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can Oklahoma State meat Arkansas what about a Houston upset over Oklahoma is Baylor and Utah interesting now let's get the big 12 Squad together you're talking ball with the big 12 Squad from Oklahoma State to Utah from Kansas State to BYU from Houston to Texas Tech it's the local Experts of the lock on podcast Network bringing you Scoops breakdowns and the most comprehensive preview of the upcoming Big 12 weekend buckle up it's the big 12 Squad and we have a seat for you know her feelings and thin skin aloud squat up you're part of the Big 12 Squad happy Thursday everybody welcome into a special edition of locked on Big 12 and locked on everybody in the Big 12 we got the squad together tonight to talk about last week's conference wins losses and this week's heartbreak or Triumph that is to come um you know first and foremost thank you for making these shows your first listen every single day across the family of Big 12 shows of the locked on podcast Network second and second most Casey C of locked on Texas Tech what the hell was that yeah what do you want to know um it's it's um I believe to his question he would like to know what that was question summed it up yeah that's the gutsiest win anybody had in America it takes a hell of a lot to come out as a 32-point favorite and win as a one point walkoff so Baron Morton wait wait Baron Morton is from abene have we have we checked if there's anything under the table going on there right books cooked books are cooked with the former Texas pet quarterback I mean yeah speaking of crossovers which I know is a lock on Staple there was a lot of crossover within that ball game there was a lot of chip on the shoulders within that ball game but I don't know how any of that justifies a 51 from a big 12 defense even if it was Tech defense against an FCS opponent we've got of course a conversation playing out in the 806 as you would anticipate following a result like that conspiracy theories running wild the numbers on the jerseys are so big they make Tech look and play small eing Christian has got defensive signals yada yada yada so it's been a lot of fun in West Texas man I'm glad you kick it off with the question for me you get the the Tyler shck comments earlier in the week and you're about how Texas Tech smells bad and every was like oh we're gonna show them I think we're on the hunt for an abene Christian locked on abene Christian host if you're out there you're big ACU F they have risen the problem it's not gonna be me that's all I'm gonna say it's not it's not going to be me you won't be getting locked on abene Christian out of me first call Spencer certainly my first call um another guy so for Oklahoma State a big win Kansas I mean you blow all three of you guys from locked on UT to Oklahoma state to Kansas even J catch of locked on BYU Cougars you guys uh all got big wins you Kevin borba Colorado barely beat an FCS team which we all kind of wanted because that's a pretty good fcsd yeah I think Colorado had no winning going into that game regardless um they lose the game they're made a mockery of they win the game by a lot everyone's like it's an FCS team and then they just win the game as closely like they did and people still say that so at the end of the day all that really matters is they have a one in the win column and a a zero in the loss column at the moment and so uh you kind of got to feel themselves out and figure things out with a brand new roster they brought in almost 50 new people again and so the Colorado Madness lose for another week right here's okay hold on Kevin here's the genius of playing that game on a Thursdays you get to enjoy being an undefeated football team for an extra two days before you go to Nebraska and a proper college football team is indeed going to beat the Buffs this Saturday am I the only one that thought they were like the same team in the game that we saw like he like Sanders going to make some incredible plays receivers Travis Hunter is going to do incredible things line is going to give up some pass rush he's going to get smacked back there and then the defense only one compared to like seven a game last year lets like you can't the the offens line was way better um I think it's hard to compare to last year because you throw in five of us last year and we' probably get a pass rush on toor Sanders last year but this year the line's a whole lot better North Dakota state has a a lot of good players and I think a lot of people are discrediting them not to say that the game should have been that close but I think that's more on Colorado not knowing how to manage a game like I know how to manage like my funds when I'm deciding when to eat out during the week it also might have something to do with the interception thrown in the end zone thanks to the uh what was it again oh yes the guy falling down and having his foot go up into the air for an otherwise well thrown football I I I don't think that North Dakota State game was actually as close as the final score indicated I'm with you Kevin on the game management clock management issues but to your question Derek A lot of people do think Colorado is the