WVU should win the big 12...

[ArrowheadHawk]

They have 3 of the top 10 players in the league.

http://espn.go.com/blog/big12/post/_...untdown-big-12

As part of “College Football Live’s” 100 Days Till Kickoff countdown, here’s a look at the top 10 players in the Big 12.

Note: This is a separate list from our preseason top 25 players. We'll tackle that later. It might be a lot different. It might be much of the same.

1. Geno Smith, QB, West Virginia: Geno's a newcomer to the Big 12, but putting up big numbers is nothing new for the senior, who threw for 4,385 yards last season. Only one quarterback threw for more, but Smith had two more touchdown passes and eight fewer interceptions than the No. 2 quarterback on this list. Smith also completed nearly 3 percent more of his passes.

2. Landry Jones, QB, Oklahoma: Jones checks in at No. 2 as the Big 12's leading returning passer, and will try to climb back in 2012 to give the Sooners another Big 12 title. Jones is the Big 12's most experienced quarterback, which should pay off the fall.

3. Collin Klein, QB, Kansas State: Klein was the league's No. 4 rusher and threw for 1,900 yards? You can't argue with that production, and Klein accounted for 69.8 percent of the Wildcats' offense. That's insane. His importance to K-State can't be understated.

4. Tavon Austin, WR, West Virginia: Austin's the most dangerous playmaker in the Big 12, a true triple threat as a receiver, runner and kick/punt returner. He's the Big 12's No. 2 returning receiver, but he also returned two kicks for touchdowns in 2011, joining two other Big 12 returners who duplicated that feat last season.

5. Jake Knott, LB, Iowa State: Knott was outplayed by teammate A.J. Klein last season, but not by much. Knott was also playing through injuries. He's a superior talent, and like Klein, there's no arguing with his production. He's made 244 tackles in the past two seasons.

6. Joseph Randle, RB, Oklahoma State: Randle is the Big 12's leading returning rusher and should see an increased workload from his 208 carries last season. He turned those into 24 touchdowns to come three short of the Big 12 record.

7. Arthur Brown, LB, Kansas State: Brown's one of the league's most impressive freak athletes, a cruise missile of a linebacker who doesn't miss tackles in the open field and gets there faster than any true linebacker in the league. (You nickelbacks don't count.)

8. Kenny Vaccaro, S, Texas: Vaccaro's the most versatile talent on a loaded Texas defense, and as a roaming nickelback, offenses must account for where he is on every snap. He's also got a case as the hardest hitter in the Big 12.

9. Jackson Jeffcoat, DE, Texas: Who has two last names and is the Big 12's returning sack leader? This guy. His 8.5 sacks were 1.5 more than any other returner in the Big 12, and he made four more tackles for loss (17) than any other returner, too.

10. Stedman Bailey, WR, West Virginia: Bailey's a more traditional receiver in WVU's offense and he's taken advantage. He's the league's leading returning receiver and offers the Mountaineers a steady, dangerous target with sure hands who will help make WVU arguably the league's most dangerous offense.

[RustShack]

Originally Posted by Wickedson

Depends on your definition of "upward". I'm not so sure I need my team playing a school best known for pedophilia year in and year out.

OK they left thinking they would make more money and not lose to Texas every year.

[Braincase]

Originally Posted by frazod

Your team sucks so bad that mediocrity is an unattainable goal. Talk to me when you've moved beyond being the Sucklones' bitch, bitch.

You're just a fan like anybody else, Tim. Your team just took went the way of Judas, taking 30 pieces of silver to head over to the greener pastures you call "stability". You're going to get bent over by the powers of the SEC, all the while convinced that that cock up your ass is so much smoother than Texas or Oklahoma... but in the end, there's still a cock up your ass.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Wickedson

Depends on your definition of "upward". I'm not so sure I need my team playing a school best known for pedophilia year in and year out.

That's your Big Ten smack?

Tell me, which team last won a Big XII conference game - Kansas or Nebraska?

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by ArrowheadHawk

October 28, 2011

Oh, that was the week that ol' Bessie chewed through the only phone line leading out of town.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Braincase

You're just a fan like anybody else, Tim. Your team just took went the way of Judas, taking 30 pieces of silver to head over to the greener pastures you call "stability". You're going to get bent over by the powers of the SEC, all the while convinced that that cock up your ass is so much smoother than Texas or Oklahoma... but in the end, there's still a cock up your ass.

I guess I'd better hurry up and quote this before your nuts shrivel up again and you delete it.

Nice Godsmack, though. Now we're Judas? Wow.

Is Wickedson your son? Or daughter, perhaps?

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by RustShack

OK they left thinking they would make more money and not lose to Texas every year.

haha. Oh yeah, that too

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

lol, must not have newspapers, or radio, or tv, or the rest of the internet in Nebraska.

Or maybe it's because every conference realignment thread on here has gone the way this one already is. Or that I don't listen to sports radio as much at my current job. Or that I just don't really care.

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by frazod

That's your Big Ten smack?

Tell me, which team last won a Big XII conference game - Kansas or Nebraska?

no that's not my smack talk. I just don't want to be associated with that school.

This is the smack talk if you want to put make it a Big 12/BIG thing...

"A new January bowl tradition is born. This new game will provide a great matchup between the two most successful conferences in the BCS era."

-- SEC commissioner Mike Slive

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Wickedson

no that's not my smack talk. I just don't want to be associated with that school.

This is the smack talk if you want to put make it a Big 12/BIG thing...

"A new January bowl tradition is born. This new game will provide a great matchup between the two most successful conferences in the BCS era."

-- SEC commissioner Mike Slive

Sort of like how most Kansas fans don't want to be associated with you?

And again, I fail to see why anybody should get butthurt over these comments. Do you think anybody in the Big Ten is losing sleep over it? These people aren't tools like you.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

Or maybe it's because every conference realignment thread on here has gone the way this one already is. Or that I don't listen to sports radio as much at my current job. Or that I just don't really care.

I suggested earlier that you probably didn't give a shit, but Wickedson just wasn't having it. Obviously you're lying, and the Big XII, Kansas and Wickedson's opinion are the most important things in your life.

You know it's true.

[okcchief]

I give half a shit about college sports, but I will miss watching the Mizzou, Kstate, KU and Nebraska fans get it to petty fights about every game. I guess we'll still have KU/KState.

My neutral opinion is Nebraska and Colorado made the right decision. Football wise Mizzou and A&M completely ****ed themselves. Texas and Oklahoma are easier to compete with than LSU, Bama, Florida etc. I know it's not all about football, but it seems like it is for most people.

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by frazod

Sort of like how most Kansas fans don't want to be associated with you?

And again, I fail to see why anybody should get butthurt over these comments. Do you think anybody in the Big Ten is losing sleep over it? These people aren't tools like you.

No one's losing sleep here.

We're just fine.

[Ultra Peanut]

lol wut, i think you mea--oh. Right.

college sports are weird and confusing

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Originally Posted by Wickedson

One of the initial moves that has propelled the Big 12 to being the 2nd best football conference in America? Yea, it was.

Face it, the B1G is better. You've got ALOT of work still to do to catch them.

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by Wickedson

No one's losing sleep here.

We're just fine.

...he posted shortly after midnight on a Wednesday.