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Big 12 Football Preseason First, Second And Third Teams: Advising Athlon
Each summer, college football preview magazines appear on grocery store shelves and each year, I find myself less enthused. That’s not disappointment at the arrival of amateur pigskin, it’s because so much of the information therein those publications appears daily on the Internet. As the New Orleans Times-Picayune lessens printing to three days per week, [...]
TweetRant Sports 100 in 100 College Football Previews: No. 84 Kansas Jayhawks
Today, we’re 84 days away from the kickoff of the 2012 college football season. As such, we’ll preview the No. 84 team in our Rant Sports 100 in 100 college football previews, the Kansas Jayhawks. Although the Jayhawks finished 2-10 in 2011, there’s plenty of reason to be optimistic in 2012 with the arrival of former Notre Dame head coach Charlie Weis [...]
TweetThe 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 [...]
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 [...]
TweetKansas RB James Sims Suspended for Three Games
The most productive offensive player for Kansas the past two seasons, running back James Sims, has been suspended for the first three games of the 2012 season by head coach Charlie Weis. The suspension comes as a result of Sims’ arrest for operating a vehicle under the influence early Sunday morning. “Every player on our [...]
TweetFormer Kansas QB Set to Join Colorado
It appears former Kansas quarterback, Jordan Webb, may have found himself a new home. After considering Wisconsin along with smaller schools North Texas and Murray State, Webb is reportedly set to finish out his career with the Colorado Buffaloes. Webb has already spent time in Boulder this spring checking out what the Buffaloes had to [...]
TweetFormer Kansas Quarterback Exploring Transfer Options
When Charlie Weis was hired as the head coach at Kansas, the future looked bleak for last year’s starting quarterback, Jordan Webb. And if it didn’t then, it sure did when Dayne Crist and Jake Heaps announced just a few weeks later they were both transferring to play football for the Jayhawks. The transfers left [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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