Conference chatter

Ranking the greatest team/game in BCS Championship history

The longest month of the year has to be the eternity between the Big 12 Championship and the BCS Championship. It seems like it will be forever — Dec. 5 to Jan. 7 — until No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Texas square off for the biggest prize in college football. There's outside factors that ...

Alabama all over Texas in BCS Championship seems trendy; is it truthful?

I take it no one was surprised Sunday night when the BCS announced that No. 1 Alabama would take on No. 2 Texas for the national championship on Jan. 7 in Pasadena, Calif. Some were undoubtedly angry that TCU, Cincinnati and Boise State didn't get a chance to claim the BCS crown. Especially ...

Big 12 Championship will be considerably closer this year

For the past several years, if the casual observer wasn't an alumnus or fan of either of the teams playing in the Big 12 Championship, here's guessing it was a pretty boring night of television. In the last seven years, the conference title game between the North and South has been decided ...

ChatterTV reaction to Border War, plus week 13 awards

For the latest edition of ConferenceChatterTV, featuring my reaction to the 2009 Border War, plus other games from around the Big 12, see the video below: To take part in a discussion on how Kansas University coach Mark Mangino will be remembered, if in fact he's coached his last game ...

If this is the end, how will Mangino be remembered?

Saturday's conclusion to the Border War was a microcosm of the Kansas University football season in 2009. Promising in the beginning. Horrifying in the end. Kansas dropped its seventh straight game, 41-39, on Saturday against Missouri at Arrowhead Stadium. The Jayhawks, who began the ...

Best football/hoops combo school in Big 12? Not even close

For my football picks on the final week of games in the Big 12, check out the latest episode of ConferenceChatterTV below: So I recently returned from my week vacation in Denver, which has quickly turned into one of my favorite cities in the country. After watching a few of these ...

Big 12 bowl games taking shape

For my thoughts on the latest week of college football action around the Big 12, check out the episode of ConferenceChatterTV below: With only one more week left of the conference season, Big 12 bowl games are beginning to fall into place. A lot can happen in the final week, but ...