Houston AD Chris Pezman Interview: Welcome to the Big 12!
Heartland College Sports: The Big 12 Sports Podcast
Pete Mundo
4.8 • 870 Ratings
🗓️ 11 August 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Four new teams are now in the Big 12 Conference, and we are so excited about that. |
| 0:05.1 | What a topsy-turvy roller coaster ride it's been for these past 24 months. |
| 0:09.8 | But we can now say and welcome in to the Big 12 Conference, the Houston Cougars. |
| 0:14.6 | And we are so happy to have on and say hello to Chris Pezman, the athletic director for the Houston Cougars. |
| 0:20.7 | Joining us on Heartland College Sports. |
| 0:22.6 | I'm Pete Mundo. |
| 0:23.6 | And in full disclosure, this conversation with Chris Pezman was recorded before all the crazy conference expansion the last two weeks. |
| 0:33.0 | So just know that going into the conversation. |
| 0:35.8 | There's nothing about Colorado, Utah, or the Arizona schools |
| 0:39.2 | in our conversation with Houston Athletic Director Chris Pezman, who are happy to have on the show. |
| 0:45.2 | So, Chris, you guys are in the Big 12. This is a long time coming. How has it finally feel to be here? |
| 0:52.5 | Surreal. You know, it's having worked here when the Southwest Conference dissolved and, you know, |
| 0:59.4 | having been in different roles here at different times to know the journey we've been on |
| 1:04.9 | to get to this point and to be on the other side of it is just, it's amazing and could be more excited and frankly more |
| 1:13.0 | excited most excited for our fans this has meant so much to so many people that stuck with us for a |
| 1:18.5 | long time you know we're out in the middle of the desert for a long time without any water |
| 1:22.6 | and being on the other side of it and a chance to, you know, metaphorically make it to the oasis |
| 1:28.4 | is, uh, is exciting. And I'm really happy for everybody and really excited to see what the city |
| 1:33.1 | is going to be like this fall when we're playing, uh, big 12 teams here in the city, Houston. |
| 1:38.1 | So take me through. I mean, for people that don't know, of course, you are a captain, a letterman there for Houston football. So you've seen this over the last 35 years or so unfold. You mentioned the Southwest Conference. Did you ever |
| 1:50.0 | feel like this day would come again for Houston where you're playing major college football |
| 1:54.1 | based on how ugly that breakup was going back 25, 30 years now. Yeah, it felt pretty lean. |
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