Von Miller News

Three Big 12 standouts who starred at North Texas high schools are among the finalists for the Hendricks Award, given to the nation's top defensive end.

Miller, a junior from DeSoto, Texas, has sat atop the NCAA rankings all season and finished the regular season with 17 quarterback sacks.

Michigan senior Brandon Graham has been named one of seven finalist for the Ted Hendricks Award as the nation's foremost defensive end.

A&M quarterback Jerrod Johnson tries to break free of the Longhorns' Curtis Brown.

JIMMY BURCH Texas tailback Tré Newton, who moved to the top of the Longhorns' season rushing list with Saturday's 66-yard effort against Kansas, returned Monday to the top of the depth chart as well.Newton, a redshirt freshman from Southlake Carroll, will start Thursday's game against Texas A&M, coach Mack Brown said Monday.

Texas A&M tailback Christine Michael leads all Big 12 freshmen with 684 rushing yards.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I want to belatedly thank everyone who listens to my show , thank everyone who takes the time to read my posts here on Hair Balls, and thank all of the athletes, coaches, and fellow broadcasters who continue to do outlandishly stupid shit every day so I have something to talk/write about.

Colt McCoy had a bloody lip. His pants were more green from grass stains than the white that they were before the quarterback took his first snap Thanksgiving night.

We'll answer them on Friday: 1. Will Texas keep its eye on the prize? The Longhorns are three-touchdown favorites, and no undefeated Texas team has lost an A&M game.

In the case of Texas and Texas A&M, the two are intertwined. "They have our name in their fight song and we have theirs in ours," Kindle said.

Texas A&M, which hasn't had an All-American on defense in a decade, finally has a defender to brag about.

The Texas Aggie football knows they can't make a lot of mistakes Thursday evening in the Lone Star Showdown and one thing they have to do is slow up Texas's potent offensive attack.

Kyle Field, Thanksgiving Day, the third ranked Texas Longhorns play for their first leg of three to win the National Championship.

Having become bowl eligible, the Texas Aggies will play the role of spoiler Thursday night as they look to snap Texas' 11 game winning streak.

Texas A&M senior defensive end Jacob Green stood before a crowd of 40,000 at the Aggie Bonfire that crisp fall night in 1979.

Landry Jones figured he'd have at least another year to stand on the sideline, where he could watch and learn from one of the most decorated quarterbacks in Oklahoma history.

Given the circumstances, the question was unavoidable. In 2008, Texas A&M allowed 66 points and 653 total yards at home to Heisman winner Sam Bradford and Oklahoma.

Von Miller didn't need to, since what happened to Colorado's Rodney Stewart last year was an accident.

OU is a 20 1/2-point favorite over the Aggies for two reasons: the Sooners play much, much better at home than they do on the road, and, even with all those injuries, they're the better overall team.

It's not that Texas A&M's football players didn't enjoy being home for the holidays last year.