Archive for the 'Big 12' Category

W. Virginia Is Close to Joining the Big 12

The Big 12 has approved bringing in West Virginia to replace Missouri when the Tigers complete their move to the Southeastern Conference, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Missouri may be days or hours away from leaving the Big 12 and there are now reports that West Virginia [...]

TCU invitation to Big 12 could have major impact on Big East

AP DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State forward Royce White has been named the Big 12's preseason Newcomer of the Year. White, a 6-foot-8 sophomore who transferred from Minnesota without playing a game for the Gophers, was selected in a vote of the Robinson has all of the tools to be the Big 12's [...]

Can Rick Perry Save the Big 12—and Should He?

As college football fans are painfully aware, the Big 12 conference might implode at any moment, triggering a wave of NCAA realignment. The conference's member schools were sufficiently irked by the domineering University of Texas and its new Longhorn NORMAN, Okla. — Just 28 hours after the OU Board of Regents gave President David L. [...]

Texas AD DeLoss Dodds says school is focused on Big 12

This should be it, then. No more. The Big 12 deserves a clean break, so stop the charade and move on. And this isn't about ending the conference, though that day may be fast approaching. This is about ending the run of By Steve Wieberg, USA TODAY Texas athletics director DeLoss Dodds delivered perhaps the [...]