Your preview & guide to the weekend's Big 12 football action | Week 8

[@bryantaylor8848]

3:40 As a BYU fan I think this will be a competitive game because of coach Gundy, the talent on his team, the bye week, and his history of comebacks. That said both teams are motivated and I hope BYU wins. GO COUGS!

[@patrickcockrell5506]

As a Tech fan I don’t care if they win by 100 points or 1 point. Just win baby. #WreckEm

[@Big12Insiders]

That's all that matters.

[@fennicfox4600]

The BU TT bowl is one of the friendliest rivalries in football. Both sides are treating the other's team with respect and don't expect it to be an easy game. The series is long standing (tomorrow will be the 83rd meeting) and its almost tied at 41-40-1 Baylor. So maybe Vegas is looking at the history and treating it like a rivalry game.

[@rtmcder4771]

Stop at a Fareway when you're in Iowa. Many options for brats filled with goodies. Personal favorite is the jalapeño pineapple. I've seen the chili cheese during the summer.

[@Pluto2363]

Time to recognize Cincinnati. Go Bearcats!

[@trx477er]

Johnsonville actually makes pre-smoke sausage with chili flavored cheese in it. And they’re pretty good! Would be curious on actual chili and cheese on a brat though

[@40to38]

No one was saying KJ was a bad pickup for UCF prior to the season. It was the opposite... KJ was mentioned with Harvey and Boone as reasons UCF could do well. And if they did bring up KJs stats from 2023, it was all the fault of the Arkansas OL and the OC getting fired. The main KJ talking point was what a great fit he is for Gus. If y'all were the one source that got it right, feel free to link me because I will give props where props are due :) on a side note, KJ and Boone may have not worked out great from the portal, but look for transfers Jacurri Brown and Myles Montgomery to run through that 64th ranked Iowa State run defense :)

[@gregsbread]

Definitely go for the chili cheese brat… then let us know how it is😂

[@ChristianHarper-ws5rk]

Vega’s doesn’t always know. UCF was favored by -14 against Colorado. Vega’s sets lines to bait and switch.

[@Big12Insiders]

Nobody is perfect. But they get way more right than they do wrong.

[@kenneaderhiser7768]

Of the three undefeateds, there is only one game between the two Tech @ Iowa State. Outside of that; BYU has one game against team with winning conf record @ASU Iowa State has two Cincy and K-State at home also Tech at home Tech has CU and WV at home. One loss teams right now should be praying for tiebreakers

[@kenneaderhiser7768]

Vegas knows how people think about the games and what gets money on both sides.

[@thedoubleoomtbr3515]

This is a trap game for Tech. As seen with ACU earlier this year, Tech for whatever reason struggles winning the games they should win. As a Tech fan, this game scares me more than the rest of the games this year minus Iowa State.

[@jyrotax]

How many conference losses eliminate a team from the conference championship game? 3?

[@Big12Insiders]

Great question. I think 3 for sure. It very well might be 2. Still a lot of football left.

[@kenneaderhiser7768]

If BYU, KSU, ISU or TT lose to these teams down the standings this week, the Big 12 is not crazy, it is just bad.

[@mikenieves8881]

Go ahead and roast me. Lots of factors going into this comments. Mostly out of inside contacts. Last week there was limited practices due to preparations and concerns of a category 1-3 hurricane. QB change bringing out an expanded play book and plays no team has seen all year. I’m told the team is excited as in finally we have the best QB on the team under center. IST 24 UCF 27

[@Big12Insiders]

So basically it took the coaches 7 weeks and an entire off-season to find the best QB? Or is UCF just not very good.? While two things can be true, I lean to the latter.

[@mikenieves8881]

@@Big12Insiders what I’m being told (from inside) is that coaches knew but 500k got played hoping he would improve. He didn’t and playbook became exclusive and predictable. Some players not happy. Three starters left. All along JB has been working with Hinshaw and has been improving on a weekly basis. I’m also told Hinshaw will have input on play calling. That’s all I can tell you right now. Both sides of the ball are feeling good about changes. We’ll see!?

[@40to38]

We outgain everyone... We just kill ourselves with turnovers and bad RedZone play calling. I do agree that when Jacurri came in, everything looked faster and his decision making and accuracy looked better off this small sample size. I'm surprised no one has mentioned that Iowa States run defense is actually pretty bad .. 5 yards a carry against power 4 teams. I think it will be close, but have a hard time believing in our play calling at this point. I'll be optimistic though because UCF winning this game is totally a gus and big 12 thing that would happen :)

[@mikenieves8881]

@@40to38You saw my comments. And you saw the response. They think UCF sucks and fans don’t know what we talking about when is them with the opinions. Try to tell them something and get ridiculed. GKCO! Our men are showing up to play.