I used to analyze the draft in late 1990s and early 2000s by Number Players Drafted and Teams within Conferences giving a Per Capita Average Number. It usually went SEC #1, Big Ten close behind, PAC-12 would challenge Big Ten Per Capita, and actually the Big East with just 8 teams outdid the ACC & BIG-12 constantly was in last place every year The ACc then took Miami, VT and BC and jumped ahead just behind SEC, but the Big East still did better than the Big-12 after 2003! Nothing much has changed except Big East now AAU is not a Power 5 Conference!
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When you fail to produce talent or win on a big stage, something needs to change rather drastically
PHOENIX -- In 2010, the top four players taken in the NFL Draft were from the Big 12. A former Heisman Trophy winner, Oklahoma's Sam Bradford, topped the list. The league had five of the top six picks with Oklahoma State offensive tackle Russell Okung. At least in terms of the draft, things had never looked so good. And then came last week. The Big 12 went from having nine players in the first round that in 2010 to 14 overall in 2017.
Let's sharpen the focus: Western Kentucky had as many players taken in the first 72 picks (two) as the Big 12. What further grabbed headlines was the American Athletic Conference out of the Group of Five having more draft picks (15) than the Big 12 out of the Power Five.
"I don't know if I have a reaction to it," Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said during a break in the conference's spring meetings last week. "We've had years when we've had a lot. We've had years when we haven't had many. I guess it's not astonishing." Actually, the astonishing thing is how far the Big 12 has sunk in terms of perception, talent and … winning. We can debate everything from revenue to recruiting, but what can't be argued is image. The Big 12's is not good at the moment. Type the words "Big 12" on Twitter and mostly vitriol is shot back. What was once celebrated is now defended. It is the only league to miss the three-year-old College Football Playoff twice. It is the only Power Five league not to win a CFP game.
Last year in Phoenix, there was a hair-on-fire feel to the spring meetings as expansion talk started in earnest. The league went thorough a laborious, extensive and -- some think -- divisive process that ended up fruitless in October. The Big 12 stayed at 10. Perception has become reality in a parallel universe. The Big 12 could have countered the bad draft news with the fact it was coming off a 2016 season that produced two Heisman finalists and three teams ranked in the top 18 of the final Associated Press Top 25 for a fourth consecutive season. It didn't, leaving the likes of Texas' Tom Herman to offer this analysis. "It is irrelevant what conference you played in," Herman said. "It is irrelevant what school you went to. It's … did God bless you with enough God-given talent? Did you take the initiative to maximize that talent? Were you around coaches and support staff that gave you the tools and the resources and instruction to develop that talent?"
Conference realignment -- as well as a talent exodus -- has conspired against the Big 12 lately. Start with the fractionalization of the conference's recruiting hub in the state of Texas. The loss of Nebraska, Colorado, Missouri and Texas A&M in realignment meant 170 native Texas recruits have matriculated to those four schools in the Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC since 2011. That's the equivalent of almost seven Texas-only recruiting classes that could have ended up in the Big 12. Make no mistake, the Big 12's strength revolves around Lone Star State recruiting...................."The [recruiting] hole in the fence in the state of Texas is real," said Barton Simmons, director of scouting for 247Sports. The Big 12 remains the smallest FBS conference (10 teams). Twenty-one years ago, the reason the league was assembled in the first place -- the power of Texas and Oklahoma -- is part of the reason it is struggling now. According to the 247Sports Composite rankings, Oklahoma hasn't signed a top-10 recruit from the state of Texas in four years. Herman signed Texas' "worst" recruiting class since rankings were established in 1990. Herman called it a "transitional" year in recruiting after his class finished 26th........................"The talent issue is easily correctable if Texas gets back," Simmons said. Short of expansion, the Big 12 decided last summer to restart its championship game in 2017. For the first time since the start of the BCS era in 1998, the two best teams from a conference are guaranteed to meet. It's a high-risk, high-reward move. The Big 12 is guaranteed a regular-season rematch. In its previous iteration, the league's championship was the most volatile of the power conferences. Six times in 15 years, the point-spread underdog either covered or won outright. Due to upsets, the Big 12 lost BCS title game contenders in the 1996, '98 and 2007 seasons..................Research by Big 12 consultants shows the odds of a team winning both games in a rematch scenario is small. But the league considers it is in a better place. Without a championship game in 2011, Oklahoma State was nipped by Alabama in the BCS. In 2014, co-champs Baylor and TCU were left out of the playoff......................By 2020, Texas could be nearing $60 million in annual media rights revenue given Big 12, Longhorn Network, CFP and NCAA Tournament income. Oklahoma will be close to that figure thanks to an agreement with Fox Sports Southwest for its third-tier rights.
