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Saturday Big 12 morning rush: First game week of the 2020 season

Saturday’s Big 12 morning rush covers Oklahoma’s near cancellation, a huge step in coronavirus testing, and the loss of CDC’s quarantine hobby. 

The day is finally here! Big 12 football is back with three teams scheduled to kick off at 11 a.m. Texas’ season will get underway at 7 p.m. on Longhorn Network against UTEP.

Saturday’s Big 12 morning rush covers Oklahoma’s near cancellation, a huge step in COVID-19 testing, and the loss of Chris Del Conte’s quarantine hobby.

Oklahoma, Missouri State was in “serious jeopardy” as of Friday morning

Oklahoma is set to host Missouri State tonight at 6 p.m. on pay-per-view. According to SoonersWire, the game was in “serious jeopardy” due to COVID-19 complications.

Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley has decided not to release testing data, stating he didn’t want to give his team a ‘competitive disadvantage’ by the opponent knowing how many players may be out. Missouri State has been releasing data whenever asked, and on Friday, all 72 players who traveled to play Oklahoma had tested negative.

Which, according to Missouri State, can’t be said for the Sooners.

“Oklahoma cannot say the same thing,” said Missouri State president Clif Smart during a board of governor’s meeting. “The game was in serious jeopardy until we got final test results (Friday) morning and I better not say anything else because I don’t know who’s listening.”

Big 12 announces coronavirus testing partnership

The Big 12 took a big step on Friday morning, beginning a partnership with Virtual Care for Families. Now, players, coaches, and staff will be able to be tested and get results within 15 minutes.

AD Chris Del Conte shaves quarantine beard

Since the beginning of quarantine, Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte has been growing a beard. Six months later, Del Conte shaved for the Longhorns’ soccer matchup against Kansas. It was a good run!

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Friday Big 12 morning rush: Oklahoma State loses player for the season, Heisman Sam?

The latest headlines from around the Big 12 Conference. Oklahoma State loses a player to injury, Sam Ehlinger for Heisman and recruiting.

The Friday edition of the Big 12 morning rush just one day away from kickoff of the season. Twitter provides all of the headlines. Oklahoma State losing one of their defensive players to injury. He won’t play this year. What about a Heisman campaign for Sam Ehlinger? One analyst has a bold prediction for the Texas passer and team captain. Plus an announcement coming for Texas target Jack Leyrer out of Highland Park.

Oklahoma State losing Collin Clay for the season

Oklahoma State’s Collin Clay took to twitter to announce that he would miss the season with an ACL injury.

Man, this year has been a battle for me. Today I was granted elibibility to play this season but I have recently suffered an ACL tear. I know God has his plan written for me and I know he wouldn’t throw anything at me that I can’t handle. I will be comign back stronger than ever!

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Sam Ehlinger will win the Heisman

Pro Football Focus’ Seth Galina made a bold statement that Texas quarterback will win the Heisman Trophy in 2020.

Highland Park’s Jack Leyrer set to make a big announcement in regards to his recruitment.

The Longhorns are in pursuit of 2021 offensive tackle Jack Leyrer. Currently Stanford appears to be in the lead for his commitment.

Monday Big 12 Morning Rush: Latest FPI favors Texas over Oklahoma

The latest Big 12 Conference headlines in the morning rush. ESPN, USA TODAY Sports and Twitter provide the headlines. UT over OU in FPI?

It is game week as we move closer to opening kickoff on Saturday. With the arrival of football season, there is no shortage of stories surrounding the Big 12 Conference. On Monday’s Big 12 morning rush we look at headlines from ESPN, USA TODAY Sports and Twitter.

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Thursday Big 12 morning rush: Headlines from around the conference

Each morning Longhorns Wire shares the top stories from the Big 12. Today’s top articles are provided by Athlon Sports and Sooners Wire.

Each morning Longhorns Wire shares the top stories from around the Big 12 Conference. Here are today’s top articles provided by Athlon Sports, Pokes Report and Sooners Wire.

Big 12 Football: Ranking the Toughest Non-Conference Schedules in 2020

Before conference play begins for the Big 12, each of the 10 teams will play three non-conference games. Athlon Sports ranked each conference team in order, based on the difficulty of their non-conference schedule.

In general, Big 12 teams don’t have a reputation for scheduling aggressively. The upcoming season puts that perception to the test.

All 10 teams have at least one Power 5 opponent lined up. (Yes, even Baylor.) Road trips by Big 12 teams to places like Baton Rouge, West Point and Berkeley dot the calendar. A couple of programs have set up high-profile games at neutral sites to start the year.

Assuming the teams are playing, it all sets up for a fun September around the league.

