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Texas A&M's bowl practices providing benefits for young players

Tim Griffin, Big 12

...said. "A bowl game is somewhat of a reward, but at the same time is a tremendous challenge for us. I know the quality of football team we are playing. Our guys are very excited...

Blog | December 18, 2009

Baylor adds another Robert Griffin

Tim Griffin, Big 12

...at Baylor for the spring semester, where the 6-foot-6, 345-pounder is expected to immediately challenge for a starting position. "Our philosophy with junior college athletes is we don't recruit them to...

Blog | December 17, 2009

Rhoads fashions four-game improvement at ISU to rank second nationally

Tim Griffin, Big 12

...wouldn't be honest if I said I expected it. The Cyclones will face a much tougher challenge next season when they trade Baylor, Oklahoma State and Texas A&M for Texas, Oklahoma and...

Blog | December 16, 2009

Big 12 mailbag: Should Nebraska be looking for another QB?

Tim Griffin, Big 12

...would provide any of those schools with instant financial cache as well as a new set of challenges. While I don't exactly think it will be an immediate improvement -- the Big 12 is better...

Blog | December 15, 2009

Gill knows his KU priorities -- from the start

Tim Griffin, Big 12

...the Big 12 North and the conference championship. For Kansas fans, beating the Tigers is the penultimate challenge for their football team in every season. Gill has been around football long enough to quickly understand...

Blog | December 14, 2009

McCoy claims Davey O'Brien Award

Tim Griffin, Big 12

...winner, joining Vince Young in 2005. McCoy said his team is excited about his team's upcoming challenge of competing against Alabama in the Jan. 7 BCS title game - particularly after his team's narrow...

Blog | December 10, 2009

Kansas State season review

Tim Griffin, Big 12

Bill Snyder might never have accomplished more with a team than he did by taking Kansas State within a game of the Big 12 North division title this se...

Blog | December 09, 2009

Nebraska season review

Tim Griffin, Big 12

...at his second consecutive bowl triumph. The Cornhuskers' sputtering offense loses only one starter, but a quarterback challenge might be expected over the spring as Green becomes more comfortable in the offense. The defense will...

Blog | December 09, 2009

Oklahoma season review

Tim Griffin, Big 12

Talented Oklahoma players Sam Bradford, Jermaine Gresham, Trent Williams and Gerald McCoy all returned to school to challenge for the national championship after losing in the BCS title game last season. Those title plans and...

Blog | December 09, 2009

Oklahoma State season review

Tim Griffin, Big 12

...Bryant and Kendall Hunter, the Cowboys leaned on Toston throughout the season. He was ready for the challenge, rushing for 1,177 yards to rank second in the conference and scoring 11 touchdowns. Those numbers...

Blog | December 09, 2009

Wrapping up the Big 12 regular season

Tim Griffin, Big 12

...the final BCS standings and only three in the Top 25. The bowls will provide a tough challenge for Big 12 teams. Only Texas Tech and Oklahoma are favored among the eight teams that were...

Blog | December 08, 2009

How I rank the Big 12's upcoming bowls

Tim Griffin, Big 12

...The Cowboys must rebound from their final-game struggles at Oklahoma, or they will face a difficult challenge against Jevan Snead and the Rebels. 7. Valero Alamo Bowl Texas Tech vs. Michigan State My take...

Blog | December 07, 2009

Nebraska's offense is keeping them from becoming elite program

Tim Griffin, Big 12

The wild show of emotion that took place in the bowels of the Dallas Cowboys Stadium late Saturday night was understandable. Nebraska coach Bo Peli...

Blog | December 07, 2009

Big 12 power rankings

Tim Griffin, Big 12

...how the Cowboys respond to the start of Cotton Bowl preparations. The Cowboys will face a determined challenge in the trenches against Mississippi, which stunned Texas Tech last season. The Cowboys sure could use Donald...

Blog | December 07, 2009

Citi BCS National Championship game

Tim Griffin, Big 12

...a season-low 18 rushing yards and allowing nine sacks against the Cornhuskers. It will be another challenge against Alabama's defense studded with defensive All-Americans Rolando McClain and Javier Arenas and mammoth run...

Blog | December 06, 2009