Meredith enters the year healthier, after wrestling with a torn labrum most of last season. He is adjusted to the expectations of being a contender for a national championship. And he has a set of rule changes to adjust to and perhaps take advantage of.
"I want to be a Big 12 conference champ, and I want to be a national champ," the Cheyenne native said. "Obviously, I care about the national champ a little bit more, but if you can’t be a conference champ, what makes you think you can be a national champ? So those are kind of my last two boxes.