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With only 10 days remaining until the beginning of what should be a historic and even controversial Olympic Games, it feels necessary to guide you to the biggest athletic and political storylines of the games so you can be sure to witness history as it is made in Rio 2016. There are a lot of opportunities so fry your pastels (brazilian snack, look it up), find a comfy spot on the couch, and prepare to be glued to athletic greatness for 16 straight days of history. The Two GOATs of Gymnastics Maybe I am biased, but nothing says Olympics quite like gymnastics taking the spotlight of athleticism. This year, legends will not be born but will be immortalized. In the women's team competition the heavy favorite is the US team led by Olympic veterans Gaby Douglas (London 2012 All-Around Champion) and Aly Raisman (team captain), but they aren't the legends. Simone Biles has won three straight World All-Around Titles and has cemented herself as one of the greatest female gymnasts ever...

In 2012, four colleges left the Big 12 Conference for other conferences and in return, the Big 12 only added two teams (West Virginia and TCU) which would, in reality, only make them a Big 10...but that name is already taken by a conference now consisting of 14 teams. Conference names aside, the Big 12 has seemed less than big in recent years as the conference has been arguably overlooked on many fronts. Notably in college football, the traditional powerhouses of Texas and Oklahoma State have faltered over the past few years, not living up to their own hype. Though Oklahoma has remained powerful and the likes of Baylor and TCU gaining ground, the new National Championship Selection Committee has overlooked the Big 12 already twice. Most pertinent was in the 2014 season with TCU and Baylor as legitimate one loss teams being passed up because of strength of schedule and no conference championship game. Now the Big 12 is looking to do something about reclaiming their conferencial legi...