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FWST: Big 12 soap opera continues with no expansion decision imminent BY JIMMY BURCH [email protected] IRVING – The absurd soap opera unfolding in the Big 12 continued at warp speed Thursday, with administrators showing a wishy-washy resolve on key topics at the league’s spring meetings while working against a backdrop of more negative headlines from Baylor.…

http://www.gofrogs.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/060116aab.html GoFrogs: Football times, TV plans announced The Big 12 Conference has announced the kickoff times and TV plans for four TCU football games this season. The Horned Frogs Sept. 3 season opener with South Dakota State at Amon G. Carter Stadium will have a 7 p.m. kickoff and be televised on FSN. TCUs Sept.…

ESPN: Texas AD opposes Big 12 expansion, wants to keep Longhorn Network Jake Trotter ESPN Staff Writer IRVING, Texas — Texas athletic director Mike Perrin said Wednesday that he would oppose Big 12 expansion and added “it would take a lot” for the school to give up the Longhorn Network. “I think the prudent thing for…

The Washington Post: Josh Doctson remains sidelined with foot injury unrelated to Achilles’ ailment Rookie wide receiver Josh Doctson missed Wednesday’s practice with a foot injury and will likely remain sidelined until next week, Coach Jay Gruden said. Meanwhile, cornerback and fellow 2016 draft pick Kendall Fuller took part in limited team repetitions after being…

Chicago Sun-Times: Bears release offensive lineman Tayo Fabuluje Adam L. Jahns @adamjahns | email With organized team activities going on at Halas Hall, the Bears waived second-year offensive lineman Tayo Fabuluje on Wednesday. It was the first time general manager Ryan Pace cut one of his own draft selections. Fabuluje’s ability to deal with adversity also appealed…

West Virginia Metro News: Big 12 expansion: Data in hand—also in eye of beholder By Allan Taylor in Sports, WVU Sports COMMENTARY Referencing “a couple hundred pages of fairly dense data,” Bob Bowlsby says conference expansion will sit atop the summer reading list of Big 12 decision-makers. Those analytics are the product of an 18-month deep dive into the…

FWST: TCU-Texas gets 2:30 p.m. kickoff on Black Friday BY CARLOS MENDEZ [email protected] TCU and Texas will kick off in the afternoon when they play on Black Friday in Austin, the Big 12 announced. Kickoff is scheduled for 2:30 p.m., with the game televised on Fox or FS1. Three other kickoff times were also announced. The…

FWST: TCU baseball, usually powered by pitching, finds offensive identity BY CARLOS MENDEZ [email protected] It took until last week, but TCU appears finally comfortable with the way it plays. “A club that’s going to grind — we just do it in a different way,” coach Jim Schlossnagle said Monday at a watch party for the NCAA…

FWST: TCU’s Schlossnagle, speculated to Texas: ‘No plans’ to leave TCU coach Jim Schlossnagle, speculated to be a candidate for the open baseball position at Texas, said he has “no plans” to leave Fort Worth. “TCU and Fort Worth have been very good to me and my family,” he said in a statement to the Star-Telegram on Wednesday as…

http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/article78324542.html FWST: TCU’s leading scorer Chauncey Collins leaving team BY CARLOS MENDEZ [email protected] Leading scorer Chauncey Collins and reserve Lyrik Shreiner are leaving TCU, the school announced Tuesday. New coach Jamie Dixon indicated that Collins is going to play professionally and that Shreiner is transfering. The moves likely stem from the arrivals of two new guards,…