This is David Ubben’s third season of covering the Big 12 Conference for ESPN.
Ultimately, we still cover the most nationally relevant games in the Big 12 each week. Iowa State likes to pull upsets, but we don’t usually cover games with spreads of 20 points or more. If Iowa State’s winning ways grow and they become more relevant in the league title race, you’ll see me in Ames. So far, that hasn’t happened, but I’ll be more than happy to make my way over when it does.
I understand his argument, but completely disagree. I think that someone tabbed to cover a conference should make an effort to visit every site in that conference on a semi-regular basis. While visiting the “big games” may make sense at first, there comes a time when it’s just time to come over. By the way, last year’s spread against Iowa was 6½.
In fact, he seems to be going out of his way to justify his indifference, like in this note for the bowl projections: “Iowa State’s knocking on the door, but three Big 12 wins won’t be easy. Long way to go still for the Clones, but a nice win on Saturday.” This may be true, but then, why is Texas Tech getting the benefit of the doubt right now?