SB Nation Big 12 Roundtable - Week 5
by Mark Kieffer on Sep 30, 2009 9:08 PM CDT
in Football
2 comments
5th Week. Rock M Nation is hosting again this week. You know the drill!
1. Is it time for the Big 12 to collectively pour one out for the departure of Baylor quarterback Robert "Hot Tub" Griffin? Even if your team benefits from his injury, are you sad to see one of the conference's premier playmakers done for the season?
I don't like to see people injured, but at the same time it's football. ISU has two guys out for the year from injury. It's part of the game. Perhaps my man Kellen Winslow can break it down better than me:
2. Play the role of Mythbusters for us. If you could dispel one national perception of your team, what would it be?
I don't know if there is a national perception of our team really. If I had to give one, I'd say it's the idea that our defense has been good. We are tied for 74th in the nation in sacks/game, 52nd in overall pass defense against all run-first teamsISU has horrible defensivley last year, and I think they will be improved from the year previous, but I'm not impressed with the defense and the competition is just going to be more stiff as we start to face Big 12 offenses.
3. Give us the name of one player on each side of the ball on your team that everyone else in the conference may not know about or fully appreciate.
Offense: Alexander Robinson. I would hope everyone else has heard of him, but I don't read much about him at all. For a guy that's 10th in the nation in rushing yards so far, that's really too bad. We've heard all the hype about Helu in Nebraska, but Robinsion is a mere 9 yards behind him in total thus far.
Defense: David Sims. He's tied for 6th (with like 10,000 other people) in interceptions, plus his return game has been good.
4. OU vs. Da U: Who ya' got?
I've got OU. Coming off a bye week is going to help them a lot
5. Give us your Offensive Player of the Week, Defensive Player of the Week, and Storyline of the Week for last week.
Offensive: Alexander Robinson, RB, ISU. More than deserves it. He's a one man show at ISU right now.
Defensive: Earl Thomas, S, Texas. 2 picks that set up TDs against UTEP.
Storyline: Robert Griffin being out for the year.. Not really a thrilling week for the most part.
6. Power Poll! Rank the teams 1-12 based on who would win on a neutral field.
- Texas
- Oklahoma
- Oklahoma State
- Kansas
- Nebraska
- Texas Tech
- Missouri
- Texas A&M
- Iowa State
- Kansas State
- Baylor
- Colorado
0 recs |
2 comments
|
Email
Print
Comments
Slightly different set of answers
1) Sorry for Baylor and Baylor fans (if there is any), but that games sure looks different on the schedule now. So my answer would be happy for the Cyclones, but I do feel bad for that.
2) Like Mark, I’d be happy if we had a national perception. But I did notice ISU got one vote in the polls this week, so someone has been paying attention. I would tell that voter we aren’t that good yet. Even best case is 6-6 for the year, and no 6-6 team should be getting votes.
3) Agree with Mark on Robinson. I’d go with Parker on D. Doubt anyone knows what we are losing.
4) OU. If ISU had Miami’s start we wouldn’t have been ranked. Because it was Miami, they were moved right up to 9th. The coachs/media are lazy and loves thier old favorites.
5) I was at the ISU game and didn’t get to see any other games, so I’ll skip this question.
6) I hate rankings. Rather than rank them on where they are today, I try to rank on where I think they will finish at the end of the year. So here goes:
OU
UT
Neb
KU
OSU
MU
TT
ISU
A&M
KSU
BU
CU
Ha
Please correct the national perception that we don’t actually exist.
I think Miami still might be overrated so I think OU can take care of them even without Bradford.
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Certain photos copyright © 2010 by Associated Press or Getty Images. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of Associated Press and Getty Images is strictly prohibited.
