Big 12 Quarterbacks Having Big Season
The Big 12 is quickly turning into the league of quarterbacks. The conference has four of the nation's top six quarterbacks in total offense.
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The Big 12 is quickly turning into the league of quarterbacks. The conference has four of the nation's top six quarterbacks in total offense.
Landry Jones threw three touchdown passes, Dominique Whaley ran 64 yards for another touchdown and the Oklahoma defense scored three more touchdowns, carrying the No. 3 Sooners to a 55-17 victory over No. 11 Texas on Saturday.
Mack Brown and the No. 11 Texas Longhorns are headed into their annual grudge match with No. 3 Oklahoma looking to learn about themselves.
The Texas Longhorns are taking a ghost from Oklahoma's past into this weekend's Red River Rivalry game.
Oklahoma's Tony Jefferson intercepted passes on three straight drives by Ball State last weekend and he dropped a pass that would have given him four in a row.
Coach Bob Stoops announced Monday that he was bringing back Franks, who he suspended indefinitely two weeks ago for an unspecified violation of team rules.
Texas coach Mack Brown says the game against Oklahoma is "like a bowl game at midseason'' and that there's "nothing like it.''
The Red River Rivalry is back. For the second time in seven years, Oklahoma and Texas arrive at the showdown with unblemished records.
Missouri has been rumored to possibly follow Texas A&M to the SEC. In San Antonio on Tuesday, Pickens said "we got a real problem'' if Missouri doesn't stay in the Big 12.
The Big 12 dumped its embattled commissioner Thursday and said nine schools had pledged to give their TV rights to the conference for the next six years, a step intended to preserve a fractured league that has lost two members in the past year and is expected to lose another by next summer.
The Tulsa World reported that Stoops got a three-year extension at $5.15 million per year. He also received a $75,000 annual raise in his base salary and other "stay bonuses" and "stay benefits."
Texas and Oklahoma cleared the way Monday for their departure from the Big 12 Conference, with regents at both powerhouse schools giving their presidents the authority to choose a new home.
Officials at Oklahoma and Texas, two other Big 12 schools, are meeting later Monday to discuss conference alignment. Texas A&M has already said it plans to leave for the Southeastern Conference.
No. 1 Oklahoma held on to the top spot in the first regular-season rankings, while the Tigers used their 40-27 victory against Oregon to jump rival Alabama, which slipped to No. 3.
NFL/Minnesota Vikings star, Oklahoma great and Palestine HS stand-out Adrian Peterson talked today with Shan & RJ on 105.3 The Fan.
The Sooners received 42 of 59 first-place votes to easily outpoint No. 2 Alabama, which received 13 first-place votes. Oregon, which lost last season's BCS championship game, is third and LSU is fourth.
The Facteau family of Sanger felt lucky to have their family to lean on Thursday. They spent most of the day planning a funeral for their 8-year-old son, Michael.
Authorities say a 42-year-old man from Texas has drowned on the Red River near the Lake Texoma Dam.
Fresh from the NFL Draft, the newest member of the Dallas Cowboys, DeMarco Murray stops by the Fan Father's Day BBQ at Cowboys Stadium to chat with Josh, Elf and Arnie and to meet the loyal Cowboys fans!
Violent storms that swept through the central U.S. killed at least 13 people in three states, while toppling trees, crushing cars and ripping apart an Arkansas fire station.
A subsidiary of the Oklahoma-based Chickasaw Nation is about to take ownership of Grand Prairie horse racing track Lone Star Park.
The Dallas Cowboys have selected Oklahoma running back Demarco Murray with the 71st selection in the 3rd round.
Severe weather hit North Texas on Thursday night, but the most dangerous parts of the storm slammed Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Jordan Hamilton had 22 points and 10 rebounds to help No. 10 Texas earn a 74-54 win over Oklahoma in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament.
The 15th-annual Big 12 Conference Tournament is set to begin Wednesday, March 9th and run through Saturday March 12th
Be mindful of an early afternoon system for Saturday that could disrupt plans.
The remains of four Italian divers who died deep inside an underwater cave have been repatriated. One other set of remains was returned earlier this month.
The incident marks China's deadliest mining accident in years.
The family behind Ana's says business had dropped to its lowest point in years until a social media plea brought in waves of new customers.
Atlanta opened on a 16-3 run, survived a late Dallas surge, and closed the game with a dominant 23-5 finish.
Be mindful of an early afternoon system for Saturday that could disrupt plans.
The remains of four Italian divers who died deep inside an underwater cave have been repatriated. One other set of remains was returned earlier this month.
The incident marks China's deadliest mining accident in years.
Voters in every precinct will have a distinct ballot, depending on what races are in play where they live.
The family behind Ana's says business had dropped to its lowest point in years until a social media plea brought in waves of new customers.