Bowlsby said Texas makes more from its "media properties" than any school in the country.....................
MUCH MORE TO READ AT THE LINK:
http://www.cbssports.com/college-fo...t-perception-of-the-league-continues-to-sink/
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When you fail to produce talent or win on a big stage, something needs to change rather drastically
PHOENIX -- In 2010, the top four players taken in the NFL Draft were from the Big 12. A former Heisman Trophy winner, Oklahoma's Sam Bradford, topped the list. The league had five of the top six picks with Oklahoma State offensive tackle Russell Okung. At least in terms of the draft, things had never looked so good. And then came last week. The Big 12 went from having nine players in the first round that in 2010 to 14 overall in 2017.
Let's sharpen the focus: Western Kentucky had as many players taken in the first 72 picks (two) as the Big 12. What further grabbed headlines was the American Athletic Conference out of the Group of Five having more draft picks (15) than the Big 12 out of the Power Five.
"I don't know if I have a reaction to it," Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said during a break in the conference's spring meetings last week. "We've had years when we've had a lot. We've had years when we haven't had many. I guess it's not astonishing." Actually, the astonishing thing is how far the Big 12 has sunk in terms of perception, talent and … winning. We can debate everything from revenue to recruiting, but what can't be argued is image. The Big 12's is not good at the moment. Type the words "Big 12" on Twitter and mostly vitriol is shot back. What was once celebrated is now defended. It is the only league to miss the three-year-old College Football Playoff twice. It is the only Power Five league not to win a CFP game.
Last year in Phoenix, there was a hair-on-fire feel to the spring meetings as expansion talk started in earnest. The league went thorough a laborious, extensive and -- some think -- divisive process that ended up fruitless in October. The Big 12 stayed at 10. Perception has become reality in a parallel universe. The Big 12 could have countered the bad draft news with the fact it was coming off a 2016 season that produced two Heisman finalists and three teams ranked in the top 18 of the final Associated Press Top 25 for a fourth consecutive season. It didn't, leaving the likes of Texas' Tom Herman to offer this analysis. "It is irrelevant what conference you played in," Herman said. "It is irrelevant what school you went to. It's … did God bless you with enough God-given talent? Did you take the initiative to maximize that talent? Were you around coaches and support staff that gave you the tools and the resources and instruction to develop that talent?"
Conference realignment -- as well as a talent exodus -- has conspired against the Big 12 lately. Start with the fractionalization of the conference's recruiting hub in the state of Texas. The loss of Nebraska, Colorado, Missouri and Texas A&M in realignment meant 170 native Texas recruits have matriculated to those four schools in the Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC since 2011. That's the equivalent of almost seven Texas-only recruiting classes that could have ended up in the Big 12. Make no mistake, the Big 12's strength revolves around Lone Star State recruiting...................."The [recruiting] hole in the fence in the state of Texas is real," said Barton Simmons, director of scouting for 247Sports. The Big 12 remains the smallest FBS conference (10 teams). Twenty-one years ago, the reason the league was assembled in the first place -- the power of Texas and Oklahoma -- is part of the reason it is struggling now. According to the 247Sports Composite rankings, Oklahoma hasn't signed a top-10 recruit from the state of Texas in four years. Herman signed Texas' "worst" recruiting class since rankings were established in 1990. Herman called it a "transitional" year in recruiting after his class finished 26th........................"The talent issue is easily correctable if Texas gets back," Simmons said. Short of expansion, the Big 12 decided last summer to restart its championship game in 2017. For the first time since the start of the BCS era in 1998, the two best teams from a conference are guaranteed to meet. It's a high-risk, high-reward move. The Big 12 is guaranteed a regular-season rematch. In its previous iteration, the league's championship was the most volatile of the power conferences. Six times in 15 years, the point-spread underdog either covered or won outright. Due to upsets, the Big 12 lost BCS title game contenders in the 1996, '98 and 2007 seasons..................Research by Big 12 consultants shows the odds of a team winning both games in a rematch scenario is small. But the league considers it is in a better place. Without a championship game in 2011, Oklahoma State was nipped by Alabama in the BCS. In 2014, co-champs Baylor and TCU were left out of the playoff......................By 2020, Texas could be nearing $60 million in annual media rights revenue given Big 12, Longhorn Network, CFP and NCAA Tournament income. Oklahoma will be close to that figure thanks to an agreement with Fox Sports Southwest for its third-tier rights.
Bowlsby said Texas makes more from its "media properties" than any school in the country.....................
MUCH MORE TO READ AT THE LINK:
http://www.cbssports.com/college-fo...t-perception-of-the-league-continues-to-sink/
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