Can you believe it about the halfway mark of the college football season? And who better to hit the halfway mark with than our friend Tim Brando Fox Sports?

Done a bunch of big 12. He's joining us. I'm Pete Mundo on Heartland College Sports. If you're checking us out on the radio show, we always appreciate that. YouTube. You know what to do? Hit that like button, subscribe and same thing on the podcast. Well, Tim, it's cliche. The season's flying by, though.

And when you look at this college football season, it feels like chaos, especially in the

big 12, is the name of the game thus far. What surprised you the most? Oh, gosh, nothing.

I mean, this is going exactly the way I thought would go.

Now, now, what has been surprising is the fact that both Utah and Kansas State,

the two favorites coming in have had some hiccups,

but I think Kansas State has settled their circumstances and are still in a very good position,

you know, to win the league, Utah losing, rising again and now losing their

offensive coordinator.

Ludwig is a big loss.

It's been tough sledding for Whittingham this year before he probably hands the reins over to Morgan Scally.

But everybody else, Pete, is as good as I thought they would be.

And I don't see this league not coming down to the very final weekend.

I think the potential for Farmmeringaden to be just an

absolute magnificent. You know, we had that game in the snow last year in Manhattan. The game

this year will be in Ames. And man, that game could be for everything. I mean, for absolutely

terms of, you know trying

to determine who the two teams might be who's in who's not for the championship game and then you know

the potential of um if iowa state and b yu can each stay pretty clean until the very very end uh and

that's a big ask but if they they can, the pressure that the two

of them are going to put on the committee to look at more than one team, the automatic qualifier

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