Notes, quotes and nuggets from Monday's Big 12 football coaches teleconference following the first week of conference play.

For the second straight week Destinee Hooker and Michelle Kocher from Texas have been named the Big 12 Volleyball Offensive Player and Rookie of the Week, respectively, for the matches of Sept. 29-Oct. 5. Anna Breyfogle (Baylor) is receiving the fourth Defensive Player of the Week award of her career, while Hooker claims her seventh honor overall.

Graham Harrell (Texas Tech), Keenan Clayton (Oklahoma), Roy Miller (Texas) and Dez Bryant (Oklahoma State) have been named Big 12 Conference Football Players of the Week.

The Big 12 Conference auctions begin for 2008-09 with a fabulous football signed by all 12 Conference Head Coaches. The football is a regulation-size Wilson ball and includes the official NCAA Football logo. The autographs are there for head coaches from every Big 12 school.

Week One of conference play saw all six of the Big 12's ranked teams emerge with a victory.

Each week, Big12Sports.com will feature select student-athletes throughout the week from one Big 12 school.  University of Kansas is this week's feature institution, starting October 6. 

The first day of conference play saw the Big 12's six ranked teams win by an average score of 48-23. Five of the ranked teams won on the road.

Chase Daniel threw three touchdown passes, Derrick Washington ran for 139 yards and scored three times and the fourth-ranked Tigers beat overmatched Nebraska 52-17 for their first road win against the Cornhuskers in 30 years.