Big 12 RUMORS & NEWS

ESPN "Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers continues to ramp up his recovery from a shoulder injury with the notion of returning for next week's game against rival Oklahoma, sources told ESPN. Ewers has dressed for the Longhorns' past two games but is not expected to..." October 01

Sportsnaut "Texas Longhorns football recruit Arch Manning is one of the top high school players in the nation and he proved it again on Friday when he not only broke one but two records held by his legendary uncles Eli Manning and Peyton Manning. The 6-foot-3, 204-pound star of Isidore..." October 01

Bleacher Report "David Hicks, a 5-star defensive line prospect out of Texas, has committed to Texas A&M. ESPN's Tom VanHaaren reported the defensive standout's selection of the Aggies on Wednesday. Hicks is rated as the ninth overall player and top-ranked defensive..." September 28

The Athletic "With the score deadlocked at 31, 2:15 left and the ball at midfield, Texas Tech faced a critical fourth-and-3 late in its upset bid of Texas last Saturday. “Most coaches would kick it here,” ESPN analyst Rod Gilmore said on the broadcast. It’s..." September 28

CBS Sports "Lance Leipold knows what's coming. With every game Kansas' coach wins, his appeal increases and his horizons broaden. But first things first. One-third of the way through the season, a red-hot coach of a red-hot program doesn't want to lose his offensive coordinator...." September 27

The Big Lead "The unranked Texas Tech Red Raiders beat the No. 22 Texas Longhorns on Saturday. Considering both teams came into the 2-1 and the result simply flipped their places in the polls, it wasn't really that big of an upset. But then you throw in the fact that this was a rivalry game and we get..." September 26

Clutch Points "Texas football head coach Steve Sarkisian reportedly said Hudson Card will start for the Longhorns on Saturday, per Tiffany Blackmon. It was recently revealed that Quinn Ewers was going to travel with the team ahead of their game against Texas Tech. Quinn Ewers..." September 24

Bleacher Report "Mike Leach is casting doubts on reports of Texas spending $280,000 on a recruiting trip highlighted by quarterback Arch Manning. “Have you ever been to or heard of rooms that can eat up that much of $280,000? I haven’t,” Leach said Thursday on his weekly radio show,..." September 23

Bleacher Report "Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian announced Thursday quarterback Quinn Ewers will travel with the Longhorns for Saturday's road game against rival Texas Tech. Sarkisian confirmed Ewers is on track to suit up as he nears a return from a shoulder injury but..." September 22

The Athletic "It all starts with belief. Jalon Daniels believes he can turn around Kansas football. He lost every game of his freshman season. He lost the starting quarterback job last fall. He still believed. Lance Leipold believed in Daniels enough that he and his staff..." September 22

Clutch Points "Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide have signed yet another top recruit from the class of 2023. This time, it comes in the addition of wide receiver Jalen Hale. Hale is the 42nd-ranked player in the nation, as well as the eighth-ranked wide..." September 21

The Athletic "Avert your eyes, John Calipari. The basketball schools, as it turns out, are apparently football schools now, too. Kansas, Kentucky, North Carolina and Duke, the four winningest programs in men’s college basketball history, are all 3-0 in football — which has..." September 21

USA Today "Texas received very promising news on Monday. Second-year head coach Steve Sarkisian stated that starting quarterback Quinn Ewers returned to practice and went through team drills. Hudson Card and Maalik Murphy also practiced. " September 20

The Score "A storied college rivalry will soon come to an end. Oklahoma and Oklahoma State have confirmed the Bedlam series between the in-state rivals will end when the Sooners and Texas join the SEC in 2025. "It (playing Oklahoma) presents logistical issues under..." September 20

Clutch Points "The end is near for one of the most heated college football rivalries in the nation. With the Oklahoma Sooners leaving the Big 12 for the SEC in 2025, the Bedlam Series, which features the Sooners and the Oklahoma State Cowboys, is also coming to an end. Oklahoma State football head..." September 20

Bleacher Report "Alabama offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien, Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell and Kansas head coach Lance Leipold have reportedly emerged as the "three leading candidates on top of Nebraska's wish list" amid its head coaching search. Bruce Feldman of The..." September 20

