Not everyone saw Patrick Mahomes’ greatness coming at Texas Tech. No one saw Iowa State’s Brock Purdy as an NFL quarterback. But now they meet in Super Bowl 58, having restored the Big 12’s QB tradition. 

Episode highlights:

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2:12: Berry Tramel on the glory days of Big 12 quarterbacking

4:30: Jenni Carlson on Patrick Mahomes’ potential longevity

8:58: Berry Tramel on the Chiefs being an exemplary franchise

10:16: Jenni Carlson on what Brock Purdy means to the 49ers

14:39: Berry Tramel on Mahomes’ and Purdy’s Big 12 days

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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s MVP hopes soar now that Joel Embiid soon will be disqualified by the NBA’s minimum games rule. 

Requiring players to play in at least 65 games for post-season awards should help prevent players from sitting out in this load-management era, but is that good for the league? We discuss that and lots more on The Jenni & Berry Show.

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3:58: The savvy NBA voters
6:22: Joel Embiid’s star-crossed NBA career
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We knew January was going to be tough for the Thunder. Seventeen games with only six at home. Eleven back-to-backs. By the end of the month, you could tell that the grind had taken its toll on OKC — and yet it still finished the month with an 11-6 record and an even firmer grip on homeport advantage in the playoffs. 

Episode highlights:

1:55: Even though the Thunder looked tired at month’s end, an 11-6 record was a huge triumph.

3:04: Did OKC’s January performance clinch homecourt advantage in the playoffs?

7:00: Is Mark Daigneault’s trigger quicker on his rotations?

10:00: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s monster season continued with a monster January.

12:30: SGA wasn’t the only Thunder player to have a big January.

16:30: The Thunder didn’t exit January without a few concerns.

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With three dangerous non-conference games and tough tests in the first two weeks of conference play, OSU faces a tough start to the season. Get off to a slow start again this season, and OSU’s chances of making the Big 12 title game much less the College Football Playoff could be over before October. All of that and more on the Jenni & Berry Show.

Episode highlights:

2:03: What jumps out about OSU’s schedule in the first year of the 16-team Big 12?

3:03: Was there any chance the Big 12 even thought about having conference games on the first weekend of the season?

4:12: Why OSU’s early Big 12 slate only complicates the Cowboys’ first half of the season

7:45: With the Big 12’s recent string of parity and unexpected contenders, do we really know how tough anyone’s schedule is?

10:00: Why is Kansas worth keeping an eye on?

11:40: Why is there consternation in some Big 12 ports about Rivalry Week?

13:55: Why some trap games for OSU might not have as many pitfalls 

15:30: What about that regular-season finale at Colorado?

18:30: What schedule glitch might create a unique opportunity in the state of Oklahoma

19:10: What teams got byes at good times?

21:00: Warning, Big 12 fans: that September 7 game between Baylor and Utah is not a conference game

21:30: Did anyone’s schedule change how you feel about the teams you think have the best chance to make Arlington?

24:30: A conference fighting for market share isn’t exactly starting off the season with a bang.

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Three of the four Super Bowl semifinalists have lots of Oklahoma connections, and that includes the Kansas City Chiefs, but is there Chiefs fatigue, with KC’s long run of success and the Taylor Swift/Travis Kelce phenomenon? Jenni Carlson and I discuss that and lots more on The Jenni & Berry Show.

Episode highlights:
2:28: “They’re going to show fans in the stands regardless. Why not her?
3:34: What bringing the NFL and Taylor Swift together can do to world financial markets.
6:44 If Buffalo couldn’t win this time, it’s Kansas City roadblock is a real thing.
7:44 Kansas City center Creed Humphrey has something to fall back on in Shawnee if this NFL things doesn’t work out.
10:35 Why Berry loves Ravens and former OSU running back Justice Hill
12:03 Look not further than the Ravens’ tight end depth chart for Oklahoma connections
15:04 Oklahomans’ heroes have always been Lions
20:30 The Sooner still playing this weekend who can make reservations in Canton, Ohio

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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as a cornerback? Luguentz Dort as a linebacker? What other football connotations spring up concerning Thunder players? Josh Giddey as a quarterback? Jalen Williams as Deebo Samuel? Chet Holmgren as Ed “Too Tall” Jones? Jenni Carlson and I discuss that and lots more on The Jenni & Berry Show.

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6:04: Berry Tramel on Lu Dort as an NFL linebacker
8:16: Jenni Carlson on Lu Dort’s Tony Allen-like toughness
10:49: Jenni Carlson on who is the Thunder’s quarterback
11:33: Berry Tramel on Josh Giddey’s fit with the Thunder
18:05: Berry Tramel on Jalen Williams’ versatility
28:40: Jenni Carlson on the Thunder standing up to beefier teams
30:03: Berry Tramel on Mark Daigneault as an X’s and O’s coach

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Alabama coach Nick Saban’s retirement set off a chain reaction that figures to affect the 2024 Southeastern Conference, Big 12 and Big Ten football standings. What part of the coaching carousel will have the most impact? 

Key moments
2:45: Is Kalen DeBoer a culture fit at Alabama? Berry Tramel: “The geography is a question. This is a guy that’s never coached … south of Carbondale, Illinois. The south of Illinois is a little of Southern culture but it’s not Tuscaloosa.”

3:14: Why Bryan Harsin is a test case, but Auburn is not Alabama.

4:20: Jenni Carlson: Why Steve Sarkisian would have been a good option

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6:58: Jenni Carlson on ways the transfer portal hurt teams like Alabama instead of helping them.

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11:20: Why Fisch’s departure is great news for Mike Gundy and Oklahoma State.

13:40: Did Lance Leopold really turn down Washington to stay at Kansas and what it tells us about Leopold and the state of Kansas football.

