2012 Telangana protests, Telangana March, Demonstration
Although police sealed nearly all entrances to Necklace Road (opening only the Buddha Bhavan route), by 4 pm about 200,000 protestors – including party leaders and their supporters – reached the venue from all routes. The police were attacked by both sides and ceded Necklace Road to the protesters, who marched to Jal Vihar. According to police, protesters torched two police vehicles at People's Plaza on Necklace Road. Protestors also set afire two media outdoor broadcasting vans, machinery and the temporary cabin room of a construction company, and tried to set a local train at the Khairatabad railway station ablaze.


2012 Telangana protests, Telangana March, Demonstration
At the railway's Hussainsagar junction cabin, about 1,000 Telangana supporters overpowered over 100 uniformed men in the area and burnt down the cabin after assaulting railway staff. The signalling system was damaged, with officials estimating the loss at about ₹ 6 million. All Telugu news channels covering the march were blocked by police, apparently to prevent the spread of violence to other parts of the city.


2012 Telangana protests, Telangana March, Demonstration
Addressing the crowd, M. Kodandaram said that peaceful and disciplined soldiers were fighting for Telangana statehood. He said that they did not want to indulge in violence, despite hurdles erected by police to prevent people from attending the march. Kodandaram alleged that some conspirators from other parts of the state had infiltrated the demonstration, trying to incite violence which would be blamed on the protestors. He begged the crowd not to destroy public property or attack members of the media.


2012 Telangana protests, Telangana March, Demonstration
Seven pm came and went, and TJAC leaders refused to leave the venue until the government issued a statement on Telangana. Police first used water cannons and later lobbed tear gas shells on the crowd and on to the stage to force the protestors to leave the venue. They called off the march at midnight, citing heavy rain and injuries. Seeing a helicopter circle over the venue several times, some protestors speculated that the government seeded the clouds to produce heavy rain.


2012 Telangana protests, Telangana March, Demonstration
The TJAC declared a bandh for the next two days, vowing to launch a region-wide hunger strike and announcing that the agitation would take a more-serious turn if the police continued to repress them. Kodandaram demanded the resignation of ministers from the region and pressure on the central government to grant statehood. Police officials said that their obstacles reduced the number of protestors, which would have been much larger otherwise.


2012 Telangana protests, Telangana March, Aftermath
The following day, local police filed 15 charges against Kodandaram and others for extending the end of the march from the permitted 7 pm to midnight and for violence during the march. Railway police also filed charges against unidentified persons for damage to the signalling system at Lakdikapul. Cases have been booked for unlawful assembly, rioting, arson, mischief with fire and criminal conspiracy. Other charges include attempted murder, since several policemen (including an IPS official) were injured. Cases were also booked against student leaders of TSJAC, OUJAC, Telangana Vidyarti Parishad and TVV. The bandh had little response in Hyderabad, and was only partial in Telangana districts. Osmania University students again threw rocks, and police retaliated with tear gas.


2012 Telangana protests, Telangana March, Aftermath
According to TJAC convenor Swamy Goud, the rally was ineffectively led and troublemakers should have been controlled more assertively. Goud said that it indicated the need for stronger leadership, and appealed to KCR to lead from the front. Goud later joined the TRS, and KCR chose him as the party's MLC candidate for the region's upcoming elections.


2012 Telangana protests, December meeting
On 28 December 2012, a meeting was organized by Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde to discuss the Telangana issue. The meeting was attended by eight political parties with significant presence in the state legislature. After hearing out all parties, Shinde said that it would be the final meeting on the issue and the government would reach a decision within 30 days. At the meeting, MIM and CPI(M) reiterated their opposition to the division of the state. YSR Congress remained neutral, and asked the central government to make a decision.


2012 Telangana protests, December meeting
Congress representatives presented conflicting views, with one supporting the division and one opposing it. TDP representatives presented a letter from its president saying that it had never withdrawn its 2008 letter to Pranab Mukharjee supporting a Telangana state. The Telangana Joint Action Committee demanded more clarity from Telugu Desam Party before admitting it to the committee.


2012 Telavi Open
The 2012 Telavi Open will be a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It is the fifth edition of the tournament which is part of the 2012 ITF Women's Circuit. It takes place in Telavi, Georgia on 24–30 September 2012.


2012 Telavi Open, WTA entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Telavi Open – Doubles
Elena Bogdan and Mihaela Buzărnescu were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.


2012 Telavi Open – Doubles
Réka-Luca Jani and Christina Shakovets won the title, defeating Ekaterina Dzehalevich and Oksana Kalashnikova in the final, 3–6, 6–4, [10–6].


2012 Telavi Open – Singles
Alexandra Panova was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2012 Telavi Open – Singles
Elina Svitolina won the title, defeating Lesia Tsurenko in the final, 6–1, 6–2.


2012 Telkom Knockout
The 2012 Telkom Knockout is a football (soccer) knockout competition which comprised the 16 teams in the South African Premier Soccer League. It was the 21st tournament, and the 7th under the Telkom Knockout name. The tournament is effectively South Africa's league cup, as entry is open only to clubs in the top league. The cup is usually played in the first half of the season. The tournament began on 17 October and ended on 1 December 2012.


2012 Telkom Knockout
In all matches there has to be a winner on the day, this will be decided if there is a winner after full-time (90 minutes). If teams are tied at full-time then extra time will be played, penalties will decide the winner if the scores are still even (there is no golden goal rule).


2012 Telkom Knockout, Teams
The 16 teams that competed in the Telkom Knockout competition are: (listed in alphabetical order).


2012 Telkom Knockout, Results, First round
The draw for the first round was done on 9 October 2012. The first round matches took place from 19–23 October.


2012 Telkom Knockout, Results, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarterfinal was done at Loftus Stadium in Pretoria on Tuesday 23 October 2012. The quarter-finals took place on 2, 3 and 4 November 2012.


2012 Telkom Knockout, Results, Semi-finals
The draw for the Semi-Finals took place on Monday 5 November 2012. The semi-finals took take place on 17 and 18 November 2012.


2012 Telus Cup
The 2012 Telus Cup was Canada's 34th annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship played April 23–29, 2012 at Leduc, Alberta. The Red Deer Optimist Rebels completed an improbable comeback in the gold medal game, scoring four unanswered goals in the third period en route to 6-5 double overtime win over the Phénix du Collège Esther-Blondin. It was Red Deer's first gold medal after three previous silver medal finishes.


2012 Telus Cup, Road to the Telus Cup, Atlantic Region
Championship GameMoncton 5 - St. John's 1Moncton advances to Telus Cup


2012 Telus Cup, Road to the Telus Cup, Central Region
Semi FinalsLondon 3 - Missisauga 2Sudbury 5 - Whitby 2


2012 Telus Cup, Road to the Telus Cup, Central Region
Championship GameSudbury 4 - London 3Sudbury advances to Telus Cup


2012 Telus Cup, Road to the Telus Cup, West Region
Championship GameSaskatoon 5 - Southwest 1Saskatoon advances to Telus Cup


2012 Telus Cup, Road to the Telus Cup, Pacific Region
Playoff held April 6–8, 2012 at Red Deer Arena in Red Deer, Alberta.


2012 Temple Owls football team
The 2012 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls were led by second-year head coach Steve Addazio and played their home games at Lincoln Financial Field. This season marked the Owls' first season as members of the Big East Conference since they were forced out of the conference following the 2004 season. They finished the season 4–7, 2–5 in Big East play to finish in a tie for sixth place.


2012 Temple Owls football team, Previous season
They finished the season 9–4, 5–3 in MAC play to finish in second place in the East Division. They were invited to the New Mexico Bowl where they defeated Wyoming 37–15. It was the school's first bowl win since the 1979 Garden State Bowl.


2012 Tennessee State Tigers football team
The 2012 Tennessee State Tigers football team represented Tennessee State University as a member of the a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Rod Reed and played their home games at LP Field and Hale Stadium. Tennessee State finished the season 8–3 overall and 4–3 in OVC play to place fifth.


2012 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team
The 2012 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Technological University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Watson Brown and played their home games at Tucker Stadium. They are a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 3–8, 1–7 in OVC play to finish in a tie for eighth place.


2012 Tennessee Titans season
The 2012 Tennessee Titans season was the franchise's 43rd season in the National Football League, the 53rd overall, the 16th in the state of Tennessee and the second under head coach Mike Munchak. It was also the last full season under the ownership of Bud Adams, who died on October 21, 2013. The Titans failed to improve on their 9–7 record in 2011 and were eliminated from postseason contention in Week 14.


2012 Tennessee Titans season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. New England Patriots
Jake Locker's first NFL start was a rough affair; he was 23–32 for 229 yards and a 29-yard touchdown to Nate Washington. The Patriots forced a fumble by Locker near the Titans goal line and Dont'a Hightower grabbed the ball and scored. The Patriots behind Tom Brady's 236 passing yards and 125 rushing yards from Stevan Ridley won 34–14. Chris Johnson was limited to just four rushing yards on 11 carries.


2012 Tennessee Titans season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 5: at Minnesota Vikings
at Mall of America Field at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota


2012 Tennessee Titans season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Houston Texans
With the loss, the Titans fell to 4–8 and were swept by the Texans for the first time since 2004.


2012 Tennessee Volunteers football team
The 2012 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Volunteers played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee and competed in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was coached by Derek Dooley, who was in his third season with Tennessee. On November 18, 2012 Dooley was fired after 11 games following a 41–18 loss to in-state rival Vanderbilt. Dooley ended his three-year tenure at Tennessee with losing records of 15–21 overall and 4-19 in the SEC. Offensive coordinator Jim Chaney was named interim head coach for the final game of the season against Kentucky. The season was Tennessee's third consecutive losing season, a streak the program had not matched since 1909-1911.


2012 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, NC State
The Tennessee Volunteers opened the season in the Georgia Dome against NC State in the annual Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game. Junior college transfer WR Cordarrelle Patterson put a show early on in his debut as a Volunteer, catching a 41-yard touchdown as well as rushing for a 67-yard touchdown on a reverse, both during the first quarter. Tyler Bray threw for 333 passing yards with two touchdowns, including a 72-yard bomb to Zach Rogers, who beat NC State star cornerback David Amerson down the field.


