Big 12 Notes

Big Noon Kickoff heads overseas for the first time – for a Big 12 game … Sorsby gives up on suing NFL; to focus on applying for the 2027 NFL Draft … Is it time to bring ties back to college football? … Big 12 Media Days attendees announced …

Game Four Preview: Make or Break Season for Baylor head coach Dave Aranda? … ESPN Preseason Magazine: “A CU rebound isn’t out of the question” … Game Three Preview: Northwestern has a new stadium and renewed optimism …

Ten years ago, CU was coming off of a string of ten straight losing seasons, with Mike MacIntyre entering his fourth campaign with a 10-27, 2-25 record … So what was there to write about ten years ago to bring hope to the Buff Nation? … Read on …

1986: Win over Iowa State sets up showdown with Nebraska … 1991: Buffs use two 99-yard drives to upset No. 12 Oklahoma … 2001: “This One’s For Fred” – Buffs take out No. 25 Texas A&M … 2016: Buffs’ momentum doesn’t carry over to game against USC …

The timeframe from an absurd Texas District Court ruling to the Big 12 shutting down (and shutting up) Texas Tech took only a week … But in that tumultuous week, there were some definite winners – and definite losers …

1986 and 1991 – two satisfying Big Eight wins over rival Missouri … 1996: A 105-yard interception returns sparks No. 9 CU to 35-13 win over Oklahoma State … 2001: Defense shines in 16-6 upset of No. 12 Kansas State … 2016: No post-Oregon let down as Buffs rout Oregon State, 47-6 …

A judge in Texas ignored the law and common sense in allowing Brendan Sorsby to play … The Seventh Circuit has kicked the can down the road, leaving it up to the Big 12 … Can college football count on the Big 12 to right the wrong? … Let’s find out …

Tough losses to No. 10 Arizona (1986) and Stanford (1991) offset by a huge win over Texas A&M in CU’s first-ever Big 12 game (1996) and a game for the ages, with Ahkello Witherspoon’s last-minute interception taking down Oregon (2016) …

Colorado hikers track how many 14,000-foot peaks they have climbed, but for our purposes, “Fourteener” takes on a different meaning … How does CU stack up against other Power Four schools ranked near the bottom of their conferences? …