2008 Big 12 Championship Game The 2008 Dr . Pepper Big 12 Championship Game was held on December 6 , 2008 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City , Missouri , and pitted two of the divisional winners from the Big 12 Conference : the Missouri Tigers , winner of the North division against the Oklahoma Sooners , co - champion of the South division . Kickoff was scheduled for 8PM EST / 5pm PST , and was televised by ABC as part of its " Saturday Night Football " package . Per Big 12 policy , the Big 12 South Champion was declared the home team because the game took place in a home state of a Big 12 North team . Entering the game , designated " home " teams were 8 – 4 in Big 12 Championship Game s . Selection process . The Big 12 Championship Game matched up the winners of the " North " and " South " divisions of the Big 12 Conference . The game was first played in 1996 , when the conference was formed from the previous Big 8 plus four teams from the disbanded Southwest Conference . The championship game was somewhat modeled on the SEC format , which was the first conference in college football to have a conference championship game . Six Division I FBS conferences currently have championship games — the ACC , Big Ten , C - USA , MAC , Pac - 12 , and SEC . However , the Big 12 title game ended after the 2010 edition . A major conference realignment that started in 2010 and carried over into 2011 saw the Big 12 drop to 10 members , below the 12 required by NCAA rules for a conference championship game . The same realignment saw the Big Ten and former Pac - 10 expand to 12 teams each ; both conferences will hold their first championship games in 2011 . Regular season . The Big 12 South representative in the game is the 2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team . This was the 114th year of season play for the Sooners who were led by head coach Bob Stoops , a two - time Walter Camp Coach of the Year award winner . The team was led on offense by quarterback Sam Bradford , and played their homes games at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman , Oklahoma . The team finished their regular season 11 - 1 ( 7 - 1 , Big 12 ) , with the only loss coming to the Texas Longhorns . ( see " South Division 3 - way - tie controversy " section below ) They enter the game ranked # 2 in the BCS and Coaches poll , and # 4 in the AP poll . The Big 12 North representative in the championship game is the 2008 Missouri Tigers Missouri Tigers football team . The team was coached by Gary Pinkel , who returned in his eighth season with Mizzou , and played their home games at Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium . Quarterback Chase Daniel returned for his final year of eligibility and led the Tigers to a second appearance in the Big 12 Championship Game . The Tigers ended the regular season with a record of 9 - 3 ( 5 - 3 , Big 12 ) , with losses coming to Oklahoma State , Texas , and Kansas . They enter the game ranked # 20 in the BCS , # 17 in the Coaches poll , and # 19 in the AP poll . South Division 3 - way - tie controversy . Oklahoma , Texas , Texas Tech all finished the season with identical 7 – 1 conference records , creating a three - way tie for the South division championship . Under Big 12 tiebreaker rules , ties are normally broken by head - to - head matchups , but this case was unique as Texas beat Oklahoma 45 – 35 , Oklahoma beat Texas Tech 65 – 21 , and Texas Tech beat Texas 39 – 33 , which made breaking the three - way tie impossible using head - to - head results . Because the first four tie - breakers did not dictate a winner , Big 12 rules dictated that the fifth tie - breaker was that the team with the highest BCS Ranking , based on the standings released on November 30 of that year , would represent the South Division . This in turn meant that coaches , journalists and computer rankings , which are the components of the BCS ranking formula , decided the South Division representative . Texas Tech , Texas , and Oklahoma were all presented Big 12 South Champion trophies from the Big 12 . During the final week of the Big 12 regular season , Oklahoma defeated a tough Oklahoma State , and Texas defeated a much softer Texas A & M delivering a sufficiently higher computer rating to Oklahoma .