same I did not I thought they were better than last year that's just low bar while we're talking about FCS teams in general really quick I just want to say Cody 49 nothing Cody I'm happy that you guys took care of business against South Dakota State because we all know last year what happened when you guys played a school that started with South that being South Alabama that didn't exactly go in your guys' favor so was happy for you guys to start off on a better note this year so you're gonna go there immediately when I'm I was going to say I'm rooting for Utah and I was going to feel sorry foror this week oh my goodness JT JT wants the smoke okay all right buddy I hope we're Undefeated by the time each other I want that to be as prime time of a matchup as it can be and I do think that Utah's business against Baylor we can talk about that in a second too I know Utah's new to the conference and the fans have been very um alive and passionate but when we say nice things to people we usually don't bring up when they lost to South Alabama last season we try to keep compliments pretty I know Utah like to to dig it people a Pack 12 thing they call it a backhanded compliment that's that West Coast stuff uh before we move on into actual breakdowns from not just last weekend but going into this weekend I want to I don't want to bury the lead we're going to go through score predictions for some of the biggest games this weekend quickly guys JT Wester still give me your prediction of Utah and Baylor before we break it down I think Utah's going to win it I'll go 36 to 17 right now Kevin Bor Colorado gets Nebraska this week yeah 3528 favor the Buffs oh the Buffs are gonna win it let's see Jake Hatch BYU has a big match up on Friday with SMU I've got actually a good feeling about this I think by wayu squeaks it out 31-28 um Casey Cowan Texas Tech headed up to Pacific Northwest against Washington State uh Joey Maguire three and8 on the road so far I'm gonna say Washington State 92 Texas Tech 76 a shootout though DOD Brook seven touchdowns Brooks uh Cody Stow ball for Oklahoma State you got Arkansas now the big game yeah I mean they're obviously improved i' say like 3831 3831 for Cowboys and Derek Johnson locked on Jayhawks you also have a power four game against Illinois on the road yeah give me Kansas 3127 I I don't totally know how Kansas is going to tackle the 250 pound running back for Illinois but that'll be a question we find out and I think it should be a fun one they could try wrapping him up and getting him down to the turf with a body part other than his feet or hands low man wins I don't know we'll see low man wins every time you heard the score predictions but how are we going to get there that is up next right here the locked on Big 12 squads Thursday preview of 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fanduel.com go there today jumping into this week in the Big 12 and a ton of big matchup this conference has um I'm going to keep myself on the uh what are the things called that you jump to the pool with it kind of balances a diving board diving board I'm gonna keep myself on the diving board before we go all the way in and ask spenc MLF to give your assessment of last week in the Big 12 Conference because I liked what I saw at of a good portion of our teams yeah I I think it was a solid week overall I am not going to discredit a team that I have talked kind of negatively about all offseason that's Oklahoma State because it's the same situation as what what Colorado had you don't get to tell me whoever you are random commenters pundits whoever fans out there that going into a game oh you got to watch out for that FCS team they're really good you got to watch out for the upset and then when you blow them out think just an FCS te nothing like no you don't going to have it both ways I thought Oklahoma state was impressive at home interested to see how they go against the Arkansas Team in a game that could very well save Sam pitman's job he wins that game he is back into the Sam Pitman as our coach for the entire season question mark Sam Co Pitman is our coach in in 2025 so I thought they did solidly across the board I actually was not wildly impressed with Utah I thought cam Rising was a little bit Rusty uh in game one I think it was important that he got a game uh against Southern Utah to start he's going to have to be sharper show last week and we're talking about how this is the best offense we'd seen from Southern Utah in forever and you guys did not do didly squats against hold on hold on hold on hold on hold on back up back up I I mentioned a one Cameron Rising what position does he play he plays quarterback and excuse me your honor could you please instruct the witness to stop badgering me as League Council here um not cuz you're a Utah fan he did St cam Rising which doesn't have and is the quarterback someone that plays defense or offense that would be the the quarterback plays offense so I didn't have any questions about Utah's defense they looked as expected cam Rising can hit wide open guys on a wheel route I and wide open uncovered tight ends down the field which was a bold strategy from my Thunderbirds of course but