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Stoops today: Big 12 is strongest since he's been at OU
 
By GUERIN EMIG World Sports Writer
Published: 10/13/2008  12:04 PM
Last Modified: 10/13/2008  1:00 PM

 Audio: Listen to a Q&A session with OU coach Bob Stoops from the Big 12 football teleconference Monday. (approx. 7 minutes.)

NORMAN — Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops has been a college football playoff opponent, espousing the every-week-is-a-playoff theory that values the regular season.

During his Big 12 teleconference appearance Monday morning, however, Stoops made a telling concession, based on the strength of this year’s Big 12 Conference.

A reporter suggested the Big 12 is so loaded with quality — the Associated Press poll ranks Texas No. 1, Oklahoma No. 4, Texas Tech No. 7, Oklahoma State No. 8, Missouri No. 11 and Kansas No. 16 — that it runs the risk of eliminating itself from national championship contention.

“That is a fair argument for a playoff,” Stoops responded, “that as that does happen, you’ve still got some of the better teams that have beaten each other up and made each other lose still have an opportunity at the end of the year. You do raise a good argument for a playoff.”

Consider the upcoming schedule.

Missouri plays at Texas and Kansas comes to OU this week. OSU travels to Texas and Tech heads to Kansas the following week. Texas plays at Tech Nov. 1, then OSU plays in Lubbock Nov. 8.

Down the stretch, Texas must travel to Kansas, Tech visits OU and Missouri hooks up with KU.

Finally, there’s Bedlam in Stillwater Nov. 29.

“It would be great if there were only two good teams in the conference, as long as we were one of them,” Jayhawks coach Mark Mangino cracked. “I wouldn’t have a problem with that. Unfortunately, we have a great conference here.”

“I think it is (the strongest) since I’ve been here, top to bottom,” Stoops said. “Is it a good thing? I wish it wasn’t. I guess for our sake, I wish there weren’t as many.”
By GUERIN EMIG World Sports Writer

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Bird1, Tulsa (10/14/2008 9:03:40 AM)
Jim - Not many kids can attend MIT, Harvard or Yale. They don't have the money &/or the IQ to go there. I'm happy for the ones that do, but the rest still have the right to go somewhere for their higher Ed. OU and the rest of the schools around the country takes care of the greates majority. BTW, Where did you go, MIT, Harvard or Yale?
 

 
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