ARLINGTON, Texas -- For all of the excitement about playing inside tonight in the Big 12 Championship Game, the weather couldn't be much nicer for early December outside the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium.

Fans arrived early and had pitched tents and trotted out their satellite dishes to watch earlier games from across the country.

With Texas playing, the Longhorns have an obvious edge in fans. But a surprising large turnout of Nebraska fans turned out for the Cornhuskers' first Big 12 championship game appearance since 2006.

Once the game begins, there likely won't be much complaining from playing in the climate-controlled facility.

But if they were playing outside this afternoon, they couldn't have asked for much better playing conditions than we have now.