Podcast: Former Players Weigh in on Big 12 Championship

"The Sports Piece" podcast is based out of Austin, Tex., so obviously we may have a little bit of interest in Big 12 sports and the University of Texas.

This year's Big 12 Championship game also has even more special meaning, because Steve used to be an assistant coach for Nebraska back when they were winning national championships.

We thought it would be wise to bring on some former players from both the Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Texas Longhorns to get their views on the upcoming Big 12 Championship game.

We tried to keep the players even, so we have two former wide receivers and two former linemen. The players from Nebraska are Matt Davidson and Matt Hoskinson, while the Texas representatives are Sloan Thomas and Matt Anderson.

Matt Davidson (on show from minutes three to 15) is a former wide receiver from Nebraska.

He says it's great for Nebraska to be back in the Big 12 Championship game because they've only been there once (2006) since 1999.

He also thinks the Nebraska defense is great and will have a chance to win if the defense can make some plays.

Overall, he doesn't think the Cornhuskers can win, unless they hold the Longhorns to 21 points or less.

Sloan Thomas (minutes 15 to 24) is a former wide receiver from Texas.

Sloan thinks that the Texas defense will be the key to the game and adds that their zone defense is their weakness, one that teams can exploit.

That being said, he predicted a 35-7 win by Texas!

When we asked him about the future of the Longhorns after Colt McCoy moves on, he shared that Garrett Gilbert is a great player and believes he'll leave for the draft after a good junior season.

Matt Anderson (minutes 26 to 39) came on next. The former lineman for the Texas Longhorns feels that this is going to be an exciting game.

He cited that each of the previous times that Nebraska and Texas have played, the game was a big one.

He somewhat agreed with Matt Davidson that the Nebraska defense is good and could disrupt the offensive line of the Longhorns.

However, he thinks Texas makes good in-game adjustments and should overcome even a potential game-changer in Ndamukong Suh to win 34-14.

Guy Rozier (minutes 39 to 52) is a former player and brother of Heisman trophy winner Mike Rozier.

Guy is currently the assistant director of development for the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

He talked about Colt McCoy's Heisman chances and moved on to hype Saturday's Big 12 Championship game, predicting an upset game.

He was adamant that this will not be a cake walk for Texas, stating that the Huskers are mentally prepared and even predicted a win for the Huskers by a field goal!

Finally, we spoke to former Husker lineman Matt Hoskinson (minutes 52 to 60).

Matt gave us a brief opinion of the game on Saturday.

He stated that it'll be a huge challenge for Nebraska because Texas has such a great defense and Nebraska struggles on offense.

He said that if Nebraska wants to have a chance to win, they need to control the clock and let their defense do the rest, because their defense is the "real deal."

That being said, he tried to be realistic and predicts a one-touchdown win for the Longhorns, but he doesn't think it will be easy.

Overall, it should be a good test of a "potential" Heisman Trophy winner going up against a stout defense.

A win for the Huskers could help propel them back into the national picture.

A win for the Longhorns and they are a lock for the BCS National Championship game!

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