2012 Big 12 Football Schedule

The Big 12 has finally announced their schedule for the 2012 football season. I don’t know about the rest of the fans out there, but this has been a pretty exciting ride so far. With Texas A&M, Missouri, Colorado, and Nebraska all leaving the Big 12 it kind of looked like things were going to be a bit bleak for a while there. However, the Big 12 has done nothing but at strong programs to replace those who “jumped ship” at the first sign of impropriety. While they have only replaced two of the schools, they have replaced them with power schools from smaller conferences. They just officially added West Virginia a couple of days ago who has won the Big East conference twice in the past decade along with being in the top 4 every year in the past decade. The Big East, while a smaller conference than the Big 12, has a lot of history with both football and basketball. They are the premiere conference in men’s and women’s college basketball. Bringing in TCU was probably one of the smartest things that the Big 12 could have done. They are tapped into the Dallas/Fort Worth media network now along with sending a weaker Texas A&M team to the SEC. They have replaced the Thanksgiving game that the University of Texas has been playing Texas A&M for over a century with TCU vs. Texas Longhorns. Something I found interesting when looking at the schedules is that Iowa State only has four games outside the state of Iowa. They have eight home games total with four being out of state and one game down the road at University of Iowa. 

Another interesting thing to look at is that Oklahoma State plays literally 6 different states (well official state schools) including: Texas (UT), Louisiana (ULL), Kansas (KU), West Virginia (WVU), Oklahoma (OU), and Arizona (UA).

2012 Baylor Bears Football Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Time
04/14/2012	Spring Game	Ames, IA	2:00PM CT
09/01/2012	Tulsa	Ames, IA	TBA
09/08/2012	Iowa	Iowa City, IA	TBA
09/15/2012	Western Illinois	Ames, IA	TBA
09/22/2012	BYE	BYE	BYE
09/29/2012	Texas Tech	Ames, IA	TBA
10/06/2012	TCU	Fort Worth, TX	TBA
10/13/2012	Kansas State	Ames, IA	TBA
10/20/2012	Oklahoma State	Stillwater, OK	TBA
10/27/2012	Baylor Bears	Ames, IA	TBA
11/03/2012	Oklahoma	Ames, IA	TBA
11/10/2012	Texas	Austin, TX	TBA
11/17/2012	Kansas	Lawrence, KS	TBA
11/24/2012	West Virginia	Ames, IA	TBA
12/01/2012	BYE	BYE	BYE

2012 Kansas Jayhawks Football Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Time
04/14/2012	Spring Game	Lawrence, KS	TBA
09/01/2012	South Dakota State	Lawrence, KS	TBA
09/08/2012	Rice	Lawrence, KS	TBA
09/15/2012	TCU	Lawrence, KS	TBA
09/22/2012	Northern Illinois	Dekalb, IL	TBA
09/29/2012	BYE	BYE	BYE
10/06/2012	Kansas State	Manhattan, KS	TBA
10/13/2012	Oklahoma State	Lawrence, KS	TBA
10/20/2012	Oklahoma	Norman, OK	TBA
10/27/2012	Texas	Lawrence, KS	TBA
11/03/2012	Baylor	Waco, TX	TBA
11/10/2012	Texas Tech	Lubbock, TX	TBA
11/17/2012	Iowa State	Lawrence, KS	TBA
11/24/2012	BYE	BYE	BYE
12/01/2012	West Virginia	Morgantown, WV	TBA

2012 Kansas State Wildcats Football Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Time
04/14/2012	Spring Game	Manhattan, KS	TBA
09/01/2012	Missouri State	Manhattan, KS	TBA
09/08/2012	Miami (FL)	Manhattan, KS	TBA
09/15/2012	North Texas	Manhattan, KS	TBA
09/22/2012	Oklahoma	Norman, OK	TBA
09/29/2012	BYE	BYE	TBA
10/06/2012	Kansas	Manhattan, KS	TBA
10/13/2012	Iowa State	Ames, IA	TBA
10/20/2012	West Virginia	Morgantown, WV	TBA
10/27/2012	Texas Tech	Manhattan, KS	TBA
11/03/2012	Oklahoma State	Manhattan, KS	TBA
11/10/2012	TCU	Fort Worth, TX	TBA
11/17/2012	Baylor	Waco, TX	TBA
11/24/2012		BYE	BYE
12/01/2012	Texas	Manhattan, KS	TBA

