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Each Friday, we'll be offering up a sampling of Longhorn- and Big 12-related sports coverage making its way around the Web. This week: Hell, this week is game week.

College football is more than chest-painting, screaming fans and oversized young men crashing into each other at high speed. (Although those are two of its good points.) Look deeper and you'll discover personal, dramatic elements that rival any in pop culture, from Battlestar-Galactica-level intrigue to characters as deep and complicated as those on Mad Men.

Each Friday, we'll be offering up a sampling of Longhorn- and Big 12-related sports coverage making its way around the Web. This week: Big 12 media days, Aaron Ross' crib, Jordan Shipley, Colt McCoy, and more.

With the beginning of football season finally in sight, fans looking to learn about what to expect are bombarded with a stream of lists and predictions. Too bad they're all bunk.

The Texas baseball team has been selected as the No. 1 seed in the NCAA baseball tournament. After winning the Big 12 tournament title on Sunday, The Longhorns will host one of 16 regional tournaments that begin Friday.

But as conference play begins, Texas remains on a collision course with their familiar foes from across the Red River for Big 12 superiority, as Blake Griffin has led Oklahoma to a 12-1 record and No. 4 ranking, although Baylor could be poised to play spoiler as Texas and OU look to extend their run of dominance over the rest of the Big 12. In the meantime, here are a few things to watch throughout the conference season.

Before the season began, many people felt Texas would have a loss or two by this point in the season. Instead, the 8-0 Longhorns find themselves the No. 1 team in the country after notching impressive wins over highly ranked teams. Quarterback Colt McCoy is the front-runner for the Heisman Trophy and with a win on Saturday, Texas can see a clear path to the national championship game.

Abrams is the Longhorns' leading returning scorer, having averaged 16.5 points per game last season. He declared for the NBA Draft in April, but later decided to return to Texas for his senior year. James led the team in rebounding a year ago, averaging 10.3 boards per game to go with 13.2 points.

It’s what sports writers across the South have been talking about all week.

Part One: Longhorn Offense

It’s not a stretch to say that Mack Brown knows a thing or two about what it means to be the coach of a "deep" football team. After all, it was only four years ago when he coached a team that featured Vince Young, Cedric Benson and Roy Williams in the same offense. Such tradition makes it hard to believe that this year’s squad has the potential to be the deepest of Brown’s tenure at Texas, but when all is said and done, this could well be the legacy of the 2008 Longhorn offense.