Patrick Mahomes voiced what everyone else was thinking during the 2025 Big 12 Championship Game. The Kansas City Chiefs star loves watching his team's offense , but was in lockstep with every other college football fan lauding Texas Tech defensive coordinator Shiel Wood during the Red Raiders' dominant performance against BYU.

Texas Tech announced during the week leading up to the game that Wood had officially been named a finalist for the Broyles Award, given to the best assistant coach in college football. Mahomes was four days late, but could not help himself from shouting out Wood as the “best in the country” while watching his former team shut down BYU's offense. Expand Tweet

Wood was already considered a frontrunner for the award after completely turning Texas Tech's defense

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