I'm not sure I implied that CU was amazing, but beating a UConn team in a back-n-forth game on a neutral like that (in a game both teams clearly wanted to win badly) — I think it's fair to call that there CU team "for real" like I did.

That CU team is clearly built & coached in a way that ensures they'll be capable of beating any team in the Big12. At home or away.

Does that mean they'll be in the upper half of the Big12, though? No, it does not, imo. Our conference is STACKED.