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The Big XII Conference: To expand or not to expand?
For the last several weeks, there have been so many rumors surrounding the possibility of the Big XII potentially adding teams that it is difficult to determine what is fact and what is fiction. Though the conference appeared on the verge of an early death this time last year with the departures and imminent departures [...]
TweetAdding 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 [...]
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 [...]
TweetBig 12 Schedule to be Released Friday According to Texas Tech AD
All the mystery surrounding the Big 12 football schedule in 2012 could be lifted as early as tomorrow, according to Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt. Hocutt, while speaking on the completion of a renovation process to the Red Raiders’ baseball stadium Thursday, said to expect the Big 12 schedule as early as tomorrow. Hocutt [...]
TweetBig 12 Football: Tidbits From Around the Conference
- Big 12 commissioner Chuck Neinas said earlier this week the Big 12 2012 football schedule will be released by the Feb. 1 deadline imposed by the conference’s TV partners. Neinas said the conference has received overwhelming assurances from West Virginia they will be conference members in 2012. The Mountaineers are suing the Big East [...]
Tweet“Shoot-Out” in Texas
The past two Saturdays in Austin have been points galore. A win over Kansas (43-0) and then a 52-20 point game against Texas Tech showed the crowd in Austin what winning was again (so really not much of a shoot out). For this past Saturday the Red Raiders were looking to bounce back after that [...]
TweetThe Big 12 Impresses Again as the Iowa State Cyclones Claim Victory Against Rival Iowa
James White scored on a 4-yard TD run in triple overtime to give the Iowa State Cyclones a 44-41 victory over in-state rival Iowa (1-1). White also scored in the second overtime to put Iowa State (2-0) ahead 38-31, but Iowa tied it up when Keenan Davis caught a 23-yard TD pass from James Vandenberg [...]
TweetDespite Re-alignment Talk, Big 12 Could Come Back Stronger Than Ever
Everyone seems to have their theory as to where the Big 12 teams will end up. Oklahoma is supposed to head out to the Pac 12. Texas A&M is going to the SEC. Oklahoma State is going with Oklahoma, I think. There’s supposed to be a four team package heading west. Now, somehow, Missouri has [...]
TweetBig 12 Power Poll – Week 2: Baylor Bears on the Rise
The Big 12 is getting plenty of attention from the rest of the country. Unfortunately, it’s for what’s happening off the field. Meanwhile, on the field, some pretty impressive football is being played. Here’s how the 2nd edition of the Big 12 Power Poll shakes out. 1.) OKLAHOMA – The Sooner offense was impressive as [...]
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