2012 Oklahoma Sooner Football Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Time
04/14/2012	Spring Game	Norman, OK	TBA
09/01/2012	UTEP	El Paso, TX	TBA
09/08/2012	Florida A&M	Norman, OK	TBA
09/15/2012	BYE	BYE	BYE
09/22/2012	Kansas State	Norman, OK	TBA
09/29/2012	BYE	BYE	BYE
10/06/2012	Texas Tech	Lubbock, TX	TBA
10/13/2012	Texas	Dallas, TX	TBA
10/20/2012	Kansas	Norman, OK	TBA
10/27/2012	Notre Dame	Norman, OK	TBA
11/03/2012	Iowa State	Ames, IA	TBA
11/10/2012	Baylor	Norman, OK	TBA
11/17/2012	West Virginia	Morgantown, WV	TBA
11/24/2012	Oklahoma State	Norman, OK	TBA
12/01/2012	TCU	Fort Worth, TX	TBA

2012 Oklahoma State Cowboys Football Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Time
04/14/2012	Spring Game	Stillwater, OK	TBA
09/01/2012	Savannah State	Stillwater, OK	TBA
09/08/2012	Arizona	Tucson, AZ	TBA
09/15/2012	Louisiana	Stillwater, OK	TBA
09/22/2012	BYE	BYE	BYE
09/29/2012	Texas	Stillwater, OK	TBA
10/06/2012	BYE	BYE	BYE
10/13/2012	Kansas	Lawrence, KS	TBA
10/20/2012	Iowa State	Stillwater, OK	TBA
10/27/2012	TCU	Stillwater, OK	TBA
11/03/2012	Kansas State	Manhattan, KS	TBA
11/10/2012	West Virginia	Stillwater, OK	TBA
11/17/2012	Texas Tech	Stillwater, OK	TBA
11/24/2012	Oklahoma	Norman, OK	TBA
12/01/2012	Baylor	Waco, TX	TBA

2012 TCU Horned Frogs Football Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Time
04/14/2012	Spring Game	Fort Worth, TX	TBA
09/01/2012	BYE	BYE	TBA
09/08/2012	Grambling State	Fort Worth, TX	TBA
09/15/2012	Kansas	Lawrence, KS	TBA
09/22/2012	Virginia	Fort Worth, TX	TBA
09/29/2012	SMU	Dallas, TX	TBA
10/06/2012	Iowa State	Fort Worth, TX	TBA
10/13/2012	Baylor	Waco, TX	TBA
10/20/2012	Texas Tech	Fort Worth, TX	TBA
10/27/2012	Oklahoma State	Stillwater, OK	TBA
11/03/2012	West Virginia	Morgantown, WV	TBA
11/10/2012	Kansas State	Fort Worth, TX	TBA
11/17/2012	BYE	BYE	TBA
11/24/2012	Texas	Austin, TX	TBA
12/01/2012	Oklahoma	Fort Worth, TX	TBA

2012 Texas Longhorns Football Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Time
04/01/2012	Orange-White	Austin, TX	TBA
09/01/2012	Wyoming	Austin, TX	TBA
09/08/2012	New Mexico	Austin, TX	TBA
09/15/2012	Ole Miss	Oxford, MS	TBA
09/22/2012	BYE	BYE	BYE
09/29/2012	Oklahoma State	Stillwater, OK	TBA
10/06/2012	West Virginia	Austin, TX	TBA
10/13/2012	Oklahoma	Dallas, TX	TBA
10/20/2012	Baylor	Austin, TX	TBA
10/27/2012	Kansas	Lawrence, KS	TBA
11/03/2012	Texas Tech	Lubbock, TX	TBA
11/10/2012	Iowa State	Austin, TX	TBA
11/17/2012	BYE	BYE	BYE
11/24/2012	TCU	Austin, TX	TBA
12/01/2012	Kansas State	Manhattan, KS	TBA

2012 Texas Tech Red Raiders Football Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Time
03/24/2012	Spring Game	Lubbock, TX	TBA
09/01/2012	Northwestern State	Lubbock, TX	TBA
09/08/2012	Texas State	San Marcos, TX	TBA
09/15/2012	New Mexico	Lubbock, TX	TBA
09/22/2012	BYE	BYE	BYE
09/29/2012	Iowa State	Ames, IA	TBA
10/06/2012	Oklahoma	Lubbock, TX	TBA
10/13/2012	West Virginia	Lubbock, TX	TBA
10/20/2012	TCU	Fort Worth, TX	TBA
10/27/2012	Kansas State	Manhattan, KS	TBA
11/03/2012	Texas	Lubbock, TX	TBA
11/10/2012	Kansas	Lubbock, TX	TBA
11/17/2012	Oklahoma State	Stillwater, OK	TBA
11/24/2012	Baylor	Arlington, TX	TBA
12/01/2012	BYE	BYE	BYE