2012 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Game summaries, NC State
The defense not only recorded a safety but also forced 4 interceptions by NC State quarterback Mike Glennon. Despite Bray losing a fumble at the end of the first half, Tennessee would continue to dominate the rest of the game. On the opening possession of the 2nd half, Rajion Neal rushed for an 8-yard touchdown, which would be followed by a 20-yard field goal by Michael Palardy to extend the Vol's lead to 32-14. NC State responded in the 4th when Glennon threw a touchdown to Bryan Underwood to whittle Tennessee's lead down to 32-21. Too bad for Glennon he would also throw 2 of his 4 interceptions during the 4th quarter, and after one more Palardy field goal, Tennessee would go on to win 35-21.


2012 Tennis Napoli Cup
The 2012 Tennis Napoli Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 16th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Naples, Italy between 23 and 29 April 2012.


2012 Tennis Napoli Cup, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Tennis Napoli Cup – Doubles
Travis Rettenmaier and Simon Stadler were the defending champions but decided not to participate. Laurynas Grigelis and Alessandro Motti won the final 6–4, 6–4 against Rameez Junaid and Igor Zelenay.


2012 Tennis Napoli Cup – Singles
Thomas Schoorel was the defending champion. Andrey Kuznetsov won the final 7–6(8–6), 7–6(8–6) against Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy.


2012 Tercera División play-offs
The 2012 Tercera División play-offs to Segunda División B from Tercera División (Promotion play-offs) were the final playoffs for the promotion from 2011–12 Tercera División to 2012–13 Segunda División B. The first four teams in each group (excluding reserve teams) took part in the play-off.


2012 Tercera División play-offs, Format
The eighteen group winners have the opportunity to be promoted directly to Segunda División B. The eighteen group winners were drawn into a two-legged series where the nine winners will promote to Segunda División B. The nine losing clubs will enter the play-off round for the last nine promotion spots.


2012 Tercera División play-offs, Format
The eighteen runners-up were drawn against one of the seventeen fourth-placed clubs outside their group and the eighteen third-placed clubs were drawn against one another in a two-legged series. The twenty-seven winners will advance with the nine losing clubs from the champions' series to determine the eighteen teams that will enter the last two-legged series for the last nine promotion spots. In all the playoff series, the lower-ranked club play at home first. Whenever there is a tie in position (e.g. like the group winners in the champions' series or the third-placed teams in the first round), a draw determines the club to play at home first.


2012 Tercera División play-offs, Group Winners Promotion Play-off, Qualified teams
The draw took place in the RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas (Madrid), on 14 May 2012, 17:00 CEST.


2012 Tercera División play-offs, Group Winners Promotion Play-off, Matches
The aggregate winners will be promoted to Segunda División B. The aggregate losers were relegated to the Non-champions Promotion Play-Off Second Round.


2012 Tercera División play-offs, Non-champions Promotion Play-off, First round, Qualified teams
The draw took place in the RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas (Madrid), on 14 May 2012, 17:00 CEST.


2012 Tercera División play-offs, Non-champions Promotion Play-off, Second round, Qualified teams
The draw will be held in the RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas (Madrid), on 28 May 2012.


2012 Tercera División play-offs, Non-champions Promotion Play-off, Final round, Qualified teams
The draw took place in the RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas (Madrid), on 11 June 2012.


2012 Terengganu FA season
The 2012 season was Terengganu's 2nd season in the Malaysia Super League, and their 18th consecutive season in the top-flight of Malaysian football. In addition, they were competing in the domestic tournaments, the 2012 Malaysia FA Cup and the 2012 Malaysia Cup


2012 Terengganu FA season, Competitions, Super League
The fixtures for the 2012 season were announced on 10 January 2012.


2012 Terengganu FA season, Competitions, Malaysia Cup
A total of 16 teams took part in the competition. The teams were divided into 4 groups of 4 teams. The group leaders and runners-up teams in the groups after 6 matches qualified to the quarterfinals.


2012 Tetra Pak Tennis Cup
The 2012 Tetra Pak Tennis Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Campinas, Brazil between 17 and 23 September 2012.


2012 Tetra Pak Tennis Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Tetra Pak Tennis Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry as a special exempt into the singles main draw:


2012 Tetra Pak Tennis Cup – Doubles
Marcel Felder and Caio Zampieri were the defending champions but they decided not to participate together. Felder played alongside Máximo González, while Zampieri partnered up with Henrique Meloni. Marcelo Demoliner and João Souza won the title, defeating Marcel Felder and Máximo González 6–1, 7–5 in the final.


2012 Tetra Pak Tennis Cup – Singles
Máximo González is the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals this year. Guido Pella won the title, defeating Leonardo Kirche 6–4, 6–0 this year.


2012 Tevlin Women's Challenger
The 2012 Tevlin Women's Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 8th edition of the tournament and part of the 2012 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between October 29 and November 4, 2012.


2012 Tevlin Women's Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Tevlin Women's Challenger – Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski and Marie-Ève Pelletier were the defending champions. Pelletier chose not to participate, so Dabrowski partnered with Alla Kudryavtseva and won the title 6–2, 7–6(7–2) over Eugenie Bouchard and Jessica Pegula.


