Brief synopsis so far:
Texas Tech - targeting Sorsby at QB in the portal
BYU - bringing back Bear Bachmeier
Arizona State - losing Sam Leavitt to transfer portal
Utah - loses their head coach Kyle Wittingham
Iowa State - loses head coach Matt Campbell
Kansas State - loses head coach Chris Klieman
TCU - loses its starting QB Josh Hoover to transfer portal
Cincinnati - loses its starting QB Brendan Sorbsy to the portal
Out of the 16 team Big12, only like 5 teams are returning head coach & starting QB next season
Colorado- if you wanna say Juju Lewis was their late season starter
The league is kinda a mess right now. But Houston this off-season seems to be one of the stable programs
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So Tech doesn’t have faith in that stud frosh QB from last season…?
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Their stud freshman, tore his ACL this yr. Will Hammond was the expected starter next yr. But got hurt mid yr
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Quarterbacks graduating or transferring
1.Behren Morton (Texas Tech)
Potential transfers
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Rumor is Dampier is transferring, too
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Sorsby’s girlfriend has already enrolled for Spring semester.
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He’s really good.
I did not realize how bad the knee was….guess he takes a redshirt……lots of talent.
Sorsby will be a good bridge….hope he sticks around.
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coog007
December 19, 2025, 10:58pm
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Seems that TT and BYU will be the title favorites.
UH a dark horse, perhaps?
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If I had to do a “power rating” I’d go
Tech
Kansas and Utah are a wild card for me. I am not sure anyone outside of those 7 have the funds to compete.
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JLCoog
December 20, 2025, 3:02pm
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BYUcougarfan:
ASU keeps Dilly
That is good for the B12.
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@BYUcougarfan Iowa State potentially losing Rocco Becht. Are they still a top of the Big12 contender?
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The only reason I listed them “above” Houston is because we have an on the record commitment from them to pay the rev share where I don’t think I’ve seen an outright commitment from Houston.
aldineblue
December 20, 2025, 10:08pm
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Tech needs to replace a lot of guys. They have 13 senior starters and some really good players. We’ll see how they do in the portal this year. We will be going after a lot of guys in the portal, too.
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You mean the max rev share?
As part of a multibillion-dollar settlement in a series of lawsuits against the NCAA, schools across the country can pay up to $20.5 million this year to their student-athletes. At many schools, including UH, the bulk of that money will go to...
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Good. Bump Houston ahead of isu
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With today’s news…
BYU home games in 2026:
Utah Tech (regional FCS)
Arizona (regional team, small rivalry)
Arizona state (regional rivalry)
Baylor (great relationship between Baylor and BYU)
Iowa state @RezClone @zrf (one of my favorite teams in the big 12)
Cincy
Away games:
Utah (holy war)
Pretty good home slate. This might be the schedule I am most excited for ever.
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@BYUcougarfan dont know all the logistics. But for Notre Dame to schedule a Home & Home with yall.
Shows how good your brand is right now. Kudos
Also, going forward in the Big12 . What schools do i want to lead the conference:
1.BYU
Arizona State & West Virginia that 2nd tier.
Iowa St, K State, TCU, Baylor. Good programs that i think have peaked. TCU , should be better. But Dykes is kinda a mid coach. Baylor , with the scandals has hurt its national brand.
Iowa State & Kansas St, kinda view them as Iowa. Solid programs that i dont think can reach a CFP. Due to resources, recruiting base
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I agree with everything you said.
Except I hope Utah stays in the basement for personal reasons.
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