Tim Brando Interview: Big 12 vs. Texas Tech, Friday Night Games & Conference Future
Heartland College Sports: The Big 12 Sports Podcast
Pete Mundo
4.8 • 870 Ratings
🗓️ 13 April 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Tim Brando joins Pete Mundo from Heartland College Sports to break down the growing tension between the Big 12 and Texas Tech over Friday night football games — and what it means for the future of the conference.
Is this just a TV-driven decision… or is there a bigger issue brewing inside the league?
We dive into:
The Big 12 vs Texas Tech disagreement
The return of Friday night games and what’s at stake
The long-term future of the conference
Which program could be the next “it” team in the Big 12
⏱️ Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:51 Big 12 vs Texas Tech tension
8:05 Consolidation for College Football?
14:45 The Next "IT" Team in the Big 12?
22:30 The Next Best Big 12 Rivalry?
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| 0:00.0 | We always appreciate the time and the insights of Tim Brando. |
| 0:03.7 | He's loaded with a new contract of Fox Sports. |
| 0:06.7 | He's ready to roll for another college football season after a few months of golf. |
| 0:10.2 | And he's joining us on Heartland College Sports. |
| 0:12.5 | I'm Pete Mundo. |
| 0:13.1 | Thanks for being here on the radio show on the podcast, the YouTube channel. |
| 0:16.8 | Please like the video and subscribe. |
| 0:19.1 | Tim, I know you've got some downtime here, but we've got to talk about and start with some of the offseason drama that's been going on here in the Big 12. And that is Texas Tech mega booster Cody Campbell has been in a war of words with Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark over Friday night football in the Big 12. We now know week three, Houston, |
| 0:40.5 | Texas Tech in Lubbock is going to be on Friday night on Fox. I don't know if you're going to be |
| 0:45.8 | on the call, but I just want to get your lay of the land with TV, college football, and everything |
| 0:50.4 | happening behind the scenes. Well, with apologies to Cody, who I like and I've met, okay, I don't always agree with |
| 0:59.1 | everything that he says or does, but I certainly like him, and I think he has, you know, |
| 1:05.3 | his heart's in the right place for his beloved Texas Tech. |
| 1:08.7 | And I, you know, that part of it I get. |
| 1:10.9 | I'm also biased in that I'm in television. |
| 1:13.5 | And I work for the company that's going to be broadcasting the game. |
| 1:17.3 | So you have to take all of what I have to say here with a grain of salt. |
| 1:22.1 | But I would tell you this, Pete, were I, were we discussing a Friday night game that was going to be on ESPN, ABC, or us? |
| 1:31.4 | Okay, I would say the same thing to you right now about this issue if the game were on the |
| 1:38.0 | opposing network and not on and not on Fox. |
| 1:40.9 | And that is, get over it because the rights holders have absolutely the right to move those |
| 1:49.5 | games where they want them, unless, of course, it's written in the contract that certain schools |
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