TCU Crushes Texas 48-10 And Improves It's Street Cred For CFB Selection Committee

In the beauty pageant that is the College Football Playoff the TCU Horned Frogs is starting to look
much prettier without the beer goggles.

On Thanksgiving night the Frogs took care of business and then some against the Texas Longhorns.

TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin threw for 233 yards and two touchdowns and the Horned Frog defense intercepted Texas quarterback Tyrone Swoops four times leading to a 48-10 rout over the Longhorns.



It was TCU's longest margin of victory over Texas in Austin since 1956 when the Horned Frogs won 46 - 0.

TCU's defense was dominant forcing six Texas turnovers and taking advantage with 30 of the Frogs' 48 points coming off those Longhorn miscues.

"You just can't turn the ball over."  Texas head coach Charlie Strong said. "It's one of those where you have to play good, clean football. We didn't play clean football tonight."

If game control is a strong metric for the College Football Playoff selection committee than TCU should impress.

The Horned Frogs jumped on Texas for 13 points in the first quarter and then put their foot to the throat of the Longhorns in the 4th quarter with 28 points.

TCU supporters are wondering is this what you have to do to break into the final four of the CFB Playoff.

"To me, everybody was talking about how important Texas was, about how good they are, at the beginning of the year."  TCU head coach Gary Patterson said.  "You know, you've got to keep with the same story, you can't say now that they are not any good. I mean, three quarters of the United States was picking Texas to beat us tonight. You can't be like now Texas is not any good. They are a really good football team,"

'I think the whole team came in with the mindset of being ready to play." TCU wide receiver Josh Doctson said.  "Obviously I'd be lying if we weren't aware of style points and all that, but just came out and played TCU football and did what we had to do."

"At the end of the day, if you're talking about the playoffs, it's really not up to us." TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin said.

A 38 point win over Texas in Austin should carry some weight when the committee meets again and releases their poll Tuesday night.

Next up for the Horned Frogs is a home game against Iowa State and unfortunately that game won't do much for your body of work.

Samaje Perine Breaks Rushing Record One Week After Melvin Gordon Did

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427 yards rushing. By one player. In one game.

One week after Wisconsin running back Melvin Gordon broke the record for most running yards in a game with 408, someone topped him.

That someone is Oklahoma freshman Samaje Perine. Perine ran for 427 yards on 34 carries Saturday afternoon, leading the Sooners to a 44-7 win over hapless Kansas.

Perine wasn't even a starter in the game delayed for 90 minutes due to lightning in the Norman area.

But when he got in on the second series, he delivered the thunder, taking his 1st carry 49 yards to the house. Perine had 222 by halftime.

Oh, did we mention he scored 5 TD's too?

Video proof from our friends at FoxSports:

Morning Wrap: Kansas St Gets Win at West Virginia

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It wasn't pretty, but it was a win that kept the Kansas State Wildcats tied for the lead in the Big 9 (12).

Behind 400 yards passing and a TD by QB Jake Waters, the Wildcats downed the West Virginia Mountaineers 26-20 in Morgantown, West Virginia Thursday night.

K-State won, despite being held to 1 yard rushing...for the entire game. The win moved them to 8-2, 6-1 in the Big 9(12).

As for West Virginia, they struggled without QB Clint Trickett who left the game in the 2nd quarter after sustaining what is believed to be a concussion. Skyler Howard replaced him and threw a TD pass, but it wasn't enough for the Mountaineers, who've lost their last 4 games.

The loss dropped them to 6-5, 4-4 in the Big 9(12).

Your highlights from FOX Sports:

Rare Big 12 Win For Kansas, Fans Tear Down The Goal Posts

Times have been lean for Kansas Football.


Last year the Jayhawks won three games.  One the year before that.

Turner Gill and Charlie Weis have tried and failed to bring a winner to Lawrence.

Ironically the last head coach to have success at K-U, Mark Mangino was on the opposite sideline as offensive coordinator at Iowa State.

Clint Bowen is getting his shot as head coach after Weis was let go in September and Saturday against Iowa State Bowen got his first win as the Jayhawks head coach as Kansas defeated Iowa State 34-14.



The long suffering fans of Kansas were so giddy that tearing down the goal posts after beating Iowa State was appropriate.





All the spoils of victory were enjoyed by Kansas, The goalposts went down and Bowen received the obligatory Gatorade shower.