2012 Tevlin Women's Challenger – Singles
Amra Sadiković was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2012 Tevlin Women's Challenger – Singles
Eugenie Bouchard won the all-Canadian final 6–1, 6–2 over Sharon Fichman.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team
The 2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies were led by first-year head coach Kevin Sumlin in their first year as a member of the Southeastern Conference, playing in the SEC's Western Division. They played their home games at Kyle Field. Because the Aggies scheduled 2 FCS opponents they needed 7 wins in the regular season to become eligible for postseason competition (if they beat both FCS teams); Texas A&M won 10 games in the regular season (including both games against FCS opponents) and thus became bowl-eligible.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team
During the off-season, in anticipation of the demand for tickets from students and to comply with SEC rules, Texas A&M reallocated some student seating sections netting a gain of 128 seats and bringing the student section to 30,284 seats, the largest in the nation.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team
On March 27, 2012 Texas A&M announced that season tickets were sold out, making it the earliest sellout in school history.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team
The 2012 football season was highly successful for the Aggies. The team went 11–2, with victories over the then number one team in the nation Alabama and in the 2013 Cotton Bowl Classic over the Oklahoma Sooners. A&M's starting quarterback, Johnny Manziel, became the first freshman to be awarded the Heisman Trophy, and only the second Aggie player ever to win the Heisman. Texas A&M's 5th-place finish in the AP Poll was the highest for the program since 1956.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Before the season, Previous season
In 2011, Texas A&M began the season ranked 8th in the AP Poll and 9th in the Coaches Poll. They won their first two games, but fell to ranked opponents Oklahoma State and Arkansas. The Aggies won the next three, including a 55–28 victory over rival and #20 ranked Baylor. However, A&M could not sustain success and fell in its next three, with losses to #7 Oklahoma and #17 Kansas State in 4 overtimes. After beating Kansas, Texas A&M lost its final regular season rivalry game with Texas 25–27. Following this defeat, 4-year head coach Mike Sherman was fired, and replaced by Kevin Sumlin. The Aggies went on to defeat Northwestern in the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas with Tim DeRuyter as interim head coach. Texas A&M finished 7–6, unranked, and tied for 6th in the Big XII.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Before the season, 2012 NFL Draft
Four Texas A&M players were drafted in the 2012 NFL Draft.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Before the season, 2012 NFL Draft
After the draft, five Aggies were signed as undrafted free agents.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Before the season, Spring practice
Spring Practice began on March 31 and ended with the annual Maroon & White game on April 28. It also included an open scrimmage on April 14 and the Friday Night Lights game on April 20. Senior RB Christine Michael's practice was limited, due to recovering from a torn ACL.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Before the season, Spring practice
In the Maroon & White game, the white (offense) edged out the maroon (defense) 48–44, with the offense running over 100 plays in the first half. Ryan Swope had 8 catches for 156 yards and 2 TDs. The game was also a showcase for the battle between quarterbacks Jameill Showers and Johnny Manziel, with the former tossing 2 TDs to Malcome Kennedy and Ryan Swope, and the latter also having 1 TD to Swope.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Before the season, Spring practice
Top RB Christine Michael did not play, but other backs Ben Malena and Will Randolph still combined for 3 TDs behind a dominant offensive line led by tackle Luke Joeckel. Showers finished 20 of 31 for 203 yards and 2 TDs, while Manziel was 13 of 27 for 154 yards with 1 TD and 1 INT. Mark Snyder's new defense was led in tackles by sophomore Donnie Baggs (8) and senior Steven Jenkins (9). Senior Jonathan Stewart, sophomore Domonique Patterson, and sophomore Johntel Franklin each contributed 6 tackles and senior LB Sean Porter had 2, both sacks.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Before the season, Fall practice
Fall training camp began on August 3 and ended on August 18. By August, Texas A&M had 8 different players on preseason award watch lists: Sean Porter for the Chuck Bednarik Award; Uzoma Nwachukwu and Ryan Swope for the Biletnikoff Award; Damontre Moore and Sean Porter for the Butkus Award; Luke Joeckel, Jake Matthews, and Sean Porter for the Lombardi Award; Christine Michael for the Maxwell Award; Sean Porter for the Bronco Nagurski Award; Luke Joeckel and Jake Matthews for the Outland Trophy; Patrick Lewis for the Rimington Trophy; and Christine Michael for the Doak Walker Award.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Personnel, Recruiting class
In the 2012 recruiting class, Texas A&M recruited 19 players, 5 of which were included in the ESPN 150. The class was ranked 15th in the nation by ESPN and Rivals, and 21st nationally by Scout.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Florida
After Texas A&M's season opener against Louisiana Tech was postponed due to Hurricane Isaac, the Aggies began the season against SEC opponent #24 Florida. This was a historic start for redshirt freshman quarterback Johnny Manziel, who won the job in Fall practice. Manziel was the first freshman QB to start a season-opener for the Aggies since 1944. Texas A&M played well in the first half and saw promising performances from both the offense and defense, but they could not sustain the success and were held scoreless in the second half, ultimately falling 20–17 to lose their first ever SEC conference game.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Florida
Texas A&M received the ball on the opening kickoff. Their first play from scrimmage in the SEC was a false start on center Patrick Lewis; however, the offense was not slowed by this misstep and had a 14-play, 66-yard opening drive, highlighted by a 16-yard run from Johnny Manziel. On 3rd and goal from the 7, Manziel completed a pass into the endzone to an open Mike Evans, but Manziel was past the line of scrimmage, causing an Illegal Forward Pass penalty and a 4th down.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Florida
Fellow redshirt freshman Taylor Bertolet made the 27-yard field goal to put the Aggies on the board first. Texas  A&M's defense struggled early, though, and with the help of a few long passes from Florida QB Jeff Driskel, the Gators had a 13-play, 75-yard drive capped of by a Mike Gillislee 4-yard TD run to take the lead 7–3. But the Aggies' offense showed no signs of slowing, as they drove all the way to the Florida 14 before the 1st Quarter ended.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Florida
Three plays into the 2nd Quarter and the Aggies had scored their first SEC touchdown—an 11-yard scramble by Johnny Manziel. Texas A&M took the lead back 10–7. Florida's next series began with Jeff Driskel being sacked by DE Damontre Moore. The Gators didn't move far before Driskel was sacked twice more, first by Steven Jenkens and then a second time by Moore, forcing a punt. On A&M's next drive, Manziel connected with freshman RB Trey Williams for 28 yards and then on a trick play, WR Kenric McNeal completed a pass to Mike Evans for 27.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Florida
Near the goal line, the Aggies pounded the ball in with senior RB Christine Michael to extend the lead, 17–7. On the next possession, Driskel was again sacked by Moore, but made up the yardage with a long 30-yard pass to Jordan Reed. At the A&M 28, Driskel was sacked for the fifth time of the game by senior DT Spencer Nealy.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Florida
On 4th and 12 at A&M's 33, the Gators' Caleb Sturgis attempted a long 51-yard field goal and missed; however, Texas A&M took a timeout prior to the snap, and on his second try Sturgis knocked it home to reduce the Aggies' lead to 17–-10. Back on offense, the Aggies could not get down the field before the half ended; the score still 17–10 Texas A&M.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Florida
Florida received the ball coming back from the half, and wasted no time moving the ball downfield on the ground, highlighted by Mike Gillislee rushing for 24 and Driskel scrambling for 12. Ultimately the drive stalled inside the 10 and Florida had to settle for another Sturgis field goal, chipping the lead down to 17–13. Texas A&M's offense never got going in the second half however, and their first possession gained only 8 yards, forcing the first put of the game for Ryan Epperson.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Florida
The teams traded defensive blows for the next few possessions: Florida's 2nd of the half gained only 11 after Driskel was sacked 2 more times by Nealy and Porter. A&M totaled −1 on their ensuing drive, and after the Gators received the punt, they could not sustain the ground attack and gave the ball back to the Aggies for a possession stifled by a personal foul penalty to end the 3rd Quarter. The Aggies were clinging to a 4-point lead, 17–13.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Florida
The 4th Quarter began with Manziel being sacked by Lerentee McCray, and the Aggies promptly punting. Starting with good field position at their own 38, the Gators' passing game came through and Driskel completed a 39-yard bomb to Omarius Hines down to the A&M 18. After a short Solomon Patton rush, Mike Gillislee took a pitch to the right side and tip-toed in bounds to score a 12-yard TD and take the lead 20–17. The A&M offense could not find an answer to the tough Gator defense and had to punt on the next drive.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Florida
The Aggie defense did prevent Florida from extending the lead (due in part to yet another Driskel sack, his 8th of the game, this time by safety Floyd Raven Sr.) and gave the offense another chance. After 2 no-gain plays, Manziel scrambled for just over 9 yards and was marked just short of the 1st down. Unable to convert, they gave it back to Florida, who was again held to only 3 yards to give the Aggies one last chance with 6:10 remaining in the game.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Florida
The drive looked hopeful: a few short gains moved the sticks twice, but after a false start on Lewis, the Aggies could not convert. On their own 39, they were forced to punt with only 3:13 left on the clock. Once the Gators got the ball, the Aggie defense could not slow them, giving up a 15-yard facemask penalty, a 12-yard Patton run, and a 21-yard Driskel rush, which allowed Florida to kneel the ball and take the rest of the time off the clock, ending the game 20–17.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Florida
Johnny Manziel finished the game 23-of-30 for 173 yards (his lowest total of the season) with no touchdowns or interceptions. He led the team in rushing yards with 60 on 17 attempts, averaging 3.5 (his 2nd lowest of the season). Mike Evans led the team in receiving with 7 catches for 60 yards. Notably, Damontre Moore had a career-high 3.0 sacks and a then-career-high 10.0 tackles, pitching in to the Aggies' 8.0 total sacks for a loss of 48 yards. He received the SEC Co-Defensive Lineman of the Week award for his performance. The loss dropped A&M's all-time record against Florida to 1–2. Although the Aggies began their SEC debut with a tough loss, hopes were still high for Kevin Sumlin's new team, and freshman QB Johnny Manziel looked promising.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, SMU
Following their loss to Florida, the Aggies took on non-conference opponent SMU. The offense got off to a slow start, but came to life in the 2nd Quarter. After the Aggies scored 27 unanswered points, SMU made a field goal to get their only points of the game. A&M scored 21 more afterwards to make it a 48–3 rout. Johnny Manziel set an A&M freshman passing record with 294 yards and helped improve the Aggies' record to 1–1.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, SMU
Texas A&M received the ball to start the game; however, the offense struggled for the first few possessions of the game. After losing 6 yards on a pass to Thomas Johnson, Manziel rushed for 11 but could not convert the 3rd and 16, forcing the first drive of the game to end in a punt. The Aggie defense looked strong though, and with SMU on 3rd and 8, DE Damontre Moore shined again, sacking quarterback Garrett Gilbert for a loss of 9.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, SMU
A&M then moved the chains once, but after a Manziel sack by Taylor Reed and a false start, they once again could not convert a 3rd and long. Deep in their own territory, the Mustangs put together a stronger 33-yard drive, but a series of incompletions forced yet another punt from Chase Hover. The Aggies' next drive was the most disastrous of the game, with a 7-yard Manziel sack by Margus Hunt and a False Start penalty, giving the drive a net gain of −12 yards.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, SMU
On SMU's next drive, Gilbert was sacked by DE Julien Obioha and fumbled the ball into the hands of SMU OL Ben Gottschalk for a loss of 5. With the ball back, Manziel completed a 38-yard pass to Mike Evans who bounced off of tackles to go down to the SMU 42-yard line. After failing to be able to run the ball, A&M attempted to convert a 4th and 2, but Manziel's pass to Malcome Kennedy was incomplete.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, SMU
After the Mustangs' offense was again stopped, they ended the quarter with a punt to A&M's Dustin Harris, who made a return for 20 yards before Kevin Pope forced a fumble into the hands of the Aggies' RB Trey Williams, who made an additional 17 yards on the return. The defense-dominated 1st Quarter ended at 0–0.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, SMU
In the beginning of the 2nd Quarter, it looked as if the A&M offense was finally threatening, with Manziel completing another long 30-yard pass down the right sideline to Mike Evans at the SMU 12. Unable to convert, however, the Aggies had to kick a short field goal from the 5, but freshman Taylor Bertolet missed the 23-yarder. After holding SMU to 9 yards and a punt, A&M seemed to struggle on offense again, until Manziel completed a 22-yard pass to Evans on 4th and 4.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, SMU
They finally started to click, and a few plays later Manziel completed a slant to senior WR Ryan Swope who split the safeties and gave A&M the first points of the game on a 29-yard TD. After a pair of SMU punts, Manziel started the drive with a 48-yard scramble TD, but Bertolet's PAT was blocked by Hunt. Only 3 plays later Aggie DB Tramain Jacobs intercepted Garrett Gilbert to let the Aggies go on a 7-play, 73-yard drive capped off by a 26-yard TD pass slung on the run by Manziel to senior WR Uzoma Nwachukwu. After driving 44 yards, the Mustangs attempted a field goal but Chase Hover missed the 48-yarder to end the half with Texas A&M leading 20–0.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, SMU
The Aggies forced a punt on SMU's first possession of the half. Back on offense the Aggies drove 37 yards, when, on 3rd and 9, Manziel shook off a would-be sack and threw an off-balance pass to Kenric McNeal, who avoided defenders to take the pass into the end zone for a 42-yard TD. On the Mustangs' next possession they drove 67 yards and scored their only points of the game on a Hover 25-yard field goal. On the ensuing drive, the Aggie offense continued to roll when Manziel ran for 25 yards and a 15-yard TD. For SMU, Gilbert was sacked by Moore, and then Dustin Harris returned the following punt for 36 yards. Later, Manziel connected with Nwachukwu for a 12-yard TD to extend the lead. The Mustangs finished the half down 41–3.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, SMU
In the 4th Quarter the Aggies subbed in the 2nd string offense. Quarterback Jameill Showers led the offense 80 yards down field (with impressive passes to Thomas Johnson for 15 and 22 yards) and Trey Williams scored on a 2-yard run. The Aggies forced a punt and took time off the clock. To finish out the half, A&M held SMU to a turnover on downs and took the rest of the time off the clock to finish the game 48–3.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, SMU
Johnny Manziel finished 20-of-36 for 294 yards and 4 TDs. He also rushed for an impressive 124 yards on 13 carries and 2 TDs. Evans and Swope had 6 catches for 123 yards and 5 catches for 70 yards and 1 TD, respectively. Damontre Moore had 2.0 sacks for a loss of 14. The victory improved A&M's all-time record against SMU to 43–29–7. Sumlin's Aggies seemed to be heating up, and the offense was looking more and more explosive being led by Manziel.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, South Carolina State
After a convincing win over SMU, the Aggies took on non-conference opponent and FCS team South Carolina State. The Bulldogs were 1–2 heading into the competition, and the Aggies 1–1.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, South Carolina State
The Aggies took the field on offense first and started strong, but stalled out after a −2-yard run by Ryan Swope and a sack on Manziel by Justin Hughes. SC State's first drive yielded 0 yards and resulted in a punt by Nick Belcher. After a 19-yard return from A&M senior DB Dustin Harris, the Aggies started their drive on the SC State 33-yard line. They ran the ball successfully, and scored the first touchdown of the game on a 4-yard run by Ben Malena.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, South Carolina State
The teams traded a few punts before the ball was back in the hands of Manziel and the A&M offense. The Aggies worked downfield, and Johnny Manziel capped off the drive by flipping 9-yard TD pass on the run to Uzoma Nwachukwu. When SC State went back on offense, they finally moved the ball effectively and had an explosive 17-yard run by Jalen Simmons for their first touchdown.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, South Carolina State
Texas A&M began the 2nd Quarter with a punt after struggling on offense, but it would be their last punt for the next 5 series. Following an unsuccessful drive by SC State, the Aggies had an explosive possession, highlighted by a 39-yard TD scramble by Manziel. After another Bulldog punt, the A&M offense exploded again. This time including a 23-yard pass to Thomas Johnson and yet another Manziel scramble, in which he went 20 yards and dove inside the right pylon for the touchdown.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, South Carolina State
Once again South Carolina State failed to get a 1st down, and the Aggies had another great drive capped off by Johnny Manziel zipping a pass to Kenric McNeal for a 30-yard TD. The Bulldogs had to punt again, and after a 35-yard return from Dustin Harris, the Aggies had the ball. On the first play of the drive Manziel tossed a screen pass to Nwachukwu, who hurdled a defender and went 37 yards for the TD. After forcing another punt (the Bulldogs' 5th in a row), A&M's offense had the ball with 2:08 left in the half. However, it was only about 30 seconds until Manziel handed the ball off to Ben Malena, who exploded up the middle, broke a tackle, and went for a 50-yard touchdown. The Aggies scored an incredible 35 points in the 2nd Quarter, and headed to halftime in the lead 49–7.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, South Carolina State
South Carolina State opened up the 2nd half on offense with a 16-yard drive which stalled out and ended with a punt. The Aggies came into the half playing much of the 2nd string offense, including QB Jameill Showers. Showers threw 2 incomplete passes, and then an interception to Dominique Mitchell. However, when SC State had the ball, they once again could not get a first down and were forced to punt. Nick Belcher made a rugby style punt to the A&M 4-yard line.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, South Carolina State
The ball was picked up by Dustin Harris, who swung to the right side of the field, cut through defenders, and sprinted up the right sideline for a 96-yard touchdown return (The 2nd longest in school history). The Bulldogs punted on their next possession, and the 2nd string Aggie offense went to work. They worked methodically worked their way down to the SC State 5-yard line to end the 3rd Quarter in the lead 56–7.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, South Carolina State
A&M began the 4th quarter with a 4th and 1 from the SC State 5-yard line. Showers handed the ball off to Christine Michael, who ran up the middle and pounded through SC State linebacker Joe Thomas for a 5-yard TD. When the Bulldogs got the ball back, they finally found success in the passing game: a 27-yard completion to Marcus Lloyd and a 39-yard touchdown throw to Lennel Elmore, which gave SC State their first points since the 1st Quarter.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, South Carolina State
The Aggies returned on offense giving experience to younger players, and ran 9 plays before turning the ball over on downs. On the first play of the ensuing drive for SC State, QB Richard Cue attempted to find TE Temarrick Hemingway, but sophomore Aggie DB Deshazor Everett jumped the route, picked off the ball, and ran it 22 yards for the touchdown. On the following SC State possession, the Aggies played many 2nd string defenders who made some impressive plays including back-to-back sacks by Tyrell Taylor and Ivan Robinson. After moving the ball 30 yards, they punted to the Aggies, who ran out the last minute on the clock to win the game by a whopping 70–14.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, South Carolina State
The Aggies were led in passing by Manziel who completed 15 of 20 for 174 yards and 3 TDs, and led in rushing by Malena who had 11 carries for 88 yards and 2 TDs. He was followed closely by Manziel himself who had 8 attempts for 78 yards and 2 TDs. A&M was led in receiving by Nwachukwu and Johnson who had 2 receptions for 46 yards and 2 TDs and 3 receptions for 42 yards respectively.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, South Carolina State
In addition, Dustin Harris broke both the school and 64-year standing SEC record for punt return yards in a game with 246 on 8 returns (an average of 30.75) while making the 2nd longest return in school history. Finally, Damontre Moore had 3 tackles for a loss including 1 sack. This was the first game Texas A&M ever played against South Carolina State, so their all-time record vs the Bulldogs is 1–0.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Arkansas
The game featured the former Southwest Conference rivals in their first conference matchup since 1991 (Arkansas' last year in the SWC).


