I'll top bro Bige will break down top of jump Town bridges here with you
when they look around the Big twelve. And we begin as we do each
and every week, with our hot takes in the league this week, and
Tom, there's a lot of different directions we could go on the hot takes
front. Which direction would you like to start with? So Neil Brown's got
that Bruce whoever vibe going, And I think that West Virginia as a whole
has solidified his job for the next year. But I will say that Myke
Gundy and crew, I think someone has turned the corner. That game is
at two point thirty. Be very interested to see how that happens. West
Virginia kind of had a kind of a lapse a little bit. It seemed
like, So I'm gonna say Oklahoma State by thirteen points this weekend. Here's
my hot tech, Tom, I'm gonna go to Manhattan for this one.
The Cats got off to a slow start, couple losses. Will Howard suffered
that injury, and Will Howard hasn't looked like what he's capable of. And
then they got a spark with Avery Johnson at quarterback, not the c not
the former MAVs coach Avery Johnson, but the Kansas High School legend Avery Johnson.
I like what I've seen from Avery Johnson. He played really well in
that game against Tech last week. I think the k State kind of like
Oklahoma State in that sense, could be turning a corner here head of the
right direction. And it's weird with them, like they go through these quarterback
changes and handle it better than other teams. Do you know they went from
just last year, uh, you know, turning things over to Will Howard
from Adrian Martinez or in the past. You know, they've gone from Skyler
Thompson to somebody else, whatever it may be. I think no offense to
Will Howard, but they say that they're gonna play both quarterbacks, that they
like what they have from both guys. I would go with the hot hand.
I think the right decision for Chris Cleman would be to go forward with
Avery Johnson until proven otherwise, because Will Howard I like the guy. He's
you know, he let him do a big Dweld championship and everything, but
he just doesn't look right. He just looks off right now. I think
Avery Johnson needs to be their quarterback. I mean yeah, like Will Howard
has been there, you know, he's been there as long as like Parry
Ellis has been at KU. So I think for them it would be beneficial
to you know, take that and tried and see what else is out there,
because I think I think for KU or not KKU, but KSE sate,
there is a decent amount available for them. Before we break down this
week's slate of games, Tom, the big twelves standings as they are right
now. Oh, you at three and zero, I WOA stayed at three
and one, and then OSU, Texas, K State West Virginia all at
two one. I'm gonna talk about this more with Michelle here in a moment.
But Tom, we are really one game away from this race, totally
just shaking up and going bananas here. If Texas slips up and loses a
game, which you know, hey, they had to slip up against Oklahoma.
That was a game they weren't supposed to lose. If they lose another,
which could happen Texas, could Texas here, then we got a whole
lot of figure will have to do. You might have a you know,
two three four way time for that second spot to get in the big twelve
Championship game to face Oklahoma here, Like, we're we're really just one game
away from potentially open up the floodgates. I mean yeah, I mean it
really really just takes one game either from Ou to drop or Texas to drop
two right exactly. I mean they can trail their own destiny and they still
have some insurance so that being like, Okay, Bedlam is coming up in
three weeks. Yeah, so if they were to somehow drop that in stillwater,
I don't think they will, but if they were, if they do,
they still have a game to lose and open up and they can still
make the They can still make the you know they can that. I don't
know. I don't know what what happened with the playoff. Yeah, they
can still they can still do it, right, Yeah, it It is
very interesting to see how this is all gonna unfold here in the next few
weeks. So that's said, let's take a look at the Big twelve slaty
games this week. Oklahoma and UCF sooners are nineteen point favorites. UCF has
not looked good the last few weeks. The offense for them just hasn't been
there. McClain, You know has been their top quarterback this year. But
you look at what they've done the last few weeks. Got blown out by
Kings, lost a game against Baylor where they led by what was it twenty
eight twenty nine points, and then they lost a case stated by double digits
here. It has been a rough start for UCF since they've you know,
joined the Big Twelve Conference. Dylan Gabriel taking on his old team here,
Oh you coming off a bye. This is a bad setup for UCF here
to be going up against this Oklahoma team off that bye and Dylan Gabriel probably
playing with something to prove against his whole team. Oh my god. Yeah.