 I've always seen those." Bowen said. "They're a lot colder than you think. The old ice punch challenge came through there. Honestly about the greatest feeling of my life as this coaching thing goes."

“This is a bad loss." Iowa State head coach Paul Rhodes said.

It was a convincing win by the Jayhawks but their performance in the last three games of their schedule might impress the powers that be at Kansas to offer Bowen the job full time.

Those last three games are at home against red hot TCU next week.  Then a road trip to a disappointing Oklahoma Sooner team before ending the season hosting Kansas State in the Sunflower Showdown.

A win in one of those games might give Bowen the gig for good.

“I would love nothing more than for him to be the guy full time" Kansas quarterback Michael Cummings said. . "Him as a coach, he is enthusiastic, he’s a former player so he knows what we go through day-in and day-out. I think he is a great leader.”

"When we look at Coach Bowen we see KU all over him, so everybody goes out in practice and in the game and play our hardest for that man.”  Kansas WR/RB Tony Pierson said.

Cmon Kansas, are you serious? You beat a 2 win team and you tore down your goalposts? Straight weak!!! #isuvsku pic.twitter.com/gqJV8xQHC4
— Giles (@giles381) November 9, 2014

KU fans tearing down goal posts for beating Iowa State. This may be the saddest moment in sports history. #isuvsku #Big12 #CollegeFootball
— Big 12 Fanatics (@Big12Fanatic) November 8, 2014

CFB Review: Baylor Blows Out Oklahoma

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The Baylor Bears appear to have gotten mad after being down 14-3 after one quarter to the Oklahoma Sooners.

So they did something about it.

45 straight points later, the Bears walked out of Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma with a 45-14 win.

Baylor's Corey Coleman had 15 catches for 224 yards and a touchdown and the Baylor defense knocked OU starting QB Trevor Knight out of the game.

Knight was injured on a sack where he was driven into the turf. His injury was serious enough that he was wheeled off the field, immobilized on a backboard. No word on his injuries, but he did give a #1 sign to the crowd.

Video from FOX Sports:



The win moves Baylor to 8-1 on the season, 5-1 in the Big 12. And barring a setback, it continues aligning the Bears with Kansas State, who they will likely face for what will probably be the Big 12 title and a playoff berth, at home on Dec. 6th.

Here is some more video from the game featuring Baylor QB Bryce Petty throwing a TD to the aforementioned Corey Coleman:

Iowa State AD Fined For Postgame Rant On Officials

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Iowa State was hanging with Oklahoma State for a while at T.Boone Pickens Stadium over the weekend, but in the second half it was all Cowboys in the win, 37-20.

One play in particular drew the ire of AD Jamie Pollard at the end of the first half...
(Which you can see in the highlights below)


After the game Pollard let the assembled media know about it after the fact- and he thinks his Cyclones get screwed all the time


As a result of his rant, Pollard got fined $25,000 by the conference and they were less than pleased:

“Mr. Pollard’s public statements called into question the integrity and competence of game officials and the Conference’s officiating program,” stated Commissioner Bob Bowlsby. “To insinuate that games are called unfairly to negatively impact a program is irresponsible and completely baseless. Accordingly, the seriousness of this violation warrants a public reprimand and a financial penalty. We take pride in our officiating programs and will continue to strive for the highest possible standards and the fairest competition.”

So there...

Cole Netten's Boot Brings The Cy-Hawk Trophy Back To Iowa State 20-17 Over Iowa

Iowans from Des Moines to Davenport to Sioux City focused on the in - state battle between Iowa and Iowa State this Saturday.

Since 1977 the winner possess the Cy-Hawk Trophy to go along with in-state bragging rights.

Iowa State has only possessed the Cy-Hawk Trophy 13 times since 1977 but recent history has been swaying the Cyclones way.

Today at Kinnick Stadium the game went to the final seconds.

Iowa State kicker Cole Netten nailed a 42 yard field goal with two seconds left to give the Cyclones at 20-17 win over the Iowa Hawkeyes and for the third time in 4 years the Cy-Hawk Trophy will be housed in Ames.




"Being an Iowa State fan your whole life, this is something that it doesn't feel real," Netten said. "Like a dream is even pushing it."

"Obviously it was a tough loss for our football team." Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz said.

The blame may be put on Ferentz who called time out earlier to freeze Netten who missed the field goal attempt.  It didn't count.


