Most college football fans would argue the Big 12 was the best conference this season. With three one-loss teams (Oklahoma, Texas and Texas Tech) the conference appeared to be the cream of the crop. Those teams haven’t played their bowl games yet and we’ll see how they fair against the other best teams in the nation but the Big 12 is on a rocky start this bowl season.
Missouri barely got past Northwestern in the Alamo Bowl. Chase Daniel threw a career high three interceptions in the game and couldn’t get past the Wildcats until overtime. Missouri went into the game as a 12-point favorite.
Oklahoma State took a beating against the Oregon Ducks in the Holiday Bowl. The Ducks had two one hundred yard rushers in the game as they scored 35 points in the second half. Oklahoma State’s Kendall Hunter couldn’t get anything going on the ground and finished with only 37 yards. Oklahoma State went into the game as a three point favorite and lost by 11 points.
Did we overestimate the power of the Big 12 this season? Were Missouri and Oklahoma State a bit overrated and the top teams will still prove their dominance this bowl season?
It’s still early too tell which conference will win the bowl conference records this year but we have two surprises at the top. The Big East and Pac-10 conference are leading the race at 3-0. These two conferences arguably were the two weakest BCS conferences this season but their bowl games performances are proving the opposite. The ACC was the “deepest” conference this year but are only 3-3 this bowl season. They’ve managed victories against Navy, Wisconsin(Big Ten 0-2), and Nevada(WAC 1-4).
Bowl games begin to be played at all hours these next couple of days. We’ll finally find out which conferences will raise to the top.
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