Well, as we get closer to a big 12 football season, I can't really say a college football season.

I feel like I've got to say a big 12 football season.

Let's give you five bold predictions for the upcoming year.

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You know, I like to do this, and these are not things that I'm betting the mortgage on. Okay, let's make it very clear. I'm not betting the mortgage on these bold predictions I'm going to

give you. But there are things that I don't think are outside the realm of impossibility. That's

where I would stack these five items up. I'm going to give you here. So let's start off with

this. Five, maybe overly bold predictions for the upcoming Big 12 season.

One, the Oklahoma Sooners miss the Big 12 championship game.

It's kind of a perfect storm for that to happen because for the first time under Lincoln

Riley, he doesn't have a quarterback that has major FBS experience and is a veteran, right?

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