Dana Holgorsen, despite the fact he was trending on Twitter, was subdued and likely left his zingers in the holster. Mack Brown, on the other hand, came out smoking firing.

He actually brought cheerleaders from various Big 12 schools to his press conference.

“I asked the ladies to come in. If I had any hard questions, I would let them support me. So we’ll just ask them to step up and answer any questions that we need here. Questions?” he said.

Berry Tramel of the  Oklahoman fired his hand into the sky and asked the biggest question in the Big 12.

“I’d like to ask the cheerleaders who they want to quarterback the Longhorns this year,” he asked.

Brown smiled, but did not defer. “They would want the worst one. I think that would be without question. There aren’t any Longhorn cheerleaders in that group there.”

Also impressive was the performance of Oklahoma State Mike Gundy. He was in the middle of something when a loud “Let’s go, Mountaineers!” cry from outside the room shattered the working silence in the press conference.

That was followed by multiple people signing WVU’s fight song in a room to Gundy’s right. Gundy didn’t even blink.

“I handled that pretty well,” he said. “That was a pressure situation there. I hope (freshman quarterback) Wes Lundt handles it that way. I didn’t even look over there.”