BIG 12
Baylor Bears
Letdown/Sandwich Game: Louisiana Tech, Sept. 26
Game Before: Incarnate Word
Game After: at Oklahoma
Call this a lookahead game more than any sort of a sandwich or letdown. The Bears shouldn’t have any problems with UIW the week before, and against a dangerous Louisiana Tech team, there might be a bit of a lull before opening up the Big 12 season at Oklahoma.
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Iowa State Cyclones
Letdown/Sandwich Game: UNLV, Sept. 19
Game Before: at Iowa
Game After: Texas Tech
A sneaky-interesting sandwich game, UNLV should have a renewed energy under new head coach Marcus Arroyo. The Cyclones have the always-interesting rivalry date at Iowa the week before, and follow up the date with the Rebels with the Big 12 opener against Texas Tech.
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Kansas Jayhawks
Letdown/Sandwich Game: at Texas Tech, Nov. 14
Game Before: Texas
Game After: at Oklahoma
Kansas can’t afford a letdown in any game – it beat Texas Tech 37-34 last year for its only Big 12 victory – but any game coming after Texas and before a trip to Oklahoma is rough.
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Kansas State Wildcats
Letdown/Sandwich Game: Texas Tech, Nov. 7
Game Before: at Iowa State
Game After: at Oklahoma
The date with Texas Tech comes just when the team might be ready for a bit of a letdown. Before hosting the Red Raiders, K-State has a road game at TCU, a week off, and a trip to Iowa State. Right after is the date at Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma Sooners
Letdown/Sandwich Game: at West Virginia, Nov. 7
Game Before: at TCU
Game After: Kansas State
It’s letdown alert time for the Sooners in early November against a West Virginia team that should be far better in Year Two under Neal Brown. OU has the rivalry date with Oklahoma State, follow up by a trip to TCU. The date at Morgantown in the end of a run of four games away from home in five weeks.
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Oklahoma State Cowboys
Letdown/Sandwich Game: Texas Tech, Oct. 31
Game Before: at Oklahoma
Game After: at Baylor
The Cowboys lost by ten to the Red Raiders last season, but they still might be a wee bit unfocused on Halloween. This comes after the Oklahoma game – and after two weeks on the road – and before dealing with a road trip to Baylor.
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Texas Longhorns
Letdown/Sandwich Game: UTEP, Sept. 19
Game Before: at LSU
Game After: at Kansas State
It would take something epic for the Longhorns to not be at least a 30-point favorite over the Miners, but it comes right after dealing with a trip to LSU, and before an off week to get ready for the Big 12 opener at Kansas State, followed up by Oklahoma.
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TCU Horned Frogs
Letdown/Sandwich Game: Iowa State, Nov. 7
Game Before: Oklahoma
Game After: at Texas
After getting rocked by Iowa State 49-24 last year, of course TCU is going to care about the early November game. However, it’s going to care more about the date down the road to Baylor a few weeks before, and then the Oklahoma showdown. There’s a trip to Texas right after facing the Cyclones.
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Texas Tech Red Raiders
Letdown/Sandwich Game: Kansas, Nov. 14
Game Before: at Kansas State
Game After: at TCU
Texas Tech will care about Kansas after losing last year in Lawrence, but this year the game is sandwiched between road trips to Kansas State and TCU. It’s a home oasis in a run of three road games in four weeks.
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West Virginia Mountaineers
Letdown/Sandwich Game: Kansas, Oct. 24
Game Before: at Texas
Game After: Oklahoma
There’s a week off after hosing the Jayhawks, but it’s the ultimate Big 12 sandwich date. WVU gets Kansas after going to Texas and before hosting Oklahoma.
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