ESPN "The Texas Longhorns football program isn't holding back in its recruiting visits, but the effort paid off this summer to the tune of the currently No. 3-ranked recruiting class led by No. 2 quarterback Arch Manning. According to public records obtained by The..." September 16

Clutch Points "Texas football has some genuine excitement to it again after almost taking down Alabama. Steve Sarkisian’s squad lost starting quarterback Quinn Ewers to injury in the first quarter. Now, they will have to figure out where to go from here as the redshirt freshman recovers. Ewers..." September 15

Bleacher Report "Oklahoma will no longer play Georgia in football in 2023 and 2031 with the team set to join the SEC, per ESPN's Pete Thamel. The Sooners will instead host SMU in 2023, with the return game scheduled for 2027, per Nicole Auerbach of The Athletic. OU's..." September 14

The Score "Steve Sarkisian fell just short of beating his former boss Nick Saban when Texas fell 20-19 to Alabama. However, Sarkisian echoed a similar phrase from the Crimson Tide coach on Monday when warning his team about buying into the national praise following last..." September 13

The Score "Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers is expected to miss four-to-six weeks with a sternoclavicular sprain, sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel. Ewers underwent an MRI after leaving Saturday's 20-19 loss to Alabama in the first quarter, reports Anwar Richardson of..." September 12

Clutch Points "Texas football will try to upset the odds against Alabama at home on Saturday. The Crimson Tide are heavy favorites but the Longhorns feature some upset potential given their home field advantage. Texas football legend Vince Young did his best to prepare quarterback Quinn Ewers for the game,..." September 10

ESPN "Texas freshman quarterback Quinn Ewers was knocked out of Saturday's game against No. 1 Alabama with an apparent left shoulder after being driven into the ground on a tackle by the Crimson Tide's Dallas Turner. Ewers did not return for the..." September 10

Larry Brown Sports "The officiating crew in Saturday’s game between the Texas Longhorns and Alabama Crimson Tide made a total mess of a key call in the end zone roughly midway through the third quarter. The Longhorns appeared to get a safety by sacking Alabama’s Bryce Young in the end zone, a..." September 10

Clutch Points "Caleb Williams transferred from Oklahoma to USC over the offseason. His decision to move questioned by some and praised by others. Many felt as if Lincoln Riley’s move may have played a role in Williams’ decision. Caleb Williams recently joined College GameDay..." September 10

Larry Brown Sports "Houston head coach Dana Holgorsen spent eight years in Lubbock as a member of the Texas Tech coaching staff. Needless to say, he knows a little bit about their traditions and what his players can expect come Saturday afternoon. One such tradition is the tortilla..." September 10

ESPN "What if? It's the most powerful two-word question there has ever been. We ask it about our own lives and world history. As in "What if Archduke Franz Ferdinand's car hadn't stopped in front of that Sarajevo café in 1914?" or "What if I had married my..." September 09

Clutch Points "The BYU football program will be facing a tough test in Week 2 when they face the no. 9-ranked Baylor Bears on Saturday night. Well, the test just got a whole lot tougher. ESPN‘s Pete Thamel reports that Cougars wide receivers Puka Nacua and Gunner Romney will miss the..." September 09

ESPN "Alabama tight end and preseason All-SEC pick Cameron Latu will play on Saturday at Texas. Coach Nick Saban told reporters on Wednesday that Latu, who missed all of preseason camp and the season opener against Utah State with an undisclosed illness, is..." September 08

Larry Brown Sports "Steve Sarkisian offered some advice this week to quarterback Quinn Ewers. Ewers on Saturday made his debut for the Longhorns in Texas’ 52-10 win over Louisiana-Monroe. The freshman quarterback threw for 225 yards and two touchdowns. But he had a rude surprise awaiting him when..." September 08

The Athletic "Matt Campbell says it was the best camp performance by a quarterback he’s ever seen. Everyone on the Iowa State staff says so. On that June night in 2019, Hunter Dekkers declared he belonged. “Literally, to the throw, I can remember it,” Campbell..." September 08

Larry Brown Sports "Nick Saban on Saturday is getting set to face yet another one of his former assistants. But don’t assume that just because Steve Sarkisian worked for him before means the Texas coach might have an advantage against him. Saban spoke with the media on Monday ahead of Bama’s..." September 07

