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<blockquote data-quote="Old.Edgy" data-source="post: 1946678" data-attributes="member: 748325"><p>I don't have any answers, just some observations which could easily be wrong... They have been (in recent history) similar to us, except they haven't really had their 'time to catch lightning in the bottle' once a decade... At least NOT to the same level... And since Kansas is primarily a basketball school - as we are, but a little higher level - so their 'expectations' aren't really as high as ours WRT football... It appears that they have made a concerted effort recently to up their football presence in the B12 - as we are trying to do in the B1G... The fact that they smoked us head-to-head is not particularly unexpected given the style of play generally in the B12 v. B1G West... If you want to compete in the B12 you have to have air-raid style offenses, whereas competing in the B1G West meant hard nosed running, pound and grind, with a 'big-play' thrown in to ice it away... Completely different styles.... As the B1G changes - wrt the addition of west coast expansion teams, and the absence of divisions - I suspect we will change along similar lines to try to remain relevant in the conference...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old.Edgy, post: 1946678, member: 748325"] I don't have any answers, just some observations which could easily be wrong... They have been (in recent history) similar to us, except they haven't really had their 'time to catch lightning in the bottle' once a decade... At least NOT to the same level... And since Kansas is primarily a basketball school - as we are, but a little higher level - so their 'expectations' aren't really as high as ours WRT football... It appears that they have made a concerted effort recently to up their football presence in the B12 - as we are trying to do in the B1G... The fact that they smoked us head-to-head is not particularly unexpected given the style of play generally in the B12 v. B1G West... If you want to compete in the B12 you have to have air-raid style offenses, whereas competing in the B1G West meant hard nosed running, pound and grind, with a 'big-play' thrown in to ice it away... Completely different styles.... As the B1G changes - wrt the addition of west coast expansion teams, and the absence of divisions - I suspect we will change along similar lines to try to remain relevant in the conference... [/QUOTE]
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