Texas was Texas again, and Iowa State…was Iowa State. There hasn’t been a dumpster fire like that in Ames since the 2004 Veishea riot.
For a little light in the tunnel, Holly Anderson at SI said the game was “the Longhorns’ first complete win over a quality opponent in 2011.” So there’s that, contra ESPN Big 12 blogger David Ubben, who says Texas is undefeated “without playing any serious competition in the season’s first month.”
Meanwhile, the Big 12 agreed in principle to revenue sharing of first- and second-tier rights, but only when everyone agrees to stay, and Missouri is still flirting with the SEC. The Tulsa World looked at revenue-sharing’s effects in other conferences.