The goal of the Friday Afternoon Link Dump is to help you ease into the weekend by giving you things to occupy your time at work until the clock strikes 5pm.

To accomplish that we dive into the top stories from each of the Big 12 school's local papers. We also add a few non-Big 12 links for the hell of it.

All the links available after The Jump

Big 12 North

Colorado Boulder Daily Camera - Balance key to CU Buffs` success

Kansas Lawrence Journal World - Keegan: Morris responds to punishment

Kansas St Manhattan Mercury - Sutton taking his game to the interior

Iowa St GoCyclones.com - ISU-Texas notebook: Cyclones hurt, literally, by Longhorns

Missouri Columbia Daily Tribune - Marcus Denmon’s stare tells Anderson all he needs to know

Nebraska Lincoln Journal Star - Arkansas point guard backs out of NU commitment

Big 12 South

Baylor Baylor University Lariat - Griner one rebound short of triple-double as Lady Bears top No. 13 Oklahoma(Lady Bears)

Oklahoma Norman Transcript - Rough road for Sooners (Lady Sooners)

Oklahoma St Stillwater NewsPress - Nulph column: The ending to this movie is getting old

Texas Austin American-Statesman - Damion James on cusp of Big 12 rebounding record

Texas A&M AggieSports.com - KSU too much for A&M men's basketball team

Texas Tech RedRaiders.com - Big 12’s nonconference success key to more tourney spots

Non Big 12 Links

SBNation.com SBNation's College Basketball Power 16: Week Two [College Basketball]

GQ The Dirtiest Player [NFL] Maybe the best read of the year

CBSsports.com NFL Section [NFL]

It was a big week in sports. Sorry if any of this is repeat, but it is all worth repeating.

ESPN.com Arenas charged with felony gun possession [NBA]

Yahoo! Sports At the Letters: McGwire pumps up opinion [MLB]

Knoxnews.com Cutcliffe lead candidate for UT job [College Football]

Huffington Post Tiger Woods, SEX ADDICT? Alleged Mistress Jamie Jungers' Details Revealed [Golf]

If you don't read ClubTrillion.com, you should. Hysterical. Here is a video take of Mark Titus, author and last man off the Ohio State bench.

Evan Pfaff, Senior Editor
Twitter @MizzouHoops