The SEC football coaches who are fired get contract buyouts. Or they can be TV studio analysts or go float on a lake somewhere. Iowa State and Texas Tech, which shared the Big 12 regular-season title with Oklahoma last season, have run into difficulties in recent days. Wednesday, Iowa State lost at Colorado. Let's just say Big 12 prognosticators saw this coming, despite the Cyclones' 95-61 dismantling of the Buffs in Ames on Jan. 27.
Boulder is back to being a very hard place to win.
Texas Tech escaped Kansas with a 49-45 victory Wednesday. Tech had lost at home to Texas on Saturday and absolutely had to have the win at Kansas. The Sooners play at Tech, home vs. Baylor and Oklahoma State and at Texas. Oklahoma's Stacey Dales and LaNeishea Caufield have met every expectation this season. But Tech coach Marsha Sharp said there's danger in facing the Sooners and only thinking about Dales and Caufield.