Tag: Big 12
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CFB Week One: LSU Roars, Bama Unravels, and Texas Disappoints
Week One of the college football season has come and gone, mostly. We’ve still got Bill Belichick’s North Carolina debut against TCU tonight, but every other game has been played out. After eight-plus months without college football, it’s hard not to make knee-jerk reactions and adjust expectations we’ve spent months forming. Overreacting would be pretty…
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The Big 12 Rejecting Memphis Makes More Sense Than You’d Think
Yesterday, news broke that the University of Memphis had made a $200 million offer to the Big 12 to join the conference. The proposal, in which the Tigers were willing to forego revenue distributions for five years on top of the nine-figure payment, was the culmination of a years-long effort by Memphis to join a…
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2024 Was a Great Start to College Football’s 12-Team Playoff Era
It’s been over a week since Ohio State cruised to the first National Championship under the new 12-team playoff model. I’ve left some time for the confetti to settle, and I have a lot of thoughts about the season and how the new format affected things, but I couldn’t get away from one main takeaway.…
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Conference Realignment Rears its Ugly Lucrative Head
The Pac-12 is dead. How did it happen, and what’s next?
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The Pac-12 is in trouble: Part 2
Let’s discuss the possibilities of what the Pac-12 could look like in the future.
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The Pac-12 is in trouble: Part 1
Recent news about the conference’s media rights negotiations does not spell good things for the league’s future.