Well, it worked so long as they were playing Big 12 teams.E
It worked last year. Selma, keep in mind that playing defense is an after thought in the big 12.
They needed overtime to beat Army, and they're 0 for the College Football Playoff despite making it three times in five years.
The Big 12 today is like their (mostly) ancestral lineage, the Big Eight - they can whoop each other but are mediocre outside the conference.
Since 1996, the Big 12's ALL-TIME record against the Power Five conferences - and I'm including CU and Nebraska here - is 172-176.
Take OU's 25-15 record away from that and it's 147-161.
Despite being the richest school out there, Texas is basically .500 against OOC P5 teams (22-19).