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Does Missouri Make a Seventh-Straight Bowl Game?
Texas Longhorns Gary Pinkel has had a successful run in his decade-plus at Missouri. After experiencing losing seasons in three of his first four years in Columbia, the veteran coach has taken Mizzou to the postse...
1 year ago by Patrick Snow Tags: College Football, Big 12, SEC, De'Vion Moore, Elvis Fisher, Henry Josey, James Franklin, Kendial Lawrence, Arizona State Sun Devils, Baylor Bears, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, Missouri Tigers, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, Gary Pinkel

Oklahoma or Oklahoma State: Sooner State's Best Offense?
Texas Longhorns The points are piling up in the Sooner State. The Cowboys of Oklahoma State lead college football in scoring at over 51 points a game, while the Oklahoma Sooners have tallied 45 points per game. Bo...
1 year ago by Patrick Snow Tags: College Football, Big 12, Brandon Weeden, Jeremy Smith, Joseph Randle, Justin Blackmon, Landry Jones, Ryan Broyles, Arizona Wildcats, Florida State Seminoles, Kansas Jayhawks, Missouri Tigers, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns, Tulsa Golden Hurricane, Bedlam Series, Bob Stoops, Mike Gundy

College Football Power Rankings: Big 12
Texas Longhorns By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) Post-Week 6 Big 12 Power Rankings Check out all of our college football rankings.  1. Oklahoma (5-0) – The Red River Rivalry...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Big 12, Baylor Bears, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, Missouri Tigers, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders

The Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners Rivalry in Funny Photos
Texas Longhorns The Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners have a long and storied rivalry. And today they renew that rivalry on the football field. So, we thought we'd let them battle it out in photos and post some...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Overtime, News, Oklahoma Sooners, Texas Longhorns

Texas Looks to Upset Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry
Texas Longhorns Oklahoma started the college football year as a favorite to play in the BCS Championship Game. Texas entered the 2011 season just looking to be Texas again and rebuild from a 5-7 campaign that...
1 year ago by Patrick Snow Tags: College Football, Big 12, Case McCoy, David Ash, Jaxon Shipley, Landry Jones, Malcolm Brown, Ronnell Lewis, Ryan Broyles, Travis Lewis, Oklahoma Sooners, Texas Longhorns, Bob Stoops, Cotton Bowl, Mack Brown, Red River Rivalry

Manny Diaz Has The Eyes of Texas Excited
Texas Longhorns Before the season started, Bruce Feldman wrote a great piece about Texas' new Defensive Coordinator Manny Diaz. Apparently, Manny Diaz is a coach that very much believes in digging into the numbers...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Big 12, Texas Longhorns

College Football Predictions: Oklahoma vs. Texas
Texas Longhorns By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) Considering all that has transpired with the Big 12 over the last season in regards to realignment, it’s nice to turn the attention back to th...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Big 12, Oklahoma Sooners, Texas Longhorns, college football predictions

Surprise, surprise: K-State is 4-0
Texas Longhorns By Mitch Light When Kansas State was trailing Eastern Kentucky, 7–3, late in the fourth quarter back in Week 1, even the most optimistic Wildcat fan would have had a tough time envisioning th...
1 year ago by Mitch Light Tags: College Football, Big 12, Arthur Brown, Collin Klein, Henry Josey, Baylor Bears, Kansas State Wildcats, Missouri Tigers, Texas Longhorns

College Football Power Rankings: Big 12
Texas Longhorns By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) Post-Week 5 Big 12 Power Rankings Check out all of our college football rankings.  1. Oklahoma (4-0) – The final tuneup befo...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Big 12, Baylor Bears, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, Missouri Tigers, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders

College Football Power Rankings: Big 12
Texas Longhorns By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) Post-Week 4 Big 12 Power Rankings Check out all of our college football rankings. 1. Oklahoma (3-0) – Coming off a huge win over ...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Big 12, Baylor Bears, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, Missouri Tigers, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, college football rankings

Oklahoma State at Texas A&M: Shootout Predictions
Texas Longhorns This Big 12 contest should be one of the more fun college football games all season. The high-octane offenses of Oklahoma State and Texas A&M will meet in College Station on Saturday afternoon ...
1 year ago by Patrick Snow Tags: College Football, Big 12, Brandon Weeden, Case Keenum, Christine Michael, Cyrus Gray, Jeff Fuller, Joseph Randle, Justin Blackmon, Ryan Tannehill, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns, college football predictions, Mike Gundy, Mike Sherman

Conference Realignment: A History Lesson
Texas Longhorns This article on college football realignment originally appeared in our 1998 college football annual. As the college football landscape continues to go through realignment and the whispers of super...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC, Arkansas Razorbacks, Baylor Bears, Florida State Seminoles, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Rice Owls, SMU Mustangs, South Carolina Gamecocks, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, Conference realignment, Dan Beebe, superconferences

Big 12 Expansion Candidates
Texas Longhorns By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) With the Pac-12 holding off on expanding to 16 teams, Oklahoma and Texas will stay in the Big 12 – for now. However, the conference is expecte...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Big 12, Oklahoma Sooners, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders

Big 12 Pulls a Gloria Gaynor and Will Survive
Texas Longhorns The Big 12 was on its deathbed earlier this week, but has somehow survived for the second year in a row. Thanks to the Pac-12’s decision not to expand and add Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas and ...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Big 12, Pac 12, Pac-12, Baylor Bears, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders

Big 12: College Football's Best Conference Dies
Texas Longhorns -by Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden on twitter) Off the field, the Big 12 is currently the ugly ducking of the BCS litter as four of its power teams — Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas Tec...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Big 12, Pac 12, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders

Miami Blowing Out Ohio State Leads Weekend Surprises
Texas Longhorns The most shocking development over the weekend may be the news that Pittsburgh and Syracuse are headed to the ACC, but there were plenty of surprising results on the field as well. Ohio State lost ...
1 year ago by Patrick Snow Tags: College Football, ACC, Boston College Eagles, Duke Blue Devils, Hawaii Warriors, Houston Cougars, Iowa Hawkeyes, Louisiana Tech Bulldogs, Miami Hurricanes, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Ole Miss Rebels, Pittsburgh Panthers, Syracuse Orange, Texas Longhorns, Tulsa Golden Hurricane, UCLA Bruins, UNLV Rebels, Vanderbilt Commodores, Al Golden, Bobby Hauck, Houston Nutt

Doomsday for the Big 12?
Texas Longhorns By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) With the news Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech are inching closer to joining the Pac-12, the writing is on the wall for the death ...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Big 12, Pac 12, Oklahoma Sooners, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, Conference realignment, superconferences

College Football Power Rankings: Big 12
Texas Longhorns By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) Post-Week 3 Big 12 Power Rankings Check out all of our college football rankings. 1. Oklahoma (2-0) – One major hurdle to reachin...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Big 12, Baylor Bears, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, Missouri Tigers, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, college football rankings

The Future of College Football Uniforms
Texas Longhorns College football uniforms have been in the news lately. With Maryland's flag uniforms that looked like something out of Middle Earth, Boise State's "Power Rangers" getup and Oklahoma State's all gr...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Football, Overtime, Florida State Seminoles, Michigan Wolverines, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Oregon, Oregon Ducks, Penn State Nittany Lions, Syracuse Orange, Texas Longhorns, USC Trojans, college football uniforms, Funny, Joe Paterno

Five-Star Freshmen Make Big Impact
Texas Longhorns -by Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden on twitter) Last week was a slow week in the recruiting world. Washington State picked up a trio of commitments and then won back-to-back games for the first time...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Alabama Crimson Tide, Clemson Tigers, Florida Gators, Florida State Seminoles, Georgia Bulldogs, LSU Tigers, Oregon Ducks, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, South Carolina Gamecocks, Texas Longhorns, College Football, Five Stars, Recruiting

College Football Power Rankings: Big 12
Texas Longhorns By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) Post-Week 2 Big 12 Power Rankings Check out all of our college football rankings. 1. Oklahoma (1-0) – With a bye in Week 2, the S...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Big 12, Baylor Bears, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, Missouri Tigers, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, college football rankings

Baylor Threatens To Keep Texas A&M in the Big 12
Texas Longhorns In an attempt to save the Big 12 from crumbling, Baylor is considering legal options against Texas A&M and the SEC. This twist is just the latest in a bizarre saga involving the Big 12, especia...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Big 12, SEC, Baylor Bears, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns, college football expansion

Georgia's Richt and UCLA's Neuheisel are on the Hot Seat
Texas Longhorns Georgia fans were not ready to see their Bulldogs manhandled by Boise State in Atlanta. UCLA fans are looking for any positive after the last few seasons, but the Bruins fell at Houston on Saturday...
1 year ago by Patrick Snow Tags: College Football, SEC, Boise State Broncos, Georgia Bulldogs, Houston Cougars, South Carolina Gamecocks, Stanford Cardinal, Texas Longhorns, UCLA Bruins, Mark Richt, Rick Neuheisel

What the Birth of the Big 12 Tells Us About Its Current Struggle
Texas Longhorns This article about the death of the Southwestern Conference and subsequent birth of the Big 12 originally appeared in the 1995 edition of Athlon's Big Eight magazine. As Texas A&M prepares to m...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Football, Big 12, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas AM Aggies, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, college football expansion

Post-Week 1 Big 12 Power Rankings
Texas Longhorns By Steven Lassan Post-Week 1 Big 12 Power Rankings 1. Oklahoma – The Sooners opened up their quest for a national title with an impressive showing against Tulsa. Oklahoma rolled up 663 to...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Big 12, Baylor Bears, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, Missouri Tigers, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, college football rankings

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