The article is pretty hilarious. He's whining about the "logo schools" owning the higher rankings. Teams that are part of that complaint include Missouri, Ole Miss, and Oregon. I know Oregon has been an "it" school, but are they a logo school? Maybe I'm being patrician, but I'd argue against that. Ole Miss and Mizzou are most certainly not "logo schools".
He's also ignoring cannibalism. Week 3 hasn't been played yet and this dude is sobbing in a corner about injustices for the Big 12 and TCU. Some of the teams ranked in the top 10 right now will wind up with 3+ losses and on the outside looking in.
The Big 12 looks really competitive and the quality of the match-ups will leave at least 2 teams with a CFP opportunity if they can find their way to 10-3 (title game loser) or better. That's completely plausible given the schedules. Mike Gundy just needs to not Gundy this. Rising needs to fucking suck it up. Kleinman needs to not shit the bed against anyone other than top ranked opponents. Can Zona or ASU stay hot? Hell, there are other candidates too.
That said, I'm telling you, having another G5 or another P4 opponent on all of these schedules instead of the FCS teams would go a long way for the Big 12 since they play 9 conference games. The arguments for a 10-2 Big 12 team versus a 9-3 Big 10 or SEC team would be very compelling. If Yormark is so smart, he's already realized this. The SEC and Big 10 can get away with the chickenshit FCS stuff. The ACC and the Big 12 cannot. It's clear as day.
One other thing that's pointed out in that article, yet I'm not sure Engel realizes the humor/schadenfreude he's offering, is that the Big 12 schools are big mad that they don't get to play the "logo schools" any more and create jihads around them. That's exactly what Texas and OU were fucking sick of, and what fans of the other schools, and even posters on this board, have tried to dismiss as Texas elitist delusion. And of course we get the whiniest bitch out there to sell it for the Big 12ers, Sonny Dykes. Watching him publicly cry about not getting the attention without Texas and OU being around is delicious.