Big 12 Shout Out: Nebraska Cornhuskers will play on Dec 30th in the Holiday Bowl

I love Bowl Game Season, I may love Bowl Game Season even more than I love my own birthday... its like 10 days of presents! The Bowl Game I love today is the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl. The Holiday Bowl Game, played annually in San Diego will feature the Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Arizona Wildcats.

Both teams had great seasons, but many critics are saying that the Nebraska Cornhuskers skill and ability to play under pressure (Like Bowl Game Pressure) will lead them to victory against the Arizona Wildcats.

The 2009 Holiday Bowl Game will kick off at 5:00 on December 30th at Qualcomm Stadium.

Go Big Red!

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Big 12 Shout Out: Oklahoma State plays in the AT&T Cotton Bowl

The Big 12 made quite the showing in the Bowl Game Series this season... Today I want to highlight the Oklahoma State Cowboys who will travel to the AT&T Cotton Bowl on January 2nd 2010 to face the Ole Miss Rebels from the SEC.

The Oklahoma State Cowboys went 6-2 in the Big 12 this year and the Ole Miss Rebels went 4-4 in the SEC. The two teams met at the Cotton Bowl in 2004, when the Ole Miss Rebels led by Eli Manning beat the OSU Cowboys 31-28.

Cotton Bowl Athletic Association Chairman Kathy Saunders told reporters, “What a tremendous way for us to open a new era at our new home. We couldn’t be more thrilled with our matchup, and needless to say, with these two great teams and a world-class facility, January 2^nd will be a Classic to remember.” As the game to remember don't miss your chance to get Oklahoma State Cowboys Bowl Game Tickets. An Ole Miss Rebels Ticket Site still has Cotton Bowl Tickets, but don't wait these tickets will not last!

Big 12 Shout Out: Iowa State Cyclones in the Insight Bowl

First I want to say that I love all of the Big 12 teams equally and I'm really excited about all 8 of the Big 12 Teams playing in Bowl Games. However, as a home-grown Iowa Girl, I have to give a quick shout out to my Iowa State Cyclones who under the leadership of new ISU Head Coach Paul Rhoads made it to the Insight Bowl in Tempe, Arizona! Go Cyclones!

The Iowa State Cyclones will meet the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers in Arizona. The Gophers have played in the Insight Bowl for the past two years, the Cyclones have not seen the Insight Bowl since 2000, and have not seen any Bowl Game since 2005... Needless to say, Iowa State Cyclones Fans (myself included) are majorly excited!!

The 2009 Insight Bowl will be December 31st at Sun Devil Stadium.

Big 12 Bowl Games

Get excited Big 12 Fans, there are 8 count them 8 Big 12 Football Teams playing in Bowl Games. Below is the list of all the Bowl Games and when they will air! Don't miss a moment of the Big 12 Bowl Game Action!!

Citi BCS National Championship Game, Jan. 7, 8 p.m. ET, FOX Sports, Pasadena, Calif. -- Texas (13-0) vs. Alabama (13-0). Alabama will be the home team.

AT&T Cotton Bowl, Jan. 2, 2 p.m., FOX Sports, Arlington, Texas -- Oklahoma State (9-3) vs. Mississippi (8-4). Mississippi will be the home team.

Pacific Life Holiday Bowl, Dec. 30, 8 p.m., ESPN, San Diego -- Nebraska (9-4) vs. Arizona (8-4). Nebraska will be the home team.

Valero Alamo Bowl, Jan. 2, 9 p.m., ESPN, San Antonio – Texas Tech (8-4) vs. Michigan State (6-6). Texas Tech will be the home team.

Brut Sun Bowl, Dec. 31, 2 p.m., CBS, El Paso, Texas -- Oklahoma (7-5) vs. Stanford (8-4). Stanford will be the home team.

Insight Bowl, Dec. 31, 6 p.m., NFL Network, Tempe, Ariz. – Iowa State (6-6) vs. Minnesota (6-6). Iowa State will be the home team.

Advocare V100 Independence Bowl, Dec. 28, 5 p.m., ESPN, Shreveport, La. -- Texas A&M (6-6) vs. Georgia (7-5). Georgia will be the home team.

Texas Bowl, Dec. 31, 3:30 p.m., ESPN, Houston -- Missouri (8-4) vs. Navy (8-4) - Missouri will be the home team.

