Hi, I'm curious if anyone here knows about Big 12 radio on TuneIn and Big 12 Studios? We have a daily show centered on the big 12 called Big 12 today and wondering if you were all aware of it?
My name is Ari Temkin and I'm the co-host of Big 12 Radio. So, was just curious if people were aware we exist!
First, I love the new iteration of the Big XII and the parity in the conference is unreal. The fact Arizona was able to pull off 9 wins this past season shocks me and I definitely think futures are bright for a lot of schools.
I am seeing though a very similar trend perception wise to what the Pac 12 went through. Lots of good teams that beat up on eachother and very little elite teams that have the juice to make a playoff run.
In the entirety of the playoff era, only one Big XII team has won a playoff game (TCU vs Michigan in Jan 2023). This includes multiple appearance by Oklahoma and one by Texas when they were still Big XII members. The playoff record since 2014 is 1-9.
What will it take for the Big XII to start winning playoff games? I would imagine the degree of first round exits surely does not do the perception of the conference by the rest of CFB.
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Current capacity of each stadium
1 BYU 62,073
2 Iowa St 61,500
3 Texas Tech 60,229
4 West Virginia 60,000
5 Arizona St 53,599
6 Oklahoma St 52,202
7 Utah 51,444
8 Arizona 50,782
9 Colorado 50,183
10 Kansas St 50,000
11 TCU 47,000
11 Kansas 47,000*
13 Baylor 45,140
14 UCF 44,206
15 Houston 40,000
16 Cincinnati 38,193
Teams that are just right in my opinion: Iowa State, West Virginia, Arizona, Colorado, TCU, Kansas, Baylor, Houston
I would make the following adjustments: BYU increase to 70,000. Texas Tech increase to 65,000. Arizona State, Oklahoma State, and Utah increase to 60,000. Kansas State and UCF increase to 55,000. Cincinnati increase to 45,000.
The asterisk next to Kansas is due to ongoing renovations. Last season the capacity was 41,525 and this year it will be down to around 30,000. Renovations will be completed in 2027.
The Big 12 said this week it approves a move to a 24-team College Football Playoff. ESPN doesn’t and neither does the SEC, but why are they hesitant?
I really like the current makeup of the Big 12. Outside of UCF, Cincy and WVU all the schools make geographic sense, with WVU being grandfathered in by now. Unless we are adding old schools back in, I really don’t want anyone new.
Big 12 football was solid last season, and the basketball obviously sells itself. I’m comfortable with where we are.
This topic of contention is really difficult for me because there’s so much uncertainty with all of these teams. I guess I might go Colorado just because of their defense and lines of scrimmage (classic CU problem); I won’t be surprised if Deion is fired come season’s end.
Important to note this is last year's data so all of the new schools are still receiving half shares here.
Source:https://x.com/jjfuller72/status/2053813920633082211?s=46&t=4DBfDpiSbyOWvZ7UExHi7w