Why the Big 12 Needs Its Own Network | Best & Worst 2026 Games
Heartland College Sports: The Big 12 Sports Podcast
Pete Mundo
4.8 • 870 Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2026
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Heartland College Sports’ Pete Mundo explains why the Big 12 should consider launching its own network, and then breaks down the best and worst non-conference and conference games on the 2026 Big 12 football schedule.
Plus, which matchups are must-watch? Which ones miss the mark? Let’s dive in!
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| 0:00.0 | This may sound old-fashioned to some of you if you've been following college football for a really long time, but it shouldn't. |
| 0:07.6 | We've got to bring it back. |
| 0:09.3 | The Big 12 needs to begin exploring the idea of a Big 12 network. |
| 0:14.8 | I'm Pete Mundo. |
| 0:15.5 | We're Heartland College Sports, and we are so glad you're here as always. |
| 0:19.4 | As a part of the show, make sure that you are subscribed right now to the channel. |
| 0:23.0 | And we always appreciate our radio affiliates being here as a part of the show as well. |
| 0:28.1 | So this came up in a column that was written on Heartlandcollege sports.com by our own Matthew Postens. |
| 0:35.3 | And he was writing about how Big 12 women's basketball is cream of the crop right now. |
| 0:41.9 | They have a lot of viewership, but they're not getting as much love as they should get. |
| 0:47.3 | Now, before you're like, wait, no, I'm not going to listen to you. |
| 0:50.5 | Break down women's college basketball. |
| 0:52.3 | First off, that's not the point of the conversation. |
| 0:55.6 | Women's college basketball is being used in this column by Matthew as a way to explain why the |
| 1:03.1 | big 12 is behind the eight ball when it comes to production, when it comes to branding, and ultimately when it comes to pushing out its |
| 1:13.2 | product to potential eyeballs and potential fans. The Big 12 is doing a lot right now, right? They're |
| 1:19.7 | going to be playing games overseas to this year. They got the Mexico thing they're working on |
| 1:24.0 | with basketball. Brett Yormark is trying to build a global brand. But he's doing |
| 1:29.3 | it right now with one TV partner in ESPN who just is in love with the SEC. The Big 12 is basically |
| 1:37.6 | ESPN side chick. Let's be honest. Then you've got Fox. They're also playing side chick to Fox because they've got the |
| 1:45.9 | Big 10. The TNT thing has tremendous potential. And the Big 12's like, well, okay, we're getting |
| 1:53.3 | some love, but are we really getting enough? Iowa State is right now the most watched |
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