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Arkansas
Though leading 10–7 after the first quarter, Arkansas would be shut out the remainder of the game in a blowout win for A&M. Johnny Manziel had a total of 453 yards passing and 104 yard rushing with a total of 3 touchdowns to lead the Aggies to a 58–10 win over Arkansas and led A&M to a 3–1 record.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Louisiana Tech
The game was originally scheduled for August 30, 2011. On August 28, 2012 the Louisiana Tech Athletic department announced that the game would be postponed to October 13, 2012 (previously a bye week for both teams) anticipating that Hurricane Isaac could make travel for the teams and fans difficult or that the game time weather could be hazardous.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State
In honor of the 2000 Independence Bowl (dubbed "The Snow Bowl" due to a freak snowstorm that hit the Shreveport area before game time, which was the last game between the two schools), Mississippi State received a waiver to wear all white uniforms despite being the home team. In response to the Mississippi State uniforms, Adidas (the uniform provider for both teams) approached A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin with the idea of an all-black uniform for the Aggies. The uniform configuration unveiled to the team as a surprise in the locker room before the game.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Alabama
Texas A&M and Alabama have a long history of football coaches being at both schools (Bear Bryant, Gene Stallings, and Dennis Franchione) and had met 4 times previously, but this was Texas A&M's first-ever trip to Tuscaloosa. This game was also Texas A&M's 12th-ever game against the #1 ranked team. The win catapulted quarterback Johnny Manziel into the national limelight and positioned him for serious Heisman trophy consideration.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team, Game summaries, Missouri
For the 3rd year in a row Texas A&M and Missouri played in College Station.


2012 Texas A&M Aggies women's soccer team
The 2012 Texas A&M Aggies women's soccer team represents Texas A&M University in the 2012 NCAA Division I women's college soccer season. The team belongs to the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and plays its home games at Ellis Field. The Aggies are led by G. Guerrieri, who has coached the team since the program's inception in 1993 (20 years).


2012 Texas A&M Aggies women's soccer team
The 2012 team has 22 roster players, with 14 scholarships to utilize between them.


2012 Texas A&M–Kingsville Javelinas football team
The 2012 Texas A&M–Kingsville Javelinas football team represented Texas A&M University–Kingsville in the 2012 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the Lone Star Conference.


2012 Texas Democratic presidential primary
The 2012 Texas Democratic presidential primary was held on May 29, 2012. Incumbent Barack Obama, who was running for the nomination without any major opposition, won the primary with 88.18% of the vote, and was awarded all of Texas' 287 delegates to the 2012 Democratic National Convention.


2012 Texas Longhorns football team
The 2012 Texas Longhorns football team (variously "Texas," "UT," the "Longhorns," or the "'Horns") represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Longhorns were led by 15th-year head coach Mack Brown and played their home games at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 9–4, 5–4 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for third place. They were invited to the Alamo Bowl where they defeated Oregon State.


2012 Texas Longhorns football team
The team's motto for the season was created by Longhorns players. The motto was R.I.S.E., which stood for words Relentless, Intensity, Sacrifice/Swagger, and Emotion.


2012 Texas Longhorns football team, Previous season
After the 2010 Texas Longhorns football team finished with the first losing season since 1997,  Texas began the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season unranked in the preseason Associated Press poll for the first time since 1998, although they ranked 24th in the preseason Coaches' Poll. Texas defeated its first four opponents, including two that they had previously lost to in 2010. Texas would go on a two-game losing skid against top 10 teams Oklahoma and Oklahoma State before winning against Kansas and Texas Tech.


2012 Texas Longhorns football team, Previous season
The game against Kansas was the first shutout for a Texas football team since beating Baylor 63-0 in 2005. Texas would once again enter a two-game losing skid before beating Texas A&M in the Lone Star Showdown. The Longhorns would lose to Baylor before becoming selected to play in the 2011 Holiday Bowl. Texas would go on to win 21-10 against California, finishing the season with an 8-5 record.


2012 Texas Longhorns football team, Previous season, Spring game
The annual Texas Orange–White spring game took place on April 1, 2012. However, the teams were named Horns and Texas. Quarterbacks David Ash, Case McCoy, and newly recruited Connor Brewer attempted passes during the game.


2012 Texas Longhorns football team, Previous season, Spring game
The Texas team won the coin toss and elected to receive the kickoff at the beginning of the game. They would eventually score first on a 60–yard run by wide receiver D.J. Monroe. The Texas team would hold the Horns scoreless after scoring two more touchdowns in the first and second quarters. However, the Horns recorded their first touchdown with 5:55 left in the second quarter. The Texas team would answer on special teams after Mykkele Thompson made a touchdown on a 99–yard kickoff return.


2012 Texas Longhorns football team, Previous season, Spring game
After halftime, both Texas and the Horns would each score touchdowns, although Texas would maintain a lead. The final score of the game was on a 1–yard run by Heath Hohmann late in the fourth quarter for the Horns. However, the Horns could not score again, and the Texas team won 35–28.


2012 Texas Longhorns football team, Previous season, 2012 NFL Draft
Three Texas players were drafted in the 2012 NFL Draft. All players drafted were players on the Texas defense.


2012 Texas Longhorns football team, Previous season, 2012 NFL Draft
Following the draft five 2011 Texas players were signed as undrafted free agents.


2012 Texas Longhorns football team, Roster, Recruiting class
During the 2011 recruiting period, Texas recruited 18 players, including nine from the 'ESPN 150.' As a result, Texas' recruiting class was ranked third by ESPN, second by Rivals and first by Scout.


2012 Texas Longhorns football team, Schedule
In 2012, Texas played six home games and five away games, as well as one game played on a neutral site. Texas began their 2012 season against two teams from the Mountain West Conference, Wyoming and New Mexico. Texas then faced Ole Miss, the first time Texas faced a team from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) since the 2010 BCS National Championship Game against Alabama and the first time they faced an SEC team in the regular season since 2008. After Texas' non–conference schedule, the Longhorns entered a bye week before playing a round-robin schedule against teams from the Big 12. Another bye week occurred before the game against TCU. Three football games during the season were broadcast exclusively on the Longhorn Network. As of November 2012, eight games were broadcast nationally, and only one, against Kansas, was broadcast regionally.


2012 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Wyoming
Leading up to the game Texas was favored to win by 31.5 points.


2012 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
Before the game, Texas was favored to win by 6.5 points over West Virginia. It was the first game against a top–10 opponent in either the AP Poll or Coaches' Poll since losing to Oklahoma State in 2011. Leading up to the game both teams were undefeated with 4–0 records, and this game was West Virginia's first road game as a Big 12 member. It was announced that kicker Anthony Fera, who had transferred to Texas before the season, would be playing after being sidelined during the start of the season because of a groin injury. Darrell K. Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium saw a record attendance of 101,851, eclipsing the record set by a game against Rice in 2011.


