Welcome to the weekly Big 12 stat crunch, where we're taking a deeper statistical look at what's going on in the conference. Now that the Big 12 season is officially over, here are a few things that stood out from the bowl results:
1. Big 12 defenses disappoint
The defenses of the seven Big 12 bowl teams allowed an average of 44 points per game in bowls this season. That is not great.
Opponents who took on the Big 12 averaged 7.0 yards per play and 3.1 points per drive. They scored on 52 percent of their drives and punted on less than 30 percent.