I think that going forward I need to see cam Rising make higher level throws before I feel as confident in Utah as I did coming into the year as my preseason pick to win the league Spencer before yesterday who had played a game more recently Tom Brady or Cam Rising probably Tom Brady it's it's Brady so he was still through he still completed 10 of his 15 passes and yes he yes hit some open guys but did a good job diagnosing finding those open players a wheel route is not the first read he was able to identify hey this guy's open boom then found him there the pass to Brant keithy several of those right that was in the first read sometimes he was sometimes he wasn't so I do there was one play where Brant keithy was the only re okay YouTube later there are other games in the Big 12 YouTube will find you a hotel room I want to say that comparon that comparison all right hold on Jake hatch has not said Jake what's going on with you you're are you in a what void are you in is that the transfer portal are you in the portal right now football practice man I'm I'm literally standing outside the by practice facility so okay well I'll give it to you what what was your take here Jake well here's the thing I've watched cam Rising for years now don't we already know what he is at this point talk about Spencer wanting to see him be able to throw the ball down the field we've got multiple years of evidence that he is who he is they may just have to deal with what he is and allow that to be enough I I wasn't specifically confirmed con concerned with the downfield passing as I was the high leverage throws the difficult throws the accurate tight window ones he didn't have to make and did not make a single tight window throw the entire game didn't complete a lot of passes but that that's why when in the few times he was under pressure he struggled when there weren't wideopen receivers he didn't make the normally accurate passage that we're accustomed to seeing I'm not saying he's incapable I'm saying that is a question mark going into the Baylor game can he be that sort of guy one throw in particular I think it was in uh the second quarter maybe he had Dorian singer pretty open mostly clean pocket and he missed him and that's not something that you see cam Rising do very often that was the question I had coming out of it I thought he looked pretty good Mobility wise but I I I need to see a little bit more before I'm supremely confident that he's the same guy really quick every quarterback in the conference at least Miss five throws this weekend I also just want to say that we're talking about five throws is what we're narrowing down to but I know we got to get to other post two throws can decide a game okay I'm done jeez you two Gone Gone um the rest of us this week Kevin bber for Colorado give me 30 seconds we're g to do like a quick little blurp here and then wrap up the show with your looking forward after one game what we've learned and where our team's going to be because I I do think now uh and JT will'll address this in a second but I'm going to let you sit on this because you took five minutes of the segment with this little argument over here um I do think Utah I learned this weekend will likely lose on the road to Oklahoma state which I already picked I already picked it's not gonna be that crazy of a thing we'll address that but first 30 seconds for but why does Colorado win I think it comes down to the quarterbacks Dylan Rola hasn't played anyone yet he played UTEP and that's kind of the bottom of the Barrel in college football and so if you ask me who am I more confident shador Sanders or Dylan rayola I'm gonna be confident in shador Sanders this Nebraska defense was solid last year and shador piece him up yeah go ahead who was St who was Stanford's quarterback last year ashon Daniels yeah of course everybody knew that right um Everybody shakes their head no I knew absolutely because if it came down the quarterback every game Colorado would probably be 12 and0 maybe this is the week it comes down to the quarterback real he's a freshman he's never played in a game this big Colorado is going to change things up on defense and they're a lot better than UTEP I hate to break it to the miners fans out there but UTEP is probably 133 out of 134 in college football so let's be real it's a very different very different matchup and he's gonna have to try to beat Travis Hunter so Derek uh locked on Jayhawks why will you beat Illinois 30 seconds well when you look at it Illinois doesn't have a lot back on the defensive line Jon Newton absolute stud uh they lost the law firm which was the nickname of their two stud D tackles and even that dline gave up over 200 yards to Neil plus High Shaw last year and wasn't able to get to the quarterback um so I I think Kan is gonna be able to kind of outscore them in this game altm was really good in week one but he had 14 turnovers last season in the game he played so uh Kansas has ball Hawking DBS you go out maybe force a couple turnovers even if you do struggle to stop their run a little bit I think Kansas can outscore him in what I think it'll be an exciting game on the road Cody why does Oklahoma State win because