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OU, UT have sites set on Tempe

By Mark Wangrin
Special to ESPN.com

Friday, August 9, 2002

A year ago, on the way to the Big 12 preseason media days in Dallas, Colorado coach Gary Barnett was inspired to take his players on a tour of Texas Stadium, where the Big 12 Championship game was scheduled to be played four-and-a-half months later. The motivational ploy worked, and the Buffaloes upset Nebraska to get to the title game and then Texas to win it. Around The Big 12 Baylor Bears Colorado Buffaloes Iowa State Cyclones Kansas Jayhawks Kansas State Wildc ...

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