The AP Poll is here, and with it the usual avalanche of reactions.
The largest turnover of Big 12 head coaches in seven seasons includes two first-timers at their alma maters, a national championship winner and another who last season almost got a Group of Five team into the College Football Playoff.
The 54-year-old Texas native credited the school’s leadership and boosters when asked at Big 12 media days how he has managed an offseason he couldn’t have imagined in his younger coaching days.