Big 12 Defenses

Purdue has a nice combo and could be up there, but there's not a chance in hell they're better than Jaylen Waddle and Devonta Smith from Alabama.
I'd give you that I guess but Moore and Bell are close and younger and also don't have the advantage of playing for Alabama. Bell could end up being the best of the 4.
 
I'd give you that I guess but Moore and Bell are close and younger and also don't have the advantage of playing for Alabama. Bell could end up being the best of the 4.
Yeah possibly. I think Waddle is the best WR in the country and will be the first pick. Some people said he might've been the 1st WR taken in last years draft had he been eligible to leave.
 
This defense has played 4 top 50 offenses in yards/play including the 50 time national leader Oklahoma and Tech who is routinely in the top 25 every year in offense. This defense has held ULL had 2 touchdowns (1 in garbage time), TCU to 4 touchdowns (1 meaningless TD as time expired), The nations best offense to 3 TD's (1 on a short field after a turnover) and 1 to Texas Tech.

OU averaged 6 yards per play vs ISU. TCU averaged almost 6 yards per play and they played some scrub over Duggan for a half.
 
lol, no it isn’t.
Lol, yes it is. Just like Texas A&M beating a top 5 team this past weekend. You don't take away that due to A&M beating them. Had Florida won, they'd still be #4, but they didn't. Because A&M won.

Had OU beaten us, they'd be ranked in the top 15 right now. They didnt.. because we beat them. See how that works?
 
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Lol, yes it is. Just like Texas A&M beating a top 5 team this past weekend. You don't take away that due to A&M beating them. Had Florida won, they'd still be #4, but they didn't. Because A&M won.

Had OU beaten us, they'd be ranked in the top 15 right now. They didnt.. because we beat them. See how that works?

Not the way it works. You go by current rankings. That is like pretending Miss St beat a good LSU team, they didn’t. Maybe OU gets back in the rankings at the end of the year, but right now ISU is 0-1 vs top 25 teams.
 
Yeah possibly. I think Waddle is the best WR in the country and will be the first pick. Some people said he might've been the 1st WR taken in last years draft had he been eligible to leave.
Don't forget about the reigning Biletnikoff winner, Ja'Marr Chase. He's sitting out this season but most mock drafts I've seen have him going as the #1 WR.
 
Not the way it works. You go by current rankings. That is like pretending Miss St beat a good LSU team, they didn’t. Maybe OU gets back in the rankings at the end of the year, but right now ISU is 0-1 vs top 25 teams.
That's literally not how it works. If you play the #1 team in the nation and lose, you lost to the #1 team in the nation. If you beat them, you'd have beaten the #1 team in the nation. If that wasn't the case, no one would have a win against the number 1 team in the nation unless the national champion ended the year with 1 loss.
 
Don't forget about the reigning Biletnikoff winner, Ja'Marr Chase. He's sitting out this season but most mock drafts I've seen have him going as the #1 WR.
Completely forgot about Chase. Wonder if him not playing will hurt his stock at all. Most likely not a ton but it seems as if he did make the right decision. LSU looks bad this year.
 
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Are we able to make any conclusions about team defenses using a small/incomplete sample size?
No, but it does seem that the entirety of college football and the NFL are having some issues with defense. Could be a variety of factors, but there has definitely been a decline.
 
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That's literally not how it works. If you play the #1 team in the nation and lose, you lost to the #1 team in the nation. If you beat them, you'd have beaten the #1 team in the nation. If that wasn't the case, no one would have a win against the number 1 team in the nation unless the national champion ended the year with 1 loss.
The Hawks use at the time rankings in their sports guides.
 

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