Conference chatter

Big 12 saved after all: A reaction and a glance to the future

I've never hit the refresh button so many times in my life. With each passing minute, it seemed like a new nugget of breaking news would surface regarding this whole conference realignment circus. Three tabs have appeared regularly on my browser in the last few days, to the point I'd bet ...

Realignment will create incredibly awkward season in 2010

With every new report that surfaces on college realignment, the Big 12 seems more and more like a ticking time bomb. Colorado bolted to the Pac-10 on Thursday. Nebraska just left for the Big Ten on Friday. Two down. Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State appear destined for the ...

TSN’s ranking of Kansas at No. 31 perplexing

The Sporting News [recently released its Top 100][1] teams in college football for the upcoming 2010 season. Here's where each Big 12 team was positioned: 7. Nebraska 9. Texas 10. Oklahoma 30. Texas A&M 31. Kansas 33. Missouri 36. Texas Tech 60. Baylor 64. Oklahoma State 74. ...

2010 KUSports.com Big 12 football draft, North edition: Who sports the best team?

Spring football practices are over. The summer prediction magazines haven't come out yet. It's a relatively quiet time on the Big 12 football front. Which, come to think of it, is kind of dangerous because the down time gave three KUSports.com staff members a chance to put their drafting ...

2010 KUSports.com Big 12 draft, South edition

The Big 12 South figures to be a division that stresses the pass in 2010 considerably more than Big 12 North teams, which seem to rely more upon the running game. Like pretty much all other years, the South will likely come down to Texas and Oklahoma next fall. But how many Longhorns and ...

Big 12 should dominate early portion of tonight’s NFL Draft

It was an NFL Draft tradition of mine to wake up on Saturday morning, run out to pick up some unhealthy breakfast at Dunkin Donuts, sit back and watch Al Davis and the Oakland Raiders draft the biggest flop. The Raiders have to be the most hilarious team to follow at drafts. I'd love to be ...