Lunch links: ESPN-UT partnership reaction

RSSBot · Jan 20, 2011

By David Ubben

Whatever they were doing, Dad was winning.

Baylor added two more early enrolling freshmen to its 2011 class on Wednesday.
Tom Shatel of the Omaha World-Herald asks: Where's the uproar from the rest of the Big 12 after Texas' new deal with ESPN?
Blair Kerkhoff of the Kansas City Star says the deal between ESPN and UT is good for both parties -- and the Big 12.
Not so, says Kirk Bohls of the Austin-American Statesman. The widening financial chasm between Texas and the rest of the Big 12 costs the conference, he writes.
Oklahoma hopes to launch its own long-discussed television network by the end of 2011, reports John Hoover of the Tulsa World.
Four Big 12 teams are in the early 2011 top 10 from Matt Hayes at Sporting News.
Former Texas Tech running back Baron Batch talks about his NFL Draft prep and the perils of living in a hotel in his latest journal entry for the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.
Colorado might have its new quarterbacks coach this week, reports Tom Kensler of the Denver Post.
Has Texas lost its No. 1 recruit? It seems likely, but we'll find out on Friday, writes Randy Riggs of the Austin American-Statesman.
Oklahoma's newest coaching hire is a little suspect, writes Berry Tramel of The Oklahoman.
J. Brady McCollough of the Kansas City Star tells the story of new Kansas AD Sheahon Zenger's lifelong journey to Lawrence.
SI.com's Stewart Mandel tackles one of the Big 12's biggest questions of the offseason: Why can't Mike Leach get a new job?