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With Nebraska and Colorado bolting for the Big Ten and PAC-12, respectively the Big 12 will operate as 10-team league – at least for this year. Really just two less teams that won’t get past Oklahoma as the Sooners, with such explosiveness on both sides of the ball, I feel are poised to fight Alabama for the national championship. Missouri, Texas A&M, Oklahoma State and Texas will follow in the trail dust left by the Sooner Wagon.

Mack Brown has 14 starters returning. The Longhorns are long on defense with 48 sacks to lead the nation last year, but they also lost end Brian Orakpo who won the Bronko Nagurski Award as the country’s top collegiate defender. Veteran Sergio Kindle and newcomer on the end position, Alex Okafor, could cause a lot of disruptions to opposing offenses this year. No doubt their game against rival Oklahoma will have national title implications.