2012 West Virginia Mountaineers Football Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Time
04/21/2012	Spring Game	Morgantown, WV	TBA
09/01/2012	Marshall	Morgantown, WV	TBA
09/08/2012	BYE	BYE	TBA
09/15/2012	James Madison	Landover, MD	TBA
09/22/2012	Maryland	Morgantown, WV	TBA
09/29/2012	Baylor	Morgantown, WV	TBA
10/06/2012	Texas	Austin, TX	TBA
10/13/2012	Texas Tech	Lubbock, TX	TBA
10/20/2012	Kansas State	Morgantown, WV	TBA
10/27/2012	BYE	BYE	TBA
11/03/2012	TCU	Morgantown, WV	TBA
11/10/2012	Oklahoma State	Stillwater, OK	TBA
11/17/2012	Oklahoma	Morgantown, WV	TBA
11/24/2012	Iowa State	Ames, IA	TBA
12/01/2012	Kansas	Morgantown, WV	TBA

Austin, TX

Why Oklahoma will not win the National Championship in 2011

So I know you have all heard by now that Oklahoma is #1 overall in all polls so far.  I have honestly learned that you cannot rely on the preseason polls for the most part.  While I have to admit, most of the Top 25 teams tend to stay about the same every single season, they are almost never right about who is number at the end of the season.  Oklahoma will play their second game at Florida State (a team who has been waiting to rip open a top 5 team).  It seems the loss of Bobby Bowden has not hurt expectations of the Seminoles as they are once again a Top 10 team preseason even though they barely finished in the Top 25 last season.  Well Florida State will already have two games under their belt while Oklahoma will just have one.  So what does this mean for Oklahoma?  It could be nothing honestly and Oklahoma could come out and stomp on Florida State but my gut tells me this is going to be a huge win for the ACC and a catastrophe for the Big 12.  If Oklahoma loses to Florida State early on, I cannot imagine a scenario in which Oklahoma can get back into the National Championship spotlight.  We have seen in years past that early losses really are not that big of a deal as long as it happens before the BCS polls come out.  Even if they somehow manage to get past #6 Florida State  with #21 Missouri right after, they will still need to get past a hot and bothered #8 Texas A&M along with long time rival #9 Oklahoma State (@ Oklahoma State).  This does not bode well for a quarterback who takes a pounding at times.  To be honest with you I would not be surprised if A&M showed us something special this season because of how angry they are with the rest of the country.  I cannot imagine how it feels to be an Aggie fan right now with the fate of your school or alma mater set in stone.  I will make a bold prediction right now in saying that Oklahoma will not play in the, let alone win, the National Championship this season.

Move over Minnesota, Notre Dame is here.

The all but sealed deal between the Minnesota Gophers and the Texas Longhorns  is anything but at this point.  The deal was that Texas and Minnesota would play each other in 2015 and 2016.  I imagine that Minnesota had thought Christmas had come early when they thought they had this deal in the bag back in September 2009 because anyone who plays the Longhorns gets rich.  While this would have been the first time the two teams had gotten together was just a few years after the Great Depression back in 1936.  While this may come as a disappointment to Longhorn fans, I have heard rumors of the Minnesota series being replaced by playing Notre Dame in the same seasons.  We have all heard about how Notre Dame has been wanting to ramp up their schedule in order to boost rankings and viewership.  It looks like they have taken a swipe at Minnesota while trying to increase their ratings.  Good thing I am not a Gopher fan or I might be mad.  Maybe they will get their shot in the Alamo Bowl if Texas craters this season behind Garrett Gilbert.  As a Lohghorn fan, I look forward to whooping up on Notre Dame in the future.  Especially if Will Muschamp is at the helm.

