Big 12 Sports Blog by Big 12 Fans

Reports are swirling that the Big Ten is looking to expand with Texas, Missouri and Iowa State of the Big 12 and a few Big East teams all having been mentioned. But will the Big Ten’s decision to expand to 12 teams effect the Big 12? With recent rumors pointing at Connecticut becoming the next member of the Big Ten it seems the Big 12 is “safe” from the Big Ten stealing one of their members. However, Colin Cowherd mentioned this topic on The Herd today and mentioned the fact that the Pac 10 may then react with expansion of their own. Cowherd’s contacts tell him that Utah is one of the two teams they are targeting for Pac 10 expansion and Colorado, a current member of the Big 12, is the other stating that Colorado fits the West Coast, laid back lifestyle of most Pac 10 schools.

So what does the possibility of losing Colorado mean to the Big 12? Two obvious candidates would be Houston and TCU, both being schools that are dedicated to athletic success and right in the Big 12’s back yard. Boise State’s football program would be attractive, but their location seems to be too far out of the Big 12’s main geographic area. BYU would also seem to make sense but they, like Boise State, are a bit out of the Big 12’s area. The Big 12 could cherry pick a Conference USA school and it seems likely that the Big East, should they lose more than one or two schools in all of the shuffling, could also be looking at C-USA schools including East Carolina, Southern Miss and more.

At the end of the day, the Big 12 Conference needs to be ready to act and react should they lose a member to the Big Ten, Pac-10 or elsewhere, and there’s no doubt that if the Big 12 is forced to act that they will continue the chain reaction effect that we saw years ago with conference realignment.

After losing QB Colt McCoy on their first offensive series the Texas Longhorns seemed doomed. After a tipped shovel pass turned into a pick-six for Alabama at the end of the first half resulting in a 24-6 deficit most thought the game was over without their senior QB and leader in the game. But Mack Brown’s gutsy Longhorns fought back cutting Alabama’s lead to just 24-21 in the final 6 minutes of the 4th quarter as Texas fell to Alabama by a final score of 37-21 in the BCS National Championship Game.

The Texas Longhorns lost Colt McCoy early in the game but have fought back from a 24-6 halftime deficit to cut Alabama’s lead to just 24-21 in the BCS National Championship Bowl. With 6:14 remaining, Mark Ingram is back in the game and the Crimson Tide have the ball looking to put this game away.

The Texas Longhorns had to feel good about their QB play coming into the BCS Championship Game as Colt McCoy entered the game with more wins than any other QB in the history of college football. However shortly after intercepting a pass on Alabama’s fake punt McCoy was hit in the right shoulder and removed himself from the game. While Texas has since kicked two field goals to take a 6-0 lead, McCoy is now headed to the x-ray room and may not return in the biggest game of his life.

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The Big 12 conference season opens with A&M facing the underachieving yet athletic Georgia Bulldogs.  The defensive minded Nebraska Cornhuskers will face the Pac 10’s Arizona Wildcats on December 30th.  The disappointing Oklahoma Sooners will face Toby Gerhart and the Stanford Cardinal, Mizzou will take on the triple option offense of Navy and Iowa State will battle Minnesota on New Years Eve.  January 2nd will feature Oklahoma State battling Ole Miss and Texas Tech against Michigan State.  The conference’s final game is the biggest of the season as the Texas Longhorns face Alabama for all the marbles.  The BCS National Championship Game will be played on January 7th at 8:00.

The Texas Longhorns escaped by the skin of their Horns 13-12 over a gritty Nebraska team in Saturday’s Big 12 Championship Game.  Texas kicked a 46 yard field goal on the last play of the game sending them to the BCS National Championship bowl game.  Colt McCoy didn’t have his best game as he was harassed throughout by stud DT Ndumakong Suh who had 4½ sacks on the night.  However, McCoy and the Longhorns managed to gut out the victory resulting in millions of articles of Texas Longhorns clothing & apparel will be sold leading up to the big game.  The loss sends Nebraska to the Holiday Bowl where they will face Arizona.  Texas will face #1 Alabama for the National Championship in Pasadena.

The #3 Texas Longhorns won a thrilling contest over rival Texas A&M.  In the victory Colt McCoy may have wrapped up the Heisman Trophy as he threw for 304 yards and 4 scores and rushed for 175 yards and another score.  Nebraska defeated Colorado in a meaningless game which served as a tune up for the Big 12 Championship game.  The #22 Cornhuskers will need a big game from one of the best players in the country to upset the Longhorns.  DT Ndamukong Suh will no doubt cause havoc but it won’t be enough to stop Texas from playing in the BCS National Championship game.  Oklahoma State failed to show up in the Bedlam Series.  With the 27-0 loss the Cowboys dropped from #12 to #20.

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The #3 Longhorns rolled over Kansas 51-20 last weekend and travel to Texas A&M on Thanksgiving night.  Texas has secured a spot in the Big 12 Championship game where they will face a tough defensive minded Nebraska team.  Oklahoma State stayed at #12 following a narrow victory over Colorado.  The Cowboys travel to Norman to face the Sooners in what is sure to be bedlam.

The Texas Longhorns were once again very impressive as they dominated Baylor from the beginning and cruised to a 47-14 victory.  Texas hosts Kansas this Saturday night.  Although positioned at #3, if they win out they will play in the BCS title game against the SEC Championship Game winner - Florida or Alabama.  Oklahoma State moved up 7 slots to #12 following their 24-17 victory over Texas Tech.  The Cowboys host Colorado on November 19th on ESPN. Meanwhile Texas & OSU fans are excited about the recent news that Texas Longhorns Snuggies & Oklahoma State Snuggie blankets are now in stock and available online.

Former Oklahoma State wrestler and National Champion Jake Rosholt has seen his career in Mixed Martial Arts take off in the past few years. On Saturday night, Rosholt (7-1MMA) has yet another opportunity to make a name for himself when he faces Kendall Grove (10-6 MMA) at UFC 106 on Saturday night. Rosholt last fought in late August at UFC 102 when he submitted Chris Leben in Portland, Oregon, and he will look to do the same this weekend in front of a national audience. The UFC began televising preliminary card fights in September on Spike TV and the Rosholt vs Grove fight was selected as one of the Spike TV televised fights which begin on Saturday night at 9 pm ET.

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