Daily Round Up: We're Cautiously Optimistic

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Charlie Strong is following a proven formula to rebuild Texas football.

There are reasons to be optimistic about next football season.

Week one in the Big 12 has a slate of good games.

The rowing team won the Big 12.

Read Option(al) or some other stuff.

You'll enjoy watching this. Baylor's old stadium has been demolished.

How did Houston become a serious candidate for the Big 12? They didn't.

Just say no to South Florida. Bring On The Cats is full of contrarians.

Charles Barkley understands why the rest of the country loathes SEC fans.

Nebraska is getting sued over their tradition of letting balloons go after they score their first TD of the game.

There are bands and then there are HBCU bands.

Thirty years ago today Top Gun was in movie theaters.