Well, if you're a Big 12 fan, then you obviously know the voice and the face of Tim Brando Fox Sports.

He's joining us now on Heartland College Sports Weekly, part of Heartland College Sports.com,

your independent Big 12 digital media outlet. I'm Pete Mundo.

It's great to have Tim on the show.

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catch us on the radio in Kansas City, in Oklahoma, in central and western Kansas, in Texas. Well, this is a big way to help out

this show. So thanks so much for all you guys do. Tim, thanks so much for being here. And let's start

off with this conference as you look at it right now. You called the Oklahoma State game as they

beat Iowa State last weekend. Do you look at the Big 12 and say this is Oklahoma

State's conference to lose, or do you think this thing is still wide open? No, I, you know, Pete,

I think it's, I think it's still open. I mean, we're still early in the season in a lot of respects.

And the body of work, while it's strong, it's a strong case now for Oklahoma State, in

my opinion, you can't come away from that game, not impressed with what the Cowboys

did more so defensively, really, than anywhere else, because, you know, the Big 12, I think,

is a victim to some extent of a stereotypical narrative about no defense being played, and that's just not true anymore.

Particularly with Oklahoma State, I'd make the same case for Iowa State.

I think their defense is also formidable. And I think

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