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Adding post-season bowl game with SEC a brilliant move by Big XII
This time last season, college football fans and media were writing off the Big XII conference as all but dead and gone. In just two years, the conference lost four schools to other conferences; the Nebraska Cornhuskers ran off to the Big 10 and the Colorado Buffaloes, perhaps afraid of being left out, left for [...]
TweetBob Bowlsby Accepts Offer to Serve as Big XII’s New Commissioner
Earlier today, Rant Sports reported that the Big XII conference had extended an offer to the Stanford University athletic director, Bobby Bowlsby, to serve as the conference’s new commissioner. It has just been reported that Bowlsby has indeed accepted the offer. The Big XII has been looking to gain some stability after suffering a tumultuous [...]
TweetPre-Spring Big 12 Rankings
The Big 12 will once again have a new look heading into the 2012 season. Missouri and Texas A&M are now a thing of the past while West Virginia and TCU are set to take their place. The Big 12 may be missing some tradition this year with the departures, but that doesn’t mean things [...]
TweetChuck Neinas Exits Big 12 July 1st
Interim Big 12 commissioner Chuck Neinas successfully kept Texas from joining the AFC South, Oklahoma from holding Larry Scott hostage, Baylor from suing the Vatican and now intends to vacate his post by the end of June. The Big 12 plans to have his replacement by July 1st according to ESPN. A search committee, those [...]
TweetBig 12 Schedule to be Released Friday According to Texas Tech AD
All the mystery surrounding the Big 12 football schedule in 2012 could be lifted as early as tomorrow, according to Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt. Hocutt, while speaking on the completion of a renovation process to the Red Raiders’ baseball stadium Thursday, said to expect the Big 12 schedule as early as tomorrow. Hocutt [...]
TweetNew York Times Report: Missouri’s Application to the SEC “Inevitable and Imminent”
In a breaking news report by the New York Times, it appears as if Missouri is moving closer towards an application to the Southeastern Conference. The Times is reporting that a person with direct knowledge of the situation called Missouri leaving for the SEC “inevitable and imminent.” Per the Times article: “Missouri’s Board of Curators will [...]
TweetTexas and Oklahoma Board of Regents Meeting Monday
The Board of Regents for the University of Texas and Oklahoma University are each meeting on Monday—gee, I wonder what it could be about! There is no secret that they are meeting to discuss what to do moving forward in terms of their conference affiliation. Do they stand strong and add members to the Big [...]
TweetDespite Re-alignment Talk, Big 12 Could Come Back Stronger Than Ever
Everyone seems to have their theory as to where the Big 12 teams will end up. Oklahoma is supposed to head out to the Pac 12. Texas A&M is going to the SEC. Oklahoma State is going with Oklahoma, I think. There’s supposed to be a four team package heading west. Now, somehow, Missouri has [...]
TweetBig 12 Power Poll – Week 2: Baylor Bears on the Rise
The Big 12 is getting plenty of attention from the rest of the country. Unfortunately, it’s for what’s happening off the field. Meanwhile, on the field, some pretty impressive football is being played. Here’s how the 2nd edition of the Big 12 Power Poll shakes out. 1.) OKLAHOMA – The Sooner offense was impressive as [...]
TweetHow did the Big 12 go from Hero to Zero?
In February of 1994 the Big 8 joined four teams from the Southwest Conference to form the Big 12. Immediately the new conference was tagged as a “super conference.” Despite all the success on the field, the Big 12 appears to be approaching it’s death. Regardless of what the Big 10 and Pac 10 would have you [...]
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