I think their overconfidence from this previous week is going to seep into Stillwater they had a very good performance but uh University of Arkansas Pine Bluff is literally the dead last ranked FCS team in the country so if we just had a nice performance against the number one team in FCS and they had a very very good performance against the dead last team I think their overconfidence is going to allow some of our wide receivers to have some fun casy Cen Texas Tech uh you're on the road against Washington State why why do you win please Washington State's riding too high off of that Portland State shellacking I guess I'm not sure uh we got our uh running back on the injury list he's questionable game time decision and uh we just gave everybody memories a throwback memory to the L senten defensive era when Texas Tech was dead last uh 20 years ago so why do they win H probably something I'm going to have to continue to consider why does Washington State win maybe a question that be a little easier to answer yeah you sit and think on that one Casey think long and hard about this week J catch why does BYU beat SMU 30 seconds I think the biggest thing is BYU has got a lot more discipline than SMU does the first two games from SMU this season they've been fairly undisciplined with their overall play that Nevada game the wolf pack should have won uh they gave it up late in that one so I I feel like BYU is the better disciplin team and if they handle their business out there I think B way you can come away with a victory and allow SMU fans to feel a little worse about themselves after facing the Cougars uh JT you're still in timeout I'll answer for you I think Utah beats Baylor because Utah is a significantly better team than Baylor and they're at home and they never lose at home and Utah is the best college football team of all time especially fans coming up do you still think your team will be undefeated let's talk longterm after week one un locked on big 12's Big 12 Squad makeover on this Thursday beautiful Thursday Today's Show is brought to by LinkedIn LinkedIn is the place to go when you're hiring for your small businesses if you want to find a professional that's right for your role LinkedIn jobs is the place for you to hire faster and for free not just a job board it helps you hire professionals I've got an intern the locked on 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absolutely think they are I mean what what about last week's performance like regardless of what we think about Utah like going into this season like would leave any doubt literally once again they defense was fantastic absolutely shut down yes that's a good point after what happened last year absolutely shut down Southern Utah cam Rising wasn't perfect I guess if that's what we're we're doing in this but he didn't complete five throws he took advantage of every mistake that southern Utah made so if you want to say I want to see a little more I get that but like to act like it was a concern I I just think I don't see the Merit for that when you go back and watch his game I thought he looked good I think the weapons at his disposal were impressive and I still feel really good about Utah's chances and as most of you on this show know Utah also has a very favorable schedule they do not have to play nor go to Kansas or Kansas State so there's a good team on both sides of the ball and Baylor still has a lot of things that they're still trying to figure out mainly getting their quarterback acclimated so I think go win this week and I do expect this Utah team to be a double digit win team this fall Kevin borin do you feel like Colorado is in a spot to go to a bowl game now or to compete at the top of the Big 12 what's your read after one game I think after one game i' I'd be comfortable with a a bowl game appearance um I'm not going to make any big 12 proclamations but they were better against the Run defensively which they were horrendous last year I think they were in the 120 range which is for those keeping track of home is not great um and they also had a really good strong off offensive performance from their passing attack and so until someone can stop them and sort of torch the the defense then they're just going to be in games and realistically they got torched by cam Miller running the ball that's North Dakota State's quarterback for those at home uh Dylan royola don't haven't seen him play a lot um I don't think he's the running type I think he's more of the Mahomes type as he's frequently compared to where he just runs around in the pocket so he's going to have to beat them with their arm and I don't know if he's able to do that I feel like a bow game still feels Fair though Derek Johnson locked on Jayhawks I like what I got from Kansas on Saturday was it enough to say that they are still a big 12 Championship Contender as long as Jaylen Daniels makes it out of the game healthy the answer is yes which he did so the answer does become yes there uh you know one thing that is going to be interesting to monitor for KU is that defensive line they lose Austin Booker who was an all Big 12 defensive end last season and this is three straight years they've lost