Here are three takeaways from Kliff Kingsbury's weekly Big 12 teleconference on Monday:
1. Alan Bowman is cleared for takeoff
Because of his partially collapsed lung, Texas Tech quarterback Alan Bowman had to be driven to the TCU game as patients with partially collapsed lungs are instructed not to fly.
That wasn't an issue in Bowman's first game back with the Red Raiders hosting Kansas at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock.
Going into the Week 9 road matchup with Iowa State, Bowman is cleared for takeoff to travel with the team by plane.