Wisdom of the Crowds: Big 12 Championship

by Bill C. on Sep 2, 2010 9:01 AM CDT in Wisdom of the Crowds

The votes for the Thanksgiving Weekend games are in, and, as usually, you guys both impressed and amused me.

Texas Tech def. Houston by 10 (52.5%)
Texas def. Texas A&M by 11 (86.9%)
Oklahoma def. Oklahoma State by 12 (83.5%)
Nebraska def. Colorado by 15 (93.9%)
Kansas State def. North Texas by 17 (89.9%)
Mizzou def. Kansas by 24 (94.9%)

And yes, because it's Kansas, I left in the votes saying Mizzou would win by 70, 666 and, oddly, 157.2. Also: more people picked North Texas over Kansas State than Mizzou over Kansas. God bless you guys.

Your standings:

Team	Conf. Rec.	Record	Pt. Diff.
North
Missouri	7-1	11-1	+177
Nebraska	6-2	9-3	+129
Kansas State	4-4	7-5	+20
Iowa State	2-6	4-8	-79
Colorado	1-7	3-9	-95
Kansas	0-8	2-10	-91
South
Oklahoma	8-0	12-0	+194
Texas	7-1	11-1	+226
Texas A&M	4-4	7-5	+69
Texas Tech	4-4	8-4	+67
Baylor	3-5	6-6	-8
Oklahoma State	2-6	6-6	+44

The real upset, I guess, is that Kansas won any games at all. Big 12 Championship picks after the jump.

So here's your new dilemma, Mizzou fans: you are clearly scarred enough by previous defeats at the hands of Oklahoma that, even in the biased and anonymous realm of an online poll, you still picked them to beat Mizzou at Faurot Field. Are you now predicting the same for the Big 12 title game? Or is the "Screw it, we're winning this whole thing!" urge coming to the forefront? I look forward to this psychological experiment.

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I had to hold off Texas

45-44 in the Big 12 Championship in NCAA 11 after the computer put a massive screw job on me in the 3rd quarter when I was up 3+ touchdowns. I went for a 2 pt. conversion with less than a minute left to win in regulation rather than settle for the tie.

So why not beat OU twice?

THE FOOTBALL GODS OWE US!

by Mac6uffin on Sep 2, 2010 9:16 AM CDT reply actions

LMAO

even NCAA 11 has it coded in there to screw the Tigers randomly? Puuurrrfect.

by M Krip on Sep 2, 2010 12:24 PM CDT up reply actions

9-3

Well I suppose as a Husker fan 9-3 would be disappointing but still not too bad. I don’t see it happening, but I figure that with 99% Mizzou fans picking these games 9-3 is probably Nebraska’s worst case scenario…and that’s not too bad of a worst case scenario.

My prediction though is Nebraska is 10-2 heading to the big 12 championship and Missouri may surprise some and also be 10-2, but loses the head-to-head in Lincoln. Then Nebraska loses a close one to Oklahoma but wins a great bowl game and finishes 11-3.

by Billgrip on Sep 2, 2010 11:20 AM CDT reply actions