Best: Texas 2-0 @ Ole Miss 2-0. Texas has opened the 2012 campaign with wins over two Mountain West teams, Wyoming 37-17 & New Mexico 45-0… while the Rebels have beaten an FCS team, Central Arkansas 49-27 from the Southland Conference & UTEP 28-10 a team from C-USA. The last time these teams met was in 1966 (Bluebonnet Bowl… Texas won 19-0). This is the first time Mississippi has opened the season with three straight home games since 1996! The Rebels are 1-5 all time against the Longhorns and 0-6 against BCS non conference opponents. Meanwhile Texas has won 11 straight true road openers… its last loss was to Stanford in 2000. This is a SEC / Big 12 Battle…. and even though it is between one of the Big 12’s best and a down SEC team… the game still will generate national interest.
Worst: Western Illinois 2-0 @ Iowa State 2-0. Last year the Leathernecks went 2-9 and while they are currently 2-0; one of the wins is against a Division II team and the other over Butler, who went 5-6 a year ago. This is the first meeting between the schools! Iowa State beat a good Tulsa team, 38-23 and last week, beat in state rival, Iowa, 9-6. If the Cyclones are focused… this game and next week bye set them up nicely for their first conference game @ home against Texas Tech! Remember ….. the point of Best and Worst is from a fan ‘s perspective… not the team’s.
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