Daily Round Up: Basketball Is Coming

Disclaimer: Before you proceed, just remember that none of the links are vetted and you may be reading something written by a 13-year-old, a so-called sports journalist or Clay Travis (is there really any difference between those options?). Read at your own peril.

There are big expectations for the men's basketball team. [Horn Sports]

Rick Barnes is no longer the dead man walking. [Dallas Morning News]

Taylor Doyle likes a challenge. [The Daily Texan]

That was not a moral victory. [The Daily Texan]

For all of you out there that remember Wally Pryor's Slippery Rock announcements every home game. [ESPN]

Big 12

It's Week 8!

Week 8 predictions. [ESPN]

The Boy Toy is experimenting. [Dallas Morning News]

The matter is closed. No one will ever know what really happened after the Baylor-TCU game. [Dallas Morning News]

Basketball season is almost here. [Big 12 Sports]

Open Range

Are high football scores a bad thing? [ESPN]

AT&T is no longer the Cotton Bowl sponsor. [Dallas Morning News]

Jerry Jones has settled the sexual assault lawsuit. [SI]

The Agricultural and Mechanical Department

ESTABLISHMENT OF UNIVERSITY; AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT. The legislature shall as soon as practicable establish, organize and provide for the maintenance, support and direction of a University of the first class, to be located by a vote of the people of this State, and styled, "The University of Texas," for the promotion of literature, and the arts and sciences, including an Agricultural, and Mechanical department. - Texas Constitution

The Aggies were quite hospitable on Saturday night. [Dallas Morning News]

This is a thing. A&M has their own version of The Onion and it is pretty good. [MugDown]