Talking points have already started to come about for the Big 12 Championship game between the Texas Tech and BYU football teams.

Both the Red Raiders and Cougars enter Saturday's showdown with 11-1 overall records after going 8-1 in Big 12 play, Texas Tech's loss coming at Arizona State without starting quarterback Behren Morton and BYU's setback being the 29-7 loss in Lubbock in early November.

Based on those two factors, plus many other metrics that swing in favor of the Big 12 teams, commissioner Brett Yormark and head coaches Joey McGuire and Kalani Sitakes made their stance clear during Monday's Zoom press conference: both teams should be in the College Football Playoff regardless of the outcome in AT&T Stadium in Arlington.

"Both programs are not only worthy of competin

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