As we continue our series of looking ahead, and getting know our new Big 12 conference mates a bit more, it's now time to focus in on Iowa State. The Cyclones are coming off a 6-7 (3-6 Big 12) season, including a loss to Rutgers in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl.

For a deeper look into the Cyclones, we reached out to Andrew Coppens, editor of Wisconsin blog, madtownbadgers.com . And although he covers the Badgers, he's an Iowa State he offers great insight into the program.

West Virginia University is back in the State of Florida looking for talent. That search has led them to Booker T. Washington High School in Miami, Florida. 

Rivals.com Recruiting Analyst, Chris Nee, is reporting West Virginia has offered 2014 wide receiver Lamar Parker.

Parker stands 5-foot-8,170 pounds. With his size and speed he would be ideal in the slot. 

WVU joins Florida State as the only school to offer early in the process.

Lamar Parker Highlights: http://www.snappytv.com/snaps/lamar-parker-makes-4th-down-catch-to-set-tornadoes-up-at-the-about-booker-t-washington-v-bolles-on-fox-sports-florida-prep-zone

Stay with EERinsider for all your WVU and recruiting news and the development in Parker's recruitment.

It probably wasn't until last seasons Orange Bowl until the nation became aware of West Virginia wide receiver, Tavon Austin. The same can't be said for Mountaineer nation, however.

On a steamy south beach night in January, Austin showed off his full arsenal of weapons. On the night, he recorded 12 catches for 123 yards and 4 touchdowns.

One of the hardest working men covering college football is Big 12 blogger David Ubben. David joined ESPN back in 2010 after covering Big 12 football for two seasons at the Columbia Missourian and The Oklahoman. He was all over the conference during the spring, and he just released his games to watch this season in the Big 12.

One of the hardest working men covering college football is Big 12 blogger David Ubben. David joined ESPN back in 2010 after covering Big 12 football for two seasons at the Columbia Missourian and The Oklahoman. He was all over the conference during the spring, and he just released his games to watch this season in the Big 12.

West Virginia and Big 12 fans took to social media outlets and message boards on Monday when the Sporting News released its top coaches in the conference. Sporting news is running a series of ranking FBS conference coaches from 1 to 124.

They admit this is the strongest conference coach wise, and the hardest to rank. Let’s take a look at the Top 10.

When Dana Holgorsen inherited the West Virginia football program, he did so with the thought of making a few changes. Some areas we were all aware of, some not so much - and some not at all.

I prefer to categorize them as the obvious, somewhat obvious, and the not so obvious.

CBS Sports and Dennis Dodd is reporting that Big 12 presidents have verbally agreed to a lucrative new media rights agreement. The deal was reported by CBSSports.com back on March 13 is worth a combined $2.6 billion with ESPN and Fox.

The 13-year deal is projected to be worth $200 million annually to the conference (an average of $20 million per school) through 2025. For the moment, the Big 12 enters the stratosphere of the Pac-12, SEC and Big Ten, all of whom are near or above the $200 million per year mark.

CBS is also reporting the new deal is an extension of the league's grant of rights. League CEOs had previously agreed to a six-year grant of rights that would allow the conference to keep a school's television rights if it left for a new league. The expectation is that the new grant of rights will be 13 years to match the TV deal. That provision essentially binds the at-times contentious league together for the term of the agreement.

Bob Bowlsby was hired last week as the new Big 12 commissioner.

(Information: CBSSports.com; Dennis Dodd)

EERinsider.com will be working over the next several weeks to bring you a look at the Big 12 Conference. We will preview all teams, players to watch, give a conference outlook, and early bowl projections from various outlets. 

Let’s kick things off with the Kansas Jayhawks.

The West Virginia's women's basketball team has signed a new addition to the Mountaineer squad, sources have told EERinsider.com

Krystal Forthan, a former 5-star recruit in the 2011 class, spent last season as a member of the LSU Lady Tigers. She averaged 5.7 points and 3.1 rebounds per game.