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The Preseason All-Big 12 teams were announced today and they have a very strong Oklahoma presence on it. Eight Sooner, led by Preseason Offensive Player of the Year Sam Bradford, made the team while five Oklahoma St. Cowboy's made the team.

The team is also very slanted to the South as 21 of 26 players on the team are from the South division.

In addition to the 8 Sooners and 5 Cowboy's, four players represent Texas, three from Baylor, two from Kansas and Nebraska each and one each from Texas Tech and Missouri.

The full team is after the jump.

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I was originally going to stay out of all of this Texas 2008* Big 12 Championship stuff because it was last season and really, who cares anymore?

Well I found this story just too funny and pretty much sums up how we all should feel about this.

On Monday Coach Stoops was asked about all the hubbub about the * and what he thinks about it. Well Coach Stoops gave a great one liner that sums up how we all should probably feel about this.

It doesn’t matter to me at all. I know there isn’t one (an asterisk) on ours. I know where the trophy is.

So guys just remember, we know where the trophy is.

So the Final Four is set and ready to go. We have a tight race in the 1st Annual Crimson & Cream Machine Bracket contest with a possible Sooner related prize*.

*(Prize is still pending, might just be some respect)

So here are the current standings after the first weekend of action:

So we have a tie at first place and they both have the same possible point remaining, however; ThunderMav has North Carolina winning it all while ReddirtSooners has UCONN winning it all.

Next Monday we could have a title game of UNC and UCONN which would make for some drama in our challenge. Those two are the only two that have a shot at winning since the rest of us with teams remaining are the same as those two. A Championship matchup of Michigan St and Villanova would produce a tie though.

I will take some suggestions for a prize if there is something you guys think would make for a good prize in the comments. In the mean time, thanks for playing.

We are done with the first two rounds of the tournament which means we now have some standings for the 1st Annual Crimson & Cream Machine Bracket contest with a possible Sooner related prize*

So here are the current standings after the first weekend of action:

1. ThunderMav - 53 points with 14/16 Sweet 16
2. Redhawk's  - 52 points with 15/16 Sweet 16
   
3. nmajdan - 50 points with 14/16 Sweet 16
   
4. boomer1 & ReddirtSooners - 49 points with 13/16 Sweet 16
   
5. fourth place tie
   
6. Alasooner - 48 points with 13/16 Sweet 16
   
7. SoonersNews - 48 with 12/16 Sweet 16
   
8. Jubanator14 & SoonerT - 47 points with 11 Sweet 16
9. eighth place tie
10. No love for AJ - 46 with 12/16 Sweet 16

So we have a tight race for the maybe prize. If you would like to check out the group and follow it over the weekend, follow this link and it should let you see it. If it doesn't I'll bring another update next Monday.