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This time a year ago, the Texas Longhorns could blame the system, Big 12 Conference tiebreaker rules and BCS voters for their exclusion from the national championship game.

The Longhorns will win if... The offense can continue its recent hot streak and the defense can correct whatever went wrong on Thanksgiving night in College Station.

Judging from the Coaches All-Big 12 team, this is the finest collection of defenders the Big 12 has ever seen.

The Big 12 might not have challenged this season for the title of college football's best conference.

The undefeated Texas Longhorns enter Saturday's Big 12 title tilt against the Nebraska Cornhuskers boasting possibly the nation's most complete team.

The Nebraska Cornhuskers will arrive at Cowboys Stadium on Saturday evening feeling like visitors.

In a year the rest of the Big 12's high-powered offenses stalled, Colt McCoy kept Texas moving.

Texas offense vs. Nebraska defense The top offensive priority for Texas has to be minimizing the impact of Nebraska DTs Ndamukong Suh and Jared Crick .

Suh also captured Big 12 Defensive Lineman-of-the-Year honors. The Big 12 Conference announced all of its major award winners and all-conference selections this morning.

By DWAIN PRICE In two short seasons, Nebraska coach Bo Pelini has helped the Cornhuskers return to the national spotlight.Last season, Pelini's first, the Cornhuskers went 9-4, shared the Big 12 North title and beat Clemson 26-21 in the Gator Bowl.

Colorado made it official Thursday morning - football coach Dan Hawkins, shown here Kansas State in Manhattan, Kan., Oct.

Ndamukong Suh is an award candidate, and All-American, and a real war daddy. And, make no mistake, that I admire Roy Helu Jr.

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Colorado has split the last eight games with Nebraska, one of the best runs by the Buffs in the history of the series .

Nebraska holds the key to an entire state's college football fate. One half of the BCS title-game frame is in cement: The winner of the SEC showdown between No.

Peter Schrager is a frequent contributor for FOXSports.com. You can e-mail him at PeterSchrager@gmail.com . Since the third weekend of September, it has been all but engraved in stone that the winner of Dec.

Nebraskas Memorial Stadium remains a place opposing football teams dread.Its always packed the Cornhuskers have sold out a record 302 consecutive games with more than 81,000 rowdy fans, and Nebraska feeds off the crowd for victories.Kansas State veterans admit playing at Nebraska is a chore.

Everything. The winner will win the Big 12 North, move on to play for the conference championship and then in a bowl game.

Ranking the '09 Blackshirts 8:25 p.m. Nebraska safety Matt O'Hanlon is a sixth-year senior.

Nebraska's Ndamukong Suh says Kansas State's run-oriented offense might be just what he needs to break out of his slump.