And I think they're a little worried about, you know, Dylan Gabriel
going off. And I don't think this, you know, UCF team is
well. To be honest, I don't think they're worth the fuck. I
mean, that's that's just honestly right, that's funny. Yes, I mean
I don't think they're worth the dog shit. You know, I think I
think that a lot of people would agree. I mean, it's it's Houston,
UCF, Cincinnati. Those are the bottom three in my opinion, no
specific order. You know, those are the shittiest teams in the new Big
Twelve. I mean, if we're gonna be frank, all the new members
are asked right now? I mean yeah, I mean to me, Houston,
like, if you're going to pick a new coach for one team,
Dana is gonna be gone in Houston. I mean, none of the news
since Cincinnati has a little benefited out. None of the new members have beaten
the current Big twelve school, right and is it not beautiful? Oh it's
hilarious, It's beautiful. I mean b YU got their ass kicked by tcuh
and I don't think is that good? Last week? I thank god they
did too. Cincinnati hasn't won a Big twelve game yet. No, since
Cincinnati's back is bad. Yeah, I mean Houston, Houston and Cincinnati are
the bottle. Okay, I take that back. Houston had that overtime thriller,
They had that uh Hail Mary to beat West Virginia on Thursday. Oh
yeah yeah yeah, but that's that's such a Neil Brown loss, isn't it.
That's I mean, you know what I'm saying, Like this West Virginia
team has won good games just so far, and Dana, you know,
wanted that win against West Virginia so bad too. Oh you know he did.
I mean he took like three or four sennx during the whole game.
Okay, you know, like, all right, we'll get this far Baylor
in Cincinnati. That game just sounds gross. Uh yeah, oh my god.
Where's that game in Waco? It's at Cincinnati and Cincinnati's favored. I
lean towards Baylor, but I don't say that with a lot of confidence.
They're both bad. I lean towards Baylor two OSU West Virginia both teams at
four and two better than expected for West Virginia. Oklahoma State turned a corner
the last couple of weeks. I feel like both these teams are gonna come
in with with something to prove. We're gonna find out if you're a contender
or a pretender with this one here. Yeah, I think so. And
what's what's the line on that the line as we're recording this, West Virginia
is favored by three and a half, so half point favorite at home.
Yes, I mean yeah, that's that's pretty that's pretty standard. And you
can get into this game for thirty dollars on Vivid States. Apparently I mean,
yeah, if I was gonna be in Morgantown, I'd be there.
What else you gonna do in Morgantown? Right there, Shy Bowden, He
was kind of sparked that Oklahoma offense needed oaklhanm State offense needed like he should
have been the starter maybe a little bit. But it's really Alli Gorton,
Ollie Gordon, like he he is better than the store Ollie's. Yeah,
he's He's like Williams. You ever shopped at Ali's, I haven't a crash.
They got a good OLiS. The olives in Tulta is in the old
Uh yeah, they got all those horrible they got a good one. They're
in Bartlesville. Yeah they do. From what I've heard they do. Uh
yeah. I feel like this on the State team is the shopping equivalent of
an Alis. Yeah, yeah they are, you know, and we're shopping
at different We're shopping at a different location every week. They're not bad and
they might surprise you sometimes, but they're not good, you know what I
mean. Like that's what I said, Like my hope and obviously I'm a
little biased. Let's make the Ala mobile On December twenty eighth against maybe a
USC or ore in Sate and you know, let me have my dues because
I'm not gonna be able to make it to an issue game this year.
Like, let me have my let me have my dues. Just come on
here and play the Alima Bowl and we'll be fine. They did all these
needs to do in il deal with with Olly. They should. I mean,
you see what the coldest Crawford got right. A couple more games here.
Texas coming off of bye week at Houston, Houston with a few extra
days off after play it on a Thursday night last week and getting that win
against West Virginia. Uh, the Big Twelve intentionally wanted this game. They
wanted Texas to have to play a conference game at Houston. They're getting their
wish, but Texas coming off that loss a week to think about it.
