It's one of my favorite times of the year when Big 12 coaches start talking smack anonymously

about each other. Let's get to it. I'm Pete Mundo, Heartland College Sports. We cover the

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So, Athlon Sports, which does a great preview magazine, one of the best alongside Phil Steele, who we're big fans of here on the show.

And they do one of the great things of the offseason.

They get quotes anonymously from coaches about other teams in the conference.

It's absolutely outstanding.

And I want to go through some of these for the Big 12 and react to some of these anonymous quotes from Big 12 coaches about other Big 12 teams,

because it's just fascinating stuff.

I want to start with the biggest storyline coming out of this deal, and it's Colorado.

The quotes about Colorado are exactly what you would expect.

One coach saying anonymously about Colorado,

it's going to be a circus just like last season. So expect the unexpected.

Coach is right. He's right. It's going to be a circus. Now, that's not necessarily an insult, right?

Circuses can be wildly entertaining.

Circuses can be a lot of fun to watch, but it also can mean something completely different.

It can be, you know, a total clown show.

It just depends how the circus plays out.

Colorado is going to be a circus.

It is probably also going to be the most watched team on a viewership basis in the entire

Big 12.

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