Spend Thanksgiving Weekend with the Big 12

Thanksgiving means 3 things, Great Food, Lots of Family Time and GREAT Football Match-Ups. With just a week left in the college football regular season some of the best Big 12 football games are this week.

Check out the list below for all of the Big 12 Thanksgiving Football Games:

Thursday Nov 26: Texas A&M vs. Texas, ESPN
Friday Nov 27: Colorado vs. Nebraska, ABC
Saturday Nov 28: Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State, FSN
Saturday Nov 28: Kansas vs. Missouri, ABC
Saturday Nov 28: Baylor vs. Texas Tech, FSN

The Texas Longhorns could clench a spot in the Big 12 Conference Championship this weekend

The Texas Longhorns take on the Baylor Bears this weekend, and if all of the stars align correctly, they could insure a spot in the 2009 Big 12 Conference Championship Game. For The UT Longhorns to go all the way, they need to beat the Baylor Bears on Saturday AND the Oklahoma State Cowboys need to lose to the Texas Tech Red Raiders, not too out of the question.

Analysts are saying that the hopes of the Texas Longhorns are tied up in Colt McCoy who is also a strong contender for the Heisman Trophy this year. Other players to watch will be Cody Johnson, James Kirkendoll and Nick Florence.

The in-state rivals kick off on Saturday at Floyd Casey Stadium at noon.

Oklahoma State Cowboys are still chasing the Big 12 Title

The Oklahoma State Cowboys are still chasing after the Big 12 Conference Title. Despite a big loss to Texas last week the OSU Cowboys are still hopeful that they can pull together a strong finish to the season and be Conference Championship contenders.

“There’s still a chance at a Big 12 title,” said OSU offensive lineman Brady Bond. “The way the Big 12 has been played this year, there’s still a chance. We’re just going to play one week at a time and worry about what we can worry about. We can’t control how Texas plays. We’ll take it one game a week and we’ve got Iowa State this week so we’ll go from there.”

OSU plans on letting the loss go and looking to the next few games including the match-up with Iowa State this weekend. If the OSU Cowboys can pull out a few big wins, critics are saying that they really are still in the running.

Texas Longhorns are at risk for repeating history

The Texas Longhorns are almost always a powerhouse within Big 12 football... yet they have ended up just short of powerhouse status on the national scale. In the past seasons the Longhorn Roster has been just inches away from pulling in a title. This season is no exception. The Texas Longhorns have done very well in the Big 12, but with big games still ahead and other teams like Boise State, Cincinnati and Iowa all also boasting undefeated records the Longhorns have no room to slip.

Longhorns players and coaches all seem to be aware of this and are hoping that this pressure will propel them through the rest of the season. "We controlled our own destiny last year being No. 1 in the country after this game and we let one second take it away from us and put it back in the system," says Mack Brown Longhorns Head Coach, referring to the Red Raiders' game-winning TD with one second remaining. "We would rather continue to control our own destiny."

Well UT, we're rooting for you! Hook Em Longhorns!

Big 12 Week Six match-ups, predictions and videos

This week there are several great Big 12 match-ups... while picking which games I will watch would be like picking a favorite child, I can say that some games will be higher on my list than others... But thats all I'm saying. Check out the videos of previous matchups from some of these teams!

1) Nebraska @ Missouri


2)Oklahoma State vs. Texas A&M
3) Iowa State @ Kansas
4) Baylor @ Oklahoma

5)Kansas State@ Texas Tech
6) Colorado @Texas

Lets Go Big 12 Football!

Iowa State Cyclones travel to neutral stadium and create a Bowl Game feel in the middle of the season

The Iowa State Cyclones took on the Kansas State Wildcats last week at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. Typically in Big 12 football playing in neutral stadiums is reserved solely for Bowl Games and the post season.

However, ISU athletic director Jamie Pollard said that there were not only financial reasons for playing the game at arrowhead, though one quote said that each team was walking away with about $1.8 million for the two game series and a well attended home game at Jack Trice Stadium can only pull in about $1 million.

Pollard said that he also just liked the feel of Iowa State fans rallying around a road game. "Our 11,000 fans who bought tickets from our ticket office sends a loud message that our fans think this is a neat thing to do."

