Tag: Big 12

Rematch: Round 2 between OU/Baylor

December 5, 2019 Charles Biggs

No. 6 Oklahoma (11-1, 8-1 in the Big 12) dispatched in-state rival Oklahoma State Saturday, setting up a rematch with No. 8 Baylor at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Big 12 Championship game in AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on ABC. In a cold, windy night, the Sooners ground out a 34-14 victory over OSU…

Six Sooners, three Cowboys named to All-Big 12 team

July 18, 2019

Hurts, Murray rate individual recognitions If the media pundits are correct, Oklahoma should be in great shape for a run at a fifth consecutive Big 12 Conference football title. Six Sooners were picked on the Preseason All-Big 12 team and OU linebacker Kenneth Murray was chosen as the “defensive player of the year” in the…

Same bowls for the Big 12

June 27, 2019

The Big 12 football bowl lineup will remain the same through the 2025 postseason as the conference has renewed agreements with eight partners for an additional six seasons beginning in 2020. “The Conference’s bowl lineup provides premier destinations and exciting matchups for our institutions and supporters,” said Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby. The Sugar Bowl…

Four new Big 12 football coaches have varied backgrounds

May 30, 2019

Following a legend can be difficult. Former Kansas State football coach Bill Snyder engineered perhaps the greatest turnaround in college football history. He took over a losing Wildcat program that was so pitiful that some wanted to kick them out of the Big Eight (now Big 12). Part 1 of a 4-Part Series Instead, Snyder…

Murray leads list of Big 12 draftees

May 9, 2019

Thanks to Oklahoma, the Big 12 Conference made a splash during the recent NFL Draft. Oklahoma quarterback and 2018 Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray was the top overall selection by the Arizona Cardinals. With the pick, OU became the first school to have QBs go as the top draft choice in consecutive seasons after 2017…

OSU falls to TCU in Big 12 Tourney

March 21, 2019

The Oklahoma State men’s basketball team lost to TCU in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament, 73-70, in Kansas City. Yor Anei got his first career double-double, scoring 17 points and collecting 10 rebounds. He added seven blocks, a mark that is the most by a Cowboy in a Big 12 tournament game….

OU is seeded 7, OSU is seeded 9 in the Big 12 Tournament

March 14, 2019

Seventh-seeded Oklahoma, by most accounts will receive an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament even with an early exit from this week’s Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City. Oklahoma State, on the other, would have to win four games in a row to get the NCAAs this year. No. 9 seeded OSU opened Wednesday night…

OSU vs. MU in the Liberty Bowl matches two former Big 12 foes

December 20, 2018

Even though Oklahoma State wasn’t as successful this season as in recent years, OSU coach Mike Gundy is looking forward to a Liberty Bowl match with former Big 12 member Missouri. The game is at 2:45 p.m. December 31 at the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tennessee. The broadcast is on ESPN. “I think it’s a…

Editorial: Kudos to the Big 12 Champions

December 13, 2018

Congratulations to Coach Lincoln Riley and the Oklahoma Sooner football team for winning the Big 12 Conference Championship and gaining a spot in the four-team College Football Playoff. The No. 4 Sooners face No. 1 Alabama in the Orange Bowl in Florida on December 29. Oklahoma took Georgia to overtime last year in a CFP…

Liberty Bowl pits OSU vs. Missouri

December 6, 2018

It will be a Big 12 reunion in the Liberty Bowl on December 31 in Memphis when Oklahoma State faces former Big 12 member Missouri. The series between Oklahoma State and Missouri dates back to 1915, with the teams meeting 52 times in the series. The Cowboys have won three of the past four matchups,…