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College Football Rumors – TCU Horned Frogs Under a Very New Kind of Pressure
For the first time since moving into the Big 12, TCU are favored to win the conference and by being nationally ranked as number two in both the AP and Coaches polls, anything but making the College Football Playoff is going to be a disappointment.
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College Football Rumors – Oklahoma Sooners Will Start Baker Mayfield at Quarterback
With less than two weeks before the season begins for the Oklahoma Sooners, they name Baker Mayfield, the transfer out of Texas Tech as their opening-week starting quarterback.
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College Football Rumors – Texas Longhorns Showing All the Signs of a Rebuilding Team
For those who expected Texas to shoot right up to contention in the Big 12 and for the national title the moment Charlie Strong took over, his first season was a disappointment, and the second one should be as well, as all the hints point towards a painful rebuilding process for the massive and demanding program.
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College Basketball – Kentucky Remain Perfect, Kansas Clinch Another Conference Title
It’s a sign that all is normal in the world when Kansas clinch another Big 12 regular season title, while Kentucky, overcoming Georgia on their final road game of the season, improved to 30-0 in a year that seems to be about them and them alone.
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Texas Beat Baylor – Fighting & Brawling to Save the Season
What most people will remember from Texas beating Baylor 61-59 will be the bench clearing brawl that resulted in seven ejections. But the most important thing was the Longhorns getting an important victory over a ranked rival as they try to put themselves in a position to be in the NCAA tournament.
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Kansas State Wildcats – Storming the Court Ruins the Celebrations
There’s nothing wrong with storming the court, but Kansas State fans took their celebration a bit too far after a rare moment of happiness in a terrible season for the Wildcats following a 70-63 over Kansas, making their rush more than just having fun with their players.
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Kansas Beats Iowa State – Big 12 Still Not Getting a New King
Statistics suggest that Iowa State are the best team in the Big 12 when it comes to offense, but those numbers weren’t enough in their attempt to beat Kansas for a second time this season. The Jayhawks remain in a league of their own in a conference they more or less own, winning 89-76.
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Baylor Beats Texas – Big 12 Parity Falling Apart
Slow but steady the group of quality teams at the top of the Big 12 is starting to drift away from the rest of the pack and Baylor, with a 83-60 win over Texas, handing their rivals a third consecutive loss, made it quite clear the Longhorns don’t belong in the conference title discussion.
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Iowa State Beats Texas – The Big 12 Grind Continues
The Big 12 might not be the best conference in the nation, but it sure is difficult picking out an obvious winner from it. Maybe Iowa State beating Texas 89-86 helps a little in figuring out who are the team to be in the conference.
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Oklahoma Over Texas – Big 12 Humiliation No One Expected
The fans were very quiet inside the Frank Erwin Center during and after Oklahoma finished ripping Texas apart, beating the Longhorns 70-49 with an excellent display of defense and smart, unselfish offense, suggesting they should be taken very seriously in the Big 12 this season.