Big 12 teams are sick of hearing that they don’t play defense just because this year’s version of Bedlam produced 114 combined points in Oklahoma’s 62-52 win over rival Oklahoma State.
On Tuesday, TCU’s head coach and some players were asked about the high-scoring affair in Stillwater. Nobody said it was an indictment of the respective defenses in the conference.
Gary Patterson, whose 8-1 Horned Frogs beat Oklahoma State 44-31 earlier this season, defended the defenses in the conference.
Gary Patterson on if a 62-52 Bedlam hurt Big 12's reputation: "No. Everybody should have to play those two offenses. Then they’d find out."
— David Ubben (@davidubben) November 7, 2017
TCU safety Nico Small offered an even better quote that helps make the point.
TCU S Nico Small on criticism of Big 12 defenses: "That's like saying you're a bad boxer because you lost to Mike Tyson."
— David Ubben (@davidubben) November 7, 2017
TCU will have to visit Norman to face Oklahoma this weekend, so the last thing they want to do is tick off the Sooners with some bulletin-board material. Still, their answers are consistent with what Lincoln Riley also said this week.
