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The Top 25 Rivalries in College Football

Big 12 Pep bands, cheerleaders, tailgating, student sections, cornhole and especially rivalries. All of which makes college football the greatest sport on the planet. The Athlon Sports editorial staff put...

College Football's Top 20 Coaches on the Hot Seat: Post-Week 12 Rankings

Big 12 Week 12 of the 2012 college football season is in the books and plenty of coaches saw the temperature on their seat increase by a few degrees. And it was a busy week in the coaching carou...

25 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, MAC, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC, Auburn Tigers, Boston College Eagles, California Golden Bears, Connecticut Huskies, NC State Wolfpack, Tennessee Volunteers

10 College Rivalries Killed by Conference Realignment

Big 12 Texas alumni are holding their traditional Hex Rally this week, but it probably won’t be as fun. In College Station, the Aggies are holding Midnight Yell Practice in anticipation of their Thanksg...

10 College Football Coaches Who Should be Thankful

Big 12 A chance to coach college football at the top level of the game for a living should make any man on the sideline to be thankful. Some should be more thankful than others this year, though, to ...

26 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, Big 12, Big Ten, Mountain West, SEC, Arkansas Razorbacks, Florida Gators, Georgia Bulldogs, Hawaii Warriors, Kansas Jayhawks, Minnesota Golden Gophers, New Mexico Lobos, Penn State Nittany Lions, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, Washington State Cougars

Maui Invitational Preview: All eyes on North Carolina

Big 12 Success in Maui has been a good sign for most teams in recent years. Two of the last four Maui Invitational champions have gone on to win the national title (2008-09 North Carolina, 2010-11 Connect...

26 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC, Illinois Fighting Illini, Marquette Golden Eagles, North Carolina Tar Heels, Texas Longhorns, USC Trojans

Big 12 Post-Week 12 Power Rankings

Big 12 Kansas State remains atop the Big 12 power rankings, but the Wildcats are no longer in the driver's seat to play for a national title. Despite the loss to Baylor, Kansas State still maintains an ed...

26 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Big 12, Baylor Bears, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, West Virginia Mountaineers

West Virginia Coach Drops F-Bomb on Live Television

Big 12 West Virginia's Dana Holgorsen can be one of the most animated coaches in college football. Of course, this is also the coach who drinks Red Bull like it's water during the week too. And Holgor...

26 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: News, Big 12, West Virginia Mountaineers

BCS Post-Week 12 Analysis: Notre Dame, SEC big winners after upsets

Big 12 The BCS endured its biggest shakeup at this stage of the season in five years, but the championship scenario ended up back where it always does: The SEC championship game. The Nos. 1 and 2 t...

26 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac 12, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Florida Gators, Florida State Seminoles, Georgia Bulldogs, Kansas State, LSU Tigers, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Oregon Ducks

College Football Post-Week 12 Bowl Projections

Big 12 College football's bowl season is inching closer, and it's never too early to take a look at what the matchups might look like. With 12 weeks of results in the books, it's beginning to get easier t...

26 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, MAC, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC

College Football Week 12 Recap: Upsets of Kansas State, Oregon shift BCS race

Big 12 The best and worst of college football was on display Saturday from thrilling upsets (Stanford over Oregon, Baylor over Kansas State), newfound hope in the national title race (Notre Dame, Alabama ...

College Football Predictions: Every Game in Week 12

Big 12 College football's Week 12 schedule is highlighted by two huge battles in the Pac-12. Stanford visits Oregon in a game that likely will decide the South Division champion, while USC makes the short...

College Football Post-Week 11 Award Watch

Big 12 The Heisman Trophy isn’t the only award worth watching on a weekly basis. The Lombardi, Outland, Davey O’Brien and Biletnikoff races are all worth watching and debating as the season goes along...

26 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, Big 12, MAC, Pac-12, SEC, WAC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Ball State Cardinals, Kansas State Wildcats, Louisiana Tech Bulldogs, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Oregon Ducks, Oregon State Beavers, Texas A&M Aggies, USC Trojans, Washington Huskies

Big 12 Week 12 Preview and Predictions

Big 12 Kansas State is one win away from clinching a share of the Big 12 championship and a BCS bid, but the Wildcats have greater aspirations. The Wildcats are no longer the underdog in the Big 12 or nat...

