An undefeated start for the Big 12 (minus-3) in Week One. Enjoy it while you can, because this league isn’t going to be around much longer. This week’s rankings are brought to you by the comedy classic Kingpin, circa 1996. As always, the weekly rankings don’t reflect my predictions for the season, simply how the teams performed last […]
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How could I not write about whining, crying, big baby Texas A&M bailing on the Big 12? As the season starts, a look at how each team feels about the Aggies folding up tent (and week one predictions): OKLAHOMA: Like pretty much everybody, Texas A&M has done virtually nothing against the Sooners the past decade.
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As promised, the Big 12 pop culture blog is back. We begin with my 2011 football predictions, the Star Wars edition … OKLAHOMA | PROJECTION: 11-1 (9-0) | KEY GAME: SEPT. 17 AT FLORIDA STATE REAL-TIME PREDICTION: The prohibitive favorite in the conference and to win the national championship. Anything less than a conference title
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The Big 12 as we know lasted just 16 seasons, but the conference had its share of scandals and controversies over the years. As the Big 12-2 winds down, here’s a look at 12 books that should be written … KANSAS: “2+2=5: The Darrell Arthur story,” by Darrell “Shady” Arthur Hey, there’s evidence the guy
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I’ve had a request. I’ve been asked to write a version of the rankings for “Family Guy.” Obviously, said person did not read the following blog: http://tinyurl.com/259m5rt. Ernie’s Web is bad enough without resorting to embedding links from an overrated piece of unoriginal crap like “Family Guy.” The Big 12 as we know it is done.
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We’re down to the final week of Big 12 play, which happens to be rivalry week. Going into the last week, five teams are still alive for a division title – Nebraska and Missouri in the North, and Oklahoma State, Oklahoma and Texas A&M in the South. This week’s rankings are brought to you by
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College football is unpredictable, if nothing else. How else do you explain: Iowa State losing to Nebraska by one, then Colorado by 20? Nebraska losing to Texas, then blasting Oklahoma State and Missouri? Texas A&M losing by three touchdowns at home to Missouri, then beating Oklahoma by two touchdowns? So it goes. Nebraska’s one win
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Questions abound. Like, where might Texas A&M be if the Aggies had switched quarterbacks earlier? Or, what in the hell was Paul Rhoads thinking? Has Oklahoma lost its edge? And, finally, is Dave Yost the worst offensive coordinator in college football? The answers? 1. Probably in the driver’s seat in the South. 2. Nobody can
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Texas. That’s what may end up standing between Nebraska and a shot at a national title this season after the Cornhuskers whipped Missouri in a game that likely wrapped up the Big 12 North. So what did we learn in last week? Well, Missouri got Pinkeled again. Or maybe it was Yosted or Steckeled. Either way, the
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Oh, the irony. The last several years all we’ve heard about is the South dominating the North. On Saturday, the North scored big. Missouri pushed Oklahoma around in the fourth quarter for a 36-27 win, Nebraska torched Oklahoma State’s Play Station “junior varsity” setting defense in a 51-41 shootout and Iowa State somehow whipped powerful
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