Pollard said that ISU would not rule out doing this again if the timing and financing was right. Iowa State Fans are torn, some think the trip was a great excuse for a vacation while others feel that giving up the power of the home field advantage that Jack Trice Stadium gives the team is a mistake. With a 23-24 Wildcats final score, I would say the Cyclones held their own away from home.

The Big 12 Press Release for Week 5

Big 12 Football is in full swing, in this weeks Big 12 Conference press release Big 12 officials released match-up information and games to watch.

The following information came from the official Big 12 site

--Six games are on tap for Week 5. Iowa State and Kansas State meet up in
Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium in the Big 12’s second Conference game
of the season. ISU and KSU have a two-year agreement to play their 2009
and 2010 games in Kansas City. Iowa State will serve as the home team in
the first matchup.

--One Top 25 matchup is slated for Week 5 as No. 9/8 Oklahoma travels to
No. 22/21 Miami (Fla.). The Big 12 also has its second non-conference
game at Cowboys Stadium when Texas A&M takes on Arkansas. Other
games feature New Mexico at Texas Tech and Kent State at Baylor. Kansas,
Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma State and Texas have the weekend off.

--All six of this week’s games will be televised with one each on ABC, ESPN,
ESPN2, FSN, FSNSW and FCS. Including Oct. 1 & 3 games, 36 of 49 season
contests to date have been telecast on some type of media platform.

Go Big 12!!

Baylor Bears are out one Star QB, but team reamins positive

The Baylor Bears Star Quarterback Robert Griffen tore his ACL last Saturday in the first quarter of the game against Northwestern State. Some critics had called Griffen, "fastest quarterback in the country" and several had noted Griffen as "the team" for the Bears.

Bears head coach, Art Briles wants to dispell this rumor. Briles said that while the loss of Griffen is sad and we all hope for a speedy recovery, the rest of the roster is strong and will pick up the slack. We’ll grow from it, and in a few months, it will be fine. It’s unfortunate that it happened, but we’ll deal with it in a positive way.”

The Baylor Bears have a game against Kent State this saturday in Waco... hopefuly the hometown crowd is enough to make up for one very injured QB!

Colorado Buffaloes Coach loses it (sorta)

Head Coach of the Colorado Buffaloes, Dan Hawkins was recorded earlier this season, um lets call it complaining, that the parents of his players should not complain about the rigors of Big 12 football programs... in his words, "they should play intramural". While this video is a little old, I think it is worth viewing. In my opinion no coach should talk about his players or his parents this way. You are a role model act like one!

Kansas Jayhawks Schedule starts up in full-swing

The Kansas Jayhawks opened their season last week against non-conference opponents the Northern Colorado Bears. This weekend the Jayhawks take on the University of Texas at El Paso, another non-conference team. The two football programs will face off Saturday in El Paso. The Jayhawks are looking forward to their first road game and my guess is will walk away with an easy win. CBS College Sport will air the game which kicks off at 6:30 p.m. Central Standard time.

After the UTEP game, the Kansas Jayhawks will meet some tougher opponents at home where they play their next three games. Jayhawks fans should look into tickets for the KU-Duke game, which is also K-club weekend or the Jayhawks-Cyclones game which is homecoming in Lawrence. Both games will be really popular and I suggest that if you want to go you should order tickets soon! GO JAYS!

Bad News for the Baylor Bears?

Critics are saying that the Baylor Bears have been over-hyped. Although changes were made and there was a shake up in the preseason to the Baylor Bears roster, many say that Baylor Bears fans are optimistic if the bears do better than 5-7 record. Last year the Bears posted a 4-8 record from the regular season and made it 15 straight seasons without a Bowl Game appearance.

In the early preseason, some Big 12 analysts began to spread rumors and hype that this would be the season that the Bears come back… now many are saying it is like watching the Bad News Bears, the team is just not as competitive as its larger Big 12 counterparts and waiting for a miracle is pretty pointless.

Honestly, I can’t say one way or the other. For me Iowa State should always be at the top and we are always under-rated, so who am I to hate on another Big 12 underdog… but at the same time, if you have the bark of a big dog and the bite of a little guy maybe it is time to re-evaluate. After next week’s game against Connecticut fans and critics alike should have a better idea of what type of team we will see this season.