2009-2010 Big 12 North and South Predictions

I will start out by reviewing what is in my opinion to be the roughest toughest part of any conference in the NCAA.  The 2nd place Longhorns look to take it all this season, but with the intensity of their schedule at this point could lead a sleeping giant in Oklahoma State.  I know that you boomer sooner fans out there are not going to like what I have to say, but I just dont think its your year boys.  I am hoping not at least.  WE (My fellow Longhorn fans) crushed you once and will do it again.  Some key games to look at this season are the following (all times are Central Standard Time):

• September 5th
  • (9) Oklahoma State vs. (13) Georgia ABC at 2:30PM
• September 12th
  • (22) Iowa at Iowa State 11:05AM

• September 19th
  • (2) Texas at Texas Tech ABC at 7:00PM CST
  • (24) Nebraska at (7) Virginia Tech ABC at 2:30PM
• October 8th
  • (24) Nebraska at Missouri ESPN at 8:00PM
• October 17th
  • (2) Texas vs. (3) Oklahoma ABC at 11:00AM
• October 24th
  • (3) Oklahoma at (25) Kansas TBA
• October 31rst
  • (2) Texas vs. (9) Oklahoma State TBA
• November 14th
  • (24) Nebraska at (25) Kansas TBA
• November 28th
  • (9) Oklahoma State at (3) Oklahoma TBA

These are the games that I am looking for and will hopefully be able to attend all of them.  We will see though it depends on ticket prices and what not.  If I do, you can be sure that I will be uploading pictures soon after.  You know how we roll at SidelineBlog.  Anyways, if you guys know of any other games you would be interested in seeing let me know and I will try to find out how you can watch them when they come up.  Here are my quick predictions in case you were wondering.

North

1. Nebraska
2. Kansas
3. Missouri
4. Colorado
5. Iowa State
6. Kansas State

South

1. Texas
2. Oklahoma State
3. Oklahoma
4. Baylor
5. Texas Tech
6. Texas A&M

2008-2009 BCS Bowl Predictions

I thought I would give my shot at predicting an early outcome of the BCS Bowl games.  Now understand that this is not permanent nor true, just how I figure things will turn out (all times are Central Standard Time) and just so you know the team I think will win are in Bold:

Thursday January 1rst, 2009

Rose Bowl 3:30PM ABC (HD)
Penn State vs. USC

Orange Bowl 7:00PM FOX (HD)
Virginia Tech vs. Cincinnati

Friday, January 2nd

Sugar Bowl 7:00PM  FOX (HD)
Alabama vs. Utah

Monday, January 5th

Fiesta Bowl FOX (HD)
Texas vs. Ohio State

Thursday January 8th

BCS Championship Game FOX (HD)
Oklahoma Sooners 47
Florida Gators 22

So I bet you are asking where this is going to leave Texas Tech…This will more than likely leave them with the January 2nd game of the Cotton Bowl versus Ole Miss possibly?

Thanksgiving TV Schedule – College FB

Turkey Day is coming up and I know you guys are excited about the college football games that are going on this whole week.

Tuesday, November 25th

7:00 PM ET    Western Michigan at #15 Ball State ESPN 2

Thursday, November 27th

8:00 PM ET      Texas A&M at #2 Texas ESPN

Friday, November 28th

12:00 PM ET    West Virginia at #25 Pittsburgh ABC
1:00 PM ET    UTEP at East Carolina CBS College Sports
2:30 PM ET      LSU at Arkansas CBS
3:30 PM ET      Colorado at Nebraska ABC
6:00 PM ET      Fresno State at #9 Boise State ESPN2
9:30 PM ET      UCLA at Arizona State ESPN2

Saturday, November 29th

12:00 PM ET    #22 Georgia Tech at #11 Georgia CBS
12:30 PM ET    Kansas vs. #13 Missouri FSN
3:30 PM ET      Auburn at #1 Alabama CBS
3:30 PM ET      #4 Florida at #20 Florida State ABC
3:30 PM ET      Baylor at #7 Texas Tech Versus
3:30 PM ET      Maryland at #21 Boston College ABC
3:30 PM ET      North Carolina at Duke ESPNU
7:00 PM ET      #23 Oregon at #17 Oregon State Versus
8:00 PM ET      #3 Oklahoma at #12 Oklahoma State ABC
8:00 PM ET      Notre Dame at #5 USC ESPN

College Football – Week 10 – Great Weekend!

I am very excited about the match-ups this weekend in college football.  There are a lot of big games including two on Thursday which is a first for the season.  I put the Texas game in there only because I am excited to see how they bounce back after last weeks loss to Tech.  Plus, Robert Griffin is no push over at Quarterback of the Baylor Bears.  I believe the Alabama game is going to be a good one since its in LSU and I don’t think Alabama comes out of that one in one piece.  They might be able to inch out a win possibly, but I don’t think they will have all their starters once the game is over.  Its going to be a rough game that I am excited to be able to see.  I have missed a lot of key games this season, but I am very excited about this weekend and I think you should be too.

