ESPN FPI Rankings Love Texas, Bob Huggins' DUI Arrest is Ugly, Plus San Diego State Wants Time

Heartland College Sports: The Big 12 Sports Podcast

Pete Mundo

Sports, Basketball, Football

4.8 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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The 2023 ESPN FPI Rankings love the Texas Longhorns over the rest of the Big 12 teams this fall. Does that make sense? Plus, Pete Mundo talks about the ugly details behind Bob Huggins' DUI arrest from Friday night in Pittsburgh. Also, San Diego State requests an extension from the Mountain West Conference as expansion looms large in the weeks ahead. Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	So if I give you the opportunity to take Texas or the field in the 2023 Big 12 football season,
0:07.4	what are you doing?
0:08.5	I'm taking the field, but you know what?
0:11.2	At ESPN, they would take Texas.
0:14.1	Believe it or not, I'm Pete Mundo, Heartlandcolleagelessports.com.
0:17.1	We cover the Big 12 from top to bottom.
0:19.5	As always, thank you for being here. Hit that subscribe
0:22.4	button as we get the show started here at Heartland College Sports. Thank you for doing that.
0:28.1	Helps us grow the show every single day. So the ESPN Football Power Index came out this week.
0:36.5	And in the Big 12, Texas is favored to win the conference. Now, before we get
0:41.8	into the why behind that, what is the football power index? The football power index that ESPN does
0:49.8	is a season-long ratings and projection system. In the preseason, it relies on past performance
0:56.3	and offense and defense, returning and transfer production, and past recruiting data for players
1:02.4	on the roster to form a rating. So you look at that and you said to yourself, okay, I understand
1:08.2	and it makes some sense why Texas would be number one in this, right?
1:14.2	They have the best recruiting.
1:15.9	They do have a lot of returning production.
1:18.3	There's a lot of talent on the team.
1:20.4	It all makes sense.
1:22.6	We all understand that.
1:24.8	That's not unique to what Texas football has been. But if you look at it from the
1:30.0	broader picture of Texas football, which has had the best recruiting in this league for the last
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