I don't think Texas wants to embarrass their their university again. And I don't
see any way this game is going to be a close. I think that
they're gonna try to, you know, put put Houston out of their misery
of some sorts of you think they're gonna try and embarrass them. I think
so, I could see it. It shouldn't be that hard because Houston's not
ted good. No, no, I mean they're on the same plane as
Cincinnati. Yeah, I agree, Yeah, no, they should they unless
they ship the bed then right. I agree Texas Tech and BYU. I
lean towards Tech. I think that when they're playing at their best, they're
better than what BYU is at their best. I like Shoff more than I
do uh by US quarterback Slovas. But even with that said, Tom,
same can be said for both teams. I don't know what team's showing up
on Saturday. Yeah, you know, and we believed it a lot,
and BYU and spowed us a little bit, not maybe not to like run
the conference or doing anything big, but still mind blowing that they could like
funck this up. Yes, TCU and k State the game in Manhattan,
KSE State playing two quarterbacks. TCU may have actually finally found a quarterback with
with Channel Morris out of the picture. Hoover's looked pretty decent and was off
the charts last week and rematched the victoral championship in Manhattan and everything. I
leaned towards k State, but Hoover intrigues me. He's already better than Chandeler
Morris, he might make this a TCU win after all. Like, I
just don't know enough about Hoover yet to feel confident about him winning in Manhattan
in a night game. Here. Yeah, Manhattan, I've been there.
It's not easy to do what you need to do. And you know,
I think Case State's starving for a win right now. And you mentioned Avery
Johnson heard press. Yes, it's hard press for them to get the dub.
All right, Before we wrap up the Big Twelve breakdown this week,
I do want to talk quick couple of basketball notes on the Big Twelve breakdown,
and let's start off with Brett yor Mark. This week Big Twelve Media
Day for basketball, asked about expansion. We know about the Gonzaga rumors and
basically reiterated his talking point. He said, for a year and a half,
the Big Twelve is kind of certainly evaluating and they are open for business.
Said he wasn't going to talk about a specific member, specific rumors and
kind of just left it vague at that. Okay, I would I would
think Tom, like, this Gonzaga thing should be figured out one way or
the other. If if our league, if the Big Twelve wants Gonzaga,
and they can get a deal done and Gonzaga is willing to take either no
media share or a little bit. This could all be solved one way or
the other here in the next couple of weeks. Like I would lean towards
know that it's not going to happen, But I think that with the Big
Twelve having everything figured out of their other members, we should we should know
an answer one way or the other here pretty soon, I would think,
just because you know, we already know what the Big Twelve did with there's
other schools, Like, we're not trying to wait on anybody else, but
but put it, you know here with with Gonzaga, we need to know
one way or the other. I mean, yeah, I think you're right
too. Now I'm interested in what you think of Okay, so we're you
know, not waiting on Gonzaga. But I've also heard some a little bit
about Oregon State and Washington State trying to sneak on and especially because Oregon State
has played so well, and I'm you know, I'm sure they're taking this
momentum into something. Yeah, I don't see them in the Big Twelve,
tom unless ESPN forces them into the Big Twelve. Like there is there is
one thing that's been talked about that I don't know for certain, but there
is a rumor that if Oregon State in Washington State can hold the Pack Twelve
together even as just a two member conference because of the contracts, that they
would still get two or three hundred million a year from the College Football Playoff
and it'd be split between those two schools. And if you're ESPN, if
your other power conferences, you don't want that to happen because you want that
money. And so you might find yourself if that holds up in court and
everything, you might find yourself in a situation where ESPN forces the Big Twelve
or maybe in the ACC or whoever, to take Oregon State and Washington State
off your hands. That way they don't steal basically two hundred million away from
these other leagues here. That's the only way I see them getting into the
Big Twelve is if it's like forced to out of a financial decision of some
sorts that's in the best interest of the networks. I mean, yeah,
I mean I can see that. I would you know, that's a that's
a good point. It'd be bizarre if it worked out that way. I
hope it doesn't work out that way. But we've seen Washington State and Oregon
State already be aggressive when it comes to legal action that they've taken against the
PAC twelve, and so far they're holding up their own uh. So who
knows. Uh And you know, the current PAC twelve members want to dissolve
the league as a whole, and they're doing everything they can't stop it at
them. All lots of play out there. We'll see what goes on,
but I don't think there's gonna be any more expansion for now. I think
they're kind of waiting for the ACC to fold and then go from there.
