Tag Archives: Big 12 football

Now, you can taste it. Now, you can smell it. Now, you can pick out your outfit for the first game. Now, it feels real. We are almost there, just three weeks from Saturday until the Gators show us whether we have been raised on promises or not. And we …

The Back Nine comes at you after a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend as long as yours could not be spoiled by a Gator loss. That eliminates most of us.  10. There is nothing worse than losing a football game in The Swamp against that team out west. It’s depressing, especially if …

The 11th-ranked Texas Longhorns (2-0) traveled to Tuscaloosa and defeated the 3rd-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide (1-1) 34-24 on Saturday. In a game circled on calendars everywhere, everyone except for Nick Saban’s Crimson Tide was ready for this matchup. Quarterback mistakes, penalties and Alabama’s pass defense were the root of Saturday’s …

As the college football schedule turns into the postseason, TCU will face Kansas State in the Big 12 Championship Game. They meet in Arlington, Texas, at AT&T Stadium with the No. 3 Horned Frogs looking to secure their spot in the College Football Playoff. TCU The Horned Frogs are one …

The University of Southern California has announced the firing of Head Coach Clay Helton, Athletic Director Mike Bohn announced Monday. Bohn’s announcement comes in the wake of a 42-28 loss to Stanford on Saturday. Helton, 49, served as head coach of the Trojans since 2015 after the mid-season firing of …

As reports came in about the SEC expanding its conference due to Oklahoma and Texas accepting invitations to join, ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit wasn’t too fond of the move. The “College Gameday” analyst shared his concerns on the current and future climate of college football. “I just hate losing the tradition …

Steve Spurrier, the 11-year UF Head Football coach, spoke about Oklahoma and Texas’s recent proposal to join the SEC. The Proposal He described it as a “wonderful deal for Texas” because they don’t win too much in the SEC as it is. Basically, Texas has nothing to lose. On the …

SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey spoke out about a number of things, including waivers and the College Football Playoff Committee, on Wednesday. His comments come just days before the SEC football schedule starts on Saturday. How Many Games Are Enough? One of the topics that Sankey spoke on was the potential …

How many different ways has it been said that this year has been a dumpster fire? For college athletics, the chaos of 2020 has unearthed deep cracks in a system of dysfunctional leadership divided by geography, politics, and mixed messaging. A single multi-billion dollar business in which a multitude of …

A monumental decision will be made this Friday when SEC officials vote on if campuses should open up their athletic facilities to voluntary workouts. How will the vote turnout? The vote being presented to school presidents and chancellors has these workouts starting in June. Oklahoma Sooners Head Coach Lincoln Riley …