Barking Carnival

Here are some news and notes from around Big 12 camps. For more detailed analysis of each team, please review our State of the Union pieces.
Injuries
The injury bug is showing up all over camps.
Knock on wood as Austin has been spared the loss of any starters. Back-up tight ends Josh Marshall’s […]

Oklahoma freshman Britt Mitchell supposedly quit the team during the summer and joined the marines. Not quite. He actually transferred to UTEP.
“I just didn’t enjoy it up there” in Norman, Mitchell said. “Since I’ve been here at UTEP I’ve loved every minute of it. I like it a lot better here.”
No one likes El […]

Stoops met with the media yesterday and offered his thoughts on OU’s schedule.

“Schedule-wise, we have a challenging non-conference, which is as exciting as it is challenging and our guys realize that they are going have to be able to play early. The Big 12 schedule is what it is. I don’t ever think from one […]

Here’s what the Big 12 Coaches said:
Offense
Pos; Name; School; Ht.; Wt.; Cl./Exp.; Hometown
WR; Michael Crabtree!; Texas Tech; 6-3; 206; So./1L; Dallas
TE; Chase Coffman; Missouri; 6-6; 245; Sr./3L; Peculiar, Mo.
OL; Duke Robinson; Oklahoma; 6-5; 330; Sr./3L; Atlanta, Ga.
OL; Phil Loadholt; Oklahoma; 6-8; 350; Sr./1L; Fountain, Colo.
C; Jon Cooper; Oklahoma; 6-2; 285; Sr./3L; Fort Collins, Colo.
OL; Louis […]

Given the high brow discussion regarding how Stoops handled Dvoracek and how Brown handled Andre Jones, I found it interesting that Urban Legend Meyer was faced with a similar scenario.
You see, Ronnie Wilson fired an AK 47 into the air to end a skirmish in a parking lot. He ultimately pled down the charges […]

Josh Jarboe is a freshman wide receiver for Oklahoma. He was arrested back in March for receiving stolen property and having a gun at school, but the charges were later dropped.
You’d think that Jarboe would want to keep quiet for awhile. Well, Big Red Sports ain’t paying you to think. Hat tip to Red […]

Here are the ten best current coaches presented in an inarguable top ten list:

Turns out the Nebraska fan who posted the fake internet story about Sam Bradford and Landry Jones works for UT. This part of the story was actually broken in our comments section yesterday making it the first and only time we will break anything. Unless ChrisApplewhite dunks.
James W. Conradt is the manager of UT’s computing […]

So yesterday a Cornhusker fan created a fake news story using The Oklahoman’s website that said OU qbs Sam Bradford and Landry Jones were arrested for selling cocaine. I saw the link posted on another site, and it took me all of two seconds to determine it was fake. I was soon joined by all […]

I’m concerned that this review of cheating in recruiting is too Southwest-centric. I’m sure the SEC is full of great cheating lore and examples; it’s just that the SWC cases are so much more…blatant. You have the combination of a rich talent pool fished by several programs, along with fiercely competitive boosters loaded with cash. […]