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Three Mountaineers earn Big 12 Conference Awards

by Ashley O'Brien - October 19, 2020October 19, 2020 0325

Morgantown, W.VA. - On the heels of the only Big 12 game for week seven, the West Virginia football team sees three Mountaineers earning conference awards for the week. Leddie Brown: Offensive Player of the Week Josh Chandler-Semedo: Defensive Player of the Week Akheem Mesidor: Newcomer of the Week

Big 12 Institutions are ALL IN for Voting with the #Big12Votes Initiative

by Ashley O'Brien - October 1, 2020October 1, 2020 0408

The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge is pleased to announce the Big 12 Votes Initiative, a collaboration with the 10 member institutions of the Big 12 Conference – Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech, and West Virginia. The Big 12 Votes Initiative seeks to fulfill a

Around the Big 12: What Happened?

by Ashley O'Brien - September 15, 2020September 14, 2020 0430

What happened? That seems to be the question Saturday night and Sunday morning. Three Big 12 teams went up against Sun Belt Conference teams and all three Big 12 teams lost. On Saturday, the Sun Belt dominated the Big 12. So much so that the three losses were essentially the

Big 12 Conference Unveils ‘You See Us Differently’ Public Service Announcement Student-Athlete Led Spot

by Ashley O'Brien - September 9, 2020September 9, 2020 0646

Ads Are a Part of the Conference’s Focus on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Irving, Texas – In advance of the 2020 football season, the Big 12 Conference released its public service announcement (PSA), You See Us Differently. In an ongoing effort to confront racism and social injustice, Big 12 student-athletes lent their voices to

Big 12 Athletic Directors to meet on Tuesday, Decision on Football Imminent

by Ashley O'Brien - August 11, 2020August 10, 2020 0640

Late Sunday afternoon into early evening, social media was abuzz with the tweets about an "emergency meeting" of the Power 5 conference commissioners. Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby addressed several members of the media following the meeting to set the record straight and provide some insight as to what is

Around the Big 12: All Eyes on Fort Worth

by Ashley O'Brien - August 5, 2020August 5, 2020 0625

Fort Worth, TX. - In this week's installment of Around the Big 12, there seems to be trouble brewing over at Texas Christian. While Big 12 fans were awaiting the schedule release Monday, head coach Gary Patterson found himself to be at odds with his team. A tweet from Horned Frog

NCAA okays college football to start a week early

by Ashley O'Brien - July 30, 2020July 29, 2020 0623

It seems that every day there's a new comment, statement, article or tweet about the state of affairs of college football this fall. This article falls exactly in line with that. Monday evening, the NCAA issued out a blanket waiver informing all FBS schools that schools can move forward with

NCAA announces next set of return-to-sports guidelines

by Ashley O'Brien - July 21, 2020July 19, 2020 0606

Returning to college sports in less than two months is a hot-button topic all across the country. From armchair experts, to rabid fans, to the student-athletes and coaches themselves; everyone agrees that they want to see fall sports and football this fall. The NCAA released updated information the return to

Amidst virus concerns, Power 5 conferences start to make changes for fall sports

by Ashley O'Brien - July 13, 2020July 13, 2020 0682

Last week, the Big 10 made quite the announcement stating that fall sports, including football, would play conference-only matchups and eliminate non-conference games. With no true warning to the other conferences, Power 5 schools included, the Big 10 made a decision that will effectively affect every other conference. The Big

Around the Big 12: What’s happening at Kansas State

by Ashley O'Brien - June 29, 2020June 29, 2020 0549

Today we bring to you a new feature; a weekly (or semi-regular) recap on what's going on at the nine other Big 12 schools across the country. In a time of such uncertainty, we're here to provide you a little insight as to what is going on around the conference. First