Open For Business: a Big 12 Podcast w/ John Kurtz
Open for Business with John Kurtz delivers college football and college basketball news from a Big 12 perspective.
We cover every Big 12 school—Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, BYU, Cincinnati, Colorado, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas Tech, UCF, Utah, and West Virginia. From Saturdays in the fall to March Madness, no program gets left out.
You’ll hear in-depth discussion on Big 12 football, basketball, and recruiting—along with how the league stacks up against the SEC and Big Ten. We cover conference realignment, NIL, TV deals, playoff battles, and national storylines like Deion Sanders and Colorado that impact the Big 12.
If you want college football and college basketball news from a Big 12 perspective, this is your podcast.
Open For Business: a Big 12 Podcast w/ John Kurtz
Trouble in the Big Ten; Baylor AD and Playoff Committee Chair Steps Down
Tony Petitti’s controversial $2.4 billion Big Ten Enterprises private capital plan is tearing the league apart, with USC and Michigan now questioning their future and even sparking talk of going independent. I break down how the 10% UC Investments stake, the new grant of rights through 2046 and uneven revenue shares create big winners and losers, and why some insiders think it’s “headed towards blowing things up.” Then we dive into what Baylor AD Mack Rhoades stepping away from Baylor and the College Football Playoff selection committee chair role means for the Big 12’s playoff hopes, how an SEC AD now running the room changes the politics, and why BYU and Utah’s at-large paths are shrinking fast. We also hit the latest Kenny Dillingham rumors at Arizona State, how this coaching carousel could reshape the Big 12, and preview a massive Week 12 slate with Jon Wilner, including what it all means for Texas Tech, BYU, Utah and the rest of the Big 12 in the 12-team CFP era.