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Daily links to news and notes for Mountaineers and from around the Big 12 conference.

They come to us bright eyed and full of potential, and they leave us while we wish they could stick around just one more year. It's the beauty and inevitability of a program.

Ben's Grandpa provides expert critiques of the past week's BTN articles

Now that it's conference season, it's time to fire up the old question exchange with fellow Big East bloggers to get a sense of what they think their team's strengths and weaknesses are. First up...

Fans can vote for who they think is Virginia Tech's best offensive player of the Aughts.

Rotonews.com is reporting that former Lions' RB Kevin Jones will soon be signing a contract with the Bears. Rotonews seems to think that Jones will grab the majority of carries from rookie Matt...

Running back Kevin Jones has been quietly recuperating from knee surgery ever since the Lions cut him in a somewhat surprising move before the NFL Draft.   He put on a show for NFL scouts, but o...

The Tennessee Titans brought Kevin Jones in for a visit today as well.  Jones is coming off a knee injury, and Coach Jeff Fisher said the Titans were just looking to see where he is: "We have a...