll
BY ERIC BAILEY World Sports Writer
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
WEEK 7
1. Kansas State: The Kansas
State athletic department mailed
out award cards touting Optimus
Klein. The cards were secured
closed with a band-aid over
a picture of the quarterback’s
bandaged arm.
2. Oklahoma: You have to look
forward. You can’t look back. But
oh what the Sooners would do
to get back at least one of two
quarterback fumbles against
Kansas State.
3. Texas Tech: Red Raiders
looked overmatched and outclassed
in home loss to Oklahoma.
Since then, Tech has looked
solid and could be positioning
itself for a solid bowl game.
4. Texas: Mack Brown took a
few jabs at the Longhorn Network
on Monday. Then he was
pulled away from his rant to go
tape something for the Longhorn
Network.
5. Oklahoma State: With two
freshmen quarterbacks injured
during the season, the Cowboys
have to feel snakebit. Very
impressive of J.W. Walsh to lead
OSU to victory with knee injury.
6. West Virginia: The Mountaineers
were college football’s
darling just two weeks ago. After
back-to-back losses to Texas
Tech and Kansas State, everything
has faded.
7. TCU: Another newcomer
to the Big 12, the Frogs are
learning that defense not only
wins championships, it gets
you among the upper tier of the
conference.
8. Iowa State: Cyclones have
lost three of four games with
Baylor coming to town. Can ISU
slow down the Bears?
9. Baylor: A history lesson —
the Bears are now 23-108 in their
Big 12 history and have given up
175 points in three conference
games to become the first team
to have 5,000 league points
scored on it.
10. Kansas: Adding insult to
injury, the Jayhawk mascot spent
time in the second half of the
Oklahoma loss with a backpack
on, ready to excuse himself from
Memorial Stadium.
BEST GAME
Notre Dame at Oklahoma, 7 p.m.
Saturday, KTUL-8
This was predicted to be the
best Big 12 nonconference game
before the season began. Now
it has taken on a life of its own
as the Fighting Irish enter with
a perfect record. Oklahoma is
trying for just its second victory
in 10 tries over Notre Dame in a
lopsided series.
WORST GAME
Texas at Kansas, 11 a.m. Saturday,
FSOK-27
The Jayhawks looked miserable
against Oklahoma last
weekend and face a Texas team
still looking to salvage its season.
The Longhorns are probably
hoping for a “get-right” game
defensively. UT has allowed an
average of 53.7 points per game
in its last three contests.
