Lunch links: Dan Beebe's Big 12 mistake

RSSBot · Dec 9, 2010

By David Ubben

People aren't food. People aren't food. Your friends will run away if they're scared of being chewed.

Berry Tramel of The Oklahoman has two reasons why there's no way Bob Stoops will go to Florida.
Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne won't be retiring any time soon, writes Steve Sipple of the Lincoln Journal Star.
That Baylor bowl drought is paying off. Bears fans are snatching up Texas Bowl tickets.
Brandon Chatmon of The Oklahoman says Justin Blackmon might be the best receiver in Oklahoma State history.
New Colorado coach Jon Embree passed his recruiting test, but he's also trying to assemble a staff while putting together his team, writes Kyle Ringo of the Boulder Daily Camera.
Dan Beebe says the Big 12 made a mistake by not continuing the OU-Nebraska annual rivalry when the league was formed, reports colleague Ivan Maisel. Also, Colorado has always been more linked to the Pac-12 than the Big 12.
Mike Leach is interested in the Florida job. "Really, I'm interested in all of them,'' Leach said. Honesty really is the best policy.
Get ready for Missouri's ticket sales to the Insight Bowl to be heavily scrutinized, writes Dave Matter of the Columbia Tribune.
It doesn't sound like Nebraska offensive coordinator Shawn Watson is headed to Vanderbilt.
Bill Hancock, the executive director of the BCS, defends the system with an op-ed piece in USA Today.