BYU vs. Texas Tech: Big 12 Championship Preview, Prediction & Key Storylines
Heartland College Sports: The Big 12 Sports Podcast
Pete Mundo
4.8 • 870 Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2025
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The 2025 Big 12 Football Championship Game is set: the No. 4 Texas Tech Red Raiders take on the No. 11 BYU Cougars at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. With both teams sitting at 11-1, this matchup has massive Big 12 and College Football Playoff implications.
In this Heartland College Sports preview, Pete Mundo breaks down the key players to watch, the biggest storylines for both programs, and delivers his final prediction for Saturday’s showdown.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Big 12 championship week. We've got the game on Saturday. Let's talk about it between Texas Tech and BYU. |
| 0:09.2 | I'm Pete Mundo, Heartland College Sports. We cover the Big 12. This is what we do. And all we want you to do, if you're new here, even if you're not, check. |
| 0:18.1 | Subscribe to the channel right now. We appreciate you doing it and hit the |
| 0:21.5 | like button on the video if you're on YouTube. If you're on the podcast, five star rating and |
| 0:26.8 | review, always helps a lot. Okay, let's get to the game. It's a rematch of course of a game from a few |
| 0:34.6 | weeks back when on November 8th, Texas Tech beat |
| 0:37.9 | BYU 29 to 7. First off, we're not getting the 29-7 game. We're not. |
| 0:46.7 | BYU is going to keep it closer. Are they going to win? I'll get to that. But that game, |
| 0:53.9 | to set the scene, that game was the biggest game in Lubbock since Michael |
| 1:00.1 | Crabtree's game 17 years ago. |
| 1:03.8 | Okay, everything in that game with Game Day and Mahomes and everything else cut in favor of Texas Tech, including that huge |
| 1:15.1 | stage for BYU, Bear Bachmeier, the true freshman quarterback being in over his head at times, |
| 1:21.9 | L.J. Martin, not being entirely healthy, all those things cut Texas Tech's way. Now, neutral site. Now, it's still |
| 1:31.8 | going to be heavily tech. It's Dallas Fort Worth, okay? A lot of tech alum there. It will be a massive |
| 1:38.8 | tech presence, but BYU is not going to go quietly. Trust me, BYU fans are going to be heard. |
| 1:45.8 | They're going to travel. |
| 1:46.9 | They're going to show up on Saturday in Arlington. |
| 1:48.9 | There's no doubt about it. |
| 1:50.3 | But it's not a true road game. |
| 1:53.3 | BYU has seen these guys before. |
| 1:56.3 | Don't forget about the fact that L.J. Martin is 100% healthy. |
| 2:01.2 | He was held to 35 yards on 10 carries against Tech, but his status was questionable going into that game. |
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