Life as a defensive coordinator in the Big 12 has to be as difficult as just about any task in the NCAA. Last year, six of the league’s ten teams (Oklahoma, Oklahoma St., West Virginia, Baylor, Tech, and Texas) finished in the top 33 nationally in total defense. So the Texas Tech football team’s new defensive Keith Patterson has his work cut out for him as he tries to finally be the man who brings defense back to the South Plains.
Quite often this summer, I’ve expressed my cynicism about Patterson given his questionable history when coordinating defenses at Power 5 programs.