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          • Brian Fremeau
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            Brian Fremeau
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              • Has been a contributor to ESPN Insider and ESPN The Magazine since 2009
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            Bill Connelly
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          Aug 18, 2009, 03:00 AM ET

          Last fall, the two best teams in the Big 12 clashed on a neutral field. Each team was ranked in the top-five, the capacity crowd was split 50-50, and conference supremacy awaited the victor. That's the idea, at least, for staging a conference championship game in December.