With Adrian Peterson gone to the NFL, a new coach at Iowa State and fans of Baylor and Kansas hoping this will finally be the year their teams break through, here are some odds and ends about all the Big 12 clubs.

Big 12 South

AUSTIN, Texas – Texas is the only Division I-A school with 10 wins each of the last six seasons and Mack Brown is the only coach to have at least nine wins for 11 straight years. That includes his last two years at North Carolina.

Freshman quarterback John Chiles enrolled early to get a head start on learning the system. Good thing because an injury to Sherrod Harris likely makes him the No. 2 quarterback going into the season.

NORMAN, Okla. – When the AP preseason poll is released, expect Oklahoma to be on there for the 638th straight week. That’s the fourth-longest streak nationally and the best in the Big 12.

OU fans can go to Stillwater on Sept. 29 to boo Rhett Bomar, their former quarterback who left in a scandalous wake. He now plays for Sam Houston State, which faces Oklahoma State that day. The Sooners will be at Colorado the same day.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – This is no Aggie joke: Five of the club’s 17 seniors already have degrees and 10 more are on pace to get their degrees this semester. Junior quarterback Stephen McGee has his degree, too.

McGee threw only two interceptions last year in 313 attempts.

RB Jorvorskie Lane tied a school record by running for 19 touchdowns last year. He wants 24 this year.

LUBBOCK, Texas – Tech coach Mike Leach on having to replace his top three receivers from last season: “I’m not half as alarmed at our demise of the wide receiver like other people are. It’s like Mark Twain said, ‘The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated,’ as he appeared alive at that deal. I think our receivers are alive and kicking despite popular belief, too.”

Alex Trlica is 166-for-166 on PAT attempts, an NCAA record.

STILLWATER, Okla. – Here’s a stat Cowboys fans can use to taunt their Sooners friends: OSU was one of only two schools to average more than 200 yards per game in both rushing and passing. The other? Boise State, which used every bit of its balance to stun Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl.

Four Oklahoma State assistant coaches are on five-year deals and the rest have three-year deals, rarities in college football. Coach Mike Gundy calls it “probably more money tied up in assistant coaches’ salaries than anybody in the country.”

WACO, Texas – Punters Brian Ozois and Derek Epperson have the toughest jobs on the team this season, and that’s not meant to be a cheap shot at the Bears’ lousy offense. They have to replace Daniel Sepulveda, a consensus All-American and a two-time winner of the Ray Guy Award as the nation’s top punter.

Another guy lost to the NFL: Quarterbacks coach Wes Phillips, who joined the staff of his dad, Wade, with the Dallas Cowboys.

Big 12 North

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Kicker Jeff Wolfert went 45-for-45 on PATs last year, the first 100 percent season by a Mizzou kicker. The neat part is that he came to school on a diving scholarship.

Tony Temple is the only 1,000-yard back returning to the conference this season. He ran for 1,063 yards last season, second in the league.

The Tigers have beaten Nebraska the last two meetings in Columbia, which is where they meet again this year.

LINCOLN, Neb. – Four years after Frank Solich was forced off campus, his legacy remains. Twenty of the players on the roster, including 12 on scholarship, were brought in by Solich and his staff. Seven of those are likely to be starters. “I don’t discriminate,” coach Bill Callahan said. “They’re our kids. We love them. They’re ours and we embrace that.”

Linebacker Corey McKeon has put together a darn good version of the Cornhuskers in a video game. “I beat Nevada 114-0,” he said. The real Huskers open against the real Wolfpack Sept. 1.

MANHATTAN, Kan. – No pronunciation help is needed to say the name of incoming defensive tackle Xzavier Stewart.

The Wildcats are going from a 4-3 defense to a 3-4 front. Keep an eye on how that affects junior Ian Campbell, one of only four players returning to Division I this season who had at least 11 1/2 sacks and 17 1/2 tackles for loss.

BOULDER, Colo. – Don’t expect the Buffaloes to get shut out. They’ve scored in 222 straight games, the fifth-longest active streak and the 11th longest all-time, although they twice scored just three points last season.

With Cody Hawkins and Nick Nelson vying for the starting QB job, what happened to last year’s starter, Bernard Jackson? He’s becoming a not-so-secret weapon who might appear anywhere, including under center on some plays. “We’re obviously going to use Bernard creatively back there,” coach Dan Hawkins said.

LAWRENCE, Kan. – The Jayhawks have allowed only one 100-yard rusher against them the last two years.

Aqib Talib had six interceptions last year. The conference record for a season is 10.

Brandon McAnderson and Jake Sharp will try filling the void created with the departure of Jon Cornish and his school-record 1,457 rushing yards. They had a combined 251 yards on 52 attempts, with five TDs, all by McAnderson.

AMES – Quarterback Bret Meyer can become an 11K man this season. That is, he can have 11,000 total yards for his career. He’s at 7,979 after throwing for 2,546 and running for 177 last year.

Coach Gene Chizik on the coin with his likeness being sold for $15: “My son said, ‘How did they put your face on a coin and you haven’t won any games yet?’ He’s 6, by the way.

I think the value of the coin will be in proportion with how many we win or lose, eventually.”