"I mean, there's not a lot of it's a 50/50 shot, you either call a timeout or you don't." Ferentz said.  "We called a timeout. We had one left and that's the reason I called it."

Iowa State quarterback Sam Richardson led the Cyclones completing 25 of 37 passes for 255 yards and two touchdowns.

Today the hawkeyes wear black to mourn their loss to the Cyclones! IOWA STATE BEATS THE HAWKS 20-17!!
— Ames Problems (@AmesProbs) September 13, 2014

Cole Netten (@swollnetten) smiled and laughed and then kicked the Cy-Hawk game-winner through: http://t.co/X7FKOfMOdI pic.twitter.com/xaokp2xz7F
— Alex Halsted (@AlexHalsted) September 14, 2014  

Beating Iowa is Iowa State's equivalent of making the playoff, everything from here on out is a bonus. Congrats on a great 2014 season ISU!
— Tyler Ford (@tford_417) September 14, 2014

That Was A Close One For #1 Florida State, Survive Over Against Oklahoma State 37-31

The opening game in college football is always a crap shoot.  No pre-season, no scrimmages against another team.  You start in the heat of battle.

Florida State was invincible last year on their way to a BCS national championship but 2014 is another story.

An inspired Oklahoma State team gave the Seminoles all they could handle but FSU prevailed 37-31.




Florida State is still a work in progress and that's not necessarily a bad thing when you can overcome adversity.

"We understand how to win games, and we're doing a good job" Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher said. ." I'm proud of them for doing that."

"Oklahoma State was outstanding out there." Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston said. "You know, they played hard. They never gave up. They never gave up."

“This team won’t back down from anybody,”  Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy said.

And the Pokes didn't back down on the Seminoles.

Oklahoma State's J.W. Walsh was outstanding throwing for 203 yards and a touchdown and leading the Cowboys is rushing with 51 yards.

Most importantly Oklahoma State didn't fold in the spotlight on national TV after spotting Florida State with 17 unanswered points early in the game.

“We feel good about where we’re at,” Walsh said. “We’re upset about the loss, but going into film tomorrow, there’s going to be a lot of good things to build on.”

"I thought they (Oklahoma State)  did a heck of a job." Fisher said. " I told you Mike has a got a good football team, and he's a heck of a football coach."

Jameis Winston finished the game completing 25 of 40 passes for 370 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions.  They weren't the gaudy numbers Winston put up in his season opener last year at Pittsburgh but his 28 yard touchdown run late in the third quarter will be stored in the memory banks.


It was also the longest run in Winston's career.

With the college football playoff a reality this is the first example of survive and advance in college football.  

Jim Mora To Texas? It Looks Possible

Jim Mora

ESPN's Adam Schefter is throwing it out there.

Texas is interested in UCLA coach Jim Mora as a possible replacement for Mack Brown, per sources.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 2, 2014

According to ESPN's report, the two parties have had a conversation according to sources.

Mora is 18-8 during his tenure at UCLA and is fresh from coming off a Sun Bowl win over Virginia Tech.

Texas athletic director Steve Patterson has said he wants to have a coach in place by mid-January.

It seems Mora is the only one in the Longhorns cross hairs right now.

Oklahoma State Bad News For The #3 Baylor Bears, Cowboys win 49-17

Lets see how many college football fans drop off the Baylor Bears bandwagon now.  

Oklahoma State's 49-17 win over #3 Baylor have killed Baylor's chances to win a BCS National Champion.

(Thanks Newsok.com)

Cowboy quarterback Clint Chelf assured it would be a long night in Stillwater for the Bears.  Chelf threw for a career high 370 yards and three touchdowns and even rushed for a touchdown too.

“I'm happy with the groove he's in." Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy was quoted in Daily Oklahoman. "We just want to let him keep going.”

The Cowboy defense held the potent Bear offense to just 453 yards of total offense.  We say just 453 yards because Baylor's offense averaged 684.4 yards per game.

“Oklahoma State played extremely well and had a lot of energy and made plays when they needed them,” Baylor head coach Art Briles said. “We did things you can’t do at home or on the road, and you dang sure can’t do them against a good team on the road. They’re a good football team, and that’s why you had the outcome that happened tonight.”

“This loss won’t define our team,” Baylor quarterback Bryce Petty said. 

Petty had career highs in had career highs in passing attempts (48) and completions (28) for 359 yards and two touchdowns but is wasn't enough.

