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Could scheduling allow the TCU Horned Frogs an opportunity to make some noise during the 2021 Big 12 season?
When the Oklahoma Sooners kick off the 2021 season, they’ll be in search of their seventh straight Big 12 Championship and their first national championship in now more than 20 years. Continue reading “Is TCU an under the radar threat to Oklahoma’s Big 12 Title reign?”
Which Big 12 football team holds the best record on the road since 2012?
For the best teams in college football, it is more than just winning games at home, you must win your fair share of games on the road. Continue reading “Road Warriors: The best team on the road in the new Big 12 era”
The Texas Longhorns are coming off their third-consecutive win on Saturday. Following the 17-13 victory, they are climbing in the rankings.
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Paul Myerberg is back with his weekly re-rank of all 127 FBS teams. His new No. 1 team is the Alabama Crimson Tide followed by the Notre Dame Fighting Irish after their win over Clemson.
The Texas Longhorns climbed up six spots after defeating the West Virginia Mountaineers on Saturday 17-13. The Mountaineers only dropped one spot to No. 42 with the loss. The Longhorns were No. 30 but are now No. 24. The Longhorns jumped over the Auburn Tigers, Washington Huskies and Utah Utes to get back inside the top 25.
The full breakdown of the Big 12 teams in the standings.
| Team | Ranking | Wins | Losses |
| Oklahoma State | 15 | 5 | 1 |
| Iowa State | 19 | 5 | 2 |
| Oklahoma | 22 | 5 | 2 |
| Texas | 24 | 5 | 2 |
| Kansas State | 34 | 4 | 3 |
| West Virginia | 42 | 4 | 3 |
| Texas Christian | 48 | 3 | 3 |
| Texas Tech | 82 | 2 | 5 |
| Baylor | 92 | 1 | 4 |
| Kansas | 125 | 0 | 7 |
The biggest winner in the re-rank were the Texas Longhorns who jumped up the six spots, Texas Christian also jumped six spots after beating Texas Tech in Fort Worth on Saturday. The Horned Frogs won after the Red Raiders head coach decided to kick a field goal on second down and four. The kick went wide left and three plays later Max Duggan ran it 81 yards to seal the victory. The Red Raiders dropped 12 spots as the biggest loser in the new rankings.
The Longhorns will now focus on playing the No. 125 ranked Kansas Jayhawks when they come off the bye. The Jayhawks haven’t won a single game since they beat Texas Tech on Oct. 26 of last season. They played the Longhorns close last year in Austin with their highest-scoring outburst. Their 48 points tied their season high against Boston College.
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The latest Locked on Longhorns Podcast brings you overreaction Monday after falling 33-31. Who is to blame and what is next for Texas?
The Texas Longhorns had an opportunity to take hold of their fate with a win over Texas Christian. After losing 33-31, the Locked on Longhorns Podcast discusses a frustrating game on Saturday. In the first segment, the topic of the offense. Who stood out on that side of the ball? Quarterback Sam Ehlinger had one of his worse games, not quite last year against TCU bad. So what is going on with the offense? Why didn’t Bijan Robinson get on the field?
In segment two it is all about the defense. The team looked different after Juwan Mitchell was ejected for targeting. It showed the lack of depth at the linebacker spot. One that needs to be corrected quickly with Oklahoma looming on Saturday. DeMarvion Overshown once again led the team in missed tackles. When will they get this fixed?
We discussed the Red River Shootout in the final segment. Is this a must win game for both teams. The Longhorns are 2-1 (1-1) and the Sooners are 1-2 (0-2), so who needs this game more? What will winning this game do for Tom Herman amongst the fanbase and locker room? We break it all down on this Monday edition.
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Longhorns Wire chooses the Studs and Duds from the conference matchup between Texas and TCU on Oct. 3.
Nothing went Texas’ way in the 33-31 loss to Texas Christian on Oct. 3. Continue reading “Texas Football: Studs and Duds in the loss to TCU”
After narrowly escaping Lubbock with a win last week, many national experts are torn on whether Texas will prove themselves against TCU.
As we’ve all quickly witnessed, anything can happen when it comes to the Big 12 Conference. Continue reading “Texas vs. TCU: Who are the experts predicting to win?”
How to watch, listen or stream the Texas Christian vs Texas game on Saturday morning. Plus the staff makes their picks, will Texas go 3-0?
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It is almost that time once again. The Texas Longhorns will host the Texas Christian Horned Frogs on Saturday morning. The early game pits a top ten team in Texas against a TCU team in search of their first win on the year. Sam Ehlinger and the offense wants retribution from last year’s game in Fort Worth. Will Sam Ehlinger earn Big 12’s Offensive Player of the Week honors for a third straight game?