2012 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
Former Texas quarterback Vince Young, who attended the game, was the honorary team captain. Marquise Goodwin, Carrington Byndom, and D.J. Monroe were team captains for the offense, defense, and special teams, respectively.


2012 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
At the start of the game Texas won the coin toss, but elected to defer, selecting to kickoff at the start of the game. The kickoff by kicker Nick Rose was returned 44 yards by Tavon Austin to start the game. On their opening drive, West Virginia drove down the field to score the first touchdown of the game on an eight-yard pass from leading Heisman Trophy candidate quarterback Geno Smith to wide receiver Stedman Bailey. Texas responded on a two-yard rushing touchdown by Joe Bergeron, tying the game at 7–7.


2012 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
After the scores both teams were held scoreless on their subsequent drives. A 42–yard field goal by West Virginia kicker Tyler Bitancurt was blocked by Alex Okafor, and Texas failed to convert on fourth down on the following drive, resulting in a turnover on downs. West Virginia scored again after Geno Smith threw a 40–yard touchdown pass, this time to Tavon Austin, to let the Mountaineers lead 14–7 to end the first quarter. West Virginia scored once again to open the second quarter, this time on a rushing touchdown, to extend the Mountaineer lead to 21–7.


2012 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
After Marquise Goodwin lost a fumble, Texas cornerback Carrington Byndom was able to block a subsequent punt by West Virginia. Texas was able to capitalize on the blocked punt to score a touchdown and close the lead to 21–14. On the following drive, Mountaineer quarterback Geno Smith fumbled near the goal line, which was recovered by Jackson Jeffcoat and leading to a defensive touchdown, tying the game once again at 21–21. To close out the first half of play West Virginia was able to score two field goals, but the Longhorns were able to score a touchdown. Texas led at halftime 28–27.


2012 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
Anthony Fera scored his first field goal under the Texas Longhorns football team at the end of a drive to begin the first quarter. However, on the subsequent drive West Virginia scored another touchdown, once again on a catch by Stedman Bailey, to reclaim the lead 34–31. Following the receiving touchdown Texas was able to respond with a four-yard touchdown run by Joe Bergeron, his fourth rushing touchdown of the game.


2012 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
Geno Smith connected with Stedman Bailey again for another touchdown catch, this time for six yards to give West Virginia the lead once again at 41–38 to start the fourth quarter. On the next drive the Longhorns were unable to score a touchdown. On the next drive Geno Smith lost his second fumble of the game, allowing Texas to start with good field position. However, a bad snap by center Dominique Espinosa forced Texas back further from the goal line. On the following attempted field goal, Anthony Fera missed wide–right.


2012 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
West Virginia took the opportunity to extend their lead with a 5–yard touchdown by Andrew Buie to lead 48–38. With just over a minute in the game, Texas was able to score with 15 seconds remaining on an eight-yard pass from David Ash to Marquise Goodwin to make the score 48–45. Texas was unable to recover the ensuing onside kick, allowing West Virginia to run out the clock and win the game.


2012 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
Texas runningback Joe Bergeron recorded a career-high four rushing touchdowns, which accounted for four out of five offensive touchdowns by Texas. It was the first time at least four rushing touchdowns were scored by a Longhorns player since Vince Young did so in the 2005 Rose Bowl. After the loss, Texas moved down to 15th in both the Associated Press Poll and Coaches' Poll.


2012 Texas Longhorns volleyball team
The 2012 Texas Longhorns volleyball team represented the University of Texas in the 2012 NCAA Division I women's volleyball season. The Texas Longhorns women's volleyball team, led by 14th year head coach Jerritt Elliott, played their home games at Gregory Gymnasium. The Longhorns were members of the Big 12.


2012 Texas Longhorns volleyball team
The Longhorns won the Big 12 Championship and defeated Oregon 3–0 to win the teams 2nd NCAA Title and 3rd National Title overall.


2012 Texas Rangers season
The 2012 Texas Rangers season was the 52nd season in the overall history of the franchise and the 41st since the team relocated to Arlington, Texas. The Rangers entered the season as the two-time defending champions of the American League and the AL West. They led the division for most of the season and had a 13-game lead on June 30, but faltered down the stretch. They finished 93-69, but were swept in the last series of the season by the Oakland Athletics and wound up second to the Athletics in the division. They then lost to the Baltimore Orioles in the Wild Card Game and were eliminated from the playoffs.


2012 Texas Southern Tigers football team
The 2012 Texas Southern Tigers football team represented Texas Southern University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tigers were led by first-year head coach Darrell Asberry  and played their home games at a new stadium, BBVA Compass Stadium. They were a member of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) and finished the season with an overall record of two wins and nine losses (2–9, 2–7 SWAC).


2012 Texas Southern Tigers football team, Media
Texas Southern football games were carried live on KTSU 90.9 FM.


2012 Texas Southern Tigers football team, Before the season, 2012 recruits
14 players signed up to join the 2012 Texas Southern team.


2012 Texas Southern Tigers football team, Before the season, Postseason suspension
Texas Southern was barred from postseason football play for the 2012 season due to falling short in fulfilling the NCAA graduation rate requirements.


2012 Texas Southern Tigers football team, Game summaries, Prairie View A&M
Texas Southern holds an 18-8 advantage in the Labor Day Classic, but Prairie View A&M had won the most recent 5 games headed into this game.


2012 Texas Southern Tigers football team, Game summaries, North Texas
North Texas and Texas Southern met for the first time in the schools' histories.


2012 Texas Southern Tigers football team, Game summaries, Sam Houston State
The Tigers and Bearkats play each other for the first time since 1997. The Bearkats look to build on an 8-5 record they have against the Tigers. The Bearkats won the most recent meeting in 1997 and have won 4 of the last 5 and 8 of the last 10.


2012 Texas State Bobcats football team
The 2012 Texas State Bobcats football team represented Texas State University–San Marcos in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bobcats were led by head coach Dennis Franchione, in his second year, and played their home games at Bobcat Stadium. This was Texas State's only season as members of the Western Athletic Conference. Texas State joined the Sun Belt Conference for all sports in 2013–14. It was the second year of their transition from the FCS to the FBS, so they were not eligible to win the WAC regular season title or participate in a bowl game until 2013. They finished the season 4–8, 2–4 in WAC play to finish in fifth place.


2012 Texas State Bobcats football team, Before the season, Recruiting
29 recruits signed on, committed, or transferred to play for the 2012 Texas State roster.


2012 Texas State Bobcats football team, Before the season, Maroon-Gold Spring Game
The Maroon-Gold Spring Game was held March 31, 2012 at 2:00 PM. Unlike other spring games where the first and third team usually combine and face the second and fourth teams, Texas State determined their teams through a Coaches Players Draft held on March 28.


2012 Texas State Bobcats football team, Before the season, Maroon-Gold Spring Game
The Gold team was chosen by Thaddeus Watkins, Tyler Arndt, Chase Harper, Darryl Morris, and Joplo Bartu while the Maroon team was chosen by Adley Eshraghipour, Shaun Rutherford, Marcus Curry, Brian Lilly, Jason McLean, and Isaiah Battle. These 11 players, along with Jordan Norfleet, are expected to comprise the Texas State Leadership Council for the 2012 season and will serve as captains throughout the season. The Maroon team was coached by Craig Naivar, Dennis Darnell, Jeff Conway, Mike Hudson, Dennis Porterfield, Wesley Condra, Jeff McKinley, and Vincent Ibewnike.


2012 Texas State Bobcats football team, Before the season, Maroon-Gold Spring Game
The Gold team was coached by Mike Schultz, Brad Franchione, Jason Johnson, Rueben Vaughn, Jason Washington, Kyle Tatum, John Reid, Ron Woodard, and Eddie Veyran. Head coach Dennis Franchione would join the Texas State radio play-by-play team of Brant Freeman and Bill Culhane on KTSW for the game so he could evaluate his players from the press box area.


2012 Texas State Bobcats football team, Before the season, Maroon-Gold Spring Game
It was a hard fought battle between the Maroon and Gold teams. The Gold team got out to an early 17-0 lead with 7:30 left in the first half thanks to a 40-yard touchdown pass from Tyler Arndt to Jafus Gaines and a 13-yard touchdown pass from Jack Rhoades to Larry Centers, Junior, but the maroon team wouldn't be discouraged. Duke DeLancellotti completed a 31-yard touchdown pass to Marcus Curry with 17 second left in the first half to get the maroon team back in the game.


2012 Texas State Bobcats football team, Before the season, Maroon-Gold Spring Game
DeLancellotti would make it that much closer in the third quarter with a 60-yard touchdown pass to Marcus Curry, but the gold team would strike two seconds into the fourth quarter with a Terrance Franks 25-yard touchdown run that the Gold team would never relinquish. Arndt ended the day completing 13 of his 19 passes for 218 yards. He also gained 22 yards on five carries. Rhoades completed both of his passes for 50 yards.


2012 Texas State Bobcats football team, Before the season, Maroon-Gold Spring Game
The leading receiver for the Gold team was Andy Erickson, who caught five passes for 119 yards. He had the longest reception in the game when he caught a 70-yard throw from Arndt. Gaines also caught three passes for 81 yards and Chandler Coffey caught a 37-yard pass from Rhoades after moving over to the offense this spring.


2012 Texas State Bobcats football team, Before the season, Maroon-Gold Spring Game
Franks led the rushing attack for the Gold team with 64 yards on 11 carries.


2012 Texas State Bobcats football team, Before the season, Maroon-Gold Spring Game
Freshman quarterback Jordan Moore was the leading rusher for the Maroon team after gaining 46 yards on 13 carries. Curry also gained 30 yards on five carries and caught three passes for 71 yards.


2012 Texas State Bobcats football team, Game summaries, Houston
Texas State leads the series 3-1. The last meeting was in 2010, and it was the lone Texas State loss to Houston with a 68-28 loss. The other 3 meetings took place from 1945-1947 when both teams were members of the Lone Star Conference. This will be the third meeting in Houston (1946, 2010) with the two teams split at 1-1 overall in Houston games.


2012 Texas State Senate election
The 2012 Texas State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state senators in all 31 State Senate districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Texas State Senate. A statewide map of Texas's state Senate districts can be obtained from the Texas Legislative Council , and individual district maps can be obtained from the U.S. Census .


