Archive for: Big 12
Big 12 Alumni Directors Unite
By Leslie Cedar
Once a year, I get the opportunity to meet with all of my fellow Big 12 Alumni Directors, and this year the conference was held May 21-23 at Kansas State. Those...
SEC, Big 12 Champs To Meet in New Bowl Game
By Rose Cahalan
UT and A&M could meet again on the football field a lot sooner than anyone thought—theoretically. Today the SEC and the Big 12 announced an five-year agreement...
Texas A&M, Missouri To Pay Less Than Half of Big 12 Exit Fees
By Alex Layman
Texas A&M and Missouri will be leaving for the rough-and-tumble SEC pastures next year, but they won’t get off scot-free. Each school has agreed to pay the...
Why Texas Is Like a Fine Scotch
By Lynn Freehill
Hey, they said it…but okay, we’ll take it! A funny website, Total Frat Move, has a story this week comparing each Big 12 school to a type of liquor. Each...
Texas Basketball’s J’Covan Brown Named Player of the Week
By Rose Cahalan
Basketball junior J’Covan Brown has been named the Phillips 66 Big 12 Player of the Week for the second consecutive week. Voting for the honor is conducted...
West Virginia to Big 12 Deal Far From Done
By Tim Taliaferro
Talk of West Virginia joining the Big 12 is “very premature,” according to a source close to the negotiations. Multiple media outlets are reporting...
TCU Accepts Invitation to Join Big 12
By Jordan Schraeder
It’s official. Yesterday, TCU’s board of trustees unanimously voted to accept an invitation to join the Big 12 on July 1, 2012. The move is being hailed as...
“How Much Does it Take to Confuse an Aggie?” (Top Comments of the Week)
By Rose Cahalan
We couldn’t agree more with Trident Military Education‘s response to our story on what new high school grads think about college: A college education...
Powers Expresses ‘Delight’ That Big 12 Will Stay Together
By Rose Cahalan
In the wake of the Pac-12’s announcement that it wouldn’t expand, UT President Bill Powers broke his recent silence on the conference realignment saga. Powers...
Don’t Count Out the Big 12
By Tim Taliaferro
Call me crazy, but all this breathless talk about the certain end of the Big 12 and the dawn of superconferences has got me thinking–maybe we should all just take...
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This Texas Ex Is Singing His Cowboy Songs in Music City
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How a Former Marine Built UT’s National Championship Weightlifting Team
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Two Award-Winning Professors (and One Hollywood Celebrity) Make Science Cool
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The Way Back: Hoop Dreams
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Good Reads Q&A: This Children’s Book Brings Social-Emotional Learning to Life in Technicolor