The State of the Big 12: From CFP Credibility to Kansas State's Reboot (with John Kurtz)
The Solid Verbal College Football
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4.8 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we're joined by John Kurtz of the Open For Business podcast and newsletter to talk about the state of the Big 12 conferenced heading into the 2026 college football season. We discuss whether Oregon's playoff shutout of Texas Tech will leave a lasting mark on the Big 12's reputation, the importance of BYU's upcoming game against Notre Dame in Week 7, the scoop on what happened at Kansas State last season, and a hypothetical future state with North Dakota State in the conference.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.3 | Welcome to the solid verbal. |
| 0:08.1 | The solid verbal. |
| 0:09.1 | Come after me. |
| 0:10.8 | I'm a man. |
| 0:11.8 | I'm 40. |
| 0:12.6 | I've heard so many players say, well, I want to be happy. |
| 0:15.1 | You want to be happy for a day? |
| 0:16.7 | Eat a steak. |
| 0:17.6 | It's that woo-woo. |
| 0:19.2 | And now, down and tie. For's that wool, woo. And now, down, and tie. |
| 0:23.1 | For ballers. |
| 0:24.7 | Welcome back to the show. |
| 0:26.1 | My name is Ty Hildenbrand. |
| 0:28.3 | Dan Rubenstein took the boys out to the West Coast to visit the grandparents to catch some |
| 0:33.2 | raise. |
| 0:33.8 | He is not going to be part of today's episode. |
| 0:36.4 | He will be back later on this week. |
| 0:39.3 | In his stead, I wanted to bring on a guy who we first brought on for the first time last year. |
| 0:46.3 | John Kurtz runs the Open for Business podcast and newsletter. |
| 0:50.3 | He is really sharp. |
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