What was your reaction when you were at Texas and they almost joined the pack 12?

I actually felt like we were probably going to the pack 12.

So in your mind, subconsciously you start looking at recruiting areas,

does that change?

And really and truly, none of it happened.

So I wasted a lot of energy and a lot of time

on something that wasn't even a factor for me.

Hello, welcome to the July 13th edition of always college football. We really appreciate you being with us and we hope that you're enjoying the show wherever it is that you're consuming it.

Whether that's on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or you're with us here on the ESPN YouTube channel.

I'm your host Craig McElroy along with me as always is my friend and co-host

Mark Kubiak. We have a terrific game plan in store for you today as the big 12

officially kicks off talking season as their media days are officially underway.

We're going to dive into why the Baylor Bears right now are the favorites according to

the media to repeat as champions in the big 12 and we're going to have a terrific sit-down visit

with University of North Carolina head coach Mac Brown.

Before we get into all that, let's talk about it.

All right, let's talk about it. The Big 12 media days are officially underway and we're going to do the

best we possibly can to discuss the landscape of the Big 12 without

discussing realignment. I know that's a hot topic the big for the time being. There's three major takeaways that I want to hear when I tune

into the Big 12 Media Day coverage. We've already heard from new Commissioner

Brett Yormark talking about how he wants to make the big 12 a destination again

understandably so but I already told you we're not talking about realignment.

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