The college football media landscape shifted once again this offseason when HBO Max and TNT secured rights to Big 12 coverage for the first three weeks of the season. TNT secured the rights through a sublicensing agreement with ESPN, and the network is rolling out a star-studded crew for in-game action and pre- and postgame coverage.
TNT Unveils Big 12 Broadcast Team for 2025 Season
In 2024, TNT and ESPN reached a five-year agreement that brought college football back to TNT for the first time since 2006. Alongside HBO Max, TNT broadcast two College Football Playoff games last season and will return this year with coverage of three Big 12 games.
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— Bleacher Report CFB (@BR_CFB) May 29, 2025
The Network just announced its broadcast team for its 2025 Big 12 coverage, and some legends are joining the crew.
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— Bleacher Report CFB (@BR_CFB) August 13, 2025
The pregame and postgame crew will be led by Adam Lefkoe, who has been with TNT and its digital platform Bleacher Report since 2014, bringing nearly a decade of experience to the desk.
Leftkoe will be joined by College and NFL Hall of Famer and former Georgia Bulldog cornerback Champ Bailey, UMass and Giants legend Victor Cruz, and former Auburn Tiger and 15-year NFL linebacker Takeo Spikes.
The Network has put together an impressive crew for its Big 12 coverage this season, promising an entertaining studio show before and after the three games it will air in 2025.
In the booth, J.B. Long will handle play-by-play. Long, the voice of the Los Angeles Rams, has also covered Pac-12 and Mountain West football in the past.
Joining him as color analyst is Mike Golic Jr., son of former NFL defensive lineman and longtime ESPN radio host Mike Golic. A former offensive guard at Notre Dame from 2008 to 2012, Golic Jr. has been with ESPN radio since 2017.
Veteran reporter Allie LaForce will lead the way on the sidelines. LaForce has been a sideline reporter for the NBA on TNT since 2018 and previously worked SEC games for CBS. She will be joined by Coy Wire, a former Stanford football player who has served as a sports anchor for CNN since 2015.
TNT’s Big 12 crew will call just three regular-season games, but with the network set to cover the first round of the College Football Playoff again in 2025, there’s a chance they could return for postseason action.
The coverage kicks off Saturday, August 30, with Arizona’s Week 1 matchup against Hawaii. On September 6, the crew heads to Lubbock for Texas Tech’s game against Kent State, before wrapping up the regular season on September 13 with Arizona State’s matchup against Texas State.