Bleacher Report "The University of Alabama announced its Million Dollar Band won't travel for Saturday's marquee college football game against Texas. "Due to the seating location and configuration of the visiting institution's ticket allotment at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial..." September 07

The Athletic "One Saturday morning in April, a group of friends and dignitaries gathered inside Kansas State’s All Faiths Chapel. Arrangements of purple and white flowers lined the sanctuary. The pipe organist played a somber prelude and, one by one, speakers rose to remember Jon Wefald, the..." September 07

ESPN "Texas coach Steve Sarkisian knows the college football world is focused on the Longhorns facing No. 1 Alabama on Saturday, with two of the sport's biggest brand names facing off for just the 10th time in history. But Sarkisian also is cautioning his team not to get..." September 06

Clutch Points "USC football seems to be back on track. And with Caleb Williams and Travis Dye leading the offense, the team could go far. USC started the season out in a big way. They took down Rice with a final score of 66-14. They are now the 10th-ranked team in the..." September 06

247 Sports "As previously reported for VIP subscribers by Inside The Red Raiders, Texas Tech quarterback Tyler Shough will miss at least the next two games of the season, head coach Joey McGuire confirmed. Shough suffered a shoulder injury during last weekend’s season opener..." September 06

Larry Brown Sports "Pitt beat West Virginia 38-31 in the Backyard Brawl matchup between the rivals on Thursday, and Neal Brown sure didn’t help matters later in the game. West Virginia took a 31-24 lead early in the fourth quarter and then got a stop. The Mountaineers got the ball back and moved to..." September 02

Larry Brown Sports "Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi was not happy with some of the ESPN coverage he saw leading up to his team’s big game against West Virginia on Thursday night, and he was quick to let the network know about it after the Panthers came away with a thrilling win. Pitt beat West..." September 02

ESPN "DAVE WANNSTEDT NEEDED his team to do some studying. The Pitt football coach was leading the 4-7 Panthers into the 2007 edition of the Backyard Brawl against No. 2 West Virginia in Morgantown as a 28.5-point underdog. But he wasn't concerned with..." September 01

Larry Brown Sports "ESPN had Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi mic’d up on the field prior to Thursday’s season opener against West Virginia, and it was a great decision on their part. Narduzzi dropped some classic one-liners about pretty much everything, including an unexpectedly friendly..." September 01

Bleacher Report "Texas and Oklahoma may get their early exit to the SEC after all. Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports reported there are "active discussions" for Texas and Oklahoma to leave the Big 12 as the conference engages TV networks for a new contract. The two powerhouses are slated to..." August 31

Clutch Points "The Oklahoma Sooners have so far been quite fortunate to roll out some of the more potent quarterbacks of this century. From Jason White to even as recently last season with the dual-threat Caleb Williams, the Sooners continue to be a quarterback factory in the Big 12. Dillon Gabriel..." August 27

Clutch Points "Oklahoma football has changed head coaches for just the second time this millennium. Lincoln Riley jumped ship to take the top job at USC and the Sooners replaced him with longtime Clemson defensive coordinator and Oklahoma grad Brent Venables. Also in the fold is new offensive..." August 26

The Athletic "Hooters has entered the name, image and likeness game with a unique approach. The national restaurant chain announced Monday it has signed 51 offensive linemen from 10 different schools to NIL deals, partnering with offensive line groups rather than individual athletes to celebrate..." August 23

Bleacher Report "Patrick Mahomes is adding more accolades to his already impressive list of accomplishments. Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt announced on Saturday that Mahomes will be added to the school's Ring of Honor and Hall of Fame during a campus ceremony on Oct...." August 21

Al.Com "Troy’s quarterback battle got a little more interesting on Thursday, as Jarret Doege joined the Trojans’ program as a transfer. Doege (pronounced “DOE-ghee”) spent the last three seasons at West Virginia, where he played in a total of 27 games and passed for..." August 19

ESPN "Nebraska has named Casey Thompson, a transfer from Texas, as its starting quarterback for next week's season opener against Northwestern in Dublin, Ireland. Coach Scott Frost, speaking Thursday night on his radio show, said Thompson "will take the..." August 19

