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We're in the middle of counting down the top 10 players in the history of the Big 12. I'm sure you'll all agree with my selections. See more on my criteria here. Let's move on with the list: No. 3: Ndamukong Suh, DT, Nebraska (2005-09) Wh...

Texas will start the season at No. 15 in both major polls, but Mack Brown's not shying away from expectations this season. He says his team could finish in the top five. "I think if you didn't think that, Lord, you shouldn't be at Texas," Brown to...

Colleague Brad Edwards had an interesting ESPN Insider post looking at the top coaching trees around the nation , and two from the Big 12 made his list of the top five, with plenty more mentioned. Oklahoma's Bob Stoops grabbed the top spot in the ...

Kansas coach Charlie Weis is giving a former Nebraska defensive end a second chance. Josh Williams was dismissed by Bo Pelini from Nebraska's team in February after an unspecified violation of team rules, but Williams plans to transfer to Kansas t...

Nebraska's Big Ten debut didn't go as planned, and the Huskers were blown out 48-17 in a performance Huskers coach Bo Pelini apologized to the fan base for and called a "joke." Oklahoma linebacker Travis Lewis had a joke of his own to follow up wi...

Thanks for all the questions this week. Here's the full transcript of our weekly chat. Didn't get your question answered? My mailbag is open. And some highlights: Greg in Omaha asked: What's been the reaction about Bo's comments on the offic...

Who knew citing history was analogous to taking a bat to a bee hive? Tom Shatel of the Omaha World-Herald has an interesting look at the two sides of Bo Pelini. That won't interest Big 12 fans, but his claims that officials told him his team was ...

Nebraska officially left the Big 12 on Friday, but in many ways it may still resemble a Big 12 team. Earlier this year, among the top 75 players in the state of Texas, according to ESPNU, just two signed with schools (Iowa, Michigan) that played the ...

We said our goodbyes on the blog in February, but today is officially the day: Nebraska is no longer a member of the Big 12 and joins the Big Ten. Colorado, meanwhile, leaves the Big 12 for the Pac-12, joining fellow new member Utah. We said go...

The NCAA released its report on Academic Progress Rates (APR) this week, and every team in the Big 12 was in good standing for the 2009-10 school year. The APR measures of eligibility and retention for Division I student-athletes for every sport o...

Former Kansas coach Mark Mangino hadn't spoken publicly about his dismissal in the 17 months since it occurred. Finally, he granted a lengthy, wide-ranging interview to the New Castle (PA) News back in his hometown. On not speaking out: "Our doo...

Thanks for all the questions, all. Enjoy the rest of the draft this weekend. Jared in College Station, Texas asks: What do you make of Texas A&M's "Senior QB Curse?" Reggie McNeil, Stephen McGee, and Jerrod Johnson were all ineffective and ben...

The official list of the Big 12's top 25 players is locked away in a vault in an undisclosed location, but we're revealing the list day by day here on the blog. Here's a refresher on my exact criteria. No. 21: Jared Crick, DT, Nebraska 2010 num...

One coincidentally timed phone call has apparently made Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy a "Belieber." Over the weekend, a video circulated of pop sensation/male bangs enthusiast Justin Bieber on Radio Disney. Then, his phone rang. "Come after m...

Chronicling 12 months in a few hundred words is never easy. I tried yesterday, when I laid out a case for Nebraska as college football's most interesting program. We still missed out on a few incidents that made headlines.Thanks for all the e-mail...

You know when things ain't happenin' the way they supposed to happen, Triple T gonna condense the nonsense. Kansas uses an army of senior citizens to make sure its athletes are going to class, writes Hannah Karp of the Wall Street Journal. Last...