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With many players vying for only a few starting spots, Bo Pelini hopes that the Huskers will push each other to become a b…

Unless you just started following Oklahoma State football, you know it’s not Mike Gundy’s style to shy away from the media.

Texas A&M safety Jordan Pugh, his voice rising like that of an evangelical preacher, vowed the Aggies will be improved this season — starting with Saturday night’s home game against New Mexico.

After an offseason several veteran players called the toughest of their careers, UT opens one of its most heavily anticipated seasons in years against Louisiana-Monroe at Royal-Memorial Stadium on Saturday.

The quarterback on Baylor’s 1980 Southwest Championship football team and one of the baseball program’s most heralded stars highlight the newest class of inductees to the Baylor Athletic Hall of Fame, which was announced Monday. Jay Jeffrey, who was the SWC’s Newcomer of the Year as a junior in 1980, and Jason Jennings, the first consensus national player of the year in Division I baseball history, lead a class that also includes Charles Benson and Frank Ditta (football), Billy Hollis (men’s track and field) and Stacey Smith (women’s track and field). In addition, former Baylor basketball star Dr. Gerald D

Texas A&M coach Mike Sherman released the Aggies’ first official depth chart of the season Monday. Hours later, he said on his weekly radio show not to read too much into it.

The latest in recruiting, the tidbits you don’t see in the recruiting updates and the no nonsense side of our take on what’s going on with Nebraska. For Husker fans only, it’s your real take on what’s what. Enjoy this edition of The Blog.

COLUMBIA | This, Danario Alexander realized, is how good college football can feel. A Saturday afternoon echoing with the roar of fans inside St. Louis’ Edward Jones Dome, and a huge part of America’s football-frenzied nation watching on TV.

Bill Snyder knows whom his starting quarterback will be. We’ll find out today. During the Big 12 coaches’ teleconference Monday, he said he has made his choice between Carson Coffman and Grant Gregory.

Kansas fans have already shown their willingness to support KU athletics monetarily during athletic director Lew Perkins’ six-year tenure, helping to double the department’s budget. Now just imagine how willing they’ll be to donate with a KU legend and Pro Football Hall of Famer making the pitch.

After turning in one of the best seasons in school history in 2008, Texas Tech’s offensive will look quite different this year, with veterans playing at new positions and new faces stepping into starting roles. Anchored by seniors Brandon Carter, Marlon Winn, and Shawn Byrnes, the Red Raider o-line is poised for another great season despite the graduation of standouts Rylan Reed and Louis Vasquez.

This weekend Bob Stoops’ Sooners head down to Arlington, Texas to face off against the BYU Cougars, who will present stiff opening challenge.

The Georgia Bulldogs will not be intimated by the hostile atmosphere awaiting them in Stillwater, Okla., this weekend when they visit the Oklahoma State Cowboys.

Ames, Ia. — Iowa State’s new era of football will include a first-time defensive starter who received word he’d earned a scholarship just two weeks ago.

Former Mizzou basketball coach Norm Stewart and the family thank all who have expressed sympathy over the death of Jennifer Stewart early Sunday morning. Jennifer, Norm and Virginia Stewart's 29-year-old granddaughter, died in a one-car crash in Columbia around 3 a.m. Condolences may be given through Susan Mcnay at 573-291-5620. Funeral services are set for 10 a.m.

Join Big Red Report as we kick off the 2009 season with a Pre-Game Party. And the best part, it’s free. Just print your ticket and you are good to go.

From one year to next everyone still asks about the mentality of the team. But just as important if not more-so, is just how they play. Defensive Ends Coach John Papuchis talked after practice today about a variety of talks, but started with his younger defensive ends and how they have progressed from a year ago.

Nebraska hit the field today for the first practice of game-week as they prepare for Florida Atlantic. Here are the notes from today’s practice along with post-practice audio with the Head Coach.

ATHENS – If Georgia defensive coordinator Willie Martinez was hoping for a grace period after receiving a hefty dose of scorn from despondent Bulldogs fans a year ago, he won’t get it against Oklahoma State.

KU announced the hiring of Gale Sayers as its director of fundraising for special projects on Monday afternoon. Sayers, a two-time All-America selection at KU in 1963-64 and an inductee into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1977 after a sterling career with the Bears, will start in October.

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