(Programming note: I will be on The Closers with SleepyFloyd7 at 4:00 PM CT. Listen live here, and consider this your live thread for the proceedings.)

1 - Since the last Roundtable, the Big 12 officially became a two-team race with Iowa State losing and both Mizzou and Kansas taking out Baylor. Give me some percentages: what are the chances KU wins the title, and what are the chances MU wins?

2 - After his silly eruption in Stillwater against Mizzou, how many points does Oklahoma State's Le'Bryan Nash score tonight?

3 - Baseball and softball season start this week! There's not really a question here ... BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL SEASON START THIS WEEK! #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble #stubble.

4 - Apparently every person on my Twitter feed watches either Justified, Walking Dead or both religiously at this point. Everybody but me, that is. Do any of you watch these shows? And if not, what shows are you following the closest as we round into the home stretch of TV Season...

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1. Who wins tonight: Baylor or Kansas?

2. Who wins the Big 12: Missouri, Kansas, Baylor, or Other?

3. Over or Under: Kansas and Missouri are playing basketball against each other in five years?

4. Rivalry Week™ is this week, which, combined with the fact that I'm actually writing about basketball now, has me thinking about something: should the college basketball season begin later? The Daily's Dan Wolken wrote about this last week. My first reaction: No way. My second reaction: Why not? Basketball season lasts as long as football season, but a good chunk of people don't really start paying attention until the last couple of months. Would May Madness work?

Consider this your "What a great night of basketball" live thread as well. Kansas-Baylor, 'Cuse-Georgetown, Duke-UNC, etc. What a great night of basketball!

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1 - Mizzou's next four games are @OSU, Tech, @Texas, Kansas. What will their record be in these games?

2 - Former UMKC coach Rich Zvosec made some noise yesterday when he told 610 a.m. that losing Laurence Bowers was "addition by subtraction" for this Missouri team. Is he right?

3 - How should Dorial Green-Beckham announce his college of choice next week? Pick from five hats? Pick from five baby animals -- baby tiger, baby pig, baby calf, baby elephant or baby, uh, horse, I guess (for the Sooner schooner)? Telegram? Incorporate Lambert's Throwed Rolls in some way?

4 - So who's YOUR most annoying recurring SNL character of all-time?

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1 - Time for your weekly expectations question! Have the results of the last week of Big 12 basketball done much to change your perceptions of the Big 12 hierarchy?

2 - What does Missouri have to do to beat Baylor in Waco on Saturday?

3 - Self-share!, etc., but last week I shared my 100 favorite games of the 2011 season. Give me your own two or three favorites.

4 - So YouTube is attempting to launch 100 new "channels" (including one from SB Nation) with professionally-produced content. Obviously YouTube use is skyrocketing, but what is the ceiling here? Exactly how much do you see YouTube (and internet streaming in general) hurting network and/or cable television?

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1. Mizzou losing to K-State: proof of a weak schedule, proof of further road woes ... or proof that Bramlage is a pretty tough place to play when you match up horribly with your opponent?

2. We've probably discussed this before (multiple times), but it appears that BCS changes are on the horizon. What changes do you expect, and what changes do you prefer?

3. So a "data input error" led to Missouri reporting about $5 million more in football expenses than actually existed last year. I call shenanigans. WHAT $5 MILLION EXPENSE IS THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT COVERING UP?

4. College football season is over. What will you do with your extra time?

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Oh right. It's Wednesday. Beefy's out because of general work crushitude, so raise (or lower) your game accordingly.

1. So Mizzou beat a 10-2 Oklahoma team, ranked in the KenPom Top 50, by 38 points. Does this raise your expectations of Mizzou's Big 12 finish? Were they already high enough that you expect these kinds of wins at home?

2. What is your predicted Big 12 finish this year? Rank all ten teams.

And in case you've already checked out and moved to the SEC in your head, here are the teams that are currently in the Big 12, ahem: Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech.

3. Gut feeling: does Mizzou land Dorial Green-Beckham?

4. So you'll never believe this, but Work It, a Bosom Buddies rip-off that appears to have neither the charm, acting talent, or, um, class of Bosom Buddies, is getting absolutely horrendous reviews. How do we still live in a country where a show like this is not only greenlit but enthusiastically advertised for two months before its debut, as if people will watch the commercials and think, "Oh man! I so want to watch that show!"?

/rant

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Alright, Braggin' Rights is tomorrow night! A-Game, people!

1 - What have you seen in the last couple of cupcake basketball games that makes you encouraged about tomorrow night against Illinois? What have you seen that makes you less optimistic? (For Doug: if you had $1,000,000 and were forced at gunpoint to bet it on Kansas either winning or not winning the Big 12 this year, which way are you going?)

2 - Name one thing dumber than college award watch lists.

3 - Oh right, this is the final roundtable before the bowl game too. (Doug: bowl games are things that teams play when they have a winning season. Just FYI.) What's your official Indy Bowl prediction?

4 - Since moving to Columbia, my mother has, with our influence, bought an iMac, an iPhone and a B&N Nook Color. What's next for this newly tech-savvy hipster?

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Good thing neither the Independence Bowl nor Braggin' Rights take place before the next Roundtable ... be on the lookout for a Kennesaw State upset bid tomorrow night.

Hooray, a normal Wednesday! Let's have ourselves a good, old-fashioned roundtable!

1 - We're staring a potential undefeated-versus-undefeated Braggin' Rights matchup in the face. Name your favorite Braggin' Rights game that you've attended. And if you haven't attended one, name your favorite one, period. And if you're Doug, talk about something else. Um ... Kansas' backcourt, maybe. Or the awesomeness of New Mexico food. That always works.

2 - The topic for the day on Rock M is in-state recruiting. How important is it for Mizzou to "seal the borders" and land the big in-state talent?

3 - Charlie Weis to Kansas. Good move, great move, or the greatest move? (Or, amazingly inexplicable, baffling move?)

4 - At this point, I am accepting who I have become. My work day seems equally impacted by Nick Saban and Nigella (3:00 PM CT, every weekday on the Cooking Channel!). Last week, I put on a Moby Wrap and only cried a little. (Never again, by the way. That thing is ridiculous. And it takes 15 minutes to remove.) What is the next step in my Mr. Mom conversion?

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