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Adding post-season bowl game with SEC a brilliant move by Big XII
This time last season, college football fans and media were writing off the Big XII conference as all but dead and gone. In just two years, the conference lost four schools to other conferences; the Nebraska Cornhuskers ran off to the Big 10 and the Colorado Buffaloes, perhaps afraid of being left out, left for [...]
TweetBig 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby Meets His Makers
New Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby answered the tough questions during his introductory press conference, like whether he was in the bag for Texas. As long as DeLoss Dodds is the athletic director in Austin and the Longhorns continue printing money, there’s always going to be whispers about who runs the show. All the former [...]
TweetTexas Tech Looks To Join Texas, Oklahoma With Television Network
If a Big 12 member school wants to keep up these days, then your institution had better be researching the possibilities of a campus network. Texas and ESPN launched Longhorn Network last summer amid the riches of a $300 million contract and 17 people capable of viewing it. Oklahoma and Fox Sports agreed on a [...]
TweetBig 12 Football Coaches in Bobby Petrino’s Situation
As the college football offseason plods on and most of the South waits for word on Bobby Petrino‘s replacement, it begs the question in Big 12 territory; how entrenched is each head coach? Nothing about the scandal in Fayetteville made me believe it would have cost Petrino his job had he not hired her. That [...]
TweetBig 12 On The Verge Of Massive TV Extension With ESPN
Losing four teams to realignment won’t hinder Big 12 television revenues according to the Sports Business Journal. Due for an extension (in 2016) for their Tier 1 rights, the Big 12 is reportedly nearing an agreement with ESPN/ABC on a 9-year, $1.3 billion extension. Coupled with the recent $1.2 billion deal with Fox for Tier [...]
TweetTexas Tech Football Players Charged With Felony Credit Card Abuse
With the arrival of head coach Tommy Tuberville– in the wake of the departure of popular former head coach Mike Leach– football fans in Lubbock had a reason to be optimistic. With a 2011 5-7 finish (2-7 in Big XII play) expectations have leveled, and the pressure is firmly on the shoulders of Tommy Tuberville. [...]
TweetBig 12 Early Enrollees and Their Impact
Bruce Feldman, college football analyst for CBS Sports, listed his picks for the ten most intriguing early enrollee freshmen in 2012. What major conferences failed to make the cut? The Big 12 and Big East. I can’t help the Big East. Their geographic map includes California (San Diego State), Texas (UH and SMU), Florida (South [...]
TweetPre-Spring Big 12 Rankings
The Big 12 will once again have a new look heading into the 2012 season. Missouri and Texas A&M are now a thing of the past while West Virginia and TCU are set to take their place. The Big 12 may be missing some tradition this year with the departures, but that doesn’t mean things [...]
TweetChuck Neinas Exits Big 12 July 1st
Interim Big 12 commissioner Chuck Neinas successfully kept Texas from joining the AFC South, Oklahoma from holding Larry Scott hostage, Baylor from suing the Vatican and now intends to vacate his post by the end of June. The Big 12 plans to have his replacement by July 1st according to ESPN. A search committee, those [...]
TweetCar Accident Involving Tommy Tuberville’s Wife Results In A Fatality
Tommy Tuberville needs a focused team in 2012 to erase the agonizing end to his third season in Lubbock. Will the Texas Tech head coach have the same focus? Tuberville’s wife, Suzanne, was involved in a car accident November 1st and one of the passengers in the other vehicle died Friday according to the Lubbock [...]
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