Flyover Country

Flyover Country

By David UbbenSports
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Flyover Country episodes

  • Flyover Country: Season Review

    In a very special episode of Flyover Country, David reviews the season, handing out awards, revisiting his power rankings and looking at every Big 12 bowl game. He also kicks off the show with a quick look at Saturday's games.
    42 min
  • Flyover Country, presented by Leadfoot Express: Week 14

    In this week's episode, David looks back on how Oklahoma reached the playoff and looks ahead at the Sooners' chances and possibility of a juicy matchup. He also shares some thoughts on the Baylor-TCU disaster, Iowa State's new coaching hire and Kansas State's bowl chances at 5-7. Later, Chuck Carlton of the Dallas Morning News joins the show to survey the Big 12 and David closes the show, as always, with his picks.
    48 min
  • Flyover Country, presented by Leadfoot Express: Week 13

    On this week's episode, David looks back at Baylor's huge win over OSU. Does it give credence to the theory the Bears employ system quarterbacks? What about OU's win over TCU and its handling of Baker Mayfield's head injury. He covers that, and offers some more thoughts on the Iowa State coach opening, where the Cyclones should go from here and the job's harsh realities. There is a growing ignorance of the most important factor in the quality of a coaching job. Later, USA Today's George Schroeder joins the show to hash out some Big 12/CFP committee conspiracy theories and some more talk about OU, Baker Mayfield and the Iowa State job. Finally, David closes the show with his picks.
    47 min
  • Flyover Country, presented by Leadfoot Express: Week 12

    This week, David exposes the aspect of the Big 12's backloaded schedule that isn't getting enough attention. He also looks back on OU's paradigm-shifting win over Baylor, has a cathartic rant about injuries and examines a historic slide at Kansas State. Later, Kyle Porter, aka PistolsGuy, joins the show to talk about how he survives cheering for the Cowboys. Finally, David reveals his picks for another huge weekend of Big 12 football.
    49 min
  • Flyover Country, presented by Leadfoot Express: Week 11

    This week, David re-hashes Oklahoma State's impressive rout of TCU and where each team goes from here. He also offers some thoughts on a possible West Virginia resurgence. Later, FOX Sports' Bruce Feldman joins the show to talk about a wide variety of topics, including if the committee has a Big 12 vendetta. Finally, David closes the show with his Week 11 picks.
    52 min
  • Flyover Country, presented by Leadfoot Express, Week 10

    In this week's episode, David dives into another Texas disaster, and tries to figure out just much teams should fear Oklahoma State. Also, what's up with TCU at home and Paul Rhoads' proud moment? Later, John Helsley of The Oklahoman helps dig into the Cowboys and David closes the show with his picks.
    35 min
  • Flyover Country, presented by Leadfoot Express: Week 9

    In this week's episode, David explains where Baylor goes from here after losing starting QB Seth Russell for the season. Did Baker Mayfield really get "revenge" on Texas Tech? And what about the shakeups at Iowa State.
    Later, The Oklahoman's Kyle Fredrickson and Kyle Porter, aka @pistolsguy, talk about this weekend's tragedy in Stillwater and explain why the community is so well-equipped to handle what's become all-too-commonplace.
    As always, David closes the show with his Week 9 picks.
    1 hr 2 min
  • Flyover Country, presented by Leadfoot Express: Week 8

    This week, David looks back at the first half of the season and ahead to the second half with a midseason special. What do the Baylor-WVU and OU-KSU blowouts say about all four teams? Plus, he hands out some hardware for the best players, coach, game, surprise and disappointment of the first seven weeks. Chuck Carlton of the Dallas Morning News also joins the show to break down the league at midseason before David gives his Week 8 picks.
    45 min
  • Flyover Country, presented by Leadfoot Express: Week 7

    This week, we look back on Texas' Red River upset, what happened to West Virginia and TCU's comeback at Kansas State, aided by the Wildcats' refusal to run the dang ball. Later, Berry Tramel of The Oklahoman joins the show to assess the state of football in Oklahoma. As always, I close the show with my Week 7 picks.
    38 min
  • Flyover Country: Week 6, presented by Leadfoot Express

    On this week's episode, coaching legend Barry Switzer stops by, tells some Red River stories and weighs in on Charlie Strong's rough start and future at Texas. David also provides some thoughts on why he doesn't buy Baylor yet, the Big 12's officiating crisis and Texas' social media crisis. The Charleston Gazette-Mail's Mike Casazza also joins the show to figure out what went wrong for WVU at Oklahoma before David closes the show with his weekly picks.
    52 min

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Each week, David Ubben tackles what's going in the Big 12 on and off the field.