But we don't call the shots when it comes to the TV dollars and all
what that means potentially, So I wish we did. Yeah, what about
a Zach I say, I would say, Tom, there's about a seventy
percent chance that they don't join the league, thirty percent chance that they do.
What would you put your percentage chances of Gonzaga er in the Big twelve?
Bet? I'd say seventy thirty is probably pretty fair. Yeah. Yeah,
the AP College Basketball Poll Top twenty five out. Let's let's go over
these big twelve teams. Kansas number one, Houston at seven. Those are
your two Big Twelve teams in the top ten. And then you got Texas
rolling in at eighteen, Baylor at twenty. So four teams in the top
twenty five, four in the top twenty, Kansas in Houston, those two
in the top seven. There gona be Kansas in Houston your favorites in the
league this year. And get me exciting to see those teams play head to
head not once but twice and some of the best coaches ever like that.
That's another thing, Like when we're talking about expansion so far, of the
new members, the biggest thing that they have to offer right now, Tom
is Houston basketball, because that is the one program of the major programs between
the four schools that's ready to compete immediately. Like Houston is going to give
Kansas everything they can handle when it comes to this Big Twelve title in their
first year in the league. Yeah, I think they will. And you
know, as bad as Houston football has been, I think that they are
even more so ready to be to give the Big Twelve fits. Yeah,
yeah, I think so. With that said, that doesn't for a Big
Twelve breakdown this week will bring in Michelle Bontege coming up in just a moment.
More to come. Stay with us. Jonas Now from Catch You Want
to Tell? Channel Light also covering the MLS next circuit, it is none
other than Michelle Montaigne. It was back on the program once again. Always
a pleasure when we get to introduce one of the best people around talent,
but an awesome person to Michelle Montane joyces right now, Michelle, welcome back.
How you doing, Tyler? I wish everyone was this excited to talk
to me in my life. I'm doing so well. I'm super happy to
be back talking with you and love doing this of course. And I can
tell you, Michelle, when I was at Red River last week and saw
everything unfold, I was starting to think of all the Texas people I know,
and you were one of the one of the ones that came to mind.
I'm like, oh my gosh, I can't I can't imagine what they're
feeling at this moment. Like walk me through because you were there right last
time. What was going on through your head? Is that all unfolded there?
So to be painfully honest, when I saw Bert make the field goal
and I saw a minute seventeen left on the clock, my heart sank.
And then when I watched Oklahoma drive down the field seventy five yards and however
many seconds it was, I felt like it was vintage Texas that I was
watching. And for context here, going into this game, I made a
bet with one of the guys on my weekend crew who the weekend weather guy,
There's the weekend anchor, and there's me and I'm you know, a
Texas alon the Weekend eight weather guys and ou alum. I made a bet.
That's how confident I was the Texas was going to win this game that
I said, if Texas loses, I will wear an OU jersey on air,
So I was sporting crimson and cream on air. But to answer your
question, I was really confident in this Texas defense going into the game,
and for the most part, I mean, they did a pretty good job.
I think Dylan Gabriel is better than what a lot of people nationally thought
he would be or thought he was, and he put that on display in
that game. But the Texas defense in this throughout this season has been pretty
reliable. But when I watched them on that final drive, I felt like
I was watching the Texas defensive old and it was just a PTSD feeling that
is so top of mind for Texas fans. I feel like in the last
decade that it honestly was just like, yeah, I would expect nothing less,
and you want to get away from that, like Stark in his third
year. You want to get away from people feeling like, oh, there
they go again. This is just typical Texas nowadays, Like it's to take
a lead with that much time left, you think they'd be able to hold
onto it, and they weren't able to. So that's what I was feeling.
And then you know, you know, being in the Oklahoma media circuit,
I received probably thirty forty comments remarks like immediately following the game, and
I am still just no matter where I go out and about in the community,
I'm still getting like the horns down or the hey, nice, nice
day to be a Texas fan, isn't it? And it's going to continue,
I'm sure until the Big twelve Championship. Well, I say this with
all due respect, I saw the photo you were in the ou jersey and
I'm like, wow, Shells never looked better. You know that? That's
great crip said it looks great on you, Michelle, Thank you. That
was that was great. You were a good sport about it. I gotta
say, though you're one of the better Texas Texas fans, you're more reasonable.
