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Texas and Iowa State will move to Thursday Night Oct 3, 2013 in order to get national exposure. The game will be on either ESPN or the new Fox All-Sports Cable Channel

Johnny Manziel and Texas A&M capped off a dream season with a 41-12 thrashing of OU in the Cotton Bowl. Now Manziel and the Aggies hope to take advantage of their success in 2013 as they get more exposure in the media.

The SEC once again will be playing for a National Championship, but the computers say that the league was top-heavy in 2012 and that the Big 12 is the best league from top to bottom.

Texas Tech has had enough of the hired guns at their football coach, and they are returning to their roots. Kliff Kingsbury, the first record-setting QB under Mike Leach at Tech, has been named head coach at Tech at the tender age of 33.

Texas 2013 recruiting class -- already small -- took another hit Wednesday as Belton tight end Durham Smythe told the Horns he would look elsewhere, and this time it is one of the cherished "good kids who graduate."

Is he or isn't he? In the new world of social media reporting, stories can change at the speed of light, as college Athletic Directors and football coaches are finding out. It is the season of rumors, and good luck in keeping pace.

The death knell continues for the Big East, as Louisville becomes the latest program to leave. Now the Big 12 has a decision to make -- stay the smallest BCS conference at 10, or join in on the college realignment carousel.

The Big 10 couldn't wait for the off-season to start the chaos again as rumors of the league expanding to 14 teams are running rampant.

Hey TCU & West Virginia, welcome to the neighborhood. It's such a nice neighborhood that thanks to a new Big 12 conference/ABC-ESPN and Fox TV deal, you and your new neighbors will collect $20...

The Champions Bowl -- so new they don't even have their funny looking blazers picked out -- does have a multi-million dollar contract with ESPN. The bowl, born out of an alliance between the SEC...