Yesterday the five Big 12 coaches who spoke at media day wore suits. I bumped into Dana Holgorsen this morning on an escalator and he was wearing the black polo and khaki slacks. He was also drinking a tall coffee, which perhaps explains the exuberance with which he worked the room for the next 30 minutes.

He was all over the place, talking and laughing and shaking hands and obviously enjoying himself. When we had a moment, we talked about that particular aspect, that a coach seemed to be having fun when others might not be as invested in such a gathering.

“No offense,” he said, “but usually it’s not fun when it’s a media thing.”

Oh, no offense at all, said the media. Actually, I understood. What that meant was it’s often hurrying from here to there and answering cliche or repetitive questions and generally just enduring the day. But what Holgorsen pointed out was that the atmosphere was crafted with the cheerleaders and mascots to lighten the mood — the very thing I thought yesterday.

Just a warm and welcoming dynamic. “It’s more festive,”  Holgorsen said.

I figure he, too, will be festive when he talks to the media here shortly. Follow along @mikecasazza.

Note: The polo/khakis was for a PSA the Big 12 coaches are filming. It’s mandatory. Suits are not. And Dana ended up changing his look before he spoke to the media.

The tweets …

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And Dana signs off with “See ya, guys.” Business-like performance. I blame the suit.