Texas Aggies player Jamie McCoy named to Mackey Award watch list

Jamie McCoy, the senior tight-end for the Texas A&M Aggies was named to the “watch list” for the John Mackey Award. The John Mackey Award is given annually to the best tight-end in the nation. Jamie McCoy was placed on the unofficial watch list by the Nassau County Sports Commission in late July.

2008 was the first season that McCoy was listed as a tight end on the Texas A&M Aggies roster. He came out on top of the Big 12 Conference as one of the best top pass-catching ends. McCoy made 43 catches for 500 yards and 5 touchdowns. Last season he only trailed the 2008 Mackey Award winner and an All-American for catches. He was originally recruited as quarterback. There are a total of six Big 12 Conference members on the Mackey Watch list for the 2009 award and the Texas A&M Aggies will face all of them in regular conference play.

Big 12 Conference fans can look forward to watching as Jamie McCoy and the rest of the John Mackey Award candidates battle it out to prove that they are the best!

Iowa State Cyclones new head coach Paul Rhoads looking forward to starting the new season

The Iowa State Cyclones will start the season tonight with a new head coach. Paul Rhoads joins the Iowa State Cyclones roster after working with the Auburn and Pittsburgh as a defensive coordinator. Rhoads used to be a defensive coach for the Iowa State Cyclones and has described his new position as a dream job.

Many Big 12 analysts are saying that Rhoads will have a tough season, and without results his time in Ames, Iowa may be short lived. Iowa State Cyclones fans are eager to see what this new leadership will do to their team.

Tonight the ISU Cyclones will take on North Dakota State at Jack Trice Stadium at 7:00. If you have tickets to this game, I suggest arriving early and being a part of the first game tailgate which is always one of the best of the season! If you aren’t going to tonight’s game watch this season as Paul Rhoads works to turn the ISU football program around!

Texas Tech Red Raiders are not rebuilding despite roster losses

The Texas Tech Red Raiders are not rebuilding according to Red Raiders Head Coach Mike Leach despite losing 2 extremely influential players. Quarterback Graham Harrell and wide receiver Michael Crabtree have left the Texas Tech Red Raiders roster to go pro.
But the Red Raiders are not worried, although most critics would say that Harrell and Crabtree carried the team and were THE playmakers for the Red Raiders last season, Coach Mike Leach does not want his team to think that way. He told reporters that the Red Raiders have lots of great players on the roster and that any one of them could step up… noting that a football TEAM wins not the PLAYERS, but in my opinion if a team loses its best players how great will they be? Time will tell, hopefully Coach Leach has something up his sleeve.

Oklahoma Sooners vs. Texas Longhorns will be a great game!

College football would not be the same if there wasn’t rivalry games. If fans didn’t have that one game every year to look forward to that allowed them really rowdy and earn bragging rights until the next game, they may not get as excited about the less-popular games. A perfect example of this is the Oklahoma Sooners - Texas Longhorns rivalry. When the Big 12 Conference was created, the founders had hoped that intra-conference rivalries like the OSU vs. UT rivalry would develop… fans pay big bucks to go to these games and they often get hyped media attention.

The Sooners - Longhorns game continues to grow and in a recent interview with Texas Coach Mack Brown, in his opinion it is only getting bigger. Brown feels that with each passing years the traditions and hype will only grow and fans should expect that the October 17th match-up this year will be the bigget yet. If you are planning on going to this game and you don’t already have your tickets I would suggest getting them now, Sooners fans and Longhorns fans are known for being some of the most fanatic in the league and they will sell out this game! Lots of 3rd party ticket brokerages still have seats, you just have to be willing to look for them!!

Oklahoma State Cowboys player Kendall Hunter named to national watch list

Oklahoma State Cowboys roster member, Kendall Hunter was named to the Doak Walker Watch List. The Doak Walker award is given annually to the best college running back in the nation. Kendall Hunter is a junior at OSU and was a 2008 first team All-American selection by the Football Writers Association of America.

Last season, Kendall Hunter ran for 1,555 yards and 16 touchdowns. In his total college career he has accumulated 2,251 rushing yards and is only one of 8 Big 12 Conference members to be on the prestigious list for the Doak Walker Award.
This years award will be announced on ESPN at the Home Depot College Football Awards on December 10th. The Doak Walker Award presentation will be in Texas on February 19th. Good Luck Kendall Hunter!!

