Here's Why Notre Dame Is Joining the Big 12 Conference After BYU Game...

Podcast: Locked On Big 12 | Daily College Football & Basketball Podcast · Locked On Podcast Network, Drake Toll

Opublikowano: 2026-10-22

The suit-and-tie network executives in Bristol and Chicago love to pitch Notre Dame on their precious super-conferences, but if the Irish ever wake up and smell the real football, the Big 12 is the only logical landing spot. For decades, golden-dome entitlement hid behind independent TV contracts and soft scheduling arrangements. But the landscape has shifted. The Big Ten and SEC operate like corporate syndicates designed to turn classic programs into sterile TV content. Meanwhile, Brett Yormark has transformed the Big 12 into a premier, blood-and-guts football conference—a rugged gauntlet defined by line-of-scrimmage violence, genuine rivalries, and high-altitude ho...