Time: 11:00 a.m. CDT
Location: Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas
TV: Fox
Stream: Fox Sports Go App
Listen: 104.9 FM in Austin
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These betting odds are according to BetMGM .
| Picker | TCU at UT (-12) | ATS Record | TCU at UT Winner | Overall Record |
| Patrick | TCU | 11-10 | Texas | 15-6 |
| Cami | Texas | 9-12 | Texas | 15-6 |
| Griffin | TCU | 9-12 | Texas | 15-6 |
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| X Factors | Offense | Defense |
| Patrick | Joshua Moore | Joseph Ossai |
| Cami | Jake Smith | Joseph Ossai |
| Griffin | Jake Smith | DeMarvion Overshown |
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How to watch or stream the rest of the Big 12 Conference games. Plus game picks and betting odds from BetMGM.
Outside of Texas and Texas Tech kicking off there are four other Big 12 Conference games set to kickoff on Saturday. For the first time this season all 10 teams are set to be in action. Which non-Texas game are you most looking forward to watching?
Continue reading “Big 12 Football: How to watch, BetMGM odds and game picks”
Ivan Maisel of ESPN thinks now is the best time for conference expansion. Longhorns Wire explores how to expand the Big 12, playoffs.
Is there a better time than right now to explore the idea of conference expansion? ESPN’s Ivan Maisel doesn’t think so. In a recent post on ESPN Maisel stated now may be the best time to have that conversation. After all it wasn’t that long ago that Nebraska was looking to play football despite the Big Ten’s stance on a postponement of the season.
Hey, here’s a great idea during a pandemic: Let’s have West Virginia fly 1,400 miles to play a Big 12 game at Texas Tech on Oct. 24, but let’s not allow West Virginia to play Pittsburgh. After all, the Panthers, 75 miles away, are in the ACC.
Before the Pac-12 broke the emergency glass on its 2020 season, the conference approved of Colorado flying 1,300 miles to play at Washington but thought it too risky for the Buffaloes to drive 100 miles to play at Colorado State.
And there’s Nebraska, which a decade ago sued for divorce from the Big 12 (née Big Eight), dissolving a marriage consummated in 1928 to grab the money and security and money and money offered by the Big Ten. Last week the Big Ten told Nebraska it couldn’t play football this fall, which went over in the Cornhusker State like, oh, I don’t know, stalk rot.
Maisel brings up a good point about traveling during a pandemic. Teams can’t play those who are reasonably close but yet are expected to fly across the country to participate in a conference game that is deemed safer. For instance any Big 12 team traveling to Morgantown, West Virginia doesn’t seem like the best move. So in the interest of shaking things up, we look at how the Big 12 could expand.
First is the new North Division.
The Saturday Big 12 morning rush is here. Headlines are provided from USA TODAY Sports, Phil Steele and College Football News.
Each morning Longhorns Wire will share the top stories from around the Big 12 Conference. For this edition of the Big 12 Morning Rush USA TODAY Sports, Phil Steele and College Football News provide the headlines.
One idea that we were tossing around was the thought of adding BYU to the Big 12 Conference for one season. A very similar move that the ACC pulled by adding Notre Dame to their entire schedule. However our colleagues at Sooners Wire says that isn’t on the table.
The hot idea to mention was BYU. And that didn’t even reach the rumor phase of social media this time around.
During the last two rounds of realignment for the Big 12, BYU was a common name, but the conference never got to the point to invite or accept the Cougars bid to join.
.@BYUfootball to the Big 12 (this season) was a fun idea, but a conference source tells me there's "no chance."
— Matt Mosley (@mattmosley) July 31, 2020
The annual Phil Steele magazine is out and he laid out just how he interprets the Big 12 finishing in 2020.
College football analyst Phil Steele made his predictions for the 2020 college football season, including the Big 12. And those rankings reflect the potentially wild nature of the conference; Steele has three teams tied for one spot.
Steele’s 350-page season preview is available exclusively at Books-A-Million and Barnes & Nobles book stores or online at PhilSteele.com. Known as “the book experts can’t do without,” Steele’s magazine is celebrating its 26th anniversary as one of the most accurate — and certainly information-packed — preseason previews in the country.
(1) Oklahoma
(2) Texas
This year they return 16 starters including QB [Sam] Ehlinger, a deeper stable of RB’s and a defense that is even more [experienced] than 9 [returning starters] with a lot of players having experience due to ’19’s injuries.
(3) Oklahoma State
(4) Texas Christian
(5) Iowa State
(6) West Virginia
(T-7) Texas Tech
(T-7) Baylor
(T-7) Kansas State
(10) Kansas
Our colleagues at College Football News performed a five-year analysis on the 10 Big 12 programs to come out with an average ranking. Here is how they are laid out.
(1) Oklahoma: 142.10
(2) Texas: 86.01
Texas has won just 53% of its Big 12 games over the last five years? Seriously? The mere 13 drafted players are almost as embarrassing, but the huge Attendance Score of 9.49 and huge Elite Win Score helped provide the bump.
(3) Oklahoma State: 84.31
(4) Texas Christian: 83.06
(5) West Virginia: 74.45
(6) Baylor: 70.18
(7) Kansas State: 62.38
(8) Texas Tech: 56.12
(9) Iowa State: 51.81
(10) Kansas: 16.46
