kenny holshoff, a former missouri congressman with kit bond. anna miller, health and wellness reporter for "u.s. news and world report." jack williams, retired "usa today" weather editor and a freelance writer. [ applause ] i also want to welcome our c-span and public radio audiences, and i want to remind you if you are following the action on twitter, please use the #npc live. that's #npc live on twitter. well, if you love college athletics, you know something about the big 12 conference, or at least the schools that are part of it. there's baylor, iowa state, kansas. kansas state, oklahoma, oklahoma state, tcu, texas, texas tech and west virginia. note to all college math majors, there are ten teams in the big 12. and by the way, there are 14 teams in the big ten. there will be a test after class. the big 12 faces more than a math issue, of course in today's era of league realignment and playoffs in what has become big time college football. last year the big 12's two best teams missed the playoffs, largely because they beoth finished with on