Clearly. I was at the Kansas Texas game week prior, and I
gotta tell you, as much as I put up with of those Texas fans,
I did not feel bad for most of them at all. For what
what occurred in that Texas game. I had an old I was taking a
photo with a friend of mine and we're going horns down, and an old
lady came up to me and said how disrespectful that I was being for putting
up horns down. I'm like, this is uncharted territories here. My response
back was, you know what's disrespectful leaving the Big Twelve. Well there you
go. Yeah. Did she have a response for that. No, she
walked away after that. Yes, But nonetheless, I'm glad that you've moved
on from there. And so with that said, from what you saw with
that Oklahoma team, I heard a lot of ut people saying, oh,
we'll meet you in the Big Twelve championship game. Better team loss and all
that. How do you feel about Oklahoma? Your your unbiased view, and
you're taking a few steps back, what do you think of that Oklahoma team
where they're at six wins and again that win against Texas, This legit football
team here. I think that's exactly the word I would use for them is
legitimate. I think for through their first five games, the talks surrounding the
team was well, they hadn't played anyone, and I mean that could still
hold true, it does hold some weight. But I think the way in
which they won the Texas game not only was another notch in the belt right
in terms of getting another win, but the fact that they were down with
just a minute fifteen to go, minute seventeen to go. You flip the
tables. If Texas had been down with a minute to go like there isn't
a guarantee that they'd be able to pull out the win. So the fact
that ou was able to do that, I think Dylan Gabriel is playing the
best football of his career and with him being so confident, so Calm Brevna
Bulls post game in that Red River game said he has been around thousands of
players, you know, in his entire career, He's never met someone more
calm, never met a quarterback more calm than Dylan Gabriel. And I think
that just his demeanor, the way in which he's leading this team, how
comfort is with Jeff Levy. And then you think about the areas of the
team that were question marks, right like the wide receiver room. Who was
going to be that guy with brain? Willis leaving and Marvin Wimsley leaving for
the NFL. Well, it hasn't necessarily just been one guy that's stepped up,
but you see weapons not like developing in front of your eyes, Nick
Anderson, Jalil Peruke, like these guys are threats on the outside. So
you look at this offense and you know they're kind of doing running back by
committee right now, but you look at the offense as a whole. They're
putting up they're averaging I don't know the number exactly, but before that Texas
game, they were averaging like forty fifty something points, third best scoring offense
in the country going into the Texas game. And then on defense, I
think that's where people feel like, Okay, we've given Brent Vinables time to
implement his system and we're starting to reap the rewards of that. Danny Setzman
is like tried and true Rent Vinable's linebacker, you know. And just to
watch his IQ development, the way he's able to replays, to read quarterbacks,
to jump routes, to just know where to be. I think it
was Iowa State game. I looked up and like every time Iowa State,
like an Iowa State play ended, Danny Setsman was either touching the player or
the ball or like was somewhere near the play. And so defensively, they
they look so much better than they did one year ago. So you put
those two things together, and I think Oklahoma is legitimate. They just because
of who they've played so far. They haven't gotten the national spotlight until that
Red River game, and when they got it, they delivered. Oh yeah,
certainly we're John by Michelle Montayne looking back at that terrific Oklahoma Texas game,
talking about the Sooners right now, more to come on at Oklahoma State
in the moment. Now we look at where Oklahoma is coming off the bye
week. You have the win against Texas. What I wonder going forward is
is that let down coming up next? Is this going to get to their
heads of some sorts because you look at it, that's an emotional win,
that's a big deal. You've had everybody telling you how good it is the
last week. I mean now going forward, the schedule looks manageable for the
Sooners here, but could they potentially overlook somebody? What would be your idea,
Michelle going forward here? Do you think Oklahoma can play like they did
against Texas every week here going forward? Yeah? I mean I think that
if you look at the caliber of teams that they're playing in the remainder of
their schedules in the Big Twelve, if you have UCF BYU West Virginia teams
that I don't think are threats in really many in many ways, just if
you look at the roster loo at schemes, I think that ou if they
play even remotely close to what they're capable of, those you can check off
his wins. The Kansas game, I think could pose some threats just because
of Look, if you look at what Kansas did against Oklahoma State this last
weekend, Jason Bean backup quarterback, threw for over four hundred yards. You
know, he was incredible when they limited the run game, and so I
think that's an area where oh, you could potentially be exposed. But I
don't necessarily think it's a loss by any stretch TCU. I think we're still
trying to figure them out. Right, Like they've had some early losses,
they've had some big blowout wins. I think again, if OU plays up
to their standard, TCU is probably a win. The one that kind of
gives me a little bit of you know, reservation, I guess is just
the bedroom game because of all that's surrounding it, not necessarily you know,
on the field, but off of it. And so like, could Oklahoma
go undefeated through their next six games, absolutely, but could they maybe drop
one in maybe a close overtime game or you know, when say something were
to happen, hope not like to Dylan Gabriel or whatnot. I think there
could maybe be one potential flop. Yeah, yeah, I could happen.
