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Thursday, January 19, 2012
Lunch links: Gary Pinkel's big entrance

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By David Ubben
ESPN.com

Some voters find Claire angry and unlikeable. To those voters I would say ... wait 'til she reads this.

• John Hoover of the Tulsa World reflects on Brent Venables, who was at his best in his darkest moment.
• Gary Pinkel is, it's safe to say, is recruiting like a bawse. He swooped in on a helicopter on Thursday to visit perhaps the most wanted man in America: the nation's top receiver, Dorial Green-Beckham.
• New Oklahoma coordinator Mike Stoops needs to cool down his sideline antics, writes Jenni Carlson of The Oklahoman.
• The last Longhorn on a legendary magazine cover is gone, writes Suzanne Halliburton of the Austin American-Statesman.
• Kansas coach Charlie Weis, a Jersey straight talker, hasn't been shy about hyping up his new quarterbacks. Weis has also completed his new staff ... with a former Missouri player.
• Two Big 12 games make Ivan Maisel's five most interesting nonconference games in 2012.

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