Nebraska Cornhuskers quarterback Zac Lee will have to prove he has what it takes

In the Big 12 Conference, the Nebraska Cornhuskers have a reputation for being big and talented… and BIG. Part of the reason that size and talent are associated with the Nebraska Cornhuskers roster is that typically the Nebraska Cornhuskers starters are strictly juniors and seniors. However, this season Nebraska Cornhuskers head coach Bo Pelini is trusting his gut and going against tradition, starting an inexperienced 2nd year transfer at quarterback.

This season, Cornhuskers fans can look forward to seeing Zac Lee on the Nebraska roster as starting quarterback even though he only has 2 career passes since his arrival in Lincoln. Zac Lee started at a community college but took a red-shirt year and only played one season of small scale football before transferring to the University of Nebraska. He saw very little game time last season but did manage to make 2 passes. In the Red and White spring game, Zac Lee showed that he had some real potential making 15 of 18 passes for 214 yards and 3 touchdowns. Coach Pelini doesn’t seem to be bothered by Lee’s lack of NCAA Division-I experience and is confident that Lee will take the Cornhuskers into the postseason.

I guess we will have to wait for the Cornhuskers to start their season September 5th against Florida Atlantic before we will know if Bo can see something the rest of us can’t.

Missouri Tigers despite set backs selected for 3rd place in Northern Division preseason polls

The Missouri Tigers were named third in the NCAA Division-I preseason polls and earned 3 first place finish votes, an honor for any team… and definitely an ego boost for a team that will face tough competition while they claw their way to the top in the upcoming season.

The Missouri Tigers roster has taken some hits recently, losing 3 big players from the defensive line (all for various reasons, most of which center around eligibility). However, the losses won’t be really felt for a few season because all 3 players were a part of the 2009 recruiting class and had yet to fully mature into their Mizzou jerseys. Some critics say that with the senior leadership the Tigers have currently, the underclassman will learn enough to carry the team and keep the Missouri Tigers in the top 3 of the Big 12 Northern Division for quite some time.

In this season, the Missouri Tigers will have to come out ready to win if they are going to hold onto the 3rd place slot. The Tigers start their season September 5th against Illinois and open the season at home September 12 against Bowling Green. Watch this season as the Missouri Tigers prove that they deserve to be on the top of the Northern Division.

Kansas State Jeron Mastrud named to the watch list for 2 national awards

Kansas State Wildcats player Jeron Mastrud was named to the watch-list for two major national awards this summer. Football analysts and Big 12 media are speculating that Jeron Masturd is a viable candidate for both the John Mackey Award and the All-State/American Football Coaches Association Good Works Team. Jeron is one of the stand-out players on the Kansas State Wildcats roster and fans should watch him this season as he shows that he has what it takes to get national attention.

Mackey Award winners often go to the NFL as high draft picks and being named to this prestigious group would definitely allow Jeron Mastrud to see more football field time after his college graduation. Though, if he didn’t want to pursue the pigskin anymore… the Good Works Award is given to athletes who show strong volunteerism and civic responsibility and is highly respected in the philanthropic world.

No matter what Jeron Mastrud decides to do after he is done playing football for K-State, it is clear that he has a strong football season ahead of him and fans should look forward to Wildcats jersey number 85 taking the field this season!

Colorado Buffaloes roster positions still up in the air

The Colorado Buffaloes went into the preseason last week without a firm decision as to who the starting quarterback for this season will be. At the end of the 2008 season and throughout the spring practices, Head Coach Dan Hawkin’s son Cody and Tyler Hansen were duking it out on the field to see who would be listed as starting quarterback on the Colorado Buffaloes roster.

Tyler Hansen sustained an injury to his thumb during the spring game and had surgery shortly after. Many thought that the injury would be the deciding factor. However, the Colorado Buffaloes player battled back and went into the preseason summer practices ready to play. Coach Hawkins said that he has not set a deadline for deciding who will play but would like to start making decisions soon so that his team can practice more effectively for the Colorado Buffaloes season opener against Colorado State on September 6th.

Both players will likely see game time, with one starting most of the games and the other as a relief quarterback so that whomever is named as the starter can stay healthy and strong well into the season. My suggestions are get to as many Colorado Buffaloes games as possible, because one thing is for sure no matter who is named starting quarterback the other player is sure to make a fight for the spot!