One thing I've seen from this Oklahoma team that has impressed with Michelle is that
they are such a different identity physically than what we saw the Lincoln Riley era.
Of what we've seen year two Underprint Fennables and in particular that defense here.
This is not the Oklahoma team that you and I grew up watching week
in and week out. This is totally different of what we're seeing right now.
I'm shocked when I see, you know, U team each week so
far this year that's led by their defense. It's not necessarily the offensive powerhouse
we're used to seeing. Yeah, that's it's amazing timing that you bring that
up, especially considering what we just watched happen to USC. But yeah,
absolutely, I think that when you look at the Texas OU game, the
one thing that really stands out to me is the physicality upfront between both sides,
between both teams on both sides of the ball. I think what they
have been able to do in practice and really, I would say in all
the development coming up to this season, I think it's Jerry Schmidt, who
is their strength and conditioning coach. The guys not only that they had that
they've developed, but the guys that they've been able to bring in. They
do have some young guys who see playing time, and that goes back to
the types of guys Brent Vinnables is trying to recruit. Just like physically statually
they're bigger, they are coming from backgrounds that expect that type of physicality out
of them, but to see it on the field, it is a stark
difference, especially on that defensive front this season, then of course last season,
but especially the season's pass where Lincoln Riley was leading the charge and really
where you had Alex Grinch putting an Alex Grinch defense out there. Tell me
about the Polks. This is a very confusing team to me. I know
they're playing better as of late with the Winston bat against Kansas and Kansas State
sawid firsthand myself last week unfortunately. But with that said, are you buying
in have they figured it out? Do you think this teams turned a corner
here? You know, I've talked about that a lot this week. I
think they've turned a corner, Yes, because they have a quarterback where they've
decided on one. I think they've turned a corner in some of the adjustment
that they've been able to make in game. And what I mean by that
is like, if you look closely at that Kansas game, Colin Oliver was
the difference maker there towards the end of the game, and what they did
was they started putting him in space where he could just get after the quarterback
and towards the beginning of that game, they weren't having him play that type
of role. So Jason Bean was staying, you know, standing in the
pocket, had all day to throw to Skinner and other guys, and that's
how they got, you know, over four hundred yards through the air.
But I think when you have a brand new defensive coordinator for the third time
in a row, there are going to be growing pains in terms of what
they want to run schematically, what they want to run with the personnel that
they have. The thing about Oklahoma States defense is they have talented guys,
like they have athletes scattered throughout. You see that in some of their young
guys at Cameron Epps, you see that in guys at Colin Oliver, Nick
Martin. But I think schematically they're still they've been still trying to put together,
right, Like any loss to South Alabama is a good football team,
but you know you also lose to Iowa State those games back to back.
