Corn Feed - Nebraska picked 3rd in Big 12 by media

• Media poll has Nebraska pegged for 3rd in Big 12.

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The results:

(First-place votes in parentheses)

North

1. Missouri (51) 306
2. Kansas 234
3. Nebraska 183
4. Colorado 181
5. Kansas State 108
6. Iowa State 59

South

1. Oklahoma (49) 304
2. Texas (2) 230
3. Texas Tech 227
4. Oklahoma State 140
5. Texas A&M 118
6. Baylor 52

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• Frank Beamer discusses VT rise and Nebraska with the Journal Star.
• Big 12 Media Day will feature Joe Ganz, Matt Slauson, and Barry Turner.
• BigRedNetwork looks at the importance of QB depth at Nebraska.
• Husker Mike remembers the 1996 Fiesta Bowl.
• Austin Murphy thinks Bo Pelini’s honeymoon in Nebraska will be short:

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11. I predict that Nebraska’s defense will be drastically improved — to the point where it achieves actual mediocrity. (It cannot help but be dramatically better than last year’s semi-permeable unit, which gave up, to various opponents, 49, 40, 41, 45, 36, 76, 31 and 65 points.)

12. I predict that Bo Pelini’s honeymoon in Lincoln, and the good will generated by his savvy vow to revive the Big Red’s once-potent walk-on program, will last for up to seven weeks, at which point the ‘Huskers will have lost three straight, and be staring down the barrel of a second-straight losing season.

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• More Bruce Feldman Madness: Ranks conferences based on QB Depth and the Big 12 is first. The best in conference? Colt McCoy. And somehow the Big 10 has better QB’s than the SEC.

Big 12: This is a clear top choice thanks to a lot of heady leaders who make smart decisions and have proven to be very accurate with the ball. The league has four guys with legit Heisman hopes in Chase Daniel, Sam Bradford, Graham Harrell and Colt McCoy. A fifth, Todd Reesing of Kansas, is as tough and as sharp as they come, although I expect KU to backslide some this year. Behind those five is plenty more talent that probably could merit all-conference consideration in any other league save for the SEC. In fact, 10 of the league’s top 11 passers return. Depth-wise, this is better than it’s ever been for the Big 12.