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Sunday, August 3rd, 20082007 was supposed to be a great season for Iowa State - the QB/WR duo of Brett Meyer and Todd Blythe - ISU’s eventual career passing and receiving leaders - returned for their senior seasons, and former Auburn and Texas DC Gene Chizik had been brought in as head coach to bring defensive toughness [...]
Big 12 Preview: Kansas State Wildcats
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008Despite defeating Texas for the second year in a row, 2007 ended in disappointment for Kansas State as they lost five of their final six games to finish without bowl eligibility. While losses to Missouri and Nebraska were to be expected, losses to Iowa State and Fresno State certainly disappointed. KSU won 22 [...]
Big 12 Preview: Nebraska Cornhuskers
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008Former DC Bo Pelini is the new head coach after forging some pretty impressive LSU Tiger and Husker defenses over the last few years and he brings in brother Carl Pelini as his own defensive coordinator. Carl spent the last few seasons with Frank Solich, the former Nebraska coach, at Ohio University, going with the [...]
Big 12 Preview: Missouri Tigers
Thursday, July 17th, 2008 The Missouri Tigers’ 2007 season started out with a rather unassuming 40-34 victory over perpetual Big Ten cellar-dweller Illinois. It was a game Missouri dominated and then let off the gas, much as they had in their Sun Bowl collapse against Oregon State at the end of 2006.
Perhaps those were the reasons nobody thought [...]
Big 12 Preview: Colorado Buffaloes
Thursday, July 17th, 2008Colorado’s 2007 season can best be described as puzzling. This was a team that shocked both Oklahoma and Texas Tech, but managed to lose to Iowa State and Kansas State.
With QB Cody Hawkins taking over the offense, productivity soared from 16.3 ppg and 291.4 ypg in 2006 to 27.3 ppg and 378.5 ypg. While still [...]
Big 12 Preview: Kansas Jayhawks
Friday, July 11th, 2008Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas Tech are the hot topics and perceived title contenders. However, the question on everybody’s mind in the Big 12 is just how good are the Kansas Jayhawks? From 2002-2006, Mark Mangino’s Jayhawks posted a 25-35 record, although beyond a disastrous 2-10 ‘02 record, they were essentially a .500 team. Perhaps [...]
Big 12 Preview: Texas A&M Aggies
Monday, July 7th, 2008Following a warm-up scrimmage against Montana State, Texas A&M began their 2007 campaign with an impressive 3OT home victory over Fresno State. Their luck did not hold against the Miami Hurricanes in a 34-17 loss (those Canes who went on to beat Duke in a closer game the following week [...]
Big 12 Preview: Texas Longhorns
Sunday, July 6th, 2008The Longhorns struggled throughout much of 2007, starting the season 4-0 yet marked by unimpressive victories over Arkansas State and UCF. The Horns were embarrassingly run out of Royal Memorial Stadium by Kansas State by virtue of poor kick coverage and -4 turnovers, then lost a good game [...]
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