Big 12 Football Media Days from Frisco

[Mean Purple]

Big 12 Football Media Days - Day 1
(Commish's comments on Tuesday/Wednesday. TCU on Wednesday)
FRISCO, Texas – The Big 12 Conference has revealed its student-athlete attendees and broadcast information for the 2026 Monster Energy Big 12 Football Media Days on Tuesday, July 7 and Wednesday, July 8. The event returns to The Star in Frisco, Texas, which is the Dallas Cowboys’ headquarters.

Eight programs will be highlighted each day, represented by their head coach and student-athletes. Both days will be broadcast live on ESPNU from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. CT, simulcasted on Big 12 Studios, with part of day one carried on ESPN2 as well. BYUtv will produce the linear broadcasts.

ESPN’s Kevin Connors will host the coverage with analysis from Dusty Dvoracek and Louis Riddick alongside reporters Jen Lada and Sydney Jones.

This morning, the Conference announced Monster Energy as the naming rights partner of the Big 12’s 2026 Football Media Days. The event has been re-branded as 2026 Monster Energy Big 12 Football Media Days.
Big 12 Studios:

Big 12 Studios - Home of America's Premier Collegiate Conference

Big 12 Studios delivers the excitement, passion, and culture of America's premier collegiate conference. With membership spanning from Arizona to Florida to the Midwest, fans across the nation can watch highlights, classic games, and original programming.

big12studios.com

Schedule:

2026 Big 12 Football Media Days - Big 12 Conference

The official athletics website for Big 12 Conference

big12sports.com

2026 Monster Energy Big 12 Football Media Days Attendees Announced

FRISCO, Texas – The Big 12 Conference has revealed its student-athlete attendees and broadcast information for the 2026 Monster Energy Big 12 Football Media Days on Tuesday, July 7 and Wednesday, July 8. The event returns to The Star in Frisco, Texas, which is the Dallas Cowboys’ headquarters.

big12sports.com

Day 1: All 5 hours)

 

[Mean Purple]

Commish answers a question on the Protect College Sports Act at about the 46 min mark.
Agent Restrictions, Limited Liability Protections, Fed Preemption, Eligibilty/Transfer Portal, Caps Circumvention - All in the bill. May not be perfect. Is it needed? All things he is looking at.

Commish has been on the Hill a lot this year. Will be up there next week.

 

[HornyWartyToad]

Commish has been on the Hill a lot this year. Will be up there next week.

Sankey need someone to carry his briefcase?

 

[Mean Purple]

Sankey need someone to carry his briefcase?

Honestly, the Commish has made far better moves in the past 4 years that Sankey. Probably due to his background. 39% increase aint bad at all.

 

[82 Frog Fever]

i can’t remember if I posted this a few weeks back, but it is an outstanding Cover 3 podcast from YouTube with Jeremy Clark as the guest. It’s 26 minutes long, and if JC doesn’t get you excited for the start of the season, nothing will.

 

[SW toad]

Listened to a couple hours of this while driving through Gila Wilderness. Sounds like Scott Frost Sankey and Eric Morris along with others are along for the ride disaster known as the 24 team playoff. Group thinkers extraordinaire. Many of these guys have to be on hallucinogenic peyote/mushrooms to still be talking about how conference champ games can still occur.

 

[HornyWartyToad]

Honestly, the Commish has made far better moves in the past 4 years that Sankey. Probably due to his background. 39% increase aint bad at all.

Yeah, I do think he’s the right guy at the right time- I just have a bad case of little man syndrome these days looking at an increasingly ridiculous hellscape for TCU or anyone else not in the SEC B10. . . Harrumph.

 

[bp4tcu]

The Monster thing is so amateur and tacky. I wish we had somewhere else to go.

 

[ECM]

The Monster thing is so amateur and tacky. I wish we had somewhere else to go.

ACC still has one more pro rata addition from ESPN it can hand out. Just sayin'...

 

[Mean Purple]

ACC still has one more pro rata addition from ESPN it can hand out. Just sayin'...

meh ... we got a Skillet. We good.


Seriously, though. seems like IF it goes down more realignments, TCU ends up in the Big 10 or ACC.

sux to BU

 

[Mean Purple]

Runnin late. Will post any day two avail links shortly.

