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Big 12 football: How the conference should address rivalry week

By Christopher Dukes

PASADENA, CA - JANUARY 01: The Oklahoma Sooners are wait to run onto the field prior to the 2018 College Football Playoff Semifinal Game against the Georgia Bulldogs at the Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual at the Rose Bowl on January 1, 2018 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
PASADENA, CA - JANUARY 01: The Oklahoma Sooners are wait to run onto the field prior to the 2018 College Football Playoff Semifinal Game against the Georgia Bulldogs at the Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual at the Rose Bowl on January 1, 2018 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) /
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MIAMI, FL – DECEMBER 29: A general view of Hard Rock Stadium during the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Oklahoma Sooners at Hard Rock Stadium on December 29, 2018 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
MIAMI, FL – DECEMBER 29: A general view of Hard Rock Stadium during the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Oklahoma Sooners at Hard Rock Stadium on December 29, 2018 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) /

Kansas State vs. Colorado

The Wildcats and Buffaloes share more than just a state border. They also have a shared history.

Kansas State and Colorado have played 66 times in the past in a series that dates back to 1912. It’s not as fierce a clash as some of the others on the list, but it will bring a smile to the face of those who remember spendig Saturdays watching Big 8 football.

TCU vs. SMU

This is another rivalry game that is already played every year and just needs to be moved. The Horned Frogs and Mustangs have gone just six football seasons without meeting each other since their first clash in 1915.

Try and tell me that a rivalry involving a trophy called the Iorn Skillet doesn’t belong on Thanksgiving week somewhere?

Baylor vs. Houston

The Cougars said last year they are looking at renewing old Southwest Conference rivalries and what better way to do that than an annual showdown with a fellow Texas private college.

These two teams have met 28 times int he past with Baylor holding a narrow 14-13 -1 lead in the all-time series. If you are looking for some animosity between the two teams, think back to the breakup of the Southwest Conference in the early 90s and the hard feelings that came with that breakup.

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