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Heartland College Sports.com. Let's talk to a guy who I always respect his opinion on. He's Sam

Mays, former Oklahoma State All-American, also afternoon drive on 1077, the franchise at OKC, 1079 in Tulsa.

Sam, appreciate you giving us a few minutes.

You were at Big 12 Media Days last week.

Big picture perspective for the Big 12.

Is this still OU's conference and everybody else, or do you think there are a couple of legitimate contenders at the top this fall?

I think the theme, honestly, for Big Total Media Days this year, was cautiously optimistic,

and that's from the top to the bottom. I think you're looking at seven teams that have a real shot to

win a bunch of games. I think when you look at Oklahoma and Texas, they're clearly the more talented

teams in the conference, but Iowa State, Baylor, Texas Tech, I think has a ton of potential

with the new coach and a surprise offense that I don't necessarily know what we're going to see.

I think Kansas State brings in an all-time great head coach, and, you know, they got some

word to do there from a roster standpoint, but I think they're going to be extremely competitive this year and why we win a game or two that they shouldn't win. So, yeah, I would say

it's still OU's conference, but I think Lincoln Riley kind of set the tone on Monday when he says,

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