Aggies, Wildcats hoping Big 12 opener can be stepping stone
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas Texas A-and-M and Kansas State are no longer in the Top 25. But the perennial powers are hoping experience gained this season can return them near the top of the league -- and the nation.
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Top-seeded Texas A&M puts together its best defensive outing of the season in a 62-45 win over Colorado in the Big 12 tournament quarterfinals Wednesday.
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LAWRENCE, Kan. - It was a tale of two halves for the University of Kansas football team which dropped a 31-30 decision to Texas Tech, in the Big 12 opener Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
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D.J. Augustin scores 27 points and No. 7 Texas rolls over No. 22 Texas A&M, 77-50, last night in Austin for the Longhorns' sixth straight win.
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AUSTIN, Texas (Sports Network) - Cedric Benson ran for 188  yards and three touchdowns to lead fifth-ranked Texas to a  44-14 win over Baylor in the Big 12 opener for both schools at  Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.
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At the start of the season, they were in the also-ran bin. Not on anyone&#39;s radar screen nationally, or even in the Big 12, for that matter.
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Though the number of tickets still available might indicate otherwise, there are many who will relish tonight&#39;s game between Iowa and Texas Tech at the United Center, a matchup that pits Hawkeyes coach Steve Alford against Red Raiders coach Bob Knight.
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10th-ranked Texas A&M misses a chance to match its best start in 30 years on Friday with a 79-66 loss to Rice.
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Some players&#39; mouths were wide open, others sat on the bench. CU coaches awaited an official word on a Bobby Purify fumble in overtime that sealed Texas A&amp;M&#39;s fourth straight Big 12 victory, 29-26 on Saturday at Kyle Field.
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When Pittsburg State (Kan.) football coach Chuck Broyles surveyed his roster last August, he was confident he had an offense that could score.
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TCU has gone from trying to become the first outsider to bust into the Bowl Championship Series to just hoping for a chance to play in the postseason.
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The folks at Texas A&amp;M could care less that the Cotton Bowl is an aging stadium, that the New Year's Day game played there starts early and that the weather is often cold, wet or both.
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Texas was cruising to another Big 12 win when the weather put everything on hold for more than an hour. No matter. By the time the rain and lightning had cleared, Iowa State was in no position to mount much of a rally.
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Every year before the annual Texas-Texas A&amp;M game, Longhorns students, players and coaches gather for the campus 'Hex Rally' to put the voodoo on the Aggies. Recent history bears evidence of some pretty strong magic.
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Kansas often grabs a spot in the upper half of the AP preseason men&#39;s poll, but the school hasn&#39;t been No. 1 since a player named Wilt Chamberlain suited up for the Jayhawks in the 1950s.
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There was the time when Chris Simms said Texas was just as talented as the other guys. Or when Roy Williams claimed the Longhorns could lose to those guys and still win the Big 12 championship.
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When a major upset happens early in the season, a Mid-American Conference team is often the one pulling it.