Welcome back to the latest edition of the audible presented by Trader Joe's.

I'm Bruce Feldman joined as always by my colleague from the athletics Stuart Mandel.

We are shaping this episode in balmy Las Vegas.

Balmy is an understatement.

Yes, we are here at the Balagio,

where a lot of the big 12 media, as expansive as it is, is here.

We have an interesting show today.

A little bit later, we will have our sit down with Brett Yormark, the Commissioner of the Big 12

and one of the big movers and shakers in college sports.

Today is day one. There'll also be Mountain West Media Days here and the remnants of the Pack two. Yes they are doing their own

media day. Yes. Oregon State and Washington State. First of all I think about half

hour ago when we were walking, when we took the Uber back to the hotel and we got out and it was 117 degrees,

is definitely the hottest sensation I've ever felt.

Like, you know know I definitely never seen a hundred seventeen and

a hundred seven I think so okay well I don't know for sure but you know we were here

last summer for pack twelve and was probably in the hundred. I think it was not waiting for an Uber last but yeah, but it wasn't this this is like if somebody just took a furnace and stuck it right in your face for you know however like that's what that felt like but it is so

first of all it's like barely after 4th of July so talking season has begun and you know a year ago this time I would not imagine that

would be a big 12 media days in Allegiant Stadium where the PAC 12 championship has

been the last two years and you know I got there and all the mascots are out and it's like it was like almost its own illustration of how

big this conference is now it's like oh there's the Oklahoma State mascot

there's Kansas State math threat. There's UCFs mascot. There's BYU's mascot. There's

Arizona States mascot. It was almost like one of those old sports center

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