Our recruiting analysts have updated the class rankings, and the biggest Big 12 (Save it. For the purpose of this post, humor us) mover is Texas A&M, whose class dropped three spots from No. 9 to No. 12. That puts the Aggies’ class behind Oklahoma for third in the Big 12. Here’s where the league’s teams rank in the new update: No. 2: Texas Longhorns (last update: No. 2) Nine ESPNU 150 commits, including the nation’s top running back, Johnathan Gray (Aledo, Texas/Aledo), headline Texas’ well-stocked class.
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Aggies’ 2012 recruiting takes a tiny tumble
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Longhorn linebacker Emmanuel Acho is a finalist for the Lott IMPACT Trophy, an award that goes to the defensive player who has had the biggest impact on his team on and off the field. The IMPACT acronym represents Integrity,
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Acho an award finalist
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WACO, Texas–Chalk this one up among the greatest wins in Baylor history. Art Briles has done a lot of big things at Baylor, but this is among the biggest. Baylor ended one of the most lopsided all-time series in college football with a 45-38 win, the first for the Bears in 21 tries throughout the history of college football. Lots more to come tonight, but here’s some instant analysis. How the game was won: Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III rolled to his left and hit Terrance Williams for a 34-yard touchdown pass with eight seconds left and the Bears recovered a squib kick.
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Instant Analysis: Baylor 45, Oklahoma 38
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Texas Tech’s last two games have been as mystifying as any this fall. One week, the Red Raiders are the biggest underdog in four years to pull off an upset, beating 29-point favorite Oklahoma.
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Deflated Texas Tech in need of emotional rescue
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Today must be Bill Snyder Day on the Big 12 blog. I wrote this morning about how his team is reflecting his principles and style this season. Grantland’s Robert Mays takes another look this afternoon, stating his case for Snyder as the greatest coach in the history of college football. I can’t say I disagree. Mays writes : By his fifth season in charge of the program, Snyder had his team in the Top 25. In his 10th, they were ranked no. 1 and were a play away from the national championship game. It was, without question, the biggest turnaround in the history of college football. “And he’s doing it again, isn’t he?” Switzer says. He certainly is, coach. After Snyder retired in 2005, Kansas State handed the program over to former Virginia offensive coordinator Ron Prince. Three seasons of underachieving mediocrity followed, and in 2009, Snyder returned as head coach … at age 69. Now, K-State is undefeated , back in the Top 15, and one win away from a game against no. 3 Oklahoma that would be one of the biggest in school history. … What’s happening in Manhattan, Kan., is confirmation that Snyder needs to be considered not only one of the best college coaches of his generation, but one of the greatest college coaches of all-time
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Is Bill Snyder the best football coach ever?
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The BCS field is muddled. With so many teams sporting perfect records and no playoff to decide a champ, our bloggers take on the ultimate task: making a case for each team with a title shot . Imagine the two biggest, baddest dudes in the neighborhood beating down anything and anybody that comes their way. Every time you watch one fight, you’re more convinced than ever that the only person who has a chance to beat him is the guy who lives around the corner. They haven’t squared off yet, but everybody knows it will be a classic confrontation: two behemoths slugging it out with all their might. But why settle for just one of those scraps? If they’re truly the two baddest dudes in the whole city, let’s see them go at it again when the biggest prize is on the line. Just because they happen to live in the same neighborhood — one in which only the strong survive — that shouldn’t exclude them from battling on the biggest stage of all. It’s about matching the two best fighters. Never mind that they bloodied each other in a much anticipated split-decision a few weeks earlier. They’re the best, and everybody knows they’re the best. It’s the same way with Alabama and LSU this season. They’re the class of college football, and while Nov. 5 can’t get here soon enough, how sweet would it be to see these two teams go at it again in New Orleans on Jan. 9 in the Allstate BCS National Championship Game? In a lot of ways, they’re mirror images of each other, and they really haven’t been pushed all season. The closest anyone has come to Alabama is 16 points. The closest anyone has come to LSU is 13 points. The Crimson Tide have won their four SEC games by a combined margin of 162-27. The Tigers have won their past four games, including a trip to No. 15 West Virginia, by a combined margin of 161-46. Between them, they’ve faced seven nationally ranked teams, and their combined average margin of victory in those seven games is 21.4 points. Already, NFL scouts are drooling. The two starting defenses alone could produce as many as 16 or 17 NFL draft picks. And speaking of defense, there aren’t two better, deeper or more talented defensive units in the country. Alabama ranks No. 1 nationally in just about all the key defensive categories, and LSU isn’t too far behind. The Tigers are No. 4 in total defense, No. 6 in rushing defense and No. 7 in scoring defense
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……with the biggest gainer being the Kansas State Wildcats, who are off to a 5-0 start, and the biggest fall going to the Texas Longhorns, who were completely manhandled in Red River Rivalry Saturday. To check out the complete balot, click to see if after… Source: For Whom the Cowbell Tolls
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The Red River Rivalry is about attitude. It’s about pounding your biggest rival into the ground. It’s about taking control of your season’s destiny.
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Hookem.com analysis: The Sooners got it, the Horns didn’t
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The Red River Rivalry is about attitude. It’s about pounding your biggest rival into the ground. It’s about taking control of your season’s destiny.
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Hookem.com analysis: The Sooners got it, the Horns didn’t
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LSU (40), Alabama (10), Oklahoma (8) and Boise State (1) were the only schools to receive first-place votes. Texas took the biggest tumble of the week, falling from No. 11 to No. 22, while Auburn dropped nine spots to No. 24. Â Baylor was the… Source: NBC Sports
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CFT: Big East targeting Boise State for expansion
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