their leading sack guy but they've keep going up with with kind of the level of player they brought in now they have all these four star recruits they have their highest recruit they've ever brought in with DeShawn Warner who's getting a little bit of playing time who fended off offers from Michigan and Ohio State in in kind of the fall and winter area to come to KU and they're getting playing time but are you going to have enough there uh one other thing though that I think is interesting as you look along the season I think uh for that first conference game at West Virginia if we're talking about a spot that would be a tough win well all of a sudden you know you see Penn State in week one with Andy codal Nikki former KU offensive coordinator running very similar things to their offense run for over 200 yards um Drew Aller had a 98 total qbr so I think that bodess well for Kansas in that matchup so yeah it kind of comes down to health from this point on but um as long as Jaylen can stay healthy it feels like they got the horses to at least be in this race especially combined with h what the schedule turned out their way J catch locked on cougars representing BYU um you've got a quarterback now up apparently and that was a much larger blowout win than I think many expected against SIU last week going into this week and long term do you feel like the Cougars are in a spot to make a bowl game this year I I do think so I think the goal all along is get to get to that elusive sixth win they were five and two a season ago and then had a five-game losing streak they learned a lot of hard lessons last year particularly you need a quarterback that can Elevate you Jake Retzloff very much looked the part against Southern Illinois so so long as he some what we talked about if he stays healthy and he continues to perform like he did in that opener BYU's going to have a fighting chance to get to six wins I also really think BYU's rushing attack uh showed some life in that win over Southern Illinois and that was something they've severely lacked last year LJ Martin looks like a budding Superstar amongst all these big 12 running backs obviously kind of headlin this conference but keep an eye on him I think he is going to make some noise this year and could be a big reason why BYU I believe makes it to a bowl game lock on Texas Tech Casey um obviously 5251 is not fun did did this game indict Texas Tech for the rest of the year is this what the Red Raiders are going to be uh I don't think so necessarily because you've gotten off to slow starts under Joey Maguire still staggered your way to a bowl game I mean it's not a high bar to be six and six obviously uh I think you got a lot of Youth on the defensive side of the football though that again doesn't justify 51 against abalene Christian but they have been finishing a little stronger as far as the year progresses under Joey Maguire uh but man you can't waste these opportunities early on I think five of the first seven being played in lck so even if you don't steal this one on the road necessarily I still think a chance to get to a bowl game uh but I gotta tell you Texas Tech fans are hoping a lot higher yeah no kidding that was a uh tough game but you got the win your 12-0 is still in play for Texas Tech 12-0 is still in play correct hey and by the way South Alabama Oklahoma state is on repeat in the lbk we're looking for some inspiration Oklahoma State Texas Tech don't share a lot of similarities other than love the ecoin and Firearms over the last decade but otherwise we're looking at a game like that to say it can be done sometimes football is just inexplicable and we're hoping that that was one of those weekends now in the rearview and for Oklahoma State 10-point favorites last week and they got it done by a whole lot more than that 44 to 20 over South Dakota state which is the best team in the FCS Cody stoval is this a big 12 Championship not just caliber team but is this the Big 12 Champion I mean we should be there was nothing that we saw from this previous weekend that would lead us to believe otherwise other than the fact that I will say there's a difference between double digit wins and undefeated our chances of of going undefeated took a massive hit because our o line and dline did not do enough to equal an undefeated season but you know 10 wins 11 wins 12 wins yeah definitely still a possibility and I'm sorry to to break it for you Casey but if Taco ream Tech is looking for some South Alabama inspiration that idea ain't worth a velvet painting the two dolphins getting it on ain't happening this weekend oh yeah oh get yourself a is that a good thing or a bad thing I that was exactly you get any of that locked on Pack 12 or locked on Big 10 that's that's right here only right here geez getting it on too uh for all those that listen today and all the hosts that joined us thank you very much we like to keep these as concise as we can to give you all the big 12 that we can every single Thursday follow And subscribe your favorite Big 12 podcast with locked on Big 12 Network we'll be covering your favorite team every day throughout the season 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