Oklahoma Sooners Sam Bradford named Athlete of the Year

Oklahoma Sooners player Sam Bradford was named the Big 12 Conference 2008-2009 Male Athlete of the Year. The announcement was made official in late July after all of the 2009-2009 academic year sport seasons were over. Sam Bradford, the starting quarterback on the Oklahoma Sooners roster, was also awarded with the 2008 Heisman Trophy, the most prestigious award in college football.

Nominees for the Big 12 Male Athlete are submitted by each member of the Big 12 conference based on athletic ability, academic standing, and citizenship. A media panel then makes the final decision, this year however a fan poll was taken into consideration after a large number of fans cast votes online.

What makes it all even better is that Sam Bradford still has NCAA eligibility left, leaving many football critics and myself to wonder, how will he top all of this? It is clear that after he turned down offers to go to the NFL, he would be suiting up in his OU Sooners jersey for another season and should expect lots of playing time… but if he already won the highest honor in both his conference and the league, what is left?
I’m one Big 12 fan that would love to see this guy win again, he definitely deserves it!

Kansas Jayhawks recruit a Nebraska Cornhuskers potential

The Kansas Jayhawks have had lots of success with recruiting in the past few years, and the class of 2010 is no different. With all of the Big 12 schools be fairly similar in terms of size, academics and location (each school has something different to offer of course, but none of them are head and shoulders above the rest) it is no wonder that the Big 12 Conference football programs duke it out for recruits… this class has been no exception.

One of the most recent recruiting upsets came when Keeston Terry, who had be informally committed to the Nebraska Cornhuskers was a strong verbal commitment to the Kansas Jayhawks for the recruiting class of 2010. Keeston Terry is the son of Doug Terry a former KU player. Terry also had offers from Stanford, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Illinois, K-State and Mizzou. Terry said that he ultimately decided to be a part of the Kansas Jayhawks roster because Lawrence, Kansas was the best fit for him. Terry has lots of skill in finding running routes and has great speed.

Keeston Terry is not the only potential Nebraska Cornhuskers recruit who committed to the Kansas Jayhawks, leading me to believe that the Jayhawks-Cornhuskers rivalry game will be even more heated this year than it usually is! My guess is tickets to this game and the rest of the Jayhawks tickets will be a hot commodity.. By them early!

Oklahoma Sooners roster retains 4 key players

The Oklahoma Sooners are getting excited to start this season. After losing last year’s BCS Championship to the Florida Gators, rumor mills went into overtime speculating that Sam Bradford, the Heisman winning quarterback, Jermiane Gresham, Trent Williams and Gerald McCoy would be leaving the Oklahoma Sooners roster.

OU Sooners fans can rest easy… all four former starters will be returning and are eager to make another run at the BCS Championship game. Although preseason polls put the Texas Longhorns at the top, many sports critics and fans are confident that the Sooners will be tough competition and will not give up the top without a fight.

Jermaine Gresham told reporters, “I was happy everyone came back because everyone felt the same way I did. We all want to get back to that [BCS championship] game and try to win it.” The sentiment seems to be echoed by the other 3 players as well. Oklahoma Sooners head coach Mike Stoops is excited to have all four players back, noting that with their collective talent and determination any NFL team would have been lucky to have them.

The Oklahoma Sooners schedule definitely won’t be an easy one and Coach Stoops has made it clear that Bradford, Gresham, Williams and McCoy will be a vital part of the Sooners success this season!

Big 12 Preseason Poll is announced

Late last month, members of the sports media who follow the Big 12 Conference, announced the pre-season standings for the members of the Big Twelve Conference. I can say that I would have to agree with the poll for the most part although I would like to see the Iowa State Cyclones ranked a little higher.




