2010 Big 12 Championship Game
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The 2010 Big 12 Championship Game was played at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 4, 2010, at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas
to determine the 2010
football
champion of the Big 12 Conference
. It was the final championship game for the conference as two members of the Big 12 had announced their intentions to leave the Big 12. The South Division was represented by Oklahoma and the North Division was represented by Nebraska. Oklahoma defeated Nebraska 23-20 to win the final Big 12 Championship and claim their seventh Big 12 Title. It was Oklahoma's eighth appearance in the game.
. During June 2010, however, Nebraska
and Colorado
announced that they would leave the Big 12 for other conferences in 2011. Because NCAA rules require that a conference have twelve members in order to stage a football championship game, it was announced on September 30, 2010, that the Big 12 will no longer have a conference championship game, starting with the 2011 football season.
Arlington, Texas
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to determine the 2010
2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season
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football
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champion of the Big 12 Conference
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...
. It was the final championship game for the conference as two members of the Big 12 had announced their intentions to leave the Big 12. The South Division was represented by Oklahoma and the North Division was represented by Nebraska. Oklahoma defeated Nebraska 23-20 to win the final Big 12 Championship and claim their seventh Big 12 Title. It was Oklahoma's eighth appearance in the game.
2010 conference realignment impact
From 2009 through 2013, the Big 12 Championship Game was scheduled to be played at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TexasArlington, Texas
Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas within the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area. According to the 2010 census results, the city had a population of 365,438, making it the third largest municipality in the Metroplex...
. During June 2010, however, Nebraska
Nebraska Cornhuskers
The Nebraska Cornhuskers is the name given to several sports teams of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The university is a member of the Big Ten Conference...
and Colorado
Colorado Buffaloes
The University of Colorado Boulder sponsors 16 varsity sports teams. Both men's and women's team are called the Buffaloes or Golden Buffaloes . "Lady Buffs" referred to the women's teams beginning in the 1970s, but was officially dropped in 1993...
announced that they would leave the Big 12 for other conferences in 2011. Because NCAA rules require that a conference have twelve members in order to stage a football championship game, it was announced on September 30, 2010, that the Big 12 will no longer have a conference championship game, starting with the 2011 football season.