17:45: Who benefits more: OU from Saban’s retirement or OSU from Fisch’s Arizona departure?

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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is in the short list of MVP candidates, the Thunder leads the NBA in 3-point shooting and Oklahoma City is back in the forefront of NBA discussions coasts to coast. Jenni and I discuss that and more on this week’s Jenni & Berry Show. 

Berry Tramel 1:59
“Oklahoma City often, even when the Thunder's been pretty good, has occasionally suffered from being avoided in the national discussion by national NBA media. Not a lot when Durant and Westbrook were in their heyday, but it took somebody like Durant and Westbrook to keep it up there. And since then, of course, the Thunder's sort of been on the fringes of NBA discussions and the NBA spotlight, but that's all changing in the last couple of weeks.”

Jenni Carlson 4:30ish
“People want to see Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. They want to see Chet Holmgren. They want to see Jalen Williams. It’s really only a matter of time before you start to see the TNT games, the ABC games. Some of these matchups, people nationally want to see, not just people in Oklahoma.”

Berry Tramel 7:09
“Somebody beat Denver a couple of days ago in Denver, but until then, the Nuggets had lost three home games all year, two to Oklahoma City … one to everybody else in the league combined. One with that great 118-117 thriller, and then the other in a blowout. So yeah, what they've done in Denver is set off alarm bells across the NBA, no doubt about it.”

Jenni Carlson 10:45
“They were the worst 3-point shooting team in the league not too long ago. Now they've changed some personnel and that helps a lot, but still this is a team that some of the guys that were among the worst on that team a couple of years ago are now on this team that they're shooting the lights out from three.”

Berry Tramel 15:45
“Here’s the crazy but true statement of the day for you. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has a better chance of being voted MVP than he does of starting the All-Star game. I don't think he's gonna start the All-Star game … (16:15ish) but he's like in the top two, maybe top three for the MVP race. And lots of people saying, this is a guy that could do it.”

Jenni Carlson (18:30ish)
“I hope people in Oklahoma City appreciate what they're seeing because the fact that Oklahoma City has gotten to go from Russell Westbrook, Kevin Durant, James Harden, all of those guys, I mean, obviously playing different ways, doing different things, but now having a chance to really take in another generational type of player with a very special and elevated game. I mean, it's crazy what he's doing.”

Berry Tramel (23:30ish)
“To me, the line of demarcation is getting that home court in the first round. If you can do that, everything else is gravy. That would be what I would say would be the goal here as we approach mid January.”

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Is Michigan a dishonorable national champion? Will Jim Harbaugh be back at Michigan next season? Is the Wolverines’ defense a sign that college football is changing style? All that and more on this week’s Jenni & Berry Show. 

1:55ish: Berry Tramel on Michigan not being a feel-good story

2:50ish: Jenni Carlson on the goofiness of Jim Harbaugh

4:39: Berry Tramel on comparisons between Michigan and the Houston Astros

6:11: Jenni Carlson on Michigan’s defensive dominance

8:31: Berry Tramel on Jim Harbaugh’s future at Michigan

12:45: Berry Tramel on the defensive culture Harbaugh has built at Michigan

15:05ish: Jenni Carlson on Michael Penix’s rough night

15:35: Berry Tramel on Michael Penix’s sudden fall

23:35ish: Jenni Carlson on the coming 12-team playoff

25:02ish: Berry Tramel on all the scheduling changes coming in 2024

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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is in the short list of MVP candidates, the Thunder leads the NBA in 3-point shooting and Oklahoma City is back in the forefront of NBA discussions coasts to coast. Jenni and I discuss that and more on this week’s Jenni & Berry Show. 

Berry Tramel 1:59
“Oklahoma City often, even when the Thunder's been pretty good, has occasionally suffered from being avoided in the national discussion by national NBA media. Not a lot when Durant and Westbrook were in their heyday, but it took somebody like Durant and Westbrook to keep it up there. And since then, of course, the Thunder's sort of been on the fringes of NBA discussions and the NBA spotlight, but that's all changing in the last couple of weeks.”

Jenni Carlson 4:30ish
“People want to see Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. They want to see Chet Holmgren. They want to see Jalen Williams. It’s really only a matter of time before you start to see the TNT games, the ABC games. Some of these matchups, people nationally want to see, not just people in Oklahoma.”

Berry Tramel 7:09
“Somebody beat Denver a couple of days ago in Denver, but until then, the Nuggets had lost three home games all year, two to Oklahoma City … one to everybody else in the league combined. One with that great 118-117 thriller, and then the other in a blowout. So yeah, what they've done in Denver is set off alarm bells across the NBA, no doubt about it.”

Jenni Carlson 10:45
“They were the worst 3-point shooting team in the league not too long ago. Now they've changed some personnel and that helps a lot, but still this is a team that some of the guys that were among the worst on that team a couple of years ago are now on this team that they're shooting the lights out from three.”

Berry Tramel 15:45
“Here’s the crazy but true statement of the day for you. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has a better chance of being voted MVP than he does of starting the All-Star game. I don't think he's gonna start the All-Star game … (16:15ish) but he's like in the top two, maybe top three for the MVP race. And lots of people saying, this is a guy that could do it.”

Jenni Carlson (18:30ish)
“I hope people in Oklahoma City appreciate what they're seeing because the fact that Oklahoma City has gotten to go from Russell Westbrook, Kevin Durant, James Harden, all of those guys, I mean, obviously playing different ways, doing different things, but now having a chance to really take in another generational type of player with a very special and elevated game. I mean, it's crazy what he's doing.”

Berry Tramel (23:30ish)
“To me, the line of demarcation is getting that home court in the first round. If you can do that, everything else is gravy. That would be what I would say would be the goal here as we approach mid January.”

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