A year ago, the Big 12 was pushed to the brink by the defections of Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC. The remaining eight schools were searching for stability. The Pac-12 could have come in and finished the place off with a few tactical expansion moves.
CORRECTS SPELLING OF LAST NAME TO YORMARK, NOT YORKMAN AS ORIGINALLY SENT - Incoming Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark speaks during a news conference opening the NCAA college football Big 12 media days in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. . The remaining eight schools were searching for stability. The Pac-12 could have come in and finished the place off with a few tactical expansion moves.No one was poached. The Pac-12 didn’t call.
His newness to college athletics was obvious in some of the details he clearly didn’t understand or avoided in his answers. No matter, he can catch up on that.This will be a trial by fire and nothing is more important for the Big 12 than finding as much revenue as possible to close the gap with the far wealthier SEC and Big Ten.
Right now five major college rights deals are coming up in the next few years. The Big Ten is by far the most valuable. Then comes the Pac-12, Big 12, Notre Dame home games and eventually the College Football Playoff, which will exist in some form. It is the latest in a slow-burning skirmish between these two conferences that dates back to 2011 when Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott considered adding Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.