Here are the full rankings:

  • Texas
  • Oklahoma
  • West Virginia
  • Iowa State
  • TCU
  • Baylor
  • Texas Tech
  • Kansas State
  • Kansas
  • Oklahoma State

Oklahoma football commit, Texas player get into Twitter fight

On July 4, Oklahoma received a commitment from Austin native, Latrell McCutchin. A four-star cornerback, he and a couple of Texas players began a Twitter beef, as our colleagues at SoonersWire wrote about.

The trash talk began early for Oklahoma commit Latrell McCutchin.

Ranked a four-star recruit and the No. 66 player in the nation by Rivals, the cornerback committed to Oklahoma over Alabama on July 4. His commitment marked the first of two big recruiting wins for head coach Lincoln Riley last Saturday.

McCutchin began his Oklahoma career early, tweeting “Texas SUCKS!!! Ahhhh, felt good to say that,” just two days after his commitment. 

Colin Shields Sure Would Like to Play QB at Oklahoma State, but Will Likely End Up Somewhere Else

Colin Shields would likely sit behind Spencer Sanders on the Oklahoma State depth chart and other top quarterback prospects. Pokes Report on Sports Illustrated discussed how he will likely need to commit elsewhere to play immediately.

He said he would like to play for Cowboys, but he knows the situation and the line of quarterbacks that are there. He has other options, but did say Oklahoma State was really the only school that he would consider a preferred walk-on invitation.

He’ll be worth watching this season. His video looks good and he was one of the sharpest and most accurate quarterbacks that we saw in Shawnee on July 8.

Saturday Big 12 rush: Headlines from around the conference

Each morning Longhorns Wire will share the top stories from around the Big 12. For this edition, CBS, BON, and the FWST provide headlines.

Each morning Longhorns Wire will share the top stories from around the Big 12 Conference. For this edition of the Big 12 morning rush CBS Sports, Burnt Orange Nation, and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram provide the headlines.

Kansas football suspends voluntary workouts after spike in positive COVID-19 tests

The coronavirus has struck another college football team, this time in Lawrence, Kansas. 16 student-athletes tested positive for the virus, with 12 of them being football players. Les Miles and the university responded by suspending voluntary workouts and have issued a 14-day quarantine.

“When we welcomed our young men back to campus a couple of weeks ago for voluntary workouts, even with the policies and procedures in place to try and protect them from becoming infected with the virus, events outside of our control has made the decision to pause these workouts necessary,” coach Les Miles said in a statement.

However, the uptick in positive tests has forced the university to halt its preseason schedule. At the end of the 14-day self-quarantine, all athletes and staff will be retested to determine whether activities can resume.

“Our priority remains to keep our student-athletes safe and healthy, especially during this pandemic, and we will follow the recommendations of our medical professionals,” athletic director Jeff Long said in the release. “We will only resume our preparations after the 14-day quarantine is complete and our student-athletes and staff have bene tested for the virus prior to participating in football activities.”

Big 12 Storyline 2020: West Virginia has the potential to be conference’s sleeper team

Burnt Orange Nation has identified the Mountaineers are a team that could possibly play the upset role this season. It was a tough year for West Virginia in year one of Neal Brown, struggling towards an overall 5-7 record and a 3-6 Big 12 record.

With former Oklahoma quarterback Austin Kendall underperforming, Bowling Green transfer Jarrett Doege is expected to take over in 2020.

Doege helped provide a late-season spark for the Mountaineers. They won road games at both Kansas State and TCU with him at quarterback. Considering how well he played to finish the year, Doege is likely to get the starting nod at quarterback to open this season.

Their defense is also cited as the possible reason for a turn around year. A unit that struggled last season is expected to improve in many thanks to returning talent.

It starts with the play up front. With the Stills brothers back, West Virginia’s defense has potential to be one of the Big 12’s best in 2020. Darius and Dante Stills combined for 14 sacks and 26 tackles for a loss last season. Once again, the Mountaineers will be a force to be reckoned with on the defensive line with these two leading the charge.

Will football be played this fall? We ask an epidemiologist advising the Big 12, NFL

The burning question in all of sports right now is the status of football in the fall and if it can be played in a safe manner. Drew Davison of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram asked Christopher Hostler, an epidemiologist at Duke University, that exact question.

How do you feel the Big 12’s return to sports plan has gone for schools after a couple weeks? “Like institutions across the country, things are changing every day due to a variety of local factors for each school, so it’s too early to tell.”

Should schools in a state such as Texas that has surging positive cases shut down workouts? “We don’t tell schools what they must do, but we do advise on different scenarios and courses of actions to help them in their decision making process. Mitigation plans will always need to consider distinct factors, and certainly the trend for local infection rates and the needs of local and regional health systems will need to be factored in when schools are making decisions about moving forward.”

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