For the Big 12 Northern Division, the rankings were:
1) Nebraska Cornhuskers
2) Kansas Jayhawaks
3) Missouri Tigers
4) Colorado Buffaloes
5) Kansas State Wildcats
6) Iowa State Cyclones


And in the Big 12 Southern Division:
1) Texas Longhorns
2) Oklahoma Sooners
3) Oklahoma State Cowboys
4) Texas Tech Red Raiders
5) Baylor Bears
6) Texas A&M Aggies




Even though this blog is dedicated to the entire Big 12, I have to say that I really wish the Nebraska Cornhuskers were not the favorite to win the Big 12 Northern Division. I think that both the Iowa State Cyclones and the Texas A&M Aggies are under-rated and Big 12 Conference fans should look forward to these teams moving up in the polls once the season starts. All I can say is that if it were up to me the Cornhuskers wouldn’t play in the Dr. Pepper Big 12 Championship Game in December, but for now only time will tell.

Texas A&M Aggies may be following the advice of a 9-year old this season

It seems like everyone, myself included, is a coach from the couch… Anyone who watches football on TV regularly has yelled at the box in hopes that those fools on the sidelines will head your advice and get it together.

After a disappointing end to last season for the Texas A&M Aggies, after losing to the Texas Longhorns in November. Aggies Head Coach Mike Sherman sat in his office thinking about changes that could be made to his team and the Texas A&M Aggies roster. As he sat shaking his head, it is reported that his 9-year old daughter Selena walked in and uttered the one line phrase that has become the mantra for the 2009 Aggies football program, “Get Over It”. Sherman’s daughter gave the advice that no one else had the heart to say. While last season was not a good one for the Aggies, this is a new season and without a new attitude it will end just like last season did.

With the new Get Over It philosophy, Mike Sherman and the rest of the Texas Aggies are looking forward to coming out of the gates strong and not letting up. The Big 12 is a conference full of fierce competitors and the Aggies are determined to be one of them this season. The only question I have is, “Will Selena be on the sidelines handing out advice all season?”

Iowa State Cyclones is looking at a tough road to the postseason

ESPN’s Tim Griffen, a staff writer and Big 12 enthusiast recently released an interesting set of predictions for the Iowa State Cyclones. The first was that although ISU recently hired a new head coach, Paul Rhodes, the change in leadership will not be enough to pull the Iowa State Cyclones out of the bottom of the rankings. Mr. Griffen feels that within the Big 12 Conference there will be little room for anything less of perfection and that there will have to be some big changes if the Cyclones want to see a postseason bowl game.

Among his other predictions, although Jerome Tiller was given lots of praise at the camps and preseason practices, returning quarterback Austen Arnaud will continue to be the starting quarterback on the Iowa State Cyclones roster. Mr. Griffen did predict that Tiller will see some playing time giving Arnaud the break he did not see last season. Griffen also predicted that the fate of the Cyclones season will rest in their first conference game, which is against the Kansas State Wildcats on October 3rd. Griffen feels that if the Cyclones can pull out a victory in Arrowhead Stadium, they may be able to keep themselves off of the bottom of the Big 12 conference polls.

Like all other pre-season predictions, no one can really say what will come for the Iowa State Cyclones this season. It is clear that their ISU football schedule is a rough one and they are going to have to come out swinging early on if they want to see postseason play. Check back for more updates about the Cyclones and their new head coach Paul Rhodes.

Big 12 Conference Games to air on several channels

The Big 12 Conference is not only the best conference in the NCAA, it is also one of the most highly watched conferences. So it is no surprise that several TV networks and cable channels will be carrying games from the Big 12 football schedule this fall.

Fans will be able to watch all of the Big Twelve members face off on either ABC, FSN, ESPN, or Versus as well as smaller local access and cable ready channels. For a full listing of Big 12 football games to be televised, go to the official Big 12 site.

Highlights from the list include:
Colorado vs. Colorado State, Aug 31, 6:30 p.m., FSN
Washington State @ Baylor, Sept 13, 11:30 a.m., ABC
Kansas @ Iowa State, Oct 4, 11:30 a.m., Versus
Texas Tech @ Texas A&M, Oct 18, 11:00 a.m., FSN
Nebraska @ Iowa State, Oct 18, 11:30 a.m., Versus
Oklahoma @ Texas A&M, Nov 8, 2:30 p.m., ABC
Oklahoma @ Oklahoma State, Nov 29, 2:30 or 7 p.m., ABC
The Dr. Pepper Big 12 Championship, Dec 6, 7:00 p.m., ABC
* Times are Central Standard

With so many great games it will be hard to pick which ones to watch, looks like my TiVo is going to get a work out this fall. Go Big 12!

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