Big 12 Sports Blog by Big 12 Fans

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.

The Longhorns suffered the weekly flip flop with Alabama this time making the 1 slot drop to #3.  The Horns stepped out of conference and defeated Central Florida with ease, 35-3.  Texas will travel to Baylor on the 14th as they look to keep their perfect record intact.  The Cowboys remained at #19 with their 34-8 victory over Iowa State.  Oklahoma State hosts Texas Tech on the 14th.  If Texas can win out they seem likely to play the winner of the likely Florida/Alabama SEC Championship game in the BCS Championship Game at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.

Texas jumped up to #2 in this week’s BCS Top 25 rankings with a very impressive 41-14 victory at Oklahoma State.  The Longhorns defense is one of the best in the nation, combined with the play of QB Colt McCoy makes the Longhorns a favorite to reach the BCS title game based on the latest 2010 bowl projections.  Texas will step out of the conference on November 7th when they host Central Florida.  With the loss to Texas, Oklahoma State dropped down to #19.  The Cowboys will face another tough test when they travel to Iowa State on November 7th.  Oklahoma is the only other Big 12 team in the rankings as they entered at #24.  The Sooners defeated Kansas State 42-30.  They will travel to Nebraska for a Saturday night test on November 7th.

Inexplicably, the Texas Longhorns dropped from #2 to #3 in this week’s college football Top 25 from the BCS with their impressive 41-7 at Missouri.  Texas QB Colt McCoy looked like his old self throwing for 269 yards and three touchdowns.  Texas will face a tough test when they travel to Oklahoma State on October 31st.  Oklahoma State moved up one slot to #14 with a 34-7 beating of Baylor.  The Cowboys will have their hands full when they face the ferocious defense of Texas as the winner could be headed for a BCS Bowl game in 2009-2010.

2008 was a banner year for the Big 12 as three teams, all in the Big 12 South, finished the season with just one loss and four other teams from the conference will join them in postseason college football bowl games. Of course everyone knows that the Oklahoma Sooners will represent the Big 12 against Florida in the BCS Championship Bowl on January 8th on FOX. Now let’s take a look at the other 6 bowl teams from the Big 12 and which games they will play in as well as their opponents and the previews for each game which are linked below.

• Alamo Bowl - Dec. 29 - Missouri vs. Northwestern - 2008 Alamo Bowl preview
• Holiday Bowl - Dec. 30 - Oklahoma State vs. Oregon - 2008 Holiday Bowl preview
• Insight Bowl - Dec. 31 - Kansas vs. Minnesota - 2008 Insight Bowl preview
• Gator Bowl - Jan. 1 - Nebraska vs. Clemson - 2008 Gator Bowl preview
• Cotton Bowl - Jan. 2 - Texas Tech vs. Mississippi - 2008 Cotton Bowl preview
• Fiesta Bowl - Jan. 5 - Texas vs. Ohio State - 2008 Fiesta Bowl preview
• BCS National Championship Bowl - Jan. 8 - Oklahoma vs. Florida - 2008 BCS Championship preview