Extra! Extra! Big 12 Link Dump - Stories From Big 12 Country ... And A Man Forced To Eat His Own Beard

The goal of the Friday Link Dump is to help you ease into the weekend by giving you things to occupy your time at work until you're free to for the weekend.

So let's dive into the top stories from each of the Big 12 school's local papers. And since you're already wasting time with us, we also add a video clip after The Jump for the hell of it.

Big 12 North

Colorado Buffaloes Boulder Daily Camera - CU's Dufault working to fill Harris-Tunks' shoes

Kansas Jayhawks Lawrence Journal World - Kansas proud of homecourt winning streak at Allen Fieldhouse

Kansas St. Wildcats Manhattan Mercury - Diaz, Gipson sign LOIs with K-State

Iowa St. Cyclones GoCyclones.com - Garrett a nominee for Cousy Award

Missouri Tigers Columbia Daily Tribune - McLemore plans to decide Saturday

Nebraska Cornhuskers Lincoln Journal Star - Brandon Richardson puts misstep behind him

Big 12 South

Baylor Bears Baylor Lariat- Forwards star; Bears win on national stage

Oklahoma Sooners Tulsa World- OU basketball notebook: Who were those guys?

Oklahoma St. Cowboys Stillwater News Press - Cowboys win, but Ford's not entirely happy

Texas Longhorns Austin American-Statesman - Longhorns men's basketball notebook

Texas A&M Aggies AggieSports.com - Aggie men out to prove detractors wrong

Texas Tech Red Raiders RedRaiders.com - Tech gets top picks in 2011 recruits

Video clip after The Jump

Remind me never to go to Kentucky.

Evan Pfaff, Managing Editor
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