As he battles terminal cancer, a Fort Worth fire captain says the state's workers' comp system has failed him — and he's far from alone.
A Kennedale couple says their leased solar panels stopped producing power and became a costly burden after years of unfulfilled promises.
Family ignored a nighttime alert during deadly flooding. Now, questions are growing about notification fatigue and whether the system needs changes.
Texans are tuning out more than Amber Alerts, with the highest opt-out rate in the country for wireless emergency alerts.
State records show regulators ordered the removal of a plastic gas pipe installed in the early 1970s after it was linked to multiple explosions and deaths in North Texas.
CBS News Texas political reporter Jack Fink goes one-on-one with Dallas Republican Ross Hunt, founder of Hunt Research, on whether the President's endorsement guarantees Paxton a win -- or if Cornyn has a chance of coming out on top in the runoff.
CBS News Texas political reporter Jack Fink goes one-on-one with Democrat Matt Angle, Founder and Director of the Democratic PAC, Lone Star Project.
The GOP senator said the meeting included "screaming," adding that "fiery does not begin to cut it."
When CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited Havana last week to meet with senior Cuban officials, he brought along one of the covert operators involved in the mission to capture Nicolás Maduro, multiple people familiar with the matter said.
A federal district judge granted Kilmar Abrego Garcia's motion to dismiss two criminal charges on the grounds his prosecution was vindictive and selective.
Target, which embarked on a turnaround plan under its new CEO earlier this year, reported an increase in first-quarter sales Wednesday.
During the program's first year, it will be offered at about 65 to 75 hospitals that handle about a quarter of births in the state and largely serve low-income patients, Newsom's office said.
Bimbo Bakeries USA employs over 20,000 people and has been headquartered in Horsham, Pennsylvania, for the past 17 years.
This explosion is among several similar incidents across North Texas that raise questions about why hazardous natural gas leaks keep happening
Zoox, owned by Amazon, produces its own autonomous vehicles that it says are built for passengers, not drivers.
The head of the World Health Organization says Ebola has killed at least 7 people in Congo, but the U.N. agency says it knows the epidemic "is much larger."
The most recent week of data from Dallas County Health and Human Services shows a 50% increase in positive flu cases.
The cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak has docked at the Dutch port of Rotterdam for disinfection, wrapping up a troubled journey that put world health authorities on alert.
At least 80 deaths have been reported in a new Ebola disease outbreak in Congo and Uganda, authorities said.
Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg, leader of the Food and Drug Administration division responsible for regulating prescription and over-the-counter drugs, is leaving her post, a senior FDA official confirmed.
After sharing management of the arena for decades, the Mavericks are now in full control.
Target, which embarked on a turnaround plan under its new CEO earlier this year, reported an increase in first-quarter sales Wednesday.
Expensive tickets, trouble getting visas and anti-American sentiment may all be contributing to underwhelming demand.
Herring said that in the year before tariffs, used car sales were just under half of his business at his dealership in Irving; Now, they are nearly 75 percent.
Bimbo Bakeries USA employs over 20,000 people and has been headquartered in Horsham, Pennsylvania, for the past 17 years.
Kyle Busch's cause of death has not been given, though his family said earlier the NASCAR icon had been hospitalized with a "severe illness."
Kyle Busch, 41, died suddenly on Thursday after being hospitalized with an illness, according to his team.
In just a couple of weeks, the Swedish national team is expected to arrive in North Texas.
Bright shades of blue, orange, and pink now cover closed-off parking spaces along Main Street in downtown.
That new information suggests demand for tickets has been lower than anticipated.
Rob Base, the MC whose lyrics lit up the dancefloor classic "It Takes Two" and got countless people moving worldwide, passed away Friday.
After nearly a century on the air, CBS News Radio signed off, with the final reports airing on Friday, May 22.
Stephen Colbert hosted "The Late Show" for the final time Thursday night as the franchise came to an end after 33 years.
Lee Mendelson Film Productions alleges the U.S. Department of the Interior illegally used the jazzy tunes in social media posts and a video game.
"The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert is marking the end of an iconic late-night franchise on CBS.
The Red Bull Flugtag Airshow returned to Las Colinas on Saturday after a 12-year hiatus. Teams are tasked with constructing a flying machine and putting it to the test. It's estimated that around 25,000 people attended the event.
A suspect was taken into custody after an attack on Pearl Street Mall in Boulder on June 1 in which there were 15 people and a dog who were victims. The suspect threw Molotov cocktails that burned some of the victims, who were part of a march for Israeli hostages.
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit babies at Texas Health locations across North Texas celebrated Valentine's Day.
As Anthony Davis prepared for his debut game at the AAC, Dallas Mavericks fans took to the arena to protest the controversial trade.
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