The goal now for the Big 12, last represented in the BCS national championship game five seasons ago, is to get a team in the new four-team College Football Playoff that begins this season. Baylor arrives Monday at Big 12 football media days as the defending league champion for the first time. The Bears should be pretty good again, but eight-time champ Oklahoma is the preseason pick to win another title. Here are five things to know about media days, which are Monday and Tuesday in Dallas: DIFFERENT TONE?

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