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Report: Big 12 Decides Having 10 Members Is Just Fine
Sorry, Cincinnati....

Report: ESPN, Fox Willing To Pay To Nix Big 12 Expansion
A new report indicates the insufferable Big 12 expansion saga will mercifully be coming to end within the next three days. ...

With ACC Network Deal Looming, The Big 12 Is Expanding
While its coaches, administrators, and league commissioner had a tough time grasping institutional responsibility at media days, the Big 12 did indeed manage to make a splash with the league’s latest reveal: the conference is expanding....

Big 12 Commissioner On College Sexual Assault: Teens Will Be Teens
Last week, SEC media days gave us the gift of Dan Mullen’s bullshit family. Today, at the Big 12 media day, league commissioner Bob Bowlsby took it upon himself to say something awful....

Is The Longhorn Network Killing The Big 12?
Five years into the grand experiment, and the Longhorn Network is kind of a disaster. It’s losing money hand-over-fist: reportedly $48 million since its launch, with annual losses hovering in the millions. Subscriber fees are painfully low, and ESPN is locked into this thing for another 15 years. An...

TCU And Baylor Are Great, But The Big 12 Is Mostly Butt
Welcome to our college football conference previews, in which we will tell you what you need to know about various conferences, with an emphasis on watchability. First up were the Pac-12. and the SEC. Now, the Big 12...

Report: Five Big 12 Teams Considered Jumping To The Big Ten
Realignment was the wildest time in college football, but with the exception of the Big East, the power conferences all came through OK. But according to a report from the Omaha World-Herald, the Big 12 was nearly eviscerated in 2010, with five of its stronger programs sniffing around the greener pa...

Oklahoma Tops Kansas On Last Second, High-Flying Tip-In
Kansas already clinched their 11th straight Big 12 regular season title, but they could've done without this gut punch from Oklahoma on the final day of the regular season. Oklahoma dumbly fouled Frank Mason III on a three-point attempt with five seconds left, and he made all three free throws to ...

West Virginia Knocks Off Kansas With Last Second Spin Move And Layup
Twenty third-ranked West Virginia knocked off eighth-ranked Kansas in Morgantown tonight, in a crazed ending that saw Juwan Staten pull off a nice spin move to get free for a layup, before Kansas missed their last second attempt. Just look at those West Virginians storm the court!...

Video: Art Briles Confronts Bob Bowlsby Over Big 12 "Co-Champs" Snub
Reader Alex L. sends along video he shot of Baylor coach Art Briles confronting Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby following the Bears' win over Kansas State on Friday. Briles said he was angry at the conference's insistence on co-champions—something he (accurately) predicted would strand Baylor on t...

Big 12 Announces There Could Be Two "One True Champions"
Since it's believed the College Football Playoff selection committee will reward teams for winning conference championships, knots in the Big 12's undies tightened because the Big 12's highest rated team, No. 5 TCU, doesn't control its own destiny in winning the conference's championship. Afraid it ...

Iowa State A.D. Is Madder Than Hell About Big 12 Officiating
Iowa State athletic director Jamie Pollard gave a bizarre press conference today. With Cyclones' head coach Paul Rhoads standing a few feet away, Pollard goes after Big 12 refs for costing Iowa State football games. The Cyclones fell to 1-4 today after a loss to Oklahoma State. One particular play...