 

[Mean Purple]

Big 12 Football Media Days - Day 2
Schedule: (Watch Live buttons next to each Coach's press conf. on the schedule)

2026 Big 12 Football Media Days - Big 12 Conference

The official athletics website for Big 12 Conference

big12sports.com

Main Press Conf for Day 2 scheduled to start at 10 AM.
ALSO - Carried on ESPNU and simulcasted via

Big 12 Studios - Home of America's Premier Collegiate Conference

Big 12 Studios delivers the excitement, passion, and culture of America's premier collegiate conference. With membership spanning from Arizona to Florida to the Midwest, fans across the nation can watch highlights, classic games, and original programming.

big12studios.com

FRISCO, Texas – The Big 12 Conference has revealed its student-athlete attendees and broadcast information for the 2026 Monster Energy Big 12 Football Media Days on Tuesday, July 7 and Wednesday, July 8. The event returns to The Star in Frisco, Texas, which is the Dallas Cowboys’ headquarters.

Eight programs will be highlighted each day, represented by their head coach and student-athletes. Both days will be broadcast live on ESPNU from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. CT, simulcasted on Big 12 Studios, with part of day one carried on ESPN2 as well. BYUtv will produce the linear broadcasts.

ESPN’s Kevin Connors will host the coverage with analysis from Dusty Dvoracek and Louis Riddick alongside reporters Jen Lada and Sydney Jones.

This morning, the Conference announced Monster Energy as the naming rights partner of the Big 12’s 2026 Football Media Days. The event has been re-branded as 2026 Monster Energy Big 12 Football Media Days.

Coach Press Conf:
Wednesday, July 8

Arizona -Head Coach Brent Brennan
11:00 AM CT

Cincinnati - Head Coach Scott Satterfield
11:20 AM CT

Iowa St. - Head Coach Jimmy Rogers
11:40 AM CT

TCU - Head Coach Sonny Dykes
12:00 PM CT

Kansas St. - Head Coach Collin Klein
12:20 PM CT

Kansas - Head Coach Lance Leipold
12:40 PM CT

UTAH - Head Coach Morgan Scalley
1:00 PM CT

West Virginia - Head Coach Rich Rodriguez
1:20 PM CT

Players Scheduled:
Wednesday, July 8
Arizona
OL - Tristan Bounds
LB - Taye Brown
DB - Jay'vion Cole
QB - Noah Fifita
WR - Chris Hunter III
DE - Tre Smith
WR - Tre Spivey

Cincinnati
QB - JC French
LB - Antwan Peek Jr.
OL - Evan Tengesdahl
OL - Taran Tyo

Iowa State
DB - David Coffey
RB - Aiden Flora
K - Kyle Konrardy
QB - Jaylen Raynor
DE - Isaac Terrell

Kansas
OL - Calvin Clements
DE - Leroy Harris III
DT - Blake Herold
LB - Trey Lathan
WR - Cameron Pickett

Kansas State
DB - Wesley Fair
RB - Joe Jackson
QB - Avery Johnson
LB - Rex Van Wyhe

TCU
QB - Jaden Craig
DT - Markis Deal
DT - Ansel Din-Mbuh
DB - Jamel Johnson
DE - Paul Oyewale
OL - Ben Taylor-Whitfield

Utah
QB - Devon Dampier
LB - Johnathan Hall
DE - Lance Holtzclaw
RB - Wayshawn Parker

West Virginia
WR - Jaden Bray
OL - Nick Krahe
DB - Geimere Latimer II

 

[Mean Purple]

Day 2 coverage is underway.

Big 12 Studios - Home of America's Premier Collegiate Conference

Big 12 Studios delivers the excitement, passion, and culture of America's premier collegiate conference. With membership spanning from Arizona to Florida to the Midwest, fans across the nation can watch highlights, classic games, and original programming.

big12studios.com

 

[Mean Purple]

Sonny's Press Conference.
Cool to see his view/appreciation of getting to do what he does.
People wonder how we get good coaches and I think SD answers that question in his opening remarks.

Also, about midway through, Jeremy gets a question in.

 

[Mean Purple]

Coach's interview with the ESPN Media Days crew.
You don't want to miss the opening. Our guys have mad skills.

 

[jack the frog]

The Monster thing is so amateur and tacky. I wish we had somewhere else to go.

Could be worse. Kansas with a scam-coin alliance complete with jersey patch. Everyone is digging for change.

 

[Mean Purple]

Could be worse. Kansas with a scam-coin alliance complete with jersey patch. Everyone is digging for change.

too bad Big 12 could not get a beer brand. Baylor and BYU would freak.

 

[froginaustin]

too bad Big 12 could not get a beer brand. Baylor and BYU would freak.

BYU freak? That I can see.

Baylor would quietly cash their check.

 

[BrewingFrog]

too bad Big 12 could not get a beer brand. Baylor and BYU would freak.

"The BIGXII! Brought to you by Tito's Texas Vodka!"

 

[jack the frog]

"The BIGXII! Brought to you by Tito's Texas Vodka!"