Tag: 2024 Big 12 Preview
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State of the Program: Cincinnati Bearcats
Head Coach: Scott Satterfield is entering his 2nd season as the head coach of the Bearcats with a 3-9 record. He took over the program after a coaching change in the transfer portal era while moving up to a new conference so the job wasn’t easy. Satterfield also had a successful tenure at Appalachian State…
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State of the Program: Iowa State Cyclones
Head Coach: Matt Campbell is entering his 9th season as the head coach of the Cyclones with a 53-48 record. In 2020 he led the Cyclones to the Big 12 championship game, a Fiesta Bowl victory and a Top 10 finish. It was a weird season but still one of the best in program history.…
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State of the Program: Arizona State Sun Devils
Head Coach: Kenny Dillingham is entering his 2nd year with the Sun Devils program with a 3-9 record. It was a rough first year but a huge mess was left behind for him to rebuild. It’s going to take baby steps to get this program where it should be. Program Outlook: Arizona State has always…
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State of the Program: Oklahoma State Cowboys
Head Coach: Mike Gundy is entering his 20th season as the head coach of Oklahoma State with a 166-79 record. Gundy is tied with another Big 12 coach, Kyle Whittingham for the 2nd longest tenure in College Football. He’s brought the Cowboys to multiple conference title games and won it in 2011 when they should…
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State of the Program: Texas Tech Red Raiders
Head Coach: Joey McGuire is entering his 3rd season as the head coach at Texas Tech with a 15-11 record. He rallied the fanbase pretty quickly and his first season was impressive they went 8-5 taking down Texas, Oklahoma and Ole Miss along the way. Last season had high expectations but was a disappointment now…
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State of the Program: Baylor Bears
Head Coach: Dave Aranda is entering his 5th season as the head coach of the Bears with a 23-25 record. Aranda took over at a terrible time in 2020 which made that a lost year but followed it up with possibly the best season in Baylor history, winning the Big 12 and the Sugar Bowl…
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State of the Program: TCU Horned Frogs
Head Coach: Sonny Dykes is entering his 3rd season as the head coach of the Horned Frogs with a 18-9 record. It certainly hasn’t been a boring time, his first year was spectacular as he led the Horned Frogs to an undefeated regular season, Fiesta Bowl playoff win over Michigan (only program in Texas to…
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State of the Program: Houston Cougars
Head Coach: Willie Fritz is in his 1st year as the head coach of the Cougars. Houston has loads of potential in this new Big 12 and Fritz is a coach who could unlock it. You can read more about Fritz and the hire grade here: https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/04/23/college-football-coach-hire-grades-houston/ Program Outlook: I mentioned it above and I’ll…
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State of the Program: Kansas State Wildcats
Head Coach: Chris Klieman is entering his 6th season as the head coach of the Wildcats with a 39-24 record. Following the legendary Bill Snyder is no easy task but he’s done it so far, he led them to the Big 12 championship in 2022, before he was at Kansas State he dominated at North…
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State of the Program: West Virginia Mountaineers
Head Coach: Neal Brown is in his 6th year as the Mountaineers head coach with a 31-29 record. The first 4 years were a struggle as they battled around .500 each season but he kept his “trust the climb” motto and last season it paid dividends with a 9-4 record and Duke’s Mayo Bowl win.…
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