SB Nation Big 12 Roundtable - Week 4

Another week, another Big 12 Roundtable by the Big XII bloggers in the SB Nation blog network.  Our host this week is Rock M Nation.

This weeks questions involve meaningful conference games in September (good or bad?) and what we know and don't know at this point in the season.

Without a doubt, as I really don't see any downside to playing a conference foe early in the season, except perhaps in week one.  I'll grudgingly accept that teams want a tuneup game in the season opener, to work out some of the kinks.  Oklahoma fans would probably agree to that statement, but I'm sure that Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Missouri fans were much more excited about opening the season with a meaningful game than other Big XII teams.  Why would there be a downside to playing a conference foe earlier in the season?  You have to play these teams sometime, and mixing up the schedule might also provide an opening for a pause later in the season. 

Some of the Big 12 teams are starting to become known quantities, but there are still a few teams that most of us can't quite measure. Which team in the Big 12 do you consider the biggest enigma right now?

Nebraska's offense is a bit of an enigma right now; it looked really good against the Sun Belt conference, but couldn't find the end zone (almost comically) against Virginia Tech.  Missouri's offense looked unbelievable against Illinois, then looked downright mediocre for most of the game against Bowling Green.  But in my mind, the biggest enigma is Texas A&M, who finds themselves leading the nation in total offense.  Anybody see THAT coming?  Probably not.  Is that for real?  We simply don't know and won't know until A&M matches up with Arkansas next month.

What did you learn about your team in Week 3, and what questions has your team failed to answer at this point of the season?

Husker fans think that Nebraska has one of the best running backs in the conference in Roy Helu and one of the best defenses in the conference, an end of game breakdown notwithstanding.  However, a very impressive passing game disintegrated in Blacksburg.  Whether that's due to Tech having another stout defense or whether Saturday's game exposed Nebraska's quarterback and receivers as frauds remain to be seen.  Certainly Jason Worilds disrupted Zac Lee and forced him to make plays.  He did ok in the second quarter, but dismally in much of the second half.

There aren't exactly a whole lot of marquee matchups in Week 4. Which Big 12 game this week not involving your team piques your interest the most?