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!!