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McLaughlin: Pac-12 Secrecy, No Media Days a Concern?

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8 July 2026

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The Pac-12 enters its first season as a revamped league and needs to tell its own story to help shape its future.

Why didn’t they hold media days this year, and is that a mistake?

On today’s episode of Locked On College Football, Spencer McLaughlin and ‘Locked On Mississippi State’ host Jaron Spoor discuss a big matchup for HC Jeff Lebby.

A Week 2 showdown with Minnesota is not a game Lebby can afford to lose.

Barry Odom had a rough first season with Purdue and does not have high expectations going into this Fall.

Will the Boilermakers be anything but a bottom dweller?

00:00 PAC 12 media rights controversy

05:05 Discussion on Power 4 media days
07:31 Conference media days discussion
11:46 Mississippi State’s tough schedule
13:18 Coming up short again in 2025
18:55 Discussion on Purdue’s football prospects
19:55 Barry Odom’s roster improvements
24:40 Discussing Big Ten coaching changes
27:31 Purdue’s athletic director transition