Bleacher Report "Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian announced Friday that Quinn Ewers will be the team's starting quarterback in 2022 following a battle with Hudson Card this summer, per Brian Davis of the Austin American-Statesman. Sarkisian told..." August 19

CBS Sports "There are Friday news dumps, and then there's Texas announcing -- through a Sports Information Director during player interviews, no less -- that Quinn Ewers, the Ohio State transfer and former No. 1 overall recruit, will enter the 2022 season as the starting..." August 19

ESPN "Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said Wednesday he's closing in on naming a starting quarterback and believes the Longhorns are better equipped as a team than they were a year ago to face whatever trials come their way in 2022. Texas, in Sarkisian's first season as coach,..." August 18

Clutch Points "Texas football running back Bijan Robinson might have the best NIL deal around. NIL deals are all the rage in college football. College- and high school- athletes are beginning to profit off of their names in ways they never could have previously imagined. Yes, there have been flashy cars and..." August 18

ESPN "Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said Tuesday that Oklahoma and Texas "took the money and ran" in leaving the Big 12 for the SEC. "Let's just cut to the chase. They made a choice to financially secure their athletic departments for the next..." August 17

CBS Sports "Texas wide receiver Isaiah Neyor and offensive lineman Junior Angilau sustained serious knee injuries during the Longhorns' first scrimmage of the fall, potentially putting their 2022 seasons in doubt, according to 247Sports. The initial diagnosis for Neyor is..." August 15

Bleacher Report "Texas Longhorns wide receiver Agiye Hall has been suspended by the football program indefinitely following his Thursday arrest for criminal mischief, head coach Steve Sarkisian announced Friday. "We're aware of the situation involving Agiye Hall, have talked with..." August 13

Clutch Points "With the 2022 college football season just around the corner, the Oklahoma State Cowboys are looking for redemption. The Cowboys were on the doorstep of the College Football Playoff after a stellar 11-1 regular season. With a win in the Big 12 Championship Game, Oklahoma State likely..." August 13

SI "Texas football player Agiye Hall was arrested by university police on Thursday night, Travis County Sheriff's Office said. Police charged Hall with criminal mischief equal to or greater than $100 but less than $750, which is a Class B misdemeanor. TSCO listed Hall's..." August 12

The Athletic "After Texas won the Arch Manning sweepstakes in June, Nelson Stewart, Manning’s coach at Isidore Newman School in New Orleans, joked that throughout the recruiting process, he talked to Longhorns quarterbacks coach AJ Milwee more than his own wife. Stewart, whom the..." August 12

Burnt Orange Nation "The #ArchEffect continues to make waves and the 2023 class builds more momentum as four-star running back Cedric Baxter, Jr. made his pledge to the Texas Longhorns during a ceremony at Edgewater High School in Orlando on Wednesday. “The biggest factor is Coach Choice...." August 11

CBS Sports "Caleb Williams was made for this moment. It goes beyond the promise, the responsibility, the absolute understanding of his new football life in the nation's second-largest media market. His understanding of his place in the SoCal landscape comes the instant he shakes your..." August 10

Fox News "The daughter of former Oklahoma football assistant Cale Gundy appeared to take issue with head coach Brent Venables' latest statement on his departure in a tweet that has since been deleted. Venables released a separate statement on Monday supporting Gundy’s..." August 09

SI "Oklahoma football coach Brent Venables responded Monday afternoon to questions and public outcry surrounding wide receiver coach Cale Gundy’s sudden and unexpected resignation. In a post from the OU Football Twitter account at 2:37 p.m., Venables — who issued a statement..." August 09

Bleacher Report "Oklahoma wide receivers coach Cale Gundy announced his resignation after reading a "shameful and hurtful" word displayed on a player's iPad during a team meeting last week. Gundy, who had served as an assistant coach at his alma mater since 1999, released a statement..." August 08

Clutch Points "The Oklahoma Sooners have parted ways with long-time assistant Cale Gundy after he resigned from his post on Sunday night. Gundy, who was also the Sooners’ wide receivers coach at the time of his resignation, stepped down following an admission that he said “a word..." August 08