Almost 70 Percent of OSU Fans Less Confident Pokes Can Win Big 12 Now

We have seen OSU win 2.5 games out of their first three, and now the real fun begins. OSU heads to Baylor on Saturday to take on the only Big 12 team it hasn’t beaten in the last two years. I thought it would be fun and interesting to see if you guys are more or less confident Mike Gundy has a team that can win the Big 12 than you were at the start of the season (before the SE Louisiana game).

Almost 70 percent of you said you were less confident. Another 25 percent said it’s equal and almost 10 said more.

I’m in the 24 percent. By the end of August I had legitimately talked myself into the idea that OSU could, in some probably-unrealistic scenario involving Baker Mayfield and a gas station (and a few other things), win this conference. Of course I also thought OSU was going to light it up more than it has in the first two games. I genuinely thought this was going to look like a 10-win team.

It hasn’t.

But the Big 12 might also stink. OU’s star is a little less bright than it was (and Rudolph still has not lost to them 🙂 ). Texas is good but maybe not great. Everyone else has looked average to above average at best. WVU, Kansas State, TCU — all average. Tech — average. It’s just a bunch of mediocre play so far. In fact, if I’m a WVU or Tech fan, I’m actually encouraged by the way the first month has gone. Those teams should absolutely believe they have a better chance at winning this league than they did a month ago.

As for OSU, I’m still confident they can win it, but that has a lot more to do with how other teams have played than what I’ve seen from the Pokes. Remember, every conference-winning team since the schedule went to nine games has gone 8-1. The bottom line with the Cowboys? They have some monster road games beginning with this one in Waco. We will know a lot more after this weekend.

Poll Q: I am _____ confident OSU can win the Big 12 after three games than/as I was at the start of the season.

— Pistols Firing (@pistolsguys) September 20, 2016

Onto the comments!

JG: I’ve felt down on our team since we s*** the bed in Bedlam 2013…something has to change on the coaching staff before we ever sniff a conference championship and CFP berth.

JG, my man! We played for the Big 12 title like 300 days ago!

Davids: Before the season I thought we would lose three maybe four conference games. So, I still feel about the same and a conference championship looks to be a long shot. If we beat Baylor (I think this will be very difficult!) my confidence will be much higher! The parity is real and a big road win puts us in a pretty good position. Curious how others would pick the top eight in the conference.

Bob Sitts: I’m still not confident. Our play calling is not good. Our offensive line leaves a lot to question. Rudolph is hit or miss. And I really don’t like that we have given up two 14-point leads in back to back games. The contenders of the big 12 will make you pay for that and yes while OU is “down” this year (two losses to top 10 teams) they always get up for us…and we let them in. So my confidence is LOW and I want to be proven wrong!

Big D: I’m confident in the fact that no one in our league has any less warts than us.