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College Basketball's Early Season Conference Review: Big 12

Texas Tech Red Raiders The first month or so of the season has been a strange one for the Big 12. Somehow, the league that boasts a solid Kansas team, a team that beat Kentucky in Lexington and a contender for freshman o...

8 Coaches to Replace Tommy Tuberville at Texas Tech

Texas Tech Red Raiders Texas Tech is the latest college football program looking for a new coach, as Tommy Tuberville made a surprising decision to bolt to Cincinnati to replace Butch Jones. Tuberville was 20-17 in three...

23 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Big 12, Texas Tech Red Raiders

Ranking All 35 College Football Bowls for 2012: From Must-See to Must-Miss

Texas Tech Red Raiders Which bowls should you tune into? Athlon ranks and previews all of the matchups from the must-see to the ones you can avoid. Although Alabama and Notre Dame is clearly the biggest bowl game, with 3...

24 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, Alabama Crimson Tide, Arizona State Sun Devils, Arizona Wildcats, Baylor Bears, Boise State Broncos, BYU Cougars, Cincinnati Bearcats, Clemson Tigers, Duke Blue Devils, Florida Gators, Florida State Seminoles, Georgia Bulldogs, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas State Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, LSU Tigers, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Mississippi State Bulldogs, NC State Wolfpack, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Northwestern Wildcats, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Ole Miss Rebels, Oregon Ducks, Oregon State Beavers, Pittsburgh Panthers, Purdue Boilermakers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, South Carolina Gamecocks, Stanford Cardinal, Syracuse Orange, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Vanderbilt Commodores, Virginia Tech Hokies, Washington Huskies, West Virginia Mountaineers, Wisconsin Badgers

Big 12 Week 14 Preview and Predictions

Texas Tech Red Raiders The Big 12 is two years removed from hosting a championship game, but the league’s BCS bid and title will still come down to two teams in the final week. Kansas State remains in control of it...

25 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, News, Big 12, Baylor Bears, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders

Big 12 Week 13 Preview and Predictions

Texas Tech Red Raiders Rivalry week still has the Bedlam Game at least. Thanksgiving used to be the traditional home Texas-Texas A&M, but the Aggies’ move to the SEC put a stop to that. Texas will play host to ...

26 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, Big 12, Baylor Bears, Iowa State Cyclones, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, West Virginia Mountaineers

10 College Football Coaches Who Should be Thankful

Texas Tech Red Raiders 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

Big 12 Post-Week 12 Power Rankings

Texas Tech Red Raiders 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

Big 12 Week 12 Preview and Predictions

Texas Tech Red Raiders 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...

27 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

Big 12 Post-Week 11 Power Rankings

Texas Tech Red Raiders 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

Texas Tech Red Raiders 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

Big 12 Week 11 Preview and Predictions

Texas Tech Red Raiders Although Darrell Royal never coached in the Big 12, league play begins on a somber note on the passing of the legendary Texas coach Tuesday. His name graces the stadium at Texas, where he won 167 g...

28 weeks ago by David Fox 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

Big 12 2012-13 College Basketball Preview

Texas Tech Red Raiders The Big 12 may be one of the most interesting leagues from top to bottom in 2012-13, but the smart pick at the top remains, as always, Kansas. The Jayhawks have won at least a share of the las...

28 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, News, Big 12, Baylor Bears, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Tech Red Raiders, West Virginia Mountaineers

Big 12 Post-Week 10 Power Rankings

Texas Tech Red Raiders Kansas State’s march to an undefeated season continued with a 44-30 win over Oklahoma State. The Wildcats climbed to 9-0 with the victory and remain squarely in the hunt for the national champion...

28 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

College Football Post-Week 9 Award Watch

Texas Tech Red Raiders 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...

29 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, MAC, Pac-12, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Florida Gators, Georgia Bulldogs, Kansas State Wildcats, Mississippi State Bulldogs, North Carolina Tar Heels, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Stanford Cardinal, Texas Tech Red Raiders, Toledo Rockets, USC Trojans

College Football Predictions: 10 Key Games in Week 10

Texas Tech Red Raiders College football’s Week 10 slate is highlighted by the Alabama-LSU clash in Baton Rouge and Oregon’s visit to USC. The Trojans have played their way out of the national title race with two loss...

Big 12 Week 10 Preview and Predictions

Texas Tech Red Raiders After last week, we know the Big 12 has one team chasing the national championship. Oklahoma likely played itself out of contention with a 30-13 loss at home to Notre Dame, leaving undefeated Kansa...

29 weeks ago by David Fox 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

Big 12 Post-Week 9 Power Rankings

Texas Tech Red Raiders Kansas State continues to separate itself from the rest of the teams in the Big 12. The Wildcats cruised to a 55-24 victory over Texas Tech in Week 9, improving Bill Snyder's team to 8-0 this year....

29 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

College Football Award Watch: Post-Week 8

Big 12 Week 9 Preview and Predictions

Texas Tech Red Raiders After a slow start to the season with only a handful of marquee games in September, the Big 12 has been the conference of October. The final Saturday of the month should continue to deliver. T...

30 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, 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

Big 12 Post-Week 8 Power Rankings

Texas Tech Red Raiders If there was any doubt Kansas State was the No. 1 team in the Big 12, those questions were erased with a convincing 55-14 win over West Virginia in Week 8. The Wildcats improved to 7-0 and have a c...

30 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

College Football: BCS Analysis Post-Week 8

Texas Tech Red Raiders Shades of 2008 and 2009 continue to play out in the BCS standings as Alabama and Florida remain on top in the second release of the rankings. The two teams met in the SEC championship game in...

College Football Post-Week 7 Award Watch

Big 12 Week 8 Preview and Predictions

Texas Tech Red Raiders In a handful of ways, last week turned the Big 12 race on its head. West Virginia’s defensive shortcomings finally burned the Mountaineers in their first loss of the season. That it happened...

31 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, News, Big 12, Baylor Bears, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas State Wildcats, Oklahoma State Cowboys, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, West Virginia Mountaineers

Big 12 2012 Second-Half Predictions and Midseason Review

Texas Tech Red Raiders The first half of the Big 12 season is in the books. It’s been a strong first seven weeks for the conference, as four teams are ranked in the Associated Press poll and only one team is out of bow...

31 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

Streaker Interrupts Texas Tech-West Virginia Game

Texas Tech Red Raiders Saturday's West Virginia-Texas Tech matchup was supposed to be one of the weekend's best games. However, the Red Raiders scored an easy 49-14 win, effectively ending any hopes the Mountaineers had ...

31 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: News, Big 12, Texas Tech Red Raiders, West Virginia Mountaineers

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