Big 12 Football 2017

[dankrutka]

In Bowl games sometime coach may not give their seniors a lot of playing time A true test of how good a conference is how many players are being drafted and making NFL teams. ACC, SEC and Big 10 for last 20 years have put more players in the league over Big 12 talent it not even close.

Are you arguing that more players from SEC schools sit out their bowl games or rest their seniors? I've never seen that. Do you have any evidence? On the other hand, mediocre Big 12 team Texas actually had a number of NFL bound players sit out their bowl game against their SEC opponent, which they beat easily.

The SEC is the best conference, but it's mainly bolstered by about 4 or 5 good programs out of 14 schools. The rest aren't anything special. People tend to forget that the Big 12 is only 10 schools. And, in a conference that small, it doesn't help when one of your traditional powers is down. If Texas gets back to being a top 10 program then the conference will look fine.

[Jersey Boss]

Once upon a time conference champs were rewarded with a bowl game. Big 8 went to the Orange, SEC to the Sugar, Big 10 and Pac 12 to the Rose, etc. In those days there was no playoff. What needs to be determined and agreed upon is do D1 schools want a national champ or do they want a reward for a conference champ? Conferences in my opinion are about as relevant as a typewriter or slide rule. Back in the day these conferences were established by schools in close geographic proximity to each other. This is no longer a truism. The conferences are comprised of members both near and far. D1 schools not in power conferences are boxed out under the present set up. The claim is made that these schools are not deserving because of their schedule, yet Alabama played 2 ranked schools, losing to one. This boxing out appears to be getting more established under the present play off regimen. Under the old BCS, TCU, a Mountain West team made it to #3 under the BCS. Today UCF can't crack the top ten even though they are undefeated. Either the NCAA should create schedules for the top 40 teams so there is parity and everybody in D1 has a shot or just be really crazy and open up the play offs big time. D2 football has 4 regions of playoffs with ten in each region. This pretty much debunks the notion that 16 is too many. Let's establish a fair and equitable way to a championship or just go back to rewarding the conference champs with a bowl game and call it good.