ESPN College Football

Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Griffin

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Here are today's Big 12 links. Enjoy them. 

• Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione tells the Tulsa World's Dave Sittler that he still believes the Sooners will meet Notre Dame in a two-game series in 2012 and 2013.
• The Williams and Hyatt Show Blog lists a few things we won't hear at the Big 12 media gathering next week in Arlington, Texas.
• Austin American-Statesman columnist Kirk Bohls isn't buying Texas freshman running back Chris Whaley's nickname of "Zeus" -- yet.
• USA Today's Steve Wieberg details Bill Snyder's plans for returning the Kansas State program back to the level he once had it.
• Lane Johnson, a 6-foot-6, 250-pound high school quarterback-turned-tight end, has joined Oklahoma's program after playing at Kilgore College last season, the Tulsa World's Guerin Emig reports.
• The Topeka Capital-Journal's Tully Corcoran writes that Heisman hype for quarterback Todd Reesing would be completely out of character for the Kansas football program.
• Paul Myerburg of the New York Times' blog The Quad ranks Missouri No. 53 in his national preseason poll.
• Mike Sherman's understated dry wit is highlighted by Brent Zwerneman of the Houston Chronicle/San Antonio Express-News. 
• Kansas running back Jake Sharp tells the Lawrence Journal-World's Jesse Newell that he always has been motivated by having something to prove to his critics.
• Athlon Sports.com looks at what happened to the top 10 recruits in the 2004 recruiting class -- including No. 1 Adrian Peterson and No. 2 Rhett Bomar.
• Kansas City Star Big 12 reporter Blair Kerkhoff predicts a Kansas-Texas championship game in the conference this season.
• Nebraska officials hope to add to the game-day experience at Memorial Stadium with two new replay boards and two ribbon boards that will stretch longer than a football field, the Lincoln Journal-Star's Brian Christopherson reports.