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The Bears wrapped up their first Big 12 football title with their defensive effort of the season, shutting down Texas in the second half as they cruised to an impressive victory and closed down Floyd Casey Stadium in style.

After collecting five sacks in the final two games, Texas Longhorns senior defensive end Jackson Jeffcoat was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year by the AP on Monday, capping his Texas career by earning the same award that fellow Longhorn defenders Derrick Johnson and Brian Orakpo took home in previous years.

Texas QB Case McCoy finished with 54 yards on 12-of-34 passing, 1 touchdown and 1 interception in Saturday's 30-10 loss at Baylor.

Texas defensive end Jackson Jeffcoat led the Big 12 with 12 sacks. The senior has 26.5 over his career.

The University of Texas has accepted an invitation to be the Big 12 Conference representative in the 2013 Valero Alamo Bowl and will face the Oregon Ducks of the Pac-12 Conference on Monday, Dec. 30 at 5:45 p.m. Central in San Antonio.

One thing was apparent in the Texas Longhorns' 30-10 loss to the Baylor Bears, the Longhorns quarterback position is arguably the weakest link on the team.

I'm very Panther-centric at the moment hyped for the big game I'd been reading through stuff on CSR for god knows how long and figured I'd contribute something for y'all to check out prior to the game.

At least the Big 12 went out in the best way possible. Thanks to a Bedlam game that lived up to its name , Baylor and Texas played for the conference title in the last regular season game of the year.

IT'S UT ON UT VIOLENCE! Only without any contact. Or physicality. Or ... you know what? It's Lady Vols basketball hosting the Texas Longhorns.

Two conference titles. Sixteen years. As much as Mack Brown will be remembered for resurrecting Texas football, he will also be remembered for being unable to consistently earn the program conference championship hardware, while Bob Stoops has eight titles, Mike Gundy has two, and Art Briles now has one.

He split the uprights from one distance, then marched back 5 yards and did it again, moving around the field with purpose and poise.

When the Big 12 was formed 17 years ago, the Tom Osbornes and DeLoss Doddses of the world probably thought it would take a cold day in hell for Baylor to ever win the league's football title.

Javan Felix hit a three-pointer with nine seconds to play in overtime, and Texas topped Temple, 81-80, on Saturday at Wells Fargo Center.

The University of Texas hired Steve Patterson, athletics director of Arizona State University, as the school's next athletic director.

The near-extinction of the Big 12 a couple years ago leaves the conference without a championship game, but in their understandable need to not be left out of the final-week party, the conference has two pseudo-championship games on the Week 15 schedule.

Only a couple games this week, so for this week only, Jeff and I can take the same line on the same game.

If the No. 25 Texas Longhorns' 2013 football season were a ride, there is little question it would be a roller coaster and only a few may dispute that.

Austin American-Statesman columnists Kirk Bohls and Cedric Golden weigh in on 10 hot-button Texas, Big 12 and national topics: Bohls: There's a great chance for freezing, wet weather.

For the Big 12 Conference, it's Championship Saturday; the importance of the final two games should provide plenty of heat.

The Temple Owls will look to extend their winning streak to four straight games on Saturday as they host the Texas Longhorns at the Center.