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West Virginia’s Oliver Luck Calling For More Big 12 Expansion
West Virginia athletic director Oliver Luck believes the Big 12 should seriously considering expanding. ESPN/ABC and the conference are currently negotiating an extension (for 10 teams) of first-tier television rights with escalators in place. Add some combination of Louisville, BYU and Cincinnati and the annual payouts per school increase. The Big 12 will focus initially [...]
TweetOklahoma State Debuts Big 12 Championship Ring
Show-offs. Hey, you can’t really blame them, can you? Oklahoma State captured the 2011 Big 12 Championship after they took out their biggest rival, Oklahoma, 44-10 in the annual Bedlam game leaving no doubt who was the best team in the Big 12. Now the Pokes have the hardware to prove it. This morning the [...]
TweetOklahoma State University Gambled On Boosters’ Lives; Lost $33 Million
Oklahoma State mega-booster T. Boone Pickens is a plenty of things to many different people. To some, he’s the primary benefactor to OSU’s athletic program. To others, he’s one of the richest magnates in the United States, who has lost and re-earned a personal fortune worth more than most of us will earn in our [...]
TweetBig 12 On The Verge Of Massive TV Extension With ESPN
Losing four teams to realignment won’t hinder Big 12 television revenues according to the Sports Business Journal. Due for an extension (in 2016) for their Tier 1 rights, the Big 12 is reportedly nearing an agreement with ESPN/ABC on a 9-year, $1.3 billion extension. Coupled with the recent $1.2 billion deal with Fox for Tier [...]
TweetBig 12 Early Enrollees and Their Impact
Bruce Feldman, college football analyst for CBS Sports, listed his picks for the ten most intriguing early enrollee freshmen in 2012. What major conferences failed to make the cut? The Big 12 and Big East. I can’t help the Big East. Their geographic map includes California (San Diego State), Texas (UH and SMU), Florida (South [...]
TweetPre-Spring Big 12 Rankings
The Big 12 will once again have a new look heading into the 2012 season. Missouri and Texas A&M are now a thing of the past while West Virginia and TCU are set to take their place. The Big 12 may be missing some tradition this year with the departures, but that doesn’t mean things [...]
TweetChuck Neinas Exits Big 12 July 1st
Interim Big 12 commissioner Chuck Neinas successfully kept Texas from joining the AFC South, Oklahoma from holding Larry Scott hostage, Baylor from suing the Vatican and now intends to vacate his post by the end of June. The Big 12 plans to have his replacement by July 1st according to ESPN. A search committee, those [...]
TweetBig 12 Schedule to be Released Friday According to Texas Tech AD
All the mystery surrounding the Big 12 football schedule in 2012 could be lifted as early as tomorrow, according to Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt. Hocutt, while speaking on the completion of a renovation process to the Red Raiders’ baseball stadium Thursday, said to expect the Big 12 schedule as early as tomorrow. Hocutt [...]
TweetBig 12 Football: Tidbits From Around the Conference
- Big 12 commissioner Chuck Neinas said earlier this week the Big 12 2012 football schedule will be released by the Feb. 1 deadline imposed by the conference’s TV partners. Neinas said the conference has received overwhelming assurances from West Virginia they will be conference members in 2012. The Mountaineers are suing the Big East [...]
TweetStop Complaining and Saying ‘What If…” – Alabama Is the Best Team In the Country
In a game that was about as over-hyped as any game that I can remember, the Alabama Crimson Tide dominated the LSU Tigers 21-0 in the BCS Championship game in New Orleans at the Super Dome. They turned in the most dominant defensive performances in the BCS history. They turned in one of the most [...]
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