You know they've got to figure something out. So I think defensively they're still
working on that. Offensively, I agree with you. I'm still a little
confused. They have some weapons. Obviously, Ollie Gordon with his career historic
day against Kansas was kind of a tick on the box in terms of Okay,
like, we have a running back we can use. Now that you
know Alan Bowman is going to be your guys, Okay, how do we
build up this offensive scheme to best work for Alan Bowman? And then two,
how do you get guys like Brennan Presley and some of these other threats
on the outside involved in a more consistent manner. I mean, that's one
thing that worked for them against Kansas State and Kansas is that they're guys,
their playmakers made plays. Right. Do I think that this is a turning
of the corner. I mean, you look at OU schedule, look at
Oklahoma State schedule. They have one of the easiest in the Big twelve,
the easiest in the Big twelve. So in terms how many wins they can
rack up, the fact that they beat Kansas, the fact that they beat
Kansas State, They've shown they can beat anyone left on their schedule except for
OU. Will they do it? Totally different questions? Well, and you
know, if Texas slips up again, you know, and I don't expect
them to, but if they do, then this whole thing the floodgates open
of possibilities for who ends up in Arlington. Here. The expectation is still,
oh, you Texas to meet again, but for whatever reason, if
something happens there, does Oklahoma State entered the picture? Does does Kansas State
possibly get back in Kansas whatever it may be. I mean, we're one
win away or one loss rather from Oklahoma State and others being right back at
the table potentially here. Yeah. I've talked with just you know, a
ton of people in sports not in sports about the Big Twelve as a whole
right now. And the leading kind of thought right is, Okay, there's
Ou in Texas and then there's everybody else. But to your exact point,
there could be a weekend where you know, I'm not gonna say Houston,
but where a team maybe beats Texas by a point late, right, and
that's a win and a loss doesn't matter if it's by one point or twenty,
right. So to get to Arlington, what matters is the winnings and
losses. And you look at the standings right now, you know who's right
behind Oklahoma Iowa State. So I I think in terms of the Big Twelve,
yes, it's a wide open picture right now, Texas has to take
care of business, especially like I think, what the TCU game could be
a potential upset, you know, Texas Tech. But if if the top
teams take care of business the way that they should, then I think,
yeah, we know who's going to be in Arlington. If there is kind
of that misstep or miss q, I would say, my best that's right
now are either I think think yeah, Kansas State, it could be Oklahoma
State. And if I was sinking, he's winning. I guess we got
to consider the cyclones. You know. So let me ask you this then,
as the level headed Texas fan, you are, unlike your your fellow
fans out there, Uh, what is your confidence level that Texas is back
in Arlington, that they don't have that infamous slip up of some sorts of
vintage Texas. Here you notice the deep breath. I just took care at
all. This is the thing. I think if you look at their remaining
schedule, I said, TCU or Texas Tech might give me some pause.
I I am not ready to say that they've given me x amount of confidence.
Like look back at the Wyoming game. They were tied at ten until
the fourth quarter, right and play good either, correct. So but that
was you know, first game of the season. I think there were you
know in Wyoming was early. Still, I think what how I feel about
them is that look at their roster, look at what they've been able to
do against teams like Alabama, this team should be able to beat anyone left
on their schedule. But I don't. If you ask me for a confidence
level, I'd say I'm maybe seventy percent confident that Texas could win out.
And that might be generous just because I mean truly, like I was back
in my first year in school was a decade ago, and that was Mac
Brown's last season, and the life I have lived experiencing text football over the
last decade has been one of inconsistency, Right, Like we get the big
Notre Dame when in Austin and Charlie Strong's season opener, and then we go
on to have a losing season again. You know, it's like the hot
I just told everybody Texas was back and yeah, yeah, So I think
as a level head a Texas fan, I would say I'm not even three
quarters of the way confident they can do it. But am I hopeful?
Michelle Plug your social media and all that stuff to follow you and see what
you're doing there in Tulsa as well. Yeah, on Instagram, it's just
at Michelle Montaigne. On Twitter, it should be at Michelle Montaigne, but
the character limit cuts me off one letter short, so it's just at m
ich Mitche Montaianne. On TikTok, Michelle Montagne anything else that should just be
at Michelle Montainne. And uh, you go to TikTok and she's interviewing a
professional golfers and everything too. That's fun. You got to cover all the
sports, Tyler, you know, of course, absolutely no. Thanks for
the time as always, great to have you back on. We've been trying
to do this for a while, but Michelle Bick, you know, she
wasn't always vailable, but you know, we're glad we made it happen.
Thanks again. We'll talk in down a lit with Shell Tyler. Thank you