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The winners of the North and South Divisions of the Big 12 Conference will meet in Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, to compete for the league championship and right to represent the Big 12 in the prestigious Bowl Championship Series (BCS).
The 15th annual title game is scheduled for Saturday, December 4 and will be nationally-televised by ABC Sports at 7 p.m. (CST). It will also be broadcast by Sirius XM Satellite Radio. The Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship will be played in Cowboys Stadium for the second consecutive year and in North Texas for the third time, as the 2001 game was held in Texas Stadium. The South representative will be the home team this year.
Previous years have produced some memorable upsets which have affected the college football landscape around the country. In four of the previous 14 championships, a team that would have qualified for the national championship game has been knocked out by a loss in the Big 12 Championship (1996 - unranked Texas def. #3 Nebraska; 1998 - #8 Texas A&M def. #3 Kansas State; 2001 - #7 Colorado def. #3 Texas; 2007 - #9 Oklahoma def. #1 Missouri). In 2009 No. 3 Texas narrowly escaped an upset bid by No. 22 Nebraska by kicking a field goal as time expired to win the game.
Since the first season of Big 12 play in 1996, the league has sponsored a championship game. Per NCAA guidelines, a conference with 12 members may play a 13th football game to determine a champion, provided the regular season is played in divisions.
The Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship Game has been a huge draw in numerous cities throughout the league. In the 14 previous editions, the contest has been played before a total of 964,947 fans.
Ticket Information
General public tickets for the Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship Game will be made available via Ticketmaster. Big12Sports.com will provide updated information as the date approaches. Participating institutions will be allotted a certain amount of tickets upon qualification. No tickets will be distributed through the Big 12 Conference office.
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