(by David Ubben) From Ames to Austin and Boulder to Lubbock, I’ll spend my time chronicling -- and hopefully providing some insight into -- the goings-on of the Big 12.

Over the past few seasons, I’ve had the privilege of seeing some great moments inside one of America’s most competitive conferences.

I’ll never forget Vince Young slipping inside the pylon on fourth-and-5 for the title. I watched Kansas and Missouri light up the scoreboard for four hours on a freezing November Saturday at Arrowhead Stadium just for a chance to call themselves No. 1. And if my time in Oklahoma is any indication, I think the Sooners forgive Billy Sims for eliminating any confusion about the school that’s produced two of the conference’s three Heisman winners in the past decade....read more from ESPN