Overrated?

For all the talk this year about how good the Big 12 South was, the bowl games have shown that the strength may have been a myth. OK State got it handed to them by a PAC-10 team (we were sold all year that the PAC-10 was USC and 9 other random teams), Tech completed their end of season collapse that OU put them on, and Texas had to score with 16 seconds left to beat an Ohio State team that could not throw the ball. The Texas game was interesting because even though they won, it seemed like a struggle for their offense to move the ball except for maybe a couple of series.

So what does this mean for OU? This will be the best defense they've seen this season. I wonder what will happened when they play in a game where they have to trade blows with their opponent. The Sooners seem to score more than 60 every game and that's not happening. The key to this game will be Florida O versus Oklahoma D. I think the magic number is 24. Florida scores more than this and they win, otherwise it's the Sooners' title (which should be shared with Utah).

To make this Baylor related, I don't know how you could look at what has happened to the Big 12 South teams and not immediately do what you can to upgrade your defense. While I think our defense in 2009 will be better than this past season, it will probably be only about 6-8 points better. Let's hope that the Offense can increase their output in 2009 and turn some of those close losses into wins.