Wendell Barnhouse is a nationally-known and respected columnist who has spent over 20 years covering collegiate athletics. He has reported from 25 Final Fours and more than three dozen bowl games and has written about the Big 12 and its schools since the conference's beginning. Barnhouse will be updating the Big 12 Insider on happenings and behind-the-scenes information about the conference.The great Phil Steele, whose college football preview magazine is jam-packed with information, has a formula to decide which teams have the best chance of winning the national championship. Three Big 12 teams are on the list of 15 teams that fit the mold.
West Virginia athletic director Oliver Luck, a member of the committee that will select the four teams for the new College Football Playoff, discusses the schedule analytics the group plans to use.
Bruce Feldman of FOXSports.com has ranked the most difficult non-conference schedules for the 2014 football season and two Big 12 teams rank No. 1 and No. 2.
From the bet-you-didn’t know department: Baylor coach Art Briles is a music hipster.
Former Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds calls himself “the happiest man in the country.”
Good info and perspective here from Iowa State’s Steve Malchow on the Cyclones’ competitive improvement over the last decade.
Isaiah Austin’s basketball career might be over because of a medical condition but the former Baylor player is maintaining a positive outlook.
Big 12 basketball coaches say the San Antonio Spurs’ NBA championship will help them preach team play and passing to their teams.
Here’s a good “inside basketball” video that has Oklahoma State associate head coach Bill Annan wired for sound during a practice.
SoonerVision, the Oklahoma Athletics Department’s in-house production arm, has been nominated for a 2014 Emmy.