2012 Texas State Senate election
Following the 2010 State Senate elections, the Republicans maintained effective control of the Senate with nineteen members to the Democrats' twelve. As the first election after the 2010 United States Census, all senate districts had to be redrawn to account for population changes over the preceding decade. The map passed by the Republican state government was challenged through various avenues for racial gerrymandering, and ultimately a somewhat less biased map was used.


2012 Texas State Senate election
To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to gain four seats. In the end, no seats changed hands.


2012 Texas State Senate election, Background
The Republican Party had held the State Senate since the 1996 elections. Most observers, as well as the national parties, viewed Texas as a safe red state, as Republican candidates had swept statewide elections since 1998. State Republicans reached a new zenith after the 2010 elections, when backlash to the presidency of Barack Obama kept the State Senate firmly in their control and led to a record number of victories in the State House of Representatives.


2012 Texas State Senate election, Background, Challenges to Republican-drawn Senate map
After retaining the Governor's mansion and State Senate and flipping the Texas House of Representatives in the 2002 elections, the Republicans held the trifecta for the first time in state history and kept it for the rest of the decade (see also: Political party strength in Texas). As such, after the 2010 census, they had sole control over redistricting the state's U.S. House delegation and both state legislative chambers for the 2012 elections.


2012 Texas State Senate election, Background, Challenges to Republican-drawn Senate map
The 10th Senate District, the most-altered in the body, belonged to Wendy Davis (D-Fort Worth), whose seat was drawn to add more Republican voters from greater Tarrant County while placing voters from Democratic areas out of the district. However, the proposed Senate map for 2012 was challenged under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act and in U.S. District Court for racial gerrymandering.


2012 Texas State Senate election, Background, Challenges to Republican-drawn Senate map
The United States District Court for the Western District of Texas ruled with the plaintiffs and proposed its own example map, undoing the racial gerrymander in Senate District 10, and ordered the legislature to draw a new map based on its own. Ultimately, this election used boundaries made with input from both the Court and Republican legislators.


2012 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team
The 2012 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season as members of the Big 12 Conference. Tommy Tuberville lead the Red Raiders in his third season as the program's fourteenth head coach. The Red Raiders played home games on the university's campus in Lubbock, Texas at Jones AT&T Stadium. They finished the season 8–5, 4–5 in Big 12 play to finish in a four way tie for fifth place. They were invited to the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas where they defeated Minnesota.


2012 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team
At the end of the regular season, Head coach Tommy Tuberville resigned to take the same position at Cincinnati. Offensive line coach Chris Thomsen was the Red Raiders interim head coach in the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas. Former Red Raider quarterback and Texas A&M offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury was hired as the new head coach beginning in 2013.


2012 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Schedule
Denotes the largest crowd to watch a football game at Jones AT&T Stadium (beating a previous record set earlier in the season at the  Oklahoma game. ).


2012 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Northwestern State
The Red Raiders set a school record for total yards allowed in a game, with only 86 being given up to the Demons. Eric Stephens scored a pair of first-half touchdowns and Kenny Williams scored on pass from Seth Doege as the Raiders opened a 24–3 halftime lead. Doege left the game before the end of the third quarter, and his replacement, Michael Brewer, threw a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns to Marcus Kennard as Texas Tech completed the season-opening rout.


2012 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Texas State
Texas State came into the game after a dominating 30–13 upset over Houston, and with a capacity crowd in a newly renovated stadium in their first year in the NCAA FBS division. But Texas Tech jumped out to a quick 14–0 lead less than 5 minutes into the game, and opened a 28–0 lead halfway through the second quarter. Seth Doege threw for 319 yards and 5 touchdown passes before being pulled from action in the third quarter, and Texas Tech's defense held Texas State to just 270 total yards of offense. Cody Davis had an 88-yard interception return for a touchdown to lead Texas Tech's defense.


2012 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, New Mexico
The Texas Tech Red Raiders faced the New Mexico Lobos, under new head coach Bob Davie, on Texas Tech's Family Day at Jones AT&T Stadium. Seth Doege threw for 340 yards and 6 touchdowns in a dominating performance for the Texas Tech offense in the first three quarters. Doege tossed three touchdown passes to Eric Ward in the first half, and added touchdown passes to Jace Amaro and Darrin Moore before halftime.


2012 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, New Mexico
New Mexico got a second-quarter touchdown run and a long kickoff return for a touchdown to pull within 28–14 with 2:06 remaining in the second quarter, but Texas Tech pulled ahead to a 42–14 lead with two touchdowns in the final minute before halftime. Doege threw another touchdown pass to tight end Jace Amaro on Texas Tech's first possession in the second half before going to the sidelines with 11 minutes left in the third quarter. Tech's defense held UNM to only 170 total yards and just 43 yards passing.


2012 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Iowa State
Coming into the game, Texas Tech was ranked first in total defense, and second in total offense. The Red Raiders held the Cyclones to 189 yards of total offense. Senior cornerback Cornelius Douglas earned recognition as Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week after recording two interceptions. Douglas is the first Red Raider defensive player to earn the honor since Daniel Charbonnet in 2008. Douglas was also named as the Jim Thorpe Defensive Back Of The Week.


2012 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma
Texas Tech came into the game with the nation's No. 1-ranked defense, but it was Oklahoma's defense that shut down Texas Tech's offense in the Raiders' first loss of the season. The game was played in cold, windy weather before a Jones AT&T Stadium record crowd of 60,800. Texas Tech held a 10–7 lead early in the second quarter on a 35-yard field goal by Ryan Bustin and a 7-yard touchdown run by Kenny Williams, but Oklahoma answered with a Blake Bell touchdown run to take a 14–10 lead. The Sooners took a 24–13 halftime lead and outscored Texas Tech 17–0 in the third quarter, and the OU defense intercepted Seth Doege three times.


2012 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
Starting quarterback Seth Doege threw for a career-high 504 yards, and tied his career high with 6 touchdown passes. The team was also named the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week. Tech's defense gave up 275 yards to Heisman Trophy front-runner Geno Smith, but only one touchdown pass. Three of Doege's touchdown passes went to Darrin Moore, and Jace Amaro had 5 catches for 156 yards and one touchdown. Sadale Foster's 53-yard touchdown run shortly before halftime gave the Raiders a 35–7 halftime lead as Texas Tech won its Homecoming game. Doege earned Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week honors, as well as being named the Davey O'Brien Quarterback of the Week. Safety Cody Davis was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week. CBS Sports named Tuberville the Big XII "Coach of the Week" after the victory.


2012 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, TCU
Quarterback Seth Doege threw for a new career high 7 touchdowns in the triple overtime victory and was named as a semi-finalist for the Davey O'Brien Award, won the Capital One Cup Impact Performance of the Week, and was named the AT&T All America Player of the Week. The game was the first in the history of either school to have three overtime periods, and the combined score was the highest in Texas Tech history since 1950.


2012 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Kansas
Texas Tech came into the Kansas game after consecutive losses to ranked teams (Texas and Kansas State). In the final home game for the 2012 seniors, Seth Doege threw for 476 yards and three touchdowns as the Red Raiders survived the upset bid from the Jayhawks. Doege threw his three touchdown passes to Jakeem Grant, Tyson Williams and Darrin Moore in the first half as Texas Tech built a 21–7 lead midway through the second quarter.


2012 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Kansas
Texas Tech had the ball and was in position to drive for another score, but a Doege interception gave the Jayhawks new life and they closed to within 21–17 at the half. Texas Tech's offense stalled in the red zone in the second half as they managed only a pair of field goals. Kansas tied the score on a field goal with 41 seconds remaining, but Doege and the Raiders responded, driving into field goal position in the closing seconds of the game. However, a 41-yard Ryan Bustin field goal attempt barely missed to the left as time ran out.


2012 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Kansas
In the first overtime, the Jayhawks scored on a screen pass from Michael Cummings to star running back James Sims, and the Raiders tied things up with senior Eric Stephens' touchdown run and Bustin's extra point. In the second overtime, the Raiders scored on a "wildcat" formation trick play, with Stephens throwing to Darrin Moore for the go-ahead touchdown. Texas Tech's defense made a stand on Kansas' ensuing possession, shutting down three running attempts to set up a fourth down from the 24-yard line. Cummings' pass to the end zone was knocked down, and Texas Tech improved its record to 7–3 for the season.


2012 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Minnesota
After the regular season, but prior to the 2012 Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas, Tommy Tuberville left the program to take the head coaching job with the Cincinnati Bearcats. Kliff Kingsbury was hired as the new head coach. Nevertheless, Chris Thomsen, interim head coach, oversaw the bowl game.


2012 Texas Tennis Open
The 2012 Texas Tennis Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament. It was classified as one of the WTA International tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place in Dallas, Texas, United States from 17 to 24 August 2012.


2012 Texas Tennis Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw


2012 Texas Tennis Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2012 Texas Tennis Open, Champions, Doubles
Marina Erakovic /  Heather Watson def. Līga Dekmeijere /  Irina Falconi, 6–3, 6–0


2012 Texas Tennis Open – Doubles
Alberta Brianti and Sorana Cîrstea were the defending champions, but both chose not to participate this year. Marina Erakovic and Heather Watson won the title after defeating Līga Dekmeijere and Irina Falconi 6–3, 6–0 in the final.


2012 Texas Tennis Open – Singles
Sabine Lisicki was the defending champion, but withdrew because of a left abdominal sprain. Roberta Vinci defeated Jelena Janković 7–5, 6–3 in the final to win the tournament.


2012 Thai Division 1 League
2012 Thai League Division 1 (known as Yamaha League 1 for sponsorship reasons) is the 15th season of the League since its establishment in 1997. It is the feeder league for the Thai Premier League. A total of 18 teams will compete in the league this season.


2012 Thai Division 1 League, Attendances
Updated to games played on 27 Oct 2012Source: Notes:† Team played previous season in Division 2 League.


2012 Thai FA Cup
The Thai FA Cup 2012 (Thai: มูลนิธิไทยคม เอฟเอคัพ) is the 17th season of Thailand knockout football competition. The tournament is organized by the Football Association of Thailand.


2012 Thai FA Cup
The cup winner were guaranteed a place in the 2013 AFC Champions League.


2012 Thai FA Cup, Qualifying Round
The Qualifying Round was held on April 25–26, 2012. Thonburi University and Paknampo NSRU FC had byes.