26 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, News, Big 12, Baylor Bears, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, West Virginia Mountaineers

Johnny Manziel, Collin Klein and Manti Te'o could create historic Heisman field

Big 12 Even a year after a Baylor quarterback won the Heisman -- beating out the eventual No. 1 overall draft pick and a running back from would-be national champion Alabama -- the 2012 Heisman race is sh...

26 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oregon Ducks, Texas A&M, USC Trojans

2012 Heisman Trophy Contenders: Post-Week 11

Big 12 Each week, the Athlon editors and others who closely follow college football vote on the most prestigious award in the sport. A 13-man conglomerate of college football gurus from Athlon Sports and ...

26 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Independents, MAC, Pac 12, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Kansas State Wildcats, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oregon Ducks, Texas A&M Aggies, USC Trojans

Tournament preview: NC State under pressure in Puerto Rico

Big 12 The early season tournament season is under way, first with the NIT Tip-Off and now the Puerto Rico Classic, beginning Thursday. The even in San Juan will be a proving ground for the major tea...

26 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, News, ACC, Atlantic 10, Big 12, Big Ten, SEC, NC State Wolfpack, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Penn State Nittany Lions, Tennessee Volunteers, UMass Minutemen

College Football's Top 20 Coaches on the Hot Seat: Post-Week 11 Rankings

Big 12 Week 11 of the 2012 college football season is in the books and plenty of coaches saw the temperature on their seat increase by a few degrees. Boston College's Frank Spaziani remains the ...

26 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, MAC, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC, Auburn Tigers, Boston College Eagles, California Golden Bears, Connecticut Huskies, NC State Wolfpack, Tennessee Volunteers

Big 12 Post-Week 11 Power Rankings

Big 12 Kansas State was a big winner from the Big 12’s Week 11 action. The Wildcats knocked off TCU 23-10 to improve their record to 10-0. But that wasn’t the only bit of good news for Bill Snyder’s...

27 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Big 12, Baylor Bears, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, West Virginia Mountaineers

Texas Tech coach Tommy Tuberville Rips Headset Off Assistant

Big 12 Texas Tech was heavily favored and expected to easily handle Kansas on Saturday afternoon. However, the Jayhawks hung around and gave the Red Raiders all they could handle. The frustratio...

27 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: News, Big 12, Texas Tech Red Raiders

TCU Receiver Brandon Carter Hurdles Kansas State Defender

Big 12 TCU came up short in its upset bid against Kansas State, but the Horned Frogs didn't go away without a fight. Receiver Brandon Carter attempted to give his team some momentum at the end o...

27 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: News, Big 12, TCU Horned Frogs

College Football Post-Week 11 BCS analysis

Big 12 Alabama’s 29-24 loss to Texas A&M on Saturday shook up the BCS picture, but in a somewhat predictable way. Undefeated teams Kansas State, Oregon and Notre Dame all moved up one spot wit...

27 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, News, Big 12, Pac 12, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Georgia Bulldogs, Kansas State Wildcats, Louisiana Tech Bulldogs, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Oregon Ducks, Texas A&M Aggies

Previewing Kentucky, Duke, Kansas and Michigan State in the Tip-Off Marathon

Big 12 The opening of the college basketball season garnered a little more buzz this season, even if some of the key games didn’t go as planned. Even if the aircraft carrier games -- two of which w...

27 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, ACC, Atlantic 10, Big 12, Big Ten, SEC, West Coast Conference, Butler Bulldogs, Duke Blue Devils, Gonzaga Bulldogs, Kansas Jayhawks, Kentucky Wildcats, Michigan State Spartans, New Mexico Lobos, Temple Owls, West Virginia Mountaineers, Xavier Musketeers

College Football Post-Week 11 Bowl Projections

Big 12 College football's bowl season is inching closer, but it's never too early to take a look at what the matchups might look like. With 11 weeks of results in the books, it's beginning to get easier t...

27 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, MAC, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC

College Football Week 11 Recap: Aggies Heisman contender Manziel flips BCS

Big 12 The eruption you hear is either a Texas A&M celebration or a shift in national championship dominance out of the Southeast. The Aggies’ 29-24 win over Alabama shocked Tuscaloosa and may ...

27 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac 12, SEC, WAC, Florida Gators, Kansas State Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, Michigan Wolverines, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Stanford Cardinal, Texas A&M Aggies

College Football Predictions: Every Game in Week 11

Big 12 College football’s Week 11 schedule is highlighted by key games in the Big Ten Legends Division, Pac-12 North and SEC West. Also, Georgia can clinch the SEC East with a win at Auburn, and Miami c...

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