Well, Big 12 Media Days in the books last week down in Arlington, Texas.

And, of course, kind of the unofficial kickoff to the college football season.

Let's welcome on and say hello to Sam Mays with the franchise in Oklahoma City.

Also, his personal podcast.

You should be checking out as well.

Of course, former Oklahoma State football player, too.

So it's always great to have them on the show.

Sam, just take us through big takeaways, Big 12 Media Days.

You got a new head coach at Texas, new head coach at Kansas.

But as you came out in the last couple of days last week in Arlington,

what did you come away thinking and feeling about the Big 12 going into the season?

First let me say this.

It was so, thank you for having me, by the way.

It was so surreal to be down in Dallas in person, right?

You got to consider college football today.

So many young players are impactful, you know, 18, 19 year old guys,

guys that weren't on campus prior to the last in-person Big 12 media days.

You know, like it's just been, it just seems like it's been forever.

So to see some of my colleagues in the market and obviously see these coaches face to face was a ton of fun.

It was a great atmosphere in a Big 12 as usual.

Did a pretty good job putting this event on.

You know, as far as things that just kind of caught me, you know, just right off the bat, you know, I think that the expectation for Texas is still as big and loud as it's ever been.

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