The SEC might have a consecutive streak of BCS national championships, but the defenses in the league apparently can't keep up with Big 12 offenses.

So says Oklahoma State offensive lineman Parker Graham, who was one of many Cowboys voicing opinions about the SEC in preparation for Saturday's season-opener with Mississippi State.

"You know, I just think that the SEC is blown a little bit out of proportion," Graham told OStateIllustrated.com . "There's a lot of great players down there and it's a heavily recruited area, but at the same time we play really fast offense here and sometimes those SEC defenses lose their breath against it. They have big guys but they aren't very well conditioned. We're gonna play our best ball and see what happens."

Of course, these comments aren't the first from Big 12 country directed at the SEC.

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