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Texas Selected Atop Big 12 Football Media Preseason Poll

For the first time since the Conference went to a divisionless format, Texas was picked atop the Conference’s 2023 preseason poll as voted on by media representatives. The Longhorns were slotted fourth in last year’s preseason poll behind Baylor, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.

First-place votes were spread among six teams with Texas receiving 41 and a total of 886 points. The reigning Big 12 Champion, Kansas State, placed second with 14 and 858 points. Oklahoma and Texas Tech each received four first-place votes with 758 and 729 points, respectively. TCU, coming off appearances in the Big 12 Championship Game and CFP National Championship Game, rounded out the top five with three first-place votes and 727 points.

Baylor gathered 575 points to place sixth while Oklahoma State secured the final first-place vote with 470 points for seventh place. The remaining positions were 8. UCF (463 points), 9. Kansas (461 points), 10. Iowa State (334 points), 11. BYU (318 points), 12. Houston (215 points), 13. Cincinnati (202 points) and 14. West Virginia (129 points).

Big 12 Football Media Days, Presented by Old Trapper will be conducted next Wednesday and Thursday, July 12-13. Coverage from both days will be provided on ESPNU and Big 12 Now on ESPN+. For additional information, follow Big12Sports.com and the Conference’s official social media platforms.

2023 Big 12 Football Media Preseason Poll
1. Texas (41), 886
2. Kansas State (14), 858
3. Oklahoma (4), 758
4. Texas Tech (4), 729
5. TCU (3), 727
6. Baylor, 572
7. Oklahoma State (1), 470
8. UCF, 463
9. Kansas, 461
10. Iowa State, 334
11. BYU, 318
12. Houston, 215
13. Cincinnati, 202
14. West Virginia, 129

First-place votes in parenthesis.

After week one Mike Joseph evaluation…

I honestly thought we “looked the part” and didn’t look small. I thought our Oline got a push and we aren’t blown off the ball by their Oline. Overall I think Joseph had a good off season. In years past Ive wondered because the strength and conditions coach is prion the head coaches most important assistant cause he spends more time with the players than anyone and helps set the tone of the team. Thoughts?

Stadium Atmosphere

We are really starting to elevate our video work and how we feed the crowd with the music, etc. There is still some work to be done but it is head and shoulders above where it was just a few years ago.

The AD gets a lot of criticism here. Much of it rightfully deserved but they are getting it right on that front.

Now if we want to talk about the decision to rebuild the concourse restrooms with the 16 inch doorways……

Time for a non Neal Brown rant

How in the hell do you go to a football game in this day and age with the transfer portal and the university doesn't sell f*&king programs. It is ridiculous, we have no clue who the players are, where they come from, etc. I know a lot of players but not all of them and it is excusable for the university to not sell programs. Absolutely ridiculous, I guess I'm going to have to find something online that has both teams' rosters, print them out each week on cardstock so I can have a clue who I'm looking at. It may be something on the sidelines with a player who isn't even dressed and I want to know who they are, I just don't get how you do that and the answer isn't on your phone because the service is so slow/bad that it takes forever. If anyone on here works for the university please put a bug in someone's ear about bringing programs back or at least making sheets available with some kind of basic roster information. Hell some enterprising person on here who wants to make a few bucks could produce something and sell it in the parking lot. I have to have my program, I feel naked without it at a game. The first thing I do when I walk in the stadium is buy a program.
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