“This is a great team, a special team."  Petty said. "But us not finishing drives wasn’t fair to our defense, and that’s on my shoulders. I have the ball on every play, and I have to execute.”

Baylor has TCU at Ft. Worth next week before closing the season at home against Texas.Oklahoma State has a week off before taking on Oklahoma December 7th in another edition of the Bedlam game.

Finally Kansas Wins A Big 12 Conference Game, Breaks 27 Game Losing Streak

Little did Kansas football fans know that when the Jayhawks defeated Colorado 52-45 in 2010 that would begin a long painful Big 12 Conference losing streak.

KU couldn't beat up on Colorado again because the Buffalos had the audacity to leave the conference for the Pac 12.

In that 2010 game James Sims ran for three touchdowns against the Buffs.  Three years later Sims made three trips into the end zone again along with a career high 211 yards as 
Kansas finally won a conference game Saturday in Lawrence 31-19 over West Virginia.

(Thanks KU Athletics)



"It felt amazing looking up at the scoreboard and us on top and them down, it's a wonderful feeling."  Sims said.  "We did it as a whole, it wasn't just one individual or anything like that. We did it as a whole and that's a great thing."

"Let's start with the kids that have been here for five years and gone through multiple coaches." Kansas head coach Charlie Weis said.  "Those are the guys I feel the best for. I also feel good for all of our students and fans who have endured those years. Finally, I'm obviously happy for the team because they were struggling."

After the game Charlie Weis gave his team the green light to go out a celebrate.

(Thanks Fox Sports)



I hope the daughters of Lawrence, Kansas and KU co-eds were fore warned.

(Thanks KU Athletics)

Baylor Takes Care Of Bid-Ness, Knocks Off Big Game Bob...

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The first quarter of the Baylor-Oklahoma game last night was what most folks thought it would be... the Sooners slowing down Baylor's offense and hamstringing them to normalcy- especially after the safety, free kick return, and a 5-3 lead...

Which might have been the beginning of the end for the Sooners... getting three instead of seven...

From there, Baylor and their black shirts outscored Oklahoma 38-7 on their way to a dominating, 41-12 win where Baylor took advantage of mistakes and capitalized quickly...

Very quickly...

Here's Damon Fontenot- very, very late last night talking about all the problems...
The Oklahoman's Berry Tramel thinks that both Josh Heupel and Blake Bell are in trouble where their jobs are concerned... From Tramel: Two years ago, after Robert Griffin torched the Sooners for a 45-38 upset, Stoops was motivated to switch his defensive leadership. Within six weeks, Mike Stoops was in and Brent Venables was out. So the Heupel watch officially has begun. Bob Stoops went 13 years without firing a coach. Now he's fired four and demoted another in the last two seasons. Stoops has proven he's got a guillotine and will use it.
Must read for Sooner types...

Do You Believe Baylor Is For Real Now? Bears Deliver A Whooping On Oklahoma 41-12

Does and ole fashioned butt whipping on one of the Big 12's brand names make you a believer in the Baylor Bears?

Baylor leads the nation in total offense with 718 yards per game and scoring with 64 points per game.  The Bears are outscoring opponents by 48 point margin yet not much respect was coming Baylor's way.

You have to admit Baylor's 41-12 win over Oklahoma was really impressive.

Baylor quarterback Bryce Petty threw for 204 yards and three touchdowns.

Running back Shock Linwood rushed for a career high 182 yards.

Baylor outrushed Oklahoma 255-87.


"It's a very special team." Baylor quarterback Bryce Petty said. "Our defense played outstanding tonight, and I think it's one of the best games I've ever seen them play."

Baylor's defense held Oklahoma to 237 yards of total offense.

"I think that we showed we can play defense and compete with any team in this conference and in the nation."  Baylor defensive end Chris McAllister said. "When we have a game plan and put our minds to it and guys execute, we can play with anybody, and I think that's what we showed tonight."

Baylor is now 8-0 for the first time in school history.

When the BCS standings are released Sunday night, will Baylor be that number four team in the conference.

That December 7th showdown with Texas is looking really big right now.

Can Anyone Derail The Baylor Offense? Bears put up over 70 points again.

Right now Baylor head coach Art Briles is the resident offensive genius in college football.

Heading into the West Virginia game Saturday the Bears led the nation in total offense averaging a staggering 751.3 yards per game while putting up almost 70 points a game.

Even Oregon's offense can't compete.

Saturday in front of 45,467 fans at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas Baylor padded those stats.

