Tag: Big 12
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2024 College Football Bowl Previews (Dec 17th)
Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl: Memphis Tigers (10-2) vs West Virginia Mountaineers (6-6) Key Facts: Ryan Silverfield has quietly been pretty good in bowl games he is 3-1 in them with his only loss being as the interim coach against Penn State in the 2019 Cotton Bowl, otherwise he has won 3 in a row. West…
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College Football Roundup Week 4
This season is already flying by, and even though it doesn’t feel like it (because of so many weird matchups) conference play has begun for most. It’s time for things to ramp up. American The American had a lot of teams mentioned as playoff favorites and none of them really panned out. Suddenly it feels…
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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: Arizona Wildcats
Head Coach: Brent Brennan is entering his first season as the head coach of the Wildcats. Their coaching change was rather abrupt and unexpected but expectations will be very high right away. You can read more on Brennan and the hire grade here: https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/04/25/college-football-coach-hire-grades-arizona/ Program Outlook: Arizona enters the Big 12 with the most momentum…
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State of the Program: BYU Cougars
Head Coach: Kalani Sitake is entering his 9th season as the head coach of the BYU Cougars with a 61-41 record. It’s been a very up and down tenure highlighted by a strong 2020 season where their only loss was the incredible game scheduled last moment against Coastal Carolina and in 2021 they went 5-0…
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