Each morning Longhorns Wire will share the top stories from around the Big 12 Conference. For this edition of the Big 12 morning rush, Twitter and Austin Monthly provides the headlines.

Conference medical experts to join presidents and athletic directors on a conference call

According to Chuck Carlton of the Dallas Morning News, the Big 12’s medical experts are going to be joining university presidents and athletic directors on a teleconference tomorrow.

Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby on having conference medical experts join presidents and ADs on teleconference Tuesday: “I just want the CEOs to be able to hear directly from the doctors."

— Chuck Carlton (@ChuckCarltonDMN) August 11, 2020

Rumors of Big Ten/SEC teams playing in Big 12 “astonishing”

Nebraska head coach Scott Frost stirred the pot Monday afternoon, saying the Cornhuskers are “committed to playing no matter what… We certainly hope it’s in the Big Ten. If it isn’t, I think we’re prepared to look for other options.”

Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby, asked if there's a scenario where Nebraska or other Big Ten or SEC teams could play against Big 12 teams, texted that's "truly astonishing."

— Kirk Bohls (@kbohls) August 10, 2020

The World According to Matthew McConaughey

If there is a person who represents the University of Texas and the football team, it is Matthew McConaughey. Dubbed ‘The Minister of Culture’, McConaughey has become a major part of Texas’ culture.

Although he credits his outfit to chance—the blind results in a game of closet roulette—it seems an unintentional reminder of simpler times. For several months, our plan was to have me shadow the recently appointed professor of practice in the Moody College of Communication around UT’s campus as he inhabited his latest role as mentor and university sage. I’d attend his Script to Screen class that he developed with director Scott Rice in 2015, a practical learning experience that he says “puts some science behind the magic and mystique of making movies.” We’d wander over to the Frank Erwin Center where he acts as Minister of Culture/M.O.C., often donning a burnt orange three-piece suit as he parades the sidelines at basketball games, exhorting fans and players like an unofficial assistant coach. Finally, he’d escort me to the six-plus acre site southeast of Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium, where the new $338 million basketball and events arena is slated to open in 2021— a project in which he’s a part-owner.

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