Basketball arrives at a Sweet 16 after the first week of March Madness. Football might thrive quite nicely with a Dandy Dozen at the start - unless the blowouts continue and 12 proves to be too many in terms of quality matchups and empty days between rounds.

Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark went all in on the “5+11” proposed model for the College Football Playoff on the first day of media days in Texas.