Open For Business: a Big 12 Podcast w/ John Kurtz

BYU athletic director Brian Santiago joins John Kurtz to reveal the real story behind BYU’s College Football Playoff snub and what happened behind closed doors at Big 12 meetings. Santiago says BYU “100%” deserved to be in the playoff conversation and explains how other Big 12 schools stood up for the Cougars, calling BYU’s treatment disrespectful to both the program and the conference. He also di...

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The Brendan Sorsby saga just keeps getting messier for the Big 12. According to reporting from Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger, the NCAA has sent Cincinnati a letter of inquiry related to Brendan Sorsby’s time with the Bearcats. At the same time, Cincinnati head coach Scott Satterfield accused Texas Tech of reaching out to Sorsby before the season was over. John Kurtz breaks down the latest from Big...

Houston head coach Willie Fritz joins John Kurtz at Big 12 Media Days to talk about why the Cougars could be one of the most interesting teams in the Big 12 this season. Fritz discusses the expectations around Houston football, the return of Connor Weigman, the Cougars’ improved offensive line, the addition of Makhi Hughes, the impact of the transfer portal, and why Houston’s offense could take a...

The Brendan Sorsby saga is finally over, but the tension between Texas Tech and the Big 12 is not going away anytime soon. After Sorsby and the NFLPA ended their legal fight, Texas Tech can finally move forward, but Iowa State athletic director Jamie Pollard made it very clear that some Big 12 leaders still believe Texas Tech should have to pay for the legal mess surrounding Sorsby’s eligibility....

Could a new wave of college football realignment be coming sooner than anyone thinks? On tonight’s Open For Business Big 12 live show, we break down the latest updates to the Protect College Sports Act and why the Senate bill could create major consequences for the Big 12, ACC, SEC and Big Ten. The biggest issue: new language in the bill could freeze power conference membership, potentially blocki...

The NFL won't hold a supplemental draft for Brendan Sorsby, which means he has to wait until the 2027 NFL draft...or does he?

The Brendan Sorsby saga may be mostly settled, but the fallout between Texas Tech and the Big 12 is not over yet. Brett Yormark came out of the situation as a massive winner after the Big 12’s legal strategy helped push Sorsby toward the NFL supplemental draft, but now the question becomes whether Yormark’s stock is rising so much that he could eventually leave the Big 12. We’ll also dive into whe...

The Brendan Sorsby saga is officially over for Texas Tech, the Big 12 and college football. After the Big 12 filed a preemptive federal lawsuit to preserve its ability to sanction Texas Tech if Sorsby played, the Red Raiders quarterback announced plans to apply for the NFL Supplemental Draft. In this episode of Open For Business, John Kurtz breaks down how the Big 12’s legal strategy changed the e...

The Big 12 just made a major legal move against Texas Tech in the Brendan Sorsby eligibility fight, and attorney/former Big 12 wide receiver Curry Sexton joins the show to explain why it may be a brilliant strategy by the conference. After Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Brendan Sorsby’s attorney threatened legal action if the Big 12 punished Texas Tech, the conference filed first in federal...

Get "Open For Business" a FREE Big 12 newsletter straight to your inbox. No more college football news through an SEC/Big Ten lens. Sign up below! https://bit.ly/OFBNewsletter The Brendan Sorsby situation just escalated -- and now the real question isn't about Sorsby anymore. It's about what the Big 12 is going to do about it. We're breaking down the very real possibility...

Texas Tech reporter Ryan Hyatt joins the Open For Business Big 12 Podcast to break down the Brendan Sorsby situation, the mounting tension between Texas Tech and the Big 12, and what could happen next as the legal fight continues. Hyatt has covered Texas Tech football for nearly four decades and makes his position clear: Sorsby should not play for the Red Raiders after violating one of the most im...

The Brendan Sorsby situation has officially spiraled into a full-blown Big 12 crisis. After the conference reportedly discussed possible consequences if Texas Tech plays Sorsby, the Texas attorney general sent a formal letter threatening legal action. Sorsby’s attorney has also warned the league against intervening. Now Texas Tech, the Big 12 and the state of Texas could be headed toward an ugly l...

Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby has been granted a temporary injunction that clears the way for him to play this season after serving a two-game suspension, despite allegations that he bet on his own team dozens of times during his college career. The ruling has sparked an extraordinary backlash across college football. Big 12 athletic directors have reportedly discussed whether their school...

Get "Open For Business" a FREE Big 12 newsletter straight to your inbox. No more college football news through an SEC/Big Ten lens. Sign up below! https://bit.ly/OFBNewsletter Big 12 coaches just tipped their hand — and they're picking BYU to win the Big 12. In an anonymous coaches poll, the Cougars came out on top, while one coach said Texas Tech "looks totally different"...

Could college football’s next major breakaway happen much sooner than expected? John Wilner of the Wilner Hotline joins John Kurtz to explain why the sport may be moving toward a massive restructuring faster than most fans realize. The biggest threat may not be a simple SEC and Big Ten merger. Instead, the most valuable brands in college football could eventually leave their current conferences an...

Get "Open For Business" a FREE Big 12 newsletter straight to your inbox. No more college football news through an SEC/Big Ten lens. Sign up below! https://bit.ly/OFBNewsletter Nick Saban built the SEC dynasty. Now he just testified in favor of a bill the SEC is fighting to kill — and the Big 12 stands to gain. This episode covers four major stories reshaping the college football landscap...

The SEC reportedly used a closed-door meeting with the College Football Playoff selection committee to question how BYU and Texas Tech were evaluated last season. Why is the SEC suddenly so focused on the Big 12? In this live stream, we break down the SEC’s complaints about BYU and Texas Tech, the obvious flaws in its argument and the bigger reason the conference keeps taking shots at Big 12 progr...

Texas Tech just called Steve Sarkisian’s bluff. After Sark took a shot at Texas Tech’s Big 12 schedule and claimed Texas could go undefeated against it with its “twos and threes,” Joey McGuire fired back with a real offer: Texas Tech vs. Texas in Week 1. McGuire says he talked to Abilene Christian and Texas State about moving their games, Cody Campbell has explored AT&T Stadium as a neutral-si...

Big 12 and ACC fans finally got a real piece of congressional movement that could reshape the future of college football. A new bipartisan Senate bill from Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell would take aim at a potential SEC/Big Ten super league, reopen the Sports Broadcasting Act conversation, create real enforcement power around revenue sharing, limit transfer chaos, cap agent fees, and even stop coach...

Get "Open For Business" a FREE Big 12 newsletter straight to your inbox. No more college football news through an SEC/Big Ten lens. Sign up below! https://bit.ly/OFBNewsletter Steve Sarkisian came after Texas Tech — and accidentally made the strongest case that the Red Raiders are a legitimate national title threat. When the Texas head coach feels the need to talk about you, you've...

Steve Sarkisian just took a massive shot at Texas Tech, and now the backlash is coming from all sides. Sark claimed there is a team in Texas, playing in another conference, that his “twos and threes” could go undefeated against, and it wasn’t hard to figure out who he meant. In this video, I break down Sark’s comments, why Texas Tech fans are furious, why Texas beat writers are calling it a bad lo...

Get "Open For Business" a FREE Big 12 newsletter straight to your inbox. No more college football news through an SEC/Big Ten lens. Sign up below! https://bit.ly/OFBNewsletter Is a Big 12 breakaway from the SEC and Big Ten actually on the table? Iowa State AD Jamie Pollard thinks it should be — and his comments are shaking up college football realignment conversations across the country....

Get "Open For Business" a FREE Big 12 newsletter straight to your inbox. No more college football news through an SEC/Big Ten lens. Sign up below! https://bit.ly/OFBNewsletterTexas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby is suing the NCAA — and the argument his legal team is making could change everything. Sorsby's attorneys, led by high-profile attorney Jeff Kessler (the man who helped cru...

Get “Open For Business” a FREE Big 12 newsletter straight to your inbox. No more college football news through an SEC/Big Ten lens. Sign up below! https://bit.ly/OFBNewsletter Is the 24-team college football playoff about to reshape the Big 12 conference forever — and could it send a Big 12 team straight to the SEC? Tonight we find out. Plus, Morgan Scalley finally speaks his truth about Kyle Whit...