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The Big 12 media days have come and gone. On Wednesday, Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham was asked about the BYU-Utah rivalry at media days. Whittingham said th
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To call the last few years in college football tumultuous would be an understatement, and Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark aims to keep his conference ahead of the curve.
The league boasts nine teams that return quarterbacks who threw for 2,400 yards or more a year ago, nearly twice the total of any other power conference. But BYU won't be one of them.
Brigham Young football coach Kalani Sitake addressed the loss of quarterback Jake Retzlaff due to violation of school's honor code.
Scott Frost’s return to UCF after an 8-year absence is among several topics that will garner attention during the league’s media event.
Utah, projected to win the conference, finished 13th. Oklahoma State, picked third, finished last. Arizona State, slotted for last, won the whole shebang. All in all, the difference between each team’s preseason poll position and its end-of-season finish was 7.3 spots, on average.
The Big 12 ending its preseason media poll ahead of the college football season is part of larger distrust of system the sport has built.
With the amount of NFL-caliber talent in the trenches for the Big 12, it's a challenge to rank each unit from worst to first, but we gave it a go.
Palmer Williams of Baylor is the punter Steele selected for his Preseason First-Team All-Big 12 Team. He averaged 49.3 yards per punt. Representing the kick returners is Jeremiah Patterson of Arizona. He averaged 22.1 yards per return.