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Thanks for the emails this week, folks. Here's where you can reach me if you've got more to say. John in Greensboro, N.C., writes: What is missing from the Big 12 to enter in the era of the Conference TV/Digital Networks? I mean in the sense of th...

Four Big 12 teams will kick off their spring games this weekend. We'll be offering up a preview of each throughout the day. Texas Tech When: Saturday, 1 p.m. ET What you need to know: It will be televised live by Texas Tech TV on Fox an...

Attendance across the board in college football is down. Blame the improved television experience. Blame FCS games. Cite what you want. Data tells us the numbers are down almost everywhere. Still, in the Big 12, there's not many falling off. Exact...

You're out of control, Cafferty. What does Big Ten expansion mean for the Big 12? Berry Tramel of The Oklahoman has a few thoughts. Oklahoma State has a new TV deal with Fox Sports for its third-tier rights. Several other Big 12 teams have made...

Tweeting TV spoilers within the first 24 hours should be punishable by law. Texas CB Carrington Byndom is bouncing back from a rough start to the season, writes Mark Rosner of the Austin American-Statesman. The Longhorns defense is finally steppi...

The Big 12's 13-year television deal with ABC/ESPN and Fox, worth $2.6 billion, will be announced Friday, industry sources told colleague Brett McMurphy. The league's board of directors is slated to vote on the new deal Friday morning. From our...

It's finally here. There will be college football on your television tonight, even though the Big 12 won't get started until Saturday. I'll be sticking around Dallas to watch games at home Saturday, but on Sunday night I'll be at Floyd Casey Stadi...

Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby was back in his home state on Tuesday, and told reporters at a news conference in Ames, Iowa, that the league's new television deal is nearly finished. Part of that deal is a 13-year grant-of-rights agreement as wel...

LOL. In a January (Important word, there. You can tell because it's in italics.) memo, Big 12 commissioner Chuck Neinas said the only school that added TV value to the Big 12 was Notre Dame. But what about the Noles, y'all? With new playoff mon...

In Ron Artest's defense, James Harden's beard told him he was really unimpressed with Artest's dunk. Lots of nuggets in Kirk Bohls' Nine Things. Texas Tech is building a TV network similar to OU's model, he has a few candidates for Big 12 commish...

If you aren't watching ESPN's QB Camp pre-draft series, you should be. It's great TV, and the new episode with Brandon Weeden definitely qualified. It had me laughing quite a bit, but you get a look inside Weeden's mind and Oklahoma State's offense a...

Today's the last day to sign up for the Big 12 Blog bracket pool. In 24 hours, March Madness will be officially on. Is the Big 12 nearing a big television revenue payday? Sounds like that may be the case soon. The two arrested Texas Tech player...

Missouri and Texas A&M's price tag for leaving the Big 12 will be $12.41 million, the conference announced on Tuesday.

The Big 12's deadline to deliver its schedule was Wednesday, and it did exactly that. Just don't expect to see it. You'll have to trust the league on this one. As required by their television contracts, the league provided a full schedule to its ...

Brandon Weeden hadn't watched the TV broadcast of his finest moment since it happened: A thorough, 44-10 undressing of rival Oklahoma, which had tormented Oklahoma State for eight consecutive years -- with the previous two Sooners victories even comi...

STILLWATER, Okla. -- You'll have to excuse Oklahoma State for failing to riot after national television told them that Alabama would be playing LSU in the national championship. An hour before the show began, Mike Gundy gathered his team and told ...