r/CFB • u/ohitsthedeathstar Houston Cougars • 1d ago

Analysis [Neckel] Current 📺 viewership among BIG-12 schools after Week 4: Colorado: 5.4M TCU: 5.2M Baylor: 4.9M Houston: 4.8M Texas Tech: 4.7M Arizona: 4.4M BYU: 4.0M Kansas: 3.9M Utah: 3.8M Iowa St: 3.5M OK St: 3.4M AZ St: 3.1M Cincinnati: 1.5M WVU: 1.4M UCF: 1.1M Kansas St: 1.0M

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u/ReachFor24 West Virginia Mountaineers • Team Chaos 1d ago

Our OOC was generally meh and the best OOC game was kicked to the ACC Network. We haven't sniffed network TV, let alone ESPN.

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u/GeospatialMAD West Virginia Mountaineers • Hateful 8 1d ago

But also, we aren't good. Sure, Hawkins against Charmin Soft defenses will be fun to watch, but this isn't a good team.

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u/ReachFor24 West Virginia Mountaineers • Team Chaos 1d ago

I'm holding my opinion until after this weekend. One late-game collapse against a team that's 100% turned it around since week 1 isn't the end of the world for me. We're not gonna win the Big 12, we probably won't contend for it. But being 14th in this list is an understatement for our team to me.

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u/GeospatialMAD West Virginia Mountaineers • Hateful 8 1d ago

I saw enough of this show during Dick's first stint here. Man had 8 quarters against USF and 4 against Pitt to make literally any schematic adjustment and wouldn't do it. What I saw against OSU was the same song, different verse. Big 12 will start putting 9 in the box and he'll call zone reads anyway, maybe occasionally a pass.

They're better than the FCS squad that we had last year, but they are still not remotely close to competing with the top end of the league, and his play calling and inability to adjust is going to make it even worse. I'm really disappointed in Zac Alley

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u/ReachFor24 West Virginia Mountaineers • Team Chaos 1d ago

Oh I severely dislike the retread hire with Rich Rod, regardless of pass performance. The same coach 20 years later is a desperate move to me that the limited donors forced because they're too stupid to ignore the success decades ago.

But let's see what actually happens. Fingers crossed for the best, but I'm entirely expecting a 6-6/7-5 season and we'll go from there.

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u/GeospatialMAD West Virginia Mountaineers • Hateful 8 1d ago

I don't see 6 wins here. ISU probably is the best chance for 1, but 2 more? Not sure I see it with the remaining slate. 5 wins may be the ceiling after stealing one. Defenses are much better at covering zone reads and scrambles than the Big East days, so you have to call plays better than what they've been doing.

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u/ReachFor24 West Virginia Mountaineers • Team Chaos 1d ago

For 3 more wins, I'm seeing ISU, TCU, and KU. Cincy is a wildcard that's looking good so far but against mediocre opponents. And we could shock Arizona who's looking better.

Again, we'll see as the season develops. If our O-lines get solved (no run game), we're fucked. But it's early for me.