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If you pay attention to this blog, you've surely seen our Big 12 post-spring power rankings for 2013. But seven months later at the end of the Big 12's regular season, how accurate do they end up being? During the season, power rankings are more of a...

Oh, Sergio. Bruce Feldman of CBSSports unveils his annual Freaks list, with lots of talk about Baylor. Especially Lache Seastrunk. Keep an eye out for strength coach Kaz Kazadi, who drops the best quote of the offseason. The Chicago Tribune wri...

We looked at the 3,000-yard passers on Tuesday, but what about the guys on the ground? The 1,000-yard mark is the benchmark for a good season running the ball, and the Big 12 had just three players reach it in 2012. Three more had at least 925 yards,...

This fall will mark the final college football season that concludes with a BCS title game. The era has had its ups and downs for all, so here we will take a look at the best and worst of the past 15 years in the Big East: BEST 1. BCS bowl perfor...

As part of our 100 days until kickoff coverage this week, we're looking at each conference's biggest underachievements and overachievements in the BCS era. Here's what I say for the Big 12: Overachievements 1. Frequent title visits. There's ple...

Minutes after watching a deadly tornado sweep through Moore, Okla., on Monday, just a few miles from where they were staying for the tournament, the West Virginia Mountaineers were ready to help in the relief effort.

It's time to look forward to 2013 and the Big 12's best passers. Hitting 3,000 yards is the benchmark for a productive season as a college quarterback. Four Big 12 quarterbacks threw for at least 3,000 yards last season -- but all four threw for m...

Getting a little dusty in here. Nice job from the University of Oklahoma, who opened up its dorms to help those who were affected by Monday's tornado. It's been a sad season of team sports for Texas, writes Cedric Golden of the Austin American-...

Our ESPN Stats & Info crew put together 100 numbers you should know with 100 days left before the season starts, and plenty of them are taking up residence in the Big 12. Colleague Mark Schlabach also has a fun column about the inevitable, brutal,...

We're only 100 days away from the college football season, but today we're looking at what each conference needs to do, team by team, between now and then. Here's the Big 12's checklist. 1. Sort out and develop those quarterbacks. I've written abo...

Wide receiver Ivan McCartney is returning to West Virginia's roster six months after leaving the team.

Last fall, the Elyria (Ohio) trio of offensive guard Darius Badford, athlete Jordan Connell and running back Jumarr Lewis could count on one hand schools showing interest. It's funny what successful junior seasons have done for the Pioneers' three...

Blog | May 20, 2013

Our list of the top 10 Big 12 players ever generated as much response from you all as anything we've ever done. I really appreciate all of it. Many of you agreed with the list. Plenty of you didn't. That's pretty natural. It was an absolutely brutal ...

One of the topics discussed at last week's ACC spring meetings in Amelia Island, Fla., was the idea of reserving the final week of the regular season for built-in rivalry games. There's only one problem: Pitt-West Virginia doesn't exist anymore. ...

FriendZone might be the most brutal show on TV. Kirk Bohls of the Austin American-Statesman has some Longhorn Network updates, thoughts on Wes Lunt and more. Limiting Lunt's options is a bad look for Mike Gundy, writes Berry Tramel of The Oklah...

Quips go to Pitt. That is the expression in Western Pennsylvania. The elite prospects from talent-rich Aliquippa (Pa.) High almost exclusively go to nearby Pittsburgh to star for the Panthers. Jonathan Baldwin, Tommie Campbell and Darrelle Revis a...

Blog | May 18, 2013