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Heartland College Sports: The Big 12 Sports Podcast

Big 12 Softball Takes Center Stage, ESPN FPI Debate

Heartland College Sports: The Big 12 Sports Podcast

Pete Mundo

Sports, Football, Basketball

4.8870 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Pete Mundo is joined by Heartland editor Bryan Clinton to do a deep dive into the Big 12 softball season and take a look at how the postseason is shaping up, plus they touch on the latest ESPN FPI rankings on the football side! Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0

So we talked about this on the show earlier this week, and that is the issue around softball

0:04.5

and the Big 12, why it's not getting proper coverage. I'm Pete Mundo, Heartlandcollege Sports.com.

0:10.3

It just seems like certain games are on that shouldn't be on. It's just very bizarre.

0:14.3

Certain games are getting on TV that should not be getting on, and then vice versa,

0:19.1

like Oklahoma State, Wichita State, not on TV this week.

0:22.0

Let's welcome on and say hi to Brian Clinton, our editor at Heartland College Sports.

0:26.3

He does an outstanding job on the softball coverage as well.

0:29.5

Brian, you wrote about this.

0:31.1

So what should softball fans, especially Big 12 softball fans, be thinking about how ESPN picks and chooses these games?

0:41.5

Well, first of all, in the same window the other night when Wichita State and Oklahoma State were

0:47.8

playing, Iowa State and southeastern Missouri were on television through ESPN plus, which I mean, just further is my point.

0:57.6

It doesn't make any sense for two ranked teams to be not on television, especially whenever

1:05.7

Wichita State had beaten Oklahoma State just a week prior.

1:09.9

And here we are again with these two teams going at it in Stillwater.

1:14.9

And unless you were there in person, you aren't seeing it.

1:18.5

And so I think Big 12 fans should be frustrated for one.

1:24.1

That was a big non-conference game.

1:26.9

It ended up kind of pushing Wichita State into maybe a hosting situation in the latest bracketologies.

1:34.8

But it's something that the big 12 fans to be frustrated with, and it's not unprecedented.

1:41.3

That's the issue.

1:43.1

It wasn't that long ago that baylor went

1:45.3

into knoxville uh and beat the lady uh volunteers in two games uh swept the volunteers on the road

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