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Big 12: Three storylines

By JOHN KLEIN Senior Sports Columnist
Published: 11/24/2009 2:21 AM
Last Modified: 11/24/2009 11:23 AM

1. BCS and Bedlam: In recent years, the Bedlam Series football game between Oklahoma and Oklahoma State has been about the Sooners trying to keep their BCS bowl game or BCS Championship game hopes alive. This year, it is Oklahoma State that still has BCS hopes. OSU would appear to be in good shape if it can get by the Sooners in Norman. OU has lost just twice at home under Bob Stoops. Ironically, OSU is one of those two losses. The Cowboys deprived OU a possible shot at the BCS Championship game when a little-known freshman quarterback, Josh Fields, drove the Cowboys to the winning score in the final moments.

2. Texas A&M is last hurdle: Texas players say they have been motivated since last season when the Longhorns believe they were deprived a shot at the national championship by a few percentage points in a computer. The Horns have used that snub, when the Big 12 Championship game slot was awarded to OU, to point toward this season. Now, they are just one victory away. However, Texas A&M is more than capable. The Aggies are not nearly as talented as the Longhorns, but this is a bitter rivalry and Kyle Field is a really tough place to play. But the Horns will remember a trip to Lubbock that ruined last season and should come ready to play.

3. Mangino's future at KU: Mark Mangino took Kansas to 12 victories and an Orange Bowl victory in the 2007 season. It tells you a lot about college football that two years later he appears to be on the verge of being out as coach of the Jayhawks. Mangino has been accused of a long list of erratic behaviors that have landed him plenty of unwanted attention. In addition, the Jayhawks have been brutal down the stretch of this season. After opening with five victories, Kansas has lost six straight. Missouri is more than capable of handing the Jayhawks a seventh straight loss in what could be Mangino's final game at Kansas. By JOHN KLEIN Senior Sports Columnist

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