Bevo's Daily Roundup 10.22.08

This is a daily roundup of the Big 12. The idea here is to have for Texas fans what Cal fans have with their "DBD" (Daily Bear Dump) at California Golden Blogs. Toss in your own Big 12 links in the comments.

Big 12 teams may face a fund raising crisis.

From the ESPN mailbag: Big 12 vs. SEC. Isn't this discussion getting old?

More mail. Caleb from Norman, OK writes: "I have to throw out the scenario... Oklahoma State beats Texas and Oklahoma beats OK State"... ESPN's Tim Griffith discusses a tie in the Big 12 South. Someone from Norman wants this information. Why is this not a surprise?

Big 12 coaches: High-powered offenses changing their perspective. Playing offense is sexy. Playing defense is not. The Big 12 is now an offensive league. We have always known that the Big 12 was a much sexier conference than the SEC.

OU game. Was your car towed? You may get a refund.

Battle for the bottom. Iowa Sate and Texas A&M are both struggling this year. Texas A&M has no business being bad. Someone should tell them. But the good news is that Mike Sherman sees encouraging signs after the loss to Texas Tech.

Texas Tech No.1? Commentary from the Houston Chronicle.

More interesting quotes from the Lubbock pirate. Mike Leach discusses going for it on 4th down and the number of left-handed journalists at press conference. See video.

University of Colorado coach Dan Hawkins benched his son in last Saturday’s win over Kansas State. Hawkins said his wife has been "awesome."

No downsides to no-huddle, according to Bob Stoops. “The only possibility is if you’re not efficient and not scoring. You’re not using clock or scoring and you’re giving the other team too many opportunities.”

This article explores the parallels between the early careers of Bo Pelini and Bob Stoops.

Nebraska plays Baylor this Saturday. Bo Pelini talks about the Bears and Robert Griffin. Missouri loses keep Nebraska in the hunt for Big 12 North title.

Sam Bradford No.1 draft pick in 2009? He does not plan to leave OU, but the experts are pegging him in the top tier of draftee talent.

UT vs. OSU...

Mack Brown likes to draw. He also tells his players not to eat poisoned cheese.

Longhorns have chemistry and the team appreciates fans showing up to meet them before the Missouri game.

Zac vs. Colt. OSU coach Mike Gundy says that McCoy is as good as anybody in the country right now.

OSU press conference on UT game.

Against UT, second-half Meltdowns have been costly for Cowboys. UT needs to end this one early. We agree. The good news? Mack Brown unbeaten against OSU.

Worst ideas in collegiate branded merchandise...

From a post on Texas A&M’s Athletic Director Bill Byrne's blog: Officially licensed collegiate branded merchandise generates a lot of income to colleges and universities across the nation. Did you know the third most licensing revenue nationally is being generated from sales of Victoria's Secret and their sales of an exclusive Pink Collegiate Collection? Victoria’s Secret? Really?

Thanks to BigTexBD for this article by Terry Bowden. Bowden was in Austin broadcasting the Texas-Missouri game, and he believes Texas looked every bit a championship contender. Thank you, Terry.