Sara Diggins/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK The staff answers some big questions as we creep closer to the new season. The staff, or most of it, is gathered here to answer some of the BIG questions for the upcoming football season. A season bringing more hype than any in recent memory. Here We GO! Of the returning players, who is most likely to be the next superstar on the offensive and defense sides of the ball? MM: Give me the big boy in the middle, Jaylon Hutchings on defense. He anchors an extremely stout defensive line as the immovable object. I suspect he will get his name into s ..read more

Sara Diggins/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK The staff answers some big questions as we creep closer to the new season. The staff, or most of it, is gathered here to answer some of the BIG questions for the upcoming football season. A season bringing more hype than any in recent memory. Here We GO! Of the returning players, who is most likely to be the next superstar on the offensive and defense sides of the ball? MM: Give me the big boy in the middle, Jaylon Hutchings on defense. He anchors an extremely stout defensive line as the immovable object. I suspect he will get his name into s ..read more

Colorado’s much anticipated move to the Big 12 may finally be here. An emergency solo podcast of the Cotton Club Crew for you all! What could the topic possibly be? Oh of course, realignment is back with a vengeance. This time the rumors are flying, and being reported by the big kids, that Colorado will seek admittance back to the Big 12 starting 2024. The story is that they will receive a full share immediately, which had to be enticing considering the total lack of a Pac 12 deal. Macon talks about this move, what could be next, and what this means for the conference. Can Yormark continue to ..read more

Our last chat with the experts on the newbies. Justin from Viva La Cats (follow them on twitter @VivaLaCatspod) to close our Big 12 newbies series! We chat the Luke Fickell of it all, and how that impacted expectations. We chat about the complete reset offensively, and the steady and talented defense. Then we chat schedules, both the existing nonconference slate and the first jump into the Big 12. With perhaps the easiest schedule in the conference, can Cincinnati take advantage and make a quick statement? We also chat about some of the non-onfield specific details. We chat the NIL situation ..read more

Chatting with the experts for another Big 12 newbie The boys are back with our series chatting with all the Big 12 newbies. This week, Jack and Joe are taking the lead chatting with Jake Hatch from LockedOn BYU. The guys talk about the returning talent for the BYU Cougars, any changes with scheme and coaching, the stars to watch out for, and the guys who have come into replace last year’s stars. They also talk about general expectations, and some other fun topics that are not all on the field. For instance, how is BYU using NIL? And even more interesting, what is it like to share a recruiting ..read more

Our series with the experts on our Big 12 newcomers continues with UCF. We are back chatting with the experts on our newest competitors in the Big 12. This time we chat with Adam from the Sons of UCF podcast. We dig in deep to the Golden Knights to get you all ready for their entrance to our conference. We talk about Gus Malzahn and the lessons he has learned since his last Power Five job, we talk the roster heading into the intro year, the stars to know on both sides of the ball, and the expectations for the upcoming season. And as always we close with a WAY too early confidence check as Tex ..read more

Joe tells you all what he saw watching the Red Raiders practice. What’s up with Joe is back, this time with an interesting insider experience. Thanks to the graciousness of head ball coach Joey McGuire, Joe was given the opportunity to hang around a practice. He got to witness the energy of the program first hand, learn some interesting tidbits about the roster, and chat with coaches and other members of the program. In this episode, he talks about the experience. What he saw, what he heard, and what his takeaways are from the practice experience. How much momentum does Tech really have? Who ..read more

We talk to the expert on UH to prime their entrance to the Big 12. Sam from the Scott & Holman Pawdcast, our favorite UH pod, joins the guys to talk about the Coogs and their return to the Big 12. Tech fans are more familiar with Houston than the other newbies, having played the last few years, and that familiarity extends to the presumed starter for Houston. Donovan Smith headed to H-Town, and we talk about that move and his weapons. Then we talk about the roster turnover and changes Tech fans should be aware when assessing the Cougars. Next, we talk a lot about expectations. How would t ..read more

Tough way for a weird and sometimes frustrating season to end. Well, not how any of us wanted to see that season come to an end. After a promising 2-0 start to the Gainesville Regional, Texas Tech is bounced out by number two overall seed Florida in two games. With the season at an end, it is finally time to talk about it as a complete picture. The guys cover the season in detail. They talk about their favorite players, the highest of highs, and the lowest of lows. Some of the highlights from the episode include a discussion on the decisions made by the coaching staff in those final two games ..read more

Texas Tech versus Florida for all the money. Well, just like we expected dominant starting pitching and clean work from the bullpen has allowed Texas Tech to take the top spot in the regional. After defeating the #2 seed UConn Huskies, Texas Tech had the tough task on taking on the host and number two overall seed. Florida would throw their future MLB stud, and still Tech was able to get the W helped by another great pitching performance and the return to form of Gavin Kash. Now, Tech will face Florida again at 5PM Central time for the Regional final. Macon and Joe talk about the regional so ..read more