Tuesday November 4th

• Miami (OH) [2-6] at Buffalo [4-4] (Buffalo Wins 37-17)

Wednesday, November 5th

• Northern Illinois [5-1] at #17 Ball State [8-0] 7:00PM CST ESPN2 HD

Thursday, November 6th

• #23 Maryland [6-2] at Virginia Tech [5-3] 6:30PM CST ESPN HD
  
• #12 TCU [9-1] at #8 Utah [9-0] 7:00PM CST CBS College Sports HD
  

Friday, November 7th

• Nevada [4-4] at Fresno State [5-3] 8:00PM CST ESPN 2 HD
  

Saturday, November 8th

• Baylor [3-6] at #4 Texas [8-1] 11:00AM CST FSN HD
• #11 Ohio State [7-2] at #24 Northwestern [7-2] 11:00AM CST ESPN 2 HD
• #20 Georgia Tech [7-2] at #19 North Carolina [6-2] 11:00AM CST Raycom HD
• #1 Alabama [9-0] at #6 LSU [6-2] 2:30PM CST CBS
• #3 Penn State [9-0] at Iowa [5-4] 2:30PM CST ABC
  
• #9 Oklahoma State [8-1] at #2 Texas Tech [9-0] 7:00PM CST ABC
• #21 California [6-2] at #7 USC [7-1] 7:00PM CST ABC
  

College Football – Week 9 – Games You Should Watch

all times in Central Standard Time

Saturday November 1rst

• 11:00AM ESPN2 Northwestern at #17 Minnesota
• 1:00PM ESPN Game Plan/ESPN 360 #18 Tulsa at Arkansas
• 2:30PM CBS #8 Florida at #6 Georgia
• 7:00PM ABC #1 Texas at #7 Texas Tech

As you can see there is a whole buffet of games stretched out throughout all of Saturday so you can guess where I will be during that time.  If you are wondering what the bold numbers mean, its basically who I see winning the game more than likely.  I would not bet on this, because I am Texas biased, but I just don’t think Texas Tech is that great this season.  I think this season is just like any other season just playing Texas, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State all at the end of the summer.  I am very much looking forward to the Florida-Georgia game because of the speed that both teams bring to the game.  I would look for Tim Tebow to run for 100+  yards in this game and I don’t think Georgia’s defense can handle the high powered offense that Florida brings to the table.  I see Florida winning by a couple of touchdowns and they are going to get ahead early.  I think the Tulsa game is intriguing because I want to see Tulsa play against an SEC team.  Arkansas has been playing better than early on in the season and it will be interesting to see how they fare against Tulsa and their offense that has been putting ridiculous numbers up this season.

College Football – Week 6 – Games to Watch

After a week of upsets in Week 5, its no reason this upcoming weeks worth of games are highly anticipated. I am very excited about this weeks schedule:

Tuesday

• Middle Tennessee vs. Florida Atlantic *Middle Tennessee won 14-13*

Wednesday

• Boise State University vs. Louisiana Tech *Boise State won decidedly 38-3*

Thursday

• Pitt at #10 South Florida – ESPN 7:30PM EST

Friday

• #8 BYU at Utah State 8:00PM EST – BYU Television

Saturday

• #6 Penn State at Purdue – 12:00PM EST ESPN/ESPN 360
• #7 Texas Tech at Kansas State – 3:30PM EST – ABC
• #13 Auburn at #19 Vanderbilt – 6:00PM EST – ESPN
• #23 Oregon at #9 USC – 8:00PM EST – ABC
• #14 Ohio State #No. 18 Wisconsin – 8:00PM EST – ABC

College Football – Week 4 – Games to watch

Games to watch this weekend (well, the games that I will be watching this weekend):

Wednesday

• Kansas State at Louisville – 8:00PM EST ESPN2 and ESPN360com

Thursday

• West Virginia at Colorado – 8:30PM EST ESPN and ESPN360.com

Friday

• Baylor vs. Uconn – 8:00PM EST ESPN2 and ESPN360.com

Saturday

• East Carolina at North Carolina State – 12:00PM EST ESPN and ESPN360.com
• Alabama at Arkansas – ESPN360.com and ESPN Gameplan (Only ARK is playing the Longhorns next week)
• Florida at Tennessee – CBS 3:30PM EST
• Rice at Texas – 7:00PM EST – FSN (game of the week for me)
• LSU at Auburn – 7:45 EST – ESPN
• Georgia at Arizona State – ABC