Wait so CBS Sports is running that piece about six straight unique Big 12 champions and I cannot help but think about what that actually means. Back in the 1998 season when we joined the WAC and then the Mountain West, you knew who the tough teams were gonna be. You could count on them. Now we got a carousel where nobody can hold the crown and everybody thinks that is exciting. I call it a lack of grit.
Six straight unique winners tells me nobody is willing to do the dirty work anymore. The old Southwest Conference days when we traded punches with Texas and Arkansas and A&M, you had to have a defense that would hit you in the mouth. You had to have an offensive line that would grind you down in the fourth quarter. Now it is all flash and transfers and who can patch together the quickest roster. That is not how you build a program that lasts.
We got North Carolina coming to Fort Worth this fall and I am watching how our staff handles the summer dead period. I remmeber when the 2...