Daily Round Up: Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012

Is FIU's interest in Manny Diaz just a smokescreen? [Barking Carnival]

Rick Barnes is concerned. [College Chalk Talk]

Around the Big 12

We definitely know what team didn't top the list. Who had the conference's best offense? [ESPN Big 12 Blog]

Tech is getting closer to a new coach. [ESPN]

TCU freshman Jordan Moore moved to fullback from linebacker. [Ft. Worth Star-Telegram]

Open Range

Will a defensive player ever win the Heisman? [Yahoo Sports]

Seven Big East Catholic, non-FBS schools, met to discuss splitting from the conference's football schools. [ESPN]

Will Nick Saban go back to the NFL? [Atlanta Journal-Constitution]

When coaches go slumming. [WSJ]

Athletic departments are spending a lot of money on contract buyouts to fired coaches. [ESPN]

Faculty perspective on a Petrino hire. [War Eagle Reader]

NBC Sports and Yahoo! Sports are partners. [TV Newser]

A day in the life of a Notre Dame football player. [Yahoo Sports]

College football players should make more than your dad. [SB Nation]

Schools are severing ties with Adidas over unfair labor practices in the company's factories in Indonesia. [Business Of College Sports]

And finally...

Your conference dollars at work. Build your own snow fan. [Big 12 Holidays]