Baylor put up a Big 12 Conference record 864 yards of total offense and put up over 70 points to defeat West Virginia 73-42. In face Baylor's 73 points is a Big 12 conference record too for most points in a single game in a conference head-to-head match-up.

Enjoy the offensive show.




Saturday against West Virginia was Bryce Petty's fourth start as the Bears quarterback and once again Petty put up big numbers.  He threw for 347 yards and two touchdowns.

“It’s a team win." Petty said.  "We’re all smiles right now and we should be."

Damn right you should smile after that performance.

Next week Baylor travels to the "Little Apple", Manhattan, Kansas to face the K-State Wildcats.

It might be a little tougher to put up 70 there.

Paul Rhoads Is Pissed. Goes Off On Big 12 Officials

[HT: cyclones.com]

Paul Rhodes might be sending a check to the Big 12 Conference offices.

Last night Rhodes Iowa State Cyclones lost a heart breaker at home to Texas 31-30.

Texas quarterback Case McCoy lead the Longhorns on a 75 yard game winning drive with under three minutes but it wasn't without controversy.

Two pass interference penalties and two near fumbles on that drive doomed the Cyclones and led to this tirade by the Iowa State head coach.

Report: Texas AD DeLoss Dodds to Retire

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Hmmm...so perhaps reports the past couple of weeks that Texas Athletic Director DeLoss Dodds retiring weren't so incorrect after all....

An explanation RIGHT HERE

According to a report by Kirk Bohls of the Austin American-Statesman, the Longhorns 76-year old AD will announce on Tuesday that he's retiring at the end of the season. (A polite way, we're guessing of asking him to leave)

And the countdown clock on Texas football coach Mack Brown has picked up speed.

Dodds, who has run the schools athletic department for 32-years hired Brown and has been in front of the schools exponential growth in the world of Sports.

Bohls says the University's president wants a replacement in place by December 1st. Interesting.

Read more from Bohls RIGHT HERE

This folks is the beginning of change for the once-mighty Longhorns. Over the past couple of seasons, despite the "Longhorn Network" funded by ESPN and lining the athletic department coffers, the football team has been an abject failure.

Really they haven't been relevant since the departure of Vince Young in 2005-06.

In that time, they've seen arch-rival Texas A&M not only leave the Big 12, but become wildly successful as a member of the SEC. They've seen their other arch-rival, Oklahoma continue a consistent  run of BCS appearances.

But the Longhorns, not so much.

There's already been talk they will and have reached out to Alabama coach Nick Saban, the biggest fish in all the land. We'd be mildly surprised if that happened.

The new AD, whomever it is, will have their hands full trying to quell a restless donor base not fond of being a less big fish in a really big pond. Combine the action in Austin with the Lane Kiffin firing at USC, just 5 weeks in and, well, we can't wait for The Coaching Carousel to begin this December...

((Note--Reports already are circulating this move is to get the process started on a coaching search. Texas appears to have become concerned USC will have a large advantage and early start before Carousel begins))

Here's Dodds, just two weeks ago, denying this would happen: (Thanks KXAN-TV)

Ole Miss Rolls Texas 44-23 , Fire Mack Brown Chant Growing Louder?

So when does the Texas athletic administration pull the plug on the Mack Brown era?

Don't you get the feeling it's inevitable.

Saturday night the Longhorns still couldn't stop the run even with former defensive coordinator Manny Diaz no longer on the staff.

The Rebels ran for 272 yards against the 'Horns with Jeff Scott running for a career high 154 yards.

It added up to another Texas loss 44-23.

Here are the highlights from Austin, TX (Thanks KVUE-TV)




Texas is now 1-2 on the year and the Longhorn nation is getting restless.  Fans are beginning to wonder if their needs to be a change at the top.

'Horn fans expressed their opinion to KVUE-TV.




Mack Brown continued the coach speak following the Ole Miss Loss.

"We just feel great about the opportunity to come into this kind of arena as a young program with young kids and fight for 60 minutes and see what the scoreboard says." Brown said.  "That's what our kids did tonight. Our fans that came, they were here on as many tickets as we could get. I'm proud for them too."

For Texas fans that scoreboard better tell a positive story next week against Kansas State.  

Frogs Are "Raided" in Lubbock, Texas Tech Upsets #24 TCU 20-10

The Kliff Kingsbury era at Texas Tech is off to a great start.

The Red Raiders are off to a 3-0 start after defeating #24 TCU in Lubbock, Texas Thursday night 20-10.




It was an ugly game on the West Texas plains with the Horned Frogs and Red Raiders committing five turnovers combined.

Texas Tech freshman quarterback Baker Mayfield threw three interceptions and had to leave the game in the fourth quarter injured.

Another freshman quarterback Davis Webb entered and went 3/4 passing and put Texas Tech up for good on a fourth quarter 19 yard touchdown pass to Bradley Marquez.

"Just had a go called, and was able to get a beat on them and keep them on my back shoulder." Marquez said. " Just a beautiful ball by Davis Webb, and those kind of balls you don't drop. So I just had to make a play when it came my way."

It's safe to say TCU head coach Gary Patterson was not a fan of the officiating crew assigned to the game by the Big 12 Conference.

"I can't talk about the officiating, but I will watch it." Patterson said.  "I'm not happy."

Patterson witnessed 13 penalties called costing the Frogs 115 yards.

"You can't have as many penalties as we had."  Patterson said.  "If you're going to do that -- that's why I'm late getting here, because I'm not very happy at all."

TCU drops to 1-2 on the season.

CFB Shocker: North Dakota State Upsets Kansas State On An 80 Yard Drive

I wonder if Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder will play a game on Friday night again.

It was a big night on the K-State campus.  It was the Wildcats season opener and newly renovated Bill Snyder Family Stadium was unveiled.

However North Dakota State didn't stick to script.

Bison quarterback Brock Jensen led North Dakota State on a game defining 80 yard drive capped off by his one yard touchdown run.




That sealed a stunning 24-21 win for North Dakota State over Kansas State ruining a big night in Manhattan, Kansas.

“We had to score a touchdown." Jensen said. "It was a scenario that we have practiced frequently - every week in practice. It was just one of those moments where we just had to gut it out. It was not easy by any stretch - we were tired and they were tired - but we found a way to just gut it out. That was the guttiest performance that I have seen in my entire life on any level. I am so proud of my team and I just thank God for letting me be a part of this.”

“I would like to congratulate all of our players."  North Dakota head coach Craig Bohl said. "It was a great effort on their part showing determination and resolve when we were down. Many, many teams have come in and Kansas State has jumped up and those teams have folded; our guys did not do that. I thought our assistant coaches made some really excellent adjustments there when we needed to - certainly the fourth down play was huge in the game for us to get that and it was a great win for our program."




Friday nights loss to North Dakota State was the first time a Bill Snyder coached team had lost a season
opener since 1989.

"They are an extremely fine football team." Snyder said.  "They play very hard, and they are a tough football team. They played harder than we did. They were tougher than we were. They were better coached than we were."

Something tells me practice won't be fun for K-State next week.  Louisiana-Lafayette comes to the Little Apple next Saturday.

Big XII Commish Explodes All Over NCAA

It's Big 12/10 Media Day today and before Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy poo-poohed the idea that the hurry-up offense was bad for college football, league commissioner Bob Bowlsby put a flamethrower to everything associated with the NCAA offices in Indianapolis...

Dennis Dodd and Mark Schlabach are in attendance and didn't even get their second tour of the breakfast buffet before Bowlsby blew everyone to pieces...

Some samples...

From Dodd:

Bowlsby told media in his state of union address that it is virtually impossible to pass meaningful legislation and hinted a separate division – a so-called Division 4 – is possible for the top football-playing schools. He added there is “unanimity” among his fellow FBS commissioners, saying leaving the NCAA and setting up a new organization is not likely “except as a last resort.”

“I think we all have a sense that transformative change has to happen,” Bowlsby said.

Dodd also says that Bowlsby isn't a fan of the current enforcement landscape:

"I don’t know that meaningful enforcement can take place with the leadership that we have."

Bowlsby is intimating that we could have an FCA situation all over again where the most influential are playing each other and everyone else is, well, everyone else and on their own...

Like the I-AA schism when that happened as well... but Bowlsby is also saying that some kind of secession is a last resort.

CBS Sports Jeremy Fowler caught up with another big-conference commish, the ACC's John Swofford, about the Bowlsby thoughts:

"I think that's a possibility that we'll have to see play out,” Swofford said. “I don't know of anybody who's out there right now beating the drum to walk away from the NCAA. I think the desire is to find solutions within the framework of the existing organization if at all possible.”