Big 12’s Old Guard Is Gone; Is It Tech and BYU’s League Now?

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Timestamps
00:00 – Intro: A completely new era of Big 12 football
01:51 – Gundy, Klieman, Whittingham, Campbell (and maybe Dillingham) are gone
02:37 – Kalani Sitake and Dave Aranda become the veterans of the league
03:54 – Young guns step in: Collin Klein, Eric Morris, Morgan Scalley, Jimmy Rogers
04:39 – Can the new coaches match the success of the old guard?
05:32 – Why Tech and BYU look like the new tent-pole programs
06:27 – How Texas Tech dominated PFF’s All–Big 12 team and BYU’s 22 wins in two years
07:20 – What this power shift means for the rest of the conference
08:10 – The role of NIL, private equity, and private capital in this transition
09:17 – Is the Big 12 becoming a “two big brands and everyone else” league?
10:13 – Final thoughts on the conference’s future and staying power

📺 About This Video
In this video, John Kurtz explains why the Big 12 has quietly entered a completely new era. He looks at how quickly the conference lost four of its foundational coaches in Mike Gundy, Chris Klieman, Kyle Whittingham, and Matt Campbell, and why the departures raise fair questions about the league’s identity and staying power. John then evaluates the upside of the new wave of head coaches like Collin Klein at Kansas State, Eric Morris at Oklahoma State, Morgan Scalley at Utah, and Jimmy Rogers at Iowa State, while also acknowledging how tough it will be for any of them to replicate the previous decade of success.

John also dives into the emerging power structure inside the Big 12, highlighting Texas Tech’s on-field dominance and BYU’s back-to-back 11-win seasons as evidence that the league may be shifting toward a couple of flagship programs at the top. With Utah diving into private equity and the Big 12 pursuing a private capital deal, he connects the dots between coaching turnover, financial pressure, and how NIL and revenue realities are reshaping who can actually contend for titles in this conference.

If you follow Big 12 football, care about where this league is headed, or want to understand how coaching changes and money are combining to rewrite the conference pecking order, this breakdown is for you.

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