2012 Thai FA Cup, First round
The first round matches were held on May 2, 2012.


2012 Thai FA Cup, Second round
The draw for the second round was held on 3 May 2012. Matches were held on May 9 and 16,  2012.


2012 Thai FA Cup, Third round
The draw for the third round was held on 29 May 2012. Matches were held on 1 and 15 August 2012.


2012 Thai FA Cup, Fourth round
The draw for the third round was held on 17 August 2012. Matches were held on 29 August 2012.


2012 Thai FA Cup Final
The 2012 Thai FA Cup Final was the 17th final of Thailand's domestic football cup competition, the FA Cup. The final was played at Suphachalasai Stadium in Bangkok on 4 November 2012. The match was contested by Army United, who beat Police United 2–1 in their semi-final, and Buriram United who beat Bangkok Glass 2–0 in the match. After Goran Jerković opened the scoring in 37th minute, Goran Jerković equalised in the 62nd, before Issarapong Lilakorn the different beater to army united and Buriram United beat Army United 2–1 .


2012 Thai FA Cup Final, Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away; TPL: Clubs from Thai Premier League; D1: Clubs from Thai Division 1 League; D2: Clubs from Regional League Division 2). Army United won because Trat players that break the rules.


2012 Thai FA Cup Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees: Hiroyuki Igarashi  (Japan) Hiroshi Yamauchi  (Japan)Fourth official: Sumate Saiwaew (Thailand)


2012 Thai League Cup
The Thai League Cup is a knock-out football tournament played in Thai sport. Some games are played as a single match, others are played as two-legged contests. The 2012 Thai League Cup kicked off on 3 April 2012 with the Bangkok & field regional qualifiers.


2012 Thai Premier League
2012 Thai Premier League (known as Sponsor Thai Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the 16th season of the Thai Premier League since its establishment in 1996. A total of 18 teams are competing in the league.


2012 Thai Premier League, Teams
Khonkaen, Siam Navy and Sriracha were relegated to the 2012 Thai Division 1 League after finishing the 2011 season in the bottom three places.


2012 Thai Premier League, Teams
2011 Thai Division 1 League champions Buriram, runners-up Chainat and third place BBCU were promoted to the Thai Premier League. Buriram were to merge with Buriram PEA at the end of the 2011 campaign to become Buriram United allowing Wuachon United to take their place in the top flight for the first time.


2012 Thai Premier League, Awards, Annual awards, Player of the Year
The Player of the Year was awarded to Teerasil Dangda.


2012 Thai Premier League, Awards, Annual awards, Youth Player of the Year
The Youth Player of the Year was awarded to Chanathip Songkrasin.


2012 Thai Premier League, Awards, Annual awards, Coach of the Year
The Coach of the Year was awarded to Slaviša Jokanović.


2012 Thailand National Games
The 41st Thailand National Games (Thai:การแข่งขันกีฬาแห่งชาติ ครั้งที่ 41 "เชียงใหม่เกมส์") also known (2012 National Games, Chiang Mai Games) were held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from 5 to 19 December 2013. Represented were 43 sports and 77 disciplines. The games were held in 700th Anniversary Stadium Sport Center, etc. and Chiang Mai hosted 1995 Southeast Asian Games.


2012 Thailand National Games, Marketing, Mascot
The mascots are Muan Ok and Muan Jai The elephant in Chiang Mai seal.


2012 Thailand National Games, Ceremony, Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony of the 41st Thailand National Games was held on December 5, 2013 at 700th Anniversary Stadium.


2012 Thailand National Games, Ceremony, Closing ceremony
The closing ceremony of the 41st Thailand National Games was held on December 19, 2013 at 700th Anniversary Stadium.


2012 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold
The 2012 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold was the fifth grand prix gold and grand prix tournament of the 2012 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held in Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand June 5 until June 10, 2012 and had a total purse of $120,000.


2012 Thailand national football team results
This article details the fixtures and results of the Thailand national football team in 2012.


2012 Thailand national football team results, vs Oman
Assistant referees: Toru Sagara (Japan) Haruhiro Otsuka (Japan)Fourth official: Jumpei Iida (Japan)


2012 Thailand national football team results, vs Myanmar
Assistant referees: Abdullah Mubarak Mohamed Al-Shammakhi (Oman) Haruhiro Otsuka (Japan)Fourth official:Ryuji Sato  (Japan)


2012 Thailand national football team results, vs Vietnam
Assistant referees: Haruhiro Otsuka (Japan) Hadi Kassar (Lebanon)Fourth official: André El Haddad  (Lebanon)


2012 Thailand national football team results, vs Malaysia(1)
Assistant referees: Mohammadreza Abolfazli (Iran) Mohammad Reza Mansouri (Iran)Fourth official: Ng Kai Lam (Hong Kong)


2012 Thailand national football team results, vs Malaysia(2)
Assistant referees: Lee Jung-Min (South Korea) Ji Seung Min (South Korea)Fourth official: Kim Dae-Young (South Korea)


2012 Thailand national football team results, vs Singapore(1)
Assistant referees: Toshiyuki Nagi (Japan) Kazushimo Miyajima(Japan)Fourth official: Ryuji Sato (Japan)


2012 Thailand national football team results, vs Singapore(2)
Assistant referees: Jakhongir Saidov (Uzbekistan) Abduxamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)Fourth official: Vladislav Tseytlin (Uzbekistan)


2012 The Bahamas Women's Open
The 2012 The Bahamas Women's Open is a professional tennis tournament played on Hard courts. It is the second edition of the tournament which is part of the 2012 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Nassau, Bahamas between 12 and 18 March 2012. It offered the prize of US$ 100,000.


2012 The Bahamas Women's Open, WTA entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 The Bahamas Women's Open, Champions, Doubles
Janette Husárová /  Katalin Marosi def. Eva Birnerová /  Anne Keothavong, 6–1, 3–6, [10–6]


2012 The Bahamas Women's Open – Doubles
Natalie Grandin and Vladimíra Uhlířová were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Janette Husárová and Katalin Marosi.


2012 The Bahamas Women's Open – Doubles
Janette Husárová and Katalin Marosi won the title, defeating Eva Birnerová and Anne Keothavong in the final, 6–1, 3–6, [10–6].


2012 The Bahamas Women's Open – Singles
Anastasiya Yakimova was the defending champion, but decided not to participate this year.


2012 The Bahamas Women's Open – Singles
Aleksandra Wozniak won the title, defeating Alizé Cornet in the final, 6–4, 7–5.


2012 The Citadel Bulldogs football team
The 2012 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs were led by eighth year head coach Kevin Higgins and played their home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium. They are a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 7–4, 4–3 in SoCon play to finish in a three way tie for fourth place.


2012 The Citadel Bulldogs football team, Preseason, Polls
The Citadel was picked eighth in the nine team Southern Conference by both the media and coaches.


2012 The Citadel Bulldogs football team, Preseason, All-SoCon selections
Five Bulldogs were selected to the All-Conference teams by the coaches. C Mike Cellars, P Cass Couey, and DE Chris Billingslea were named to the first team while DT Derek Douglas and FB Darien Robinson were second team selections.


2012 The Citadel Bulldogs football team, Schedule
For the second year in a row, home games in September are scheduled for a 6:00 p.m. kickoff rather than the traditional 2:00 p.m. kickoff.


2012 The Citadel Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Charleston Southern
The Citadel's season opened at home against Charleston Southern. The Bulldogs and Buccaneers met for the sixth time, with The Citadel holding a 4–1 advantage in the all-time series. The Citadel won the last meeting 35–14 in the 2007 opener. Charleston Southern claimed its only victory over the Bulldogs in 2006, a double–overtime win that is also the only home-opener loss for The Citadel under coach Kevin Higgins. The cross-town rivals have squared off to open the season three previous times, with The Citadel winning all three games.


2012 The Citadel Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Charleston Southern
As a result of six fumbles, two lost, the teams were tied at halftime despite The Citadel dominating all phases of the game. After the half, the Bulldogs scored four touchdowns in the third quarter to put the game out of reach. QB Ben Dupree rushed 17 times for 77 yards and two touchdowns, Rickey Anderson had 10 carries for 80 yards and 3 touchdowns, and Darien Robinson had 12 rushes for 120 yards and a touchdown. The Bulldogs passed just six times, completing three of them.


2012 The Citadel Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Charleston Southern
QB Aaron Miller was 3 for 5 passing, completing passes to three different receivers. The Citadel did not punt in the game, missing one field goal. Charleston Southern QB Malcolm Dixon completed 6 of 14 passes for 123 yards, a touchdown and an interception. Chase Jones had two catches for 77 yards and a touchdown.


2012 The Citadel Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Georgia Southern
The Bulldogs hosted #3 Georgia Southern in the SoCon opener for both schools. The two teams return two of the top three rushing attacks in the country (and the conference as Wofford is the other) and run the same Triple Option scheme on offense. The Eagles entered with a commanding 174 record against The Citadel, including a pair of playoff victories over the Bulldogs in 1988 and 1990. Last year, Georgia Southern held off The Citadel 14–12 in Statesboro as the Bulldogs missed a field goal in a swirling wind with seconds remaining. The last Citadel victory in the series was a 24–21 win in Charleston in 2006. Georgia Southern had won five in a row, but four of those were by less than a touchdown. The Citadel had lost nine consecutive home conference games.


2012 The Citadel Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Georgia Southern
The Citadel forced two turnovers in the first quarter, converting both fumbles into touchdowns for a quick 14–0 lead. Georgia Southern scored three touchdowns, while The Citadel kicked a pair of field goals to trail 21–20 late. Thomas Warren kicked a 37-yard field goal for a 23–21 lead with 35 seconds remaining, nearly the identical situation to the 2011 meeting when Warren missed a 37-yard attempt with 13 seconds left which would have won. Georgia Southern returned the ensuing kickoff into Bulldog territory, but missed their own 31-yard field goal attempt as time ran out, sealing The Citadel's win. The Bulldogs entered the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings for the first time since 2008.


2012 The Citadel Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Appalachian State
The Citadel made its first road trip of the season to Boone, NC, where the Bulldogs had not won since their last SoCon championship season of 1992. The Mountaineers entered claiming eight victories in a row and 17 of 18 against The Citadel. This was the second game of a daunting three game stretch for The Citadel, playing the teams picked to finish first and second in the league followed by a trip to FBS NC State. Last season, Appalachian State raced to a 49–14 lead in the third quarter before The Citadel stormed back with four unanswered touchdowns led by QB Aaron Miller before running out of time, losing 49–14.


2012 The Citadel Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Appalachian State
The Bulldogs raced to an early 24–0 lead, scoring touchdowns on their first three possessions before being limited to a field goal on their fourth while holding App State scoreless. The Mountaineers punted again on their fourth possession, but LB Carson Smith blocked the kick and returned it for a touchdown to extend The Citadel lead to 31–0. The Citadel added three more touchdowns before the end of the third quarter, while App State finally broke through against The Citadel's reserve defense late in the game, scoring a pair of touchdowns in the fourth quarter.


2012 The Citadel Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Appalachian State
The Citadel amassed 618 yards of offense, its most ever in a regulation game and just 23 yards short of the all-time record in an overtime game against Furman. The Bulldogs option offense gained 463 yards on the ground, with three backs each recording over 100 yards and WR Matt Thompson adding 123 yards receiving. App State's home win streak of 18 games was snapped, and The Citadel won in Boone for the first time since 1992.


2012 The Citadel Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, NC State
The Bulldogs travel to Raleigh, NC for the fourth time, having once played NC State in Wilmington, NC. The Wolfpack has claimed victories in all four meetings between the schools, most recently a 1983 win by 45–0. The three previous meetings were all prior to World War II. The Citadel has not defeated an FBS opponent since 1992, when they stunned Arkansas and defeated Army. The Citadel has not defeated an Atlantic Coast Conference school since the conference was formed by seven Southern Conference schools in 1953. The Bulldogs have claimed seven wins over current ACC schools, with six of those wins coming against Clemson, most recently in 1931.


2012 The Citadel Bulldogs football team, Coaches
The Bulldogs saw two coaches depart in the offseason, with Defensive Coordinator/safeties coach Josh Conklin departing for Tennessee and Tight Ends coach Raleigh Jackson accepting the linebackers coach position at Division II Slippery Rock. The Bulldogs added John Hauser from Wayne State to coach safeties. Defensive line coach Denny Doornbos added Defensive Coordinator responsibilities.


2012 The Cross Straits, Hong Kong & Macau Football Competition for the Youth
2012 The Cross Straits, Hong Kong & Macau Football Competition for the Youth is the 2nd edition of the football tournament held in Hong Kong. It was held from 28 September to 2 October 2012. The competition was organised for U-16 players.


2012 The Dominion Curling Club Championship
The 2012 The Dominion Curling Club Championship was held from November 19 to 24 at the Scarboro Golf and Country Club in Scarborough, Ontario. In the men's final, Dan Sherrard of Alberta defeated Steve Irwin of Manitoba with a score of 7–6, stealing the winning point in the eight end. In the women's final, Caroline Deans of Ontario defeated Sonia Simard of Quebec with a score of 8–3.


2012 The Dominion Curling Club Championship, Men, Round Robin Results, Draw 1
Northwest Territories and  Prince Edward Island receive byes this round.


2012 The Dominion Curling Club Championship, Men, Round Robin Results, Draw 3
New Brunswick and  Newfoundland and Labrador receive byes this round.


2012 The Dominion Curling Club Championship, Women, Round Robin Results, Draw 2
Northwest Territories and  Prince Edward Island receive byes this round.


2012 The Dominion Curling Club Championship, Women, Round Robin Results, Draw 4
New Brunswick and  Newfoundland and Labrador receive byes this round.


2012 The Dominion Tankard
The 2012 Dominion Tankard, Southern Ontario men's provincial curling championship, was held from February 6 to 12, hosted by the Stratford Country Club at the Stratford Rotary Complex in Stratford, Ontario. The winning team of Glenn Howard, will represent Ontario at the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.


2012 The Dominion Tankard, Qualification
Southern Ontario zones run from December 9-11, 2011, and December 16-19, 2011. Two teams from each zone qualify to four regional tournaments, and two teams from each of the four tournaments qualify to provincials. Two additional teams qualify out of the challenge round.


2012 The Dominion Tankard, Qualification
The Northern Ontario provincial championship will occur December 8-11 at the Copper Cliff Curling Club in Copper Cliff, Ontario. Four teams qualify out of the Northern Ontario championship.


2012 The Dominion Tankard, Qualification, Southern Ontario Zone Qualification, Zone 4
December 17-18 at the Brighton & District Curling Club, Brighton


2012 The Dominion Tankard, Qualification, Southern Ontario Zone Qualification, Zone 8
December 10-11 at the St. George's Golf & Country Club, Toronto


2012 The Dominion Tankard, Qualification, Southern Ontario Zone Qualification, Zone 11
December 18 at the Blue Water Curling Club, Owen Sound


2012 The Dominion Tankard, Qualification, Southern Ontario Zone Qualification, Zone 12
December 10-11 at the Elmira & District Curling Club, Elmira


2012 The Dominion Tankard, Qualification, Southern Ontario Zone Qualification, Zone 13
December 10-11 at the St. Catharines Curling Club, St. Catharines


2012 The Dominion Tankard, Qualification, Southern Ontario Zone Qualification, Zone 14
December 10 at the Mount Forest Curling Club, Mount Forest


2012 The Hague Open
The 2012 The Hague Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 20th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour and the Tretorn SERIE+. It took place in Scheveningen, Netherlands between 9 and 15 July 2012.


2012 The Hague Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 The Hague Open – Doubles
Colin Ebelthite and Adam Feeney were the defending champions but decided not to participate. Antal van der Duim and Boy Westerhof won the title, defeating Rameez Junaid and Simon Stadler 6–4, 5–7, [10–7] in the final.


2012 The Hague Open – Singles
Steve Darcis was the defending champion but decided not to participate in The Hague Open - Singles. Jerzy Janowicz won the title, defeating Matwé Middelkoop 6–2, 6–2 in the final.


2012 The Masters Grand Slam of Curling
The 2012 Masters Grand Slam of Curling was held from November 14 to 18 at the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre, the Brantford Golf & Curling Club, the Paris Curling Club, and the Brant Curling Club in Brantford and Paris, Ontario as part of the 2012–13 World Curling Tour. The majority of the women's Tier I round robin games and some of the men's Tier I round robin games was held at the Brantford Golf & Curling Club, while the remainder of the Tier I games and the playoffs round games were held at the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre.


2012 The Masters Grand Slam of Curling
The men's Tier II games and playoffs qualifiers was held at the Brant Curling Club, while the women's Tier II games and playoffs qualifiers was held at the Paris Curling Club and the Brantford Golf & Curling Club. It was held as the first Grand Slam event on the men's tour and the fourth on the women's tour.


2012 The Masters Grand Slam of Curling
The Masters is a continuation of the men's World Cup Grand Slam event which was previously known as the Masters. This was the first time that women participated in the event, but is considered a continuation of the women's Sun Life Classic.


2012 The Masters Grand Slam of Curling
Both the women's and men's events were split up into two tiers, with 18 teams in Tier I and 16 teams in Tier II. The Tier I teams were divided into 3 pools of 6 teams which played in a round robin, while the Tier II teams played off in a triple knockout event. 8 Tier II teams qualified for a playoff to determine which two teams would enter the playoffs along with six Tier I teams.


2012 The Masters Grand Slam of Curling
Rogers Sportsnet covered selected draws on television, while CBC Television aired the men's and women's finals. This marked the first time since 2006 that Sportsnet showed curling, as they have begun a new commitment to showing the sport, specifically Grand Slam events.


2012 The Masters Grand Slam of Curling
The total purse for the men's event was $100,000, while the purse for the women's event was $50,000.


2012 The Masters Grand Slam of Curling, Men
In the final of the men's event, Kevin Koe of Alberta defeated Jim Cotter of British Columbia with a score of 7–5.


2012 The Masters Grand Slam of Curling, Women
In the final of the women's event, Rachel Homan of Ontario defeated Chelsea Carey of Manitoba with a score of 8–3.


2012 The Masters Grand Slam of Curling – Men's event
The men's event of the 2012 Masters Grand Slam of Curling was held from November 14 to 18 at the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre, the Brantford Golf & Curling Club and the Brant Curling Club in Brantford, Ontario as part of the 2012–13 World Curling Tour. Some of the men's Tier I round robin games were held at the Brantford Golf & Curling Club, while the remainder of the Tier I games and the playoffs round games were held at the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre. The men's Tier II games and playoffs qualifiers were held at the Brant Curling Club. It was held as the first Grand Slam event on the men's tour.


2012 The Masters Grand Slam of Curling – Men's event
In the final, Kevin Koe of Alberta defeated Jim Cotter of British Columbia with a score of 7–5.


2012 The Masters Grand Slam of Curling – Men's event
The event is split up into two tiers, with 18 teams in Tier I and 16 teams in Tier II. The Tier I teams were divided into 3 pools of 6 teams which played in a round robin, while the Tier II teams played off in a triple knockout event. 8 Tier II teams qualified for a playoff to determine which two teams would enter the playoffs along with six Tier I teams.


2012 The Masters Grand Slam of Curling – Women's event
The women's event of the 2012 Masters Grand Slam of Curling was held from November 14 to 18 at the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre, the Brantford Golf & Curling Club, and the Paris Curling Club in Brantford and Paris, Ontario as part of the 2012–13 World Curling Tour. The majority of the women's Tier I round robin games was held at the Brantford Golf & Curling Club, while the remainder of the Tier I games and the playoffs round games were held at the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre. The women's Tier II games were held at the Paris Curling Club, and the women's Tier II playoffs qualifiers were held at the Brantford Golf & Curling Club. It was held as the fourth Grand Slam on the women's tour.


2012 The Masters Grand Slam of Curling – Women's event
In the final, Rachel Homan of Ontario defeated Chelsea Carey of Manitoba with a score of 8–3.


2012 The Masters Grand Slam of Curling – Women's event
The event is split up into two tiers, with 18 teams in Tier I and 16 teams in Tier II. The Tier I teams were divided into 3 pools of 6 teams which played in a round robin, while the Tier II teams played off in a triple knockout event. 8 Tier II teams qualified for a playoff to determine which two teams would enter the playoffs along with six Tier I teams.


2012 The National
The 2012 Pomeroy Inn & Suites National was held from January 25 to 29 at the EnCana Events Centre in Dawson Creek, British Columbia. It was the third Grand Slam event of the 2011–12 curling season and the eleventh time the tournament has been held. The purse was CAD$100,000.


2012 The National
In the final, Glenn Howard held off Kevin Martin to win the game with a score of 6–5 and clinch his second Grand Slam of the year, his third career Grand Slam at The National, and his tenth career Grand Slam overall.