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Oklahoma State Booster T. Boone Pickens No Fan of Expansion

T. Boone Pickens made his fortune as an advocate for change in a variety of industries. But when it comes to college sports and the fate of the Big 12 Conference, home to his beloved Oklahoma State University, the 82-year-old billionaire prefers the status quo. The Texas energy and finance mogul, who has donated hundreds...

In or Out: Nebraska and Missouri Given Friday Deadline by Big 12

The Big 12 broke from its annual spring meetings this past Friday without a firm commitment from Nebraska and Missouri to stay, but the league did set a firm deadline. Two sources confirmed to FanHouse on Sunday morning that Missouri and Nebraska were given a deadline of Friday to decide whether they are committed to...

Big 12 Meetings Adjourn With No Commitments, Lots of Questions

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- No matter what Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe (above) says publicly, he came here to the league's spring meetings this week looking for commitments from all 12 members. But the commish left empty-handed Friday. Beebe received anything but assurances as the four-day Big 12 spring meetings broke off....

Fight for No. 1 Only Gets Tougher for Texas Longhorns

It would have been nice if the Texas Longhorns could have exhaled a bit after leaping into the top spot of both major polls last week. But there was little time for such self indulgence, not with Iowa State and Texas A&M waiting to be the first teams to knock off the new No.1 team in the nation. And certainly not with a...

No. 1 Texas Survives Aggies' Best Punch

AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas senior forward Damion James knew facing rival Texas A&M would be tough because it always to seems play out that way. But never in his wildest imagination did he think it would be as difficult as it turned to be Saturday night.The unranked Aggies never trailed in 40 minutes of regulation on the road...

Background on big 12

The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving.

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