There is no debating the Texas Longhorns have been consistently good on a football field during Mack Brown's 13 seasons on the job.He's been rewarded with highly ranked recruiting classes, and this year's take is no different. The Longhorns, with their usual grab of Parade All-Americans and four- and five-star recruits, pulled in another stellar class during Wednesday's National Signing Day.
The 25-member class -- which is highlighted by star defensive end Jackson Jeffcoat, the player rated No.1 overall in the country by some recruiting services, and No.1 outside linebacker prospect Jordan Hicks, of West Chester, Ohio -- is being touted as the second-best collection of incoming players in the nation. Florida, the 2008 BCS national champion, is No.1 by a very slim margin.
This was supposed to be the season the 
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The Big 12 North remains a ways from returning to the prominence it enjoyed when the conference first formed in the late 1990s, but if Saturday's matchup between Kansas State and Nebraska for the division title is any indication then better days are certainly on the horizon.
The comparisons between the Texas Longhorns 2005 team and this season's team are inevitable.
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Iowa State defensive coordinator Wally Burnham glanced at the Memorial Stadium scoreboard Saturday afternoon.
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It's not like Texas and Oklahoma ever needed a reason to make their annual 
