Tuesday, December 1, 2015

As the dust settles

The Big 12 football season has come to an end in 2015 and this year there is no debate about the best team in the conference.

The Oklahoma Sooners finished off a DOMINANT month of November by going to Stillwater in a de facto conference championship game and absolutely crushed the cowboys in a 58-23 rout.

Sooners are your BIG 12 champions and might be playing better than any team in the country as we near the postseason.

After Notre Dame's collapse against Stanford, Oklahoma is all but assured a spot in the 4 team playoff beginning New Year's Eve, the only question is where will they be seeded.

If you would have told me after the Sooner lost to Texas 24-17 that they would win out and be a top 3 team in the country there is a good chance I would have called you crazy. But Stoops and his boys took a different approach after that game and have reached a level that I am not sure even the head coach himself would of thought was possible.

The offense has completely taken off averaging 47 points a game and dominating both in the air and on the ground.

The duo of Samaje Perine and Joe Mixon has been maybe the best in the country. Baker Mayfield has been a top 3 quarterback with his dazzling highlights and RARE mistakes.

Sterling Shepard has been more productive since Texas than any other wideout in the nation.

Finally, and most importantly, that offensive line has gelled and turned into quite the unit and propelled them to a Big 12 Championship.

The defense has been good all year, but they have been fantastic since the Texas game and don't really have a weaknesses right now.

The Defensive line has been great, getting after the quarterback and allowing almost nothing in the run game. The linebackers are the best in the conference and have been fantastic all season. The most criticized group, the secondary, has been maybe the biggest positive this year. They have been ball hawks, forcing turnovers in almost every single game.

This is a scary team going into the playoffs and will be picked by many experts to win the National Championship.

Saturday night's Bedlam wins mark Oklahoma's 9th Big 12 Championship with the second closest team being Texas with 2.

I think it is safe to say that Oklahoma is back and maybe better than ever as they await their fate in the college football playoffs.


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