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Conference Realignment: A History Lesson
Texas Tech Red Raiders 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 Tech Red Raiders 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 Tech Red Raiders 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 Tech Red Raiders -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

Doomsday for the Big 12?
Texas Tech Red Raiders 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 Tech Red Raiders 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

College Football Power Rankings: Big 12
Texas Tech Red Raiders 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

What the Birth of the Big 12 Tells Us About Its Current Struggle
Texas Tech Red Raiders 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 Tech Red Raiders 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

Oklahoma Leaving the Big 12?
Texas Tech Red Raiders By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) The clock is ticking on the Big 12 – can it be saved? Texas A&M announced its intentions to leave the conference last week and now Oklahom...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Big 12, Pac 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

Week 1 Big 12 Game Previews and Predictions
Texas Tech Red Raiders By Steven Lassan and Mitch Light Big 12 Week 1 Game Previews and Predictions It's the first week of college football. Athlon will be breaking down each conference game. Here's the Big ...
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 predictions

Week 1 College Football Rankings: Big 12
Texas Tech Red Raiders by Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) Week 1 College Football Rankings: Big 12 1. Oklahoma – The Sooners enter 2011 as one of the frontrunners to claim the national title. The ...
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

Big 12 Coaches' Candid Quotes On Conference Rivals
Texas Tech Red Raiders Each year we ask college football coaches to tell us what they really think about the other teams in their conference. But we don't want the cliche'd press conference platitudes, so we ask them to ...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Football, Big 12, Baylor Bears, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, Missouri Tigers, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Texas AM Aggies, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, Candid Quotes

Athlon's 2011 Big 12 Predictions
Texas Tech Red Raiders Oklahoma did in 2010 what it always seems to do — win the Big 12 championship, a record seventh title in the relatively brief annals of the conference. And with starters returning seemingly every...
2 years 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 AM Aggies, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders

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2 years ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Football, Texas Tech Red Raiders

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