Colorado athletic director addresses Big 12 conference realignment rumors
"We'll evaluate things as we move forward."
"We'll evaluate things as we move forward."
"We want to bring our fans closer to what we do, and give them a peek under the hood."
Famed Dallas sportswriter Chuck Carlton, particularly known for his coverage of the Big 12 and of college football, has passed away.
"There have been no discussions with the Big 12 Conference on moving. ...We are committed to the Pac-12."
"Maybe we'll see Arizona and UCLA next week again too, in the Big 12/Big Ten challenge. Too soon?"
"I'm certainly not rooting for the demise of any particular conference, but I'm also, you know, looking out for what's best for Baylor. ...Depending upon what happens with the Pac-12, there may be, you know, movement."
Now the early move by the college football powerhouses seems to be back on.
Texas has home and homes with Michigan and Ohio State from 2024 to 2027.
"There's no formal timeline or brink from which you can't come back. But this is where things are right now -- a deal is unlikely."
"It's likely that they're leaving early."
The fallout from Big Ten media deals without ESPN has now extended to the end of two existing interconference basketball challenges, and the launch of a new one.
The Big 12 is set to make much more money in media rights beginning in 2025-26.
The Big 12 has plenty of reasons to want this deal locked in as soon as possible.
"Sources told Dodd that Fox would likely have demanded a return to make its future programming whole, including a top-tier selection of games years into the future given the marquee programs would have left its airwaves early."
This comes a year and a half ahead of the contractually-mandated window for extension talks in February 2024.
"That remark was a reflection of the fact that I've been spending four weeks trying to defend against grenades lobbed in from every corner of the Big 12, trying to destabilize our remaining conference."
"Because the Big 12 media rights can't be negotiated until 2024, Pac-12 schools have no motivation to join the Big 12."
There is no "Big 12 commissioner Greg Burks."
It looks like people won't have to buy Oklahoma Sooners football games on pay-per-view any longer, with that content instead moving to OTT monthly subscription service ESPN+.
Navigate's projections suggest the SEC and Big Ten will still be far ahead of the ACC, Big 12 and Pac-12 even after the next round of TV deals.
Haxton delivered a nice, subtle recognition of the suspension of his colleagues.
"The comments by the Red Raider Radio Network booth announcers were contrary to expected levels of respect and professionalism. Questioning the integrity of Conference officials and specifically calling out members of the officiating crew is well beyond appropriate and permissible behavior."
"It is... GOOD! IT IS GOOD! IT IS GOOD! JONATHAN GARIBAY HAS WON THE GAME WITH A 62-YARD FIELD GOAL! OH MY GOD, CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?! WOOOOOOOOO! YEAH, BABY! OH MY! WOW! OH! WOW!"
Is this enough to offset the loss of Oklahoma and Texas? Well, probably not, but it's probably the best they could have done.
"I would not assume that this is just happening, that one day the Texas and Oklahoma guys woke up, I would guess that it’s a logical sequence of events that ESPN now has all of the SEC, now they bring Texas and Oklahoma in."