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• Rankings: How will the Big 12 look from top to bottom this season?

When it comes to Big 12 opening acts, SportsNation wouldn't mind being in Austin to watch Texas seek revenge against Texas Tech. Voters also like Texas A&M more than Baylor or Colorado when it comes to a revival among the conference's downtrodden members.

But come on, this is the Big 12, and that means only one thing to many: Oct. 17 in Dallas.

So with two months to kill before Oklahoma and Texas meet on the field, we decided to waste some time and stoke the fires from Norman to Austin with a pair of endlessly arguable questions for the two teams. Not surprisingly, we found a Nation divided.

• SN's take: 57 percent say Bob Stoops' spread tougher than Barry Switzer's wishbone.
• SN's take: 52 percent say Vince Young a better Texas quarterback than Colt McCoy.

Meanwhile, as Big 12 blogger Tim Griffin recounted recently, Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops thinks the Red River Rivalry between his Sooners and Texas still has room to grow. Earlier this summer, SportsNation rated it as the best rivalry in college football, but considering that there are still several schools SportsNation hates way more than Oklahoma and Texas, Stoops may have a point. One can only aspire to be despised as much as Ohio State (whose fans now don't know whether to feel offended or complimented).

• SN's take: 60 percent say Nebraska won't regain elite status before 2020.
• SN's take: 52 percent think Bill Snyder is the best coach in Kansas.
• SN's take: 53 percent contend Georgia at OSU isn't best Big 12 nonconference game.
• Vote: What's your take on some of these Big 12 preseason questions?
• Groups: HOOK EM !! | BIG 12 TWELVE COUNTRY | The Red River Rivalry

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I think the OU Texas game is going to be the best this year! One down but good O-line and one down D-line but good . The best backfield vs one of the best secondaries. Gonna be fun!

” -- jtstavern

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I love this [OU-Texas] rivalry, of all my teams this is my favorite. It was rough those years OU owned us, but I can appreciate how Texas hung in there with Mack and now the rivalry is widely regarded as one of the biggest again. I was sooo tired of the Michigan/OSU hype

” -- bigtravatx