Yahoo Sports discloses a four-month investigation they held into the financial ties involving NFL agent Gary Wichard, former North Carolina assistant coach John Blake, Tar Heels defensive tackle Marvin Austin and current Seattle Seahawks defensive tackle Kentwan Balmer.

Their investigation uncovers a money trail into financial ties between Wichard and Blake as early as 2007. Yahoo Sports also uncovers benefits received by Austin in 2009 that might violate NCAA and NFLPA rules.

The entire article can be read here, with supporting documents shown here.

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Once Colorado and Nebraska depart the Big XII, it has been announced the conference will adopt a round-robin nine-game conference schedule.

Future conference schedules will be released soon. It looks like the divisional format will be abandoned now that there will only be ten teams in the conference.

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The Bryan-College Station Eagle breaks down tonight's Big XII matchup between Texas A&M and Oklahoma State, that has become a bigger game than originally anticipated.

Both schools are 3-0, and are in the South division of the conference that has seen Texas stumble against UCLA, and Oklahoma eke out narrow victories in three of its four game thus far.

The matchup is scheduled for tonight at 7:30pm ET in Stillwater, Okla.

- Fred Sakai