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Head football coach Mike Leach isn't leaving Texas Tech anytime soon, after last-minute contract negotiations were resolved.

Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell has passed, rushed and fought his way to the front of the Heisman pack for the 2008-2009 Division 1 football season.

Texas Tech football coach Mike Leach has to get his team past Oklahoma and then get a win over Baylor.

The Houston Cougars are ranked No. 17, and they'll be at home after an extended rest, facing an unranked opponent. So ideally, Houston should be a bonafide favorite.

The Houston Cougars needed to drive 95 yards in 5 minutes, 47 seconds to beat Texas Tech. They did it with time to spare.

Playing a driving rainstorm, on a hostile field, against an unbeaten foe, and seemignly against all odds, Nebraska delivered a football win that had an epic look to it.

The Texas Tech Red Raiders are the reason that Colt McCoy and the Texas Longhorns did not make it to the Big 12 championship and the national championship in 2008.

Things surely don't look promising for the Michigan State Spartans entering their Alamo Bowl matchup with Texas Tech. And that might be an understatement.

Red Raider fans mourn after Texas Tech University fired Mike Leach, the most winning coach in school history, amid allegations of athlete mistreatment and insubordination

In another telling sign that nothing goes entirely to script in the Big 12, Baylor shocks Missouri and Colorado storms back to defeat Texas A&M.

Missouri's impressive all-around victory at Kansas State highlights this past week of games in the Big 12 Conference. Meanwhile, Texas A&M collapses.

Up is down and down is up in the Big 12's weakest division, where Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri are off to very slow starts. Also Texas continues to roll.

Oklahoma State couldn't keep pace in its most important home game in years, reinforcing the dearth of good teams in the league.

Despite Oklahoma's blowout win over Texas Tech Nov. 22, the Big XII's South Division remains a three-team race heading into the final weekend of the regular season.

BYU hopes for a big win to boost the MWC's push for National Championship recognition, and Tennessee looks to knock the Gators from the AP25 throne in week 3.

Things surely don't look promising for the Michigan State Spartans entering their Alamo Bowl matchup with Texas Tech. And that might be an understatement.

Some critics say Bob Knight's all-time NCAA basketball win mark is tainted, because Knight coaches at Texas Tech. Knight's legacy, though, is firmly entrenched.

The Big 12 football tie-breaker scenarios could become the key to not only deciding the winner of the South Division, but also the national champion.

The 2008 Heisman Trophy voting was the closest in over a decade and while Tebow did receive the most 1st-place votes, the results were right on with Tebow in 3rd.

The spread offense is an offensive scheme used in every level of football today. By spreading the offense out defenses are forced to open seams for the offense.

Blake Griffin's dominating showing at Oklahoma this season has many in the field believing the power forward will be the No. 1 pick in the 2009 NBA Draft.

The Texas Longhorns are angry and looking for satisfaction. The Ohio State Buckeyes are looking for redemption after their last two BCS bowl game appearances.

NCAA college basketball conference play is underway, and fans are already thinking about 2007 March Madness. Suite101 evaluates the favorites and underdogs.

Despite having one of the toughest schedules in the country, the Oklahoma Sooners could win the national title because of a strong offense and balanced defense.

Elsewhere, Oklahoma State makes a great escape on a Thursday night, and Oklahoma's defense can't keep up with Taylor "Nick" Potts and Texas Tech.

In other games, Nebraska looks sluggish at Colorado, while Missouri graciously accepts a late-game gift from Kansas in the annual Border War.

Many weren't aware that the University of Houston has a very solid football program. But thanks to a recent upset of Oklahoma State, that's beginning to change.

Fans stormed the field after Houston edged Texas Tech 29-28 last weekend. That was a dead giveaway that Cougars football is not yet accustomed to being nationally ranked.

So just how are the Arizona Wildcats going to move the ball against that ferocious Nebraska defense in the Pacific Lite Holiday Bowl? A great question, no doubt.