2009 Big 12 Conference football season
Introduction The '''2009 Big 12 Conference football season''' was the 14th season for the Big 12, as part of the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
Previous season
Preseason ===Coaching changes===SchoolOutgoing coachReasonReplacement Iowa State Gene Chizik Hired as head coach at Auburn '''Paul Rhoads'''Kansas StateRon PrinceFired'''Bill Snyder'''===Spring games======Media Poll=== '''North'''1  Nebraska  172 (17)2  Kansas  164 (12)3  Missouri  124 (3)4  Colorado  1005  Kansas State  816  Iowa State  33 '''South'''1  Texas  174 (17)1  Oklahoma  174 (15)3  Oklahoma State 1304  Texas Tech 895  Baylor 756  Texas A&M 33Ranked by total points, first place votes shown in parentheses.===Watchlists===
Rankings + '''Legend'''     Improvement in ranking   Drop in ranking   Not ranked previous week RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll   Pre  Wk1  Wk2  Wk3  Wk4  Wk5  Wk6  Wk7  Wk8  Wk9  Wk10  Wk11  Wk12  Wk13  Wk14  Final'''Baylor''' AP RV RVC RVBCS Not released  Colorado APC RVBCS Not released  '''Iowa State''' APCBCS Not released  '''Kansas''' AP 25 24 22 20 18 16 17 24 RVC RV 25 23 19 16 15 15 21 RVBCS Not released 25'''Kansas State''' AP RVC RV RVBCS Not released  Missouri AP RV 25 RV RV RV 24 RV RV RV RVC RV RV 25 21 23 18 24 RV RV RV RVBCS Not released  Nebraska AP 24 22 19 25 23 21 15 RV RV RV RV 21 20 14C 22 18 18 24 24 22 17 RV RV 25 23 20 19 14BCS Not released 22 22Oklahoma AP 3 13 12 10 8 19 20 25 22 20 RV RV RV RVC 3 14 12 9 8 21 18 RV 23 20 RV RV RV RV RVBCS Not released 24Oklahoma State AP 9 5 16 16 14 15 16 14 13 18 17 12 11 22 21 RVC 11 6 17 16 12 13 14 12 13 18 18 13 12 21 18 25BCS Not released 15 14 19 19 12 12 20 19Texas AP 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 2C 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2BCS Not released 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 2Texas A&M APC RVBCS Not released  Texas Tech AP RV RV RV RV RV 21 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 21C RV RV RV RV 24 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 23BCS Not released
All-Big 12 Teams & Awards ===First Team===:''Offense'':QB Colt McCoy – Texas:RB Daniel Thomas – Kansas State:RB Keith Toston – Oklahoma State:FB Bryant Ward – Oklahoma State:WR Jordan Shipley – Texas:WR Danario Alexander – Missouri:WR Dezmon Briscoe – Kansas:TE Jeron Mastrud – Kansas State:OL Russell Okung – Oklahoma State:OL Trent Williams – Oklahoma:OL Nick Stringer – Kansas State:OL Brandon Carter – Texas Tech:OL Nate Solder – Colorado:PK Grant Ressel – Missouri:KR/PR Brandon Banks – Kansas State:''Defense'':DL Ndamukong Suh      – Nebraska:DL Gerald McCoy       – Oklahoma:DL Von Miller         – Texas A&M:DL Brandon Sharpe     – Texas Tech:DL Jared Crick        – Nebraska:LB Sean Weatherspoon  – Missouri:LB Jesse Smith        – Iowa State:LB Travis Lewis       – Oklahoma:DB Earl Thomas        – Texas:DB Perrish Cox        – Oklahoma State:DB Dominique Franks   – Oklahoma:DB Prince Amukamara   – Nebraska:DB Larry Asante       – Nebraska:P  Derek Epperson     – Baylor===Second Team===:''Offense'':QB  Jerrod Johnson  – Texas A&M:RB  Roy Helu Jr.  – Nebraska:RB  DeMarco Murray  – Oklahoma:FB  Jamie McCoy  – Texas A&M:WR  Ryan Broyles  – Oklahoma:WR  Kerry Meier  – Kansas:WR  Brandon Banks  – Kansas State:TE  Riar Geer  – Colorado:OL  J.D. Walton  – Baylor:OL  Chris Hall   – Texas:OL  Kurtis Gregory  – Missouri:OL  Adam Ulatoski  – Texas:OL  Brody Eldridge  – Oklahoma:OL  Lee Grimes  – Texas A&M:PK  Alex Henery  – Nebraska:KR/PR  Perrish Cox  – Oklahoma State:''Defense'':DL  Sergio Kindle     – Texas:DL  Lamarr Houston     – Texas:DL  Jeremy Beal      – Oklahoma:DL  Jaron Baston     – Missouri:DL  Daniel Howard     – Texas Tech:LB  Joe Pawelek     – Baylor:LB  Roddrick Muckelroy – Texas:LB  Phillip Dillard    – Nebraska:DB  Jamar Wall     – Texas Tech:DB  Quinton Carter     – Oklahoma:DB  Brian Jackson     – Oklahoma:DB  Jordan Lake     – Baylor:DB  Cha’pelle Brown    – Colorado:DB  Trent Hunter     – Texas A&M:P  Tress Way     – Oklahoma===Individual awards===Coach of the Year:                 Mack Brown – Texas Offensive Lineman of the Year:     Russell Okung – Oklahoma State Defensive Lineman of the Year:     Ndamukong Suh –  Nebraska Offensive Freshman of the Year:    Christine Michael – Texas A&M Defensive Freshman of the Year:    Aldon Smith – Missouri Special Teams Player of the Year:  Brandon Banks – Kansas State Defensive Newcomer of the Year:    David Sims – Iowa State Offensive Newcomer of the Year:    Daniel Thomas – Kansas State Defensive Player of the Year:     Ndamukong Suh – Nebraska Offensive Player of the Year:     Colt McCoy – Texas
Conference statistical leaders
Records against other conferences  Conference  Wins  Losses All FCS 9 0 Conference USA 8 2 Sun Belt 4 1 Mountain West 4 2 Big Ten 3 1 MAC 3 1 WAC 2 0 Pac-10 2 1 ACC 2 2 Independents 1 1 SEC 1 3 Big East 0 2 '''Overall''' 39 16
Bowl games Bowl GameDateStadiumCityTelevisionMatchup/ResultsAttendancePayout (US$)AdvoCare V100 Independence BowlDecember 28, 2009Independence StadiumShreveport, LouisianaESPN2Georgia 44, '''Texas A&M''' 2049,653$1,100,000Pacific Life Holiday BowlDecember 30, 2009Qualcomm StadiumSan Diego, CaliforniaESPN'''Nebraska''' 33, Arizona 064,607$2,130,000Brut Sun BowlDecember 31, 2009Sun Bowl StadiumEl Paso, TexasCBS'''Oklahoma''' 31, Stanford 2753,713$1,900,000Texas BowlDecember 31, 2009Reliant StadiumHouston, TexasESPNNavy 35, '''Missouri''' 1369,441$750,000Insight BowlDecember 31, 2009Sun Devil StadiumTempe, ArizonaNFL Network'''Iowa State''' 14, Minnesota 1345,090$1,200,000AT&T Cotton Bowl ClassicJanuary 2, 2009Cowboys StadiumArlington, TexasFOXOle Miss 21, '''Oklahoma State''' 777,928$6,750,000Valero Energy Alamo BowlJanuary 2, 2010AlamodomeSan Antonio, TexasESPN'''Texas Tech''' 41, Michigan State 3164,757$2,200,0002010 Citi BCS National Championship GameJanuary 7, 2010Rose BowlPasadena, CaliforniaABCAlabama 37, '''Texas''' 2194,906$31,000,000
Attendance TeamStadium (Capacity)Game 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7Game 8TotalAverage% of CapacityBaylorFloyd Casey Stadium (50,000)40,14736,45227,04738,11731,70244,372217,83736,30672.6ColoradoFolsom Field (53,750)53,16850,53551,14645,63447,22752,817300,52750,08793.2Iowa StateJack Trice Stadium (55,000)48,83152,08950,53242,25340,54043,208277,45346,24284.1KansasMemorial Stadium (50,071)52,53050,10150,02548,20351,10451,525303,48850,581101.0Kansas StateBill Snyder Family Football Stadium (52,200)50,75048,09444,93442,01948,30646,476280,57946,76389.6MissouriFaurot Field (71,004)65,40161,61765,82671,00465,29855,573384,71964,12090.3NebraskaMemorial Stadium (81,067)85,71985,03586,30486,10785,93886,11585,998601,21685,888105.9OklahomaGaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (82,112)84,74984,80384,47884,02185,01385,606508,67084,778103.2Oklahoma StateBoone Pickens Stadium (60,218)53,01250,87551,80356,90155,75258,51652,81150,080429,75053,71989.2TexasDarrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium (101,119)101,096101,297101,144101,152101,003101,357607,049101,175100.1Texas A&MKyle Field (83,002)73,88773,59974,65676,15372,53082,10684,671537,60776,80092.5Texas TechJones AT&T Stadium (60,454)47,82448,12452,90947,38257,73347,29150,479351,74250,24882.4
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