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Big 12 grants some changes to 2016 football schedule

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — We knew the opponents but the sequence was newsworthy when the Big 12 announced its 2016 football schedule Tuesday.

Most notably, the Baylor game arrives at the end of the year, perhaps making weather a factor—and also raising the prospect of a game impacting the Big 12 championship or the College Football Playoff.

The Mountaineers scheduled a bye before BYU and the conference slotted another three weeks later before the Texas Tech game. Two byes before the fifth game sounds unbalanced, but that’s the luck of the draw.

The Oklahoma game, after serving as the Big 12 opener for two seasons, shifts toward the back end at Nov. 19. But apparently there’s one thing that will never change: Thanksgiving with the Cyclones.

Date Opponent Location
Sat., Sept. 3    Missouri     Morgantown
Sat., Sept. 10    Youngstown State     Morgantown
Sat., Sept. 24    BYU     Landover, Md.
Sat., Oct. 1    Kansas State     Morgantown
Sat., Oct. 15    at Texas Tech     Lubbock, Texas
Sat., Oct. 22    TCU     Morgantown
Sat., Oct. 29    at Oklahoma State     Stillwater, Okla.
Sat., Nov. 5    Kansas     Morgantown
Sat., Nov. 12    at Texas     Austin, Texas
Sat., Nov. 19    Oklahoma     Morgantown
Sat., Nov. 26    at Iowa State     Ames, Iowa
Sat., Dec. 3    Baylor     Morgantown




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