COMMENTARY
FRISCO, Texas — Now 12 years removed from producing its last football national champion, the Big 12 remains on drought alert.
Commissioner Bob Bowlsby never believed his conference was psychologically disadvantaged, or under-membered, or downright soft. But Monday you could sense him retracing that double-overtime in Pasadena where Oklahoma suffered the Grandaddy of all cave-ins.
“I think Oklahoma last year was every bit good enough to win the national championship,” he said. “A break here or there and it could’ve gone different at the Rose Bowl. Then, watching the championship game, they were certainly good enough to play in the game and be successful.