Another Reason Why Big-12 Teams Needs To Merged Into Other Conferences, LINK!

[CaptainSidneyReilly]

Once again, yet another reason to put Big-12 Teams into remaining Power Four Conferences. Big-12 is already one of the lowest produces of NFL Draft Picks and that has been going on over 20 years. Now it is happening in recruiting too.
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If you're looking for answers as to why the Big 12 continues to struggle, start with recruiting Texas:
There's a good reason the Big 12 is the only Power Five conference that hasn't won a College Football Playoff game in its three-year existence. Deep in the heart of Texas Longhorns , the Big 12 lost the talent battle again this year in a state the conference desperately needs to secure.

The top-10 recruits from Texas, based on 247Sports Composite rankings, fled to almost everywhere but the Big 12.

• Defensive tackle Marvin Wilson: Florida State Seminoles
• Cornerback Jeffrey Okudah: Ohio State Buckeyes
• Offensive tackle Walker Little: Stanford Cardinal
• Outside linebacker Baron Browning: Ohio State
• Defensive end K'Lavon Chaisson: LSU Tigers
• All-purpose back J.K. Dobbins: Ohio State
• Offensive tackle Austin Deculus: LSU

Those were the seven highest-rated recruits in Texas. Not one stayed in-state. The top Texas player by 247Sports Composite to join the Big 12 was offensive guard Jack Anderson , who went to Texas Tech Red Raiders . Raise your hand if you thought you'd see a day when Texas Tech got the Big 12's highest-rated player from Texas.......................But the Big 12's talent drain from the state of Texas remains a big problem for the league. A conference can only get picked apart at home for so long before it ceases to be a regional recruiting base.........Think about the consequences for the SEC if it lost this many elite players year after year in Florida and Georgia, or the problems for the Big Ten if it consistently let far too many talented players get out of Ohio and Pennsylvania. That's what's happening to the Big 12, whose office is based in Irving, Texas. The rest of the country isn't just picking apart the state of Texas; they're raiding Texas, not unlike how the SEC, Pac-12 and Big Ten once took Big 12 members Missouri Tigers , Texas A&M, Colorado Buffaloes and Nebraska Cornhuskers , setting in motion this talent drain........Based on 247Sports Composite rankings, the Sooners have now gone four straight years without a top-10 recruit from Texas. Over the past five years, Oklahoma Sooners signed as many top-10 Texas recruits as Florida, Florida State, Houston Cougars , Miami, Notre Dame Fighting Irish , Texas Tech, UCLA Bruins and USC. Meanwhile, the Longhorns signed just eight top-10 players from their home state between 2013-17. Their highest-ranked Texas player in 2017 was rated 20th, marking the first time the Longhorns won't have a top-10 in-state player in 247Sports' backdated rankings, dating to 1999...............In 2010, the Big 12 signed 41 of the top 50 recruits in Texas. The SEC got three. By 2012, Missouri, Texas A&M, Colorado and Nebraska had all left. In 2016, the Big 12 signed only 22 top-50 Texas recruits, compared to 20 for the SEC (14 went to SEC schools other than Texas A&M). This year, the Texas top-50 scoreboard reads: 19 for the Big 12, 15 for the SEC.............
The latest CBS Sports NFL mock draft for 2017 projects no Big 12 players in the first round.
Conference Avg. early NFL Draft picks, 2014-16
SEC 3.6
Big Ten 3.4
Pac-12 2.5
ACC 2.2
Big 12 1.3
LINK:
http://www.cbssports.com/college-fo...of-big-12-talent-continues-in-state-of-texas/