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2010 Big 12 Conference Football Season
The 2010 Big 12 Conference football season is the 15th season for the Big 12, as part of the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was also the final season in the conference for Colorado and Nebraska Nebraska ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Ka ... as Colorado moved to the Pac-12 and Nebraska transferred to the Big Ten the following season. Preseason Coaching changes Media Poll Ranked by total points, first place votes shown in parentheses. Rankings All-Big 12 Teams & Awards First Team Second Team Individual awards Conference statistical leaders Records against other conferences Bowl games Attendance Notes References {{DEFAULTSORT:2010 Big 12 Conference Football Season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCAA
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates College athletics in the United States, student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and Simon Fraser University, 1 in Canada. It also organizes the Athletics (physical culture), athletic programs of colleges and helps over 500,000 college student athletes who compete annually in college sports. The headquarters is located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Until the 1956–57 academic year, the NCAA was a single division for all schools. That year, the NCAA split into the NCAA University Division, University Division and the NCAA College Division, College Division. In August 1973, the current three-division system of NCAA Division I, Division I, NCAA Division II, Division II, and NCAA Division III, Division III was adopted by the NCAA membership in a special convention. Under NCAA rules, Division I and Division II schools can offer athletic scholarships to students. Divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pac-12 Conference
The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the Western United States. It participates at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I level for all sports, and its College football, football teams compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the highest level of NCAA football competition. The conference currently comprises two members, Oregon State University and Washington State University. The modern Pac-12 Conference formed after the disbanding of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), the principal members of which founded the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU) in 1959. The conference previously went by the names Big Five, Big Six, Pacific-8, and Pacific-10. The Pac-12 moniker was adopted in 2011 with the addition of University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado and University of Utah, Utah. Nicknamed the "Conference of Champions", the Pac-12 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Mid-American Conference Football Season
The 2010 Mid-American Conference football season was the 65th season for the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The season began on Thursday, September 2, with five games: 2010 Ball State Cardinals football team, Ball State hosted Southeast Missouri State, Central Michigan hosted Hampton, Kent State hosted Murray State, Buffalo hosted Rhode Island, and Northern Illinois traveled to Ames, Iowa to face Iowa State. The conference's other eight teams began their respective 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season, 2010 seasons of National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) competition on Friday, September 3, and Saturday, September 4. The first in-conference game was September 9, with Temple hosting Central Michigan. The 2010 MAC Championship Game featured the 2010 Northern Illinois Huskies football team, Northern Illinois Huskies and the 2010 Miami RedHawks football team, Miami RedHawks, held Decemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Sun Belt Conference Football Season
The 2010 Sun Belt Conference football season was the 10th season of college football play for the Sun Belt Conference. The season began September 2, 2010 and concluded January 6, 2011 as part of the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season, 2010-11 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Sun Belt Conference consists of 9 football members: 2010 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team, Arkansas State, 2010 Florida Atlantic Owls football team, Florida Atlantic, 2010 FIU Golden Panthers football team, Florida International, 2010 Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team, Louisiana-Lafayette, 2010 ULM Warhawks football team, Louisiana-Monroe, 2010 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team, Middle Tennessee, 2010 North Texas Mean Green football team, North Texas, 2010 Troy Trojans football team, Troy, and 2010 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team, Western Kentucky. Previous season 2009 Troy Trojans football team, Troy (9-4) was the Sun Belt champions and lost to 2009 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 WAC Football Season
The 2010 Western Athletic Conference (WAC) football season was an NCAA football season played from September 2, 2010 – January 9, 2011. The Western Athletic Conference in 2010 consisted of 9 members: Boise State, Fresno State, Hawaii, Idaho, Louisiana Tech, Nevada, New Mexico State, San Jose State, and Utah State. Boise State, Hawaii, and Nevada all went 7–1 in conference play to share the WAC title. All three teams finished the regular season ranked in the top 25 of all four major polls. Boise State (12–1) was invited to the Maaco Bowl Las Vegas where they defeated Utah 26–3. Hawaii (10–4) was invited to the Hawaii Bowl where they lost to Tulsa 35–62. Nevada (13–1) was invited to the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl where they defeated Boston College 20–13. The only other WAC team to be bowl eligible was Fresno State (8–5), and they were invited to the Humanitarian Bowl where they lost to Northern Illinois 17–40. This was Boise State's final season as a WAC member. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Cabral
Kealilhaaheo Brian David Cabral (born June 23, 1956) is an American football coach and former player. He stood in as the interim head football coach for three games at the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2010. Cabral played professionally as a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) with the Atlanta Falcons, the Green Bay Packers, and the Chicago Bears. He won Super Bowl XX as a member of the 1985 Chicago Bears. College playing career Cabral lettered three seasons for Colorado at linebacker from 1975 to 1977 under Coach Bill Mallory, as he was a captain and played a big role on The Buffaloes' Big Eight champion team in 1976. He led Colorado with 13 tackles (12 solo) in the 1977 Orange Bowl against Ohio State. As a senior, he was honored as the Big Eight Conference's player of the week for a monster 25 tackles in a CU 27-21 win over Stanford and shared the team's Sure Tackler Award with Mark Haynes. That 25-tackle game included 13 solo stops and is still tied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Hawkins (American Football)
Danny Clarence Hawkins (born November 10, 1960) is an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Willamette University from 1993 to 1997, Boise State University from 2001 to 2005, University of Colorado Boulder from 2006 to 2010, and the University of California, Davis from 2017 to 2023, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 156–92–1. Hawkins was the head coach of the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL) for five games in 2013 before he was fired mid-season. Between 2011 and 2016, he worked as a college football analyst for ESPN. Education and early positions Danny Clarence Hawkins grew up in Bieber, California, in the northeast corner of the state. 5280.com – Dan Hawkins and the power of positive thinking – September 2008 – accessed June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Colorado Buffaloes Football Team
The 2010 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by fifth-year head coach Dan Hawkins for the first nine games and interim head coach Brian Cabral for the final three games. Colorado played their homes game at Folsom Field. It was also the final season as members the Big 12 Conference in the North Division for Colorado, before joining the Pac-12 Conference for the 2011 season, the Buffaloes would return to the Big 12 in 2024. The Buffaloes failed to qualify for a bowl game, as they finished the season 5–7, 2–6 in Big 12 play, which included a historical collapse in their game against Kansas, allowing 35 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to lose the game 52–45. Hawkins was fired on November 9 by Colorado athletic director Mike Bohn. Three days prior to the dismissal, Hawkins' 3–5 (0–4) Buffaloes suffered a fourth-quarter meltdown that saw the 2–6 Kansas Jayha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Tuberville
Thomas Hawley Tuberville (; born September 18, 1954) is an American politician and retired college football coach who is the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States senator from Alabama, a seat he has held since 2021. Before entering politics, Tuberville was the head football coach at Auburn University from 1999 to 2008. He was also the head football coach at the University of Mississippi from 1995 to 1998, Texas Tech University from 2010 to 2012, and the University of Cincinnati from 2013 to 2016. Tuberville won five national coach-of-the-year awards (Associated Press College Football Coach of the Year Award, AP, AFCA Coach of the Year Award, AFCA, Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year, Sporting News, Walter Camp Coach of the Year, Walter Camp, and Paul "Bear" Bryant Award, Bear Bryant) after 2004 Auburn Tigers football team, Auburn's 13–0 season in 2004, in which Auburn won the Southeastern Conference title and the 2005 Sugar Bowl, Sugar Bowl, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Leach (American Football Coach)
Michael Charles Leach (March 9, 1961 – December 12, 2022) was an American college football coach who primarily coached at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, NCAA Division I FBS level. Nicknamed "the Pirate", he was a two-time national coach of the year, three-time conference coach of the year and the mastermind behind the NCAA record-setting air raid offense. He was the head coach at Texas Tech Red Raiders football, Texas Tech University from 2000 to 2009, where he became the winningest coach in school history. After Texas Tech, he coached at Washington State Cougars football, Washington State University from 2012 to 2019, where he recorded the third-most wins of any coach in school history. He then coached at Mississippi State Bulldogs football, Mississippi State University from 2020 until his death in 2022. Leach was known for directing offenses using lots of passing to several receivers, in a spread offense, spread system known as the air raid, which Leach deve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Texas Tech Red Raiders Football Team
The 2009 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University as a member of the Big 12 Conference during the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by tenth-year head coach Mike Leach (American football coach), Mike Leach during the regular season and, following Leach’s dismissal, interim head coach Ruffin McNeill for the bowl game. The Red Raiders compiled an overall record of 9–4 with a mrk of 5–3 in conference play, tying for third place in the Big 12's South Division. Texas Tech was invited to the 2010 Alamo Bowl (January), Alamo Bowl, where they defeated 2009 Michigan State Spartans football team, Michigan State, 41–31. The Red Raiders played home games at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. On December 28, Leach was suspended by Texas Tech pending investigation of alleged inappropriate treatment of Adam James, a Redshirt (college sports), redshirt Sophomore year, sophomore wide receiver, and the son of former SMU Mustangs fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turner Gill
Turner Hillery Gill (born August 13, 1962) is an American college athletic administrator and former football player and coach. He is the Executive Director of Student-Athlete and Staff Development at the University of Arkansas, a position he assumed in 2019. Gill has served as head football coach at the University at Buffalo (2006–09), the University of Kansas (2010–11) and Liberty University (2012–18), compiling a career college football coaching record of 72–84. He was one of 11 black head coaches in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision at the time of his hiring at Kansas. Playing career College Gill graduated from Arlington Heights High School in Fort Worth, Texas, where he was an all-state, all-county and all-district quarterback for Coach Merlin Priddy. During his senior season, Gill was courted heavily by Nebraska, as well as arch-rival Oklahoma, and Texas. Nebraska won the spirited battle for Gill, in part because they would allow Turner to play basebal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
