Wrapping up the Big 12 regular season
Tim Griffin, Big 12...12 teams. Only Texas Tech and Oklahoma are favored among the eight teams that were selected for postseason play. Texas will be a consensus underdog against Alabama in the Citi BCS Championship Game. It's...
Blog | December 08, 2009Big 12 lunch links: Will Nutt end up at Kansas?
Tim Griffin, Big 12...top 10 high-school athletes. Austin American-Statesman columnist Cedric Golden details his fail-safe college football playoff plan. Only four Big 12 teams were rated among the nation's top 40 teams in College...
Blog | December 08, 2009Kiper, McShay impressed by Suh's huge performance
Tim Griffin, Big 12...Mel Kiper was impressed with Suh's big effort against the Longhorns: "As you go through the postseason all-star games, the combine and individual workouts, player ratings are constantly changing," Kiper wrote. "Where I...
Blog | December 08, 2009Should ISU really be going to the Insight Bowl instead of Missouri?
Tim Griffin, Big 12The Big 12's postseason policy has reared its ugly head again. The conference's policy of enabling its bowl partners to...
Blog | December 08, 2009Citi BCS National Championship game
Tim Griffin, Big 12...game berth since 2005. Mack Brown's program has become one of the most proficient in the postseason, winning five consecutive bowl games including three BCS bowl games during that streak. The Longhorns offensive line...
Blog | December 06, 2009Big 12 mailbag: Henery in line for unique honor
Tim Griffin, Big 12If it's Friday, we've got some letters to answer. Here are some of the better questions I received this week. Shawn Starostka of Omaha, Neb., write...
Blog | December 04, 2009OU quashes OSU's BCS bowl hopes
Tim Griffin, Big 12Ryan Broyles and a determined Oklahoma defense made sure that Oklahoma State's postseason hopes won't include the BCS. Broyles accounted for 311 all-purpose yards to spark the Sooners...
Blog | November 28, 2009Mangino's old-school methods have gotten him in trouble
Tim Griffin, Big 12An internal investigation about the discipline methods of Kansas coach Mark Mangino signal the end could be near for his tenure at the school. Alle...
Blog | November 18, 2009Battle of Brazos has rare bowl implications this season
Tim Griffin, Big 12...s game that will be played for some big stakes at Kyle Field. Both teams have simmering postseason hopes heading into the game, although both have fallen dramatically in recent weeks. Baylor (4-6) started...
Blog | November 17, 2009Streaking Florence ready for huge challenge against Texas
Tim Griffin, Big 12Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Griffin Baylor stunned the Big 12 with the upset of the season last week, snatching a victory at Missouri to keep the Bear...
Blog | November 11, 2009Look for Big 12 to have more bowl-eligible teams than opportunities
Tim Griffin, Big 12...12, it's even tougher. Four upsets have scrambled the conference's bowl order and made the postseason opportunities for the teams no clearer than they were early in the season. For the first time...
Blog | November 08, 2009What we learned in the Big 12, Week 10
Tim Griffin, Big 12...fourth quarter to claim a wild 35-34 triumph over Texas A&M to keep their postseason hopes alive, too. The two cellar dwellers have not only scrambled the Big 12's bowl prospects...
Blog | November 08, 2009Big 12 lunch links: How about a Texas-TCU BCS title game?
Tim Griffin, Big 12...John Mackovic of the Palm Springs (Cal.) Desert Sun wonders if fans really want a college football playoff. Nebraska defensive coordinator Carl Pelini embraces the challenge of facing Oklahoma and old friend Bob Stoops, Rich...
Blog | November 05, 2009Big 12 lunch links: Scott never lived up to hype
Tim Griffin, Big 12...the Big 12 more unpredictable this season. Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe likes the idea of returning postseason play to the venerable Cotton Bowl, The Dallas Morning News' Chuck Carlton reports. Iowa State's offense...
Blog | November 04, 2009Big 12 internal affairs: Nebraska took off when gloves came off
Tim Griffin, Big 12...Missouri. If he can remains well protected and upright during that time, Mark Mangino's pitch for postseason honors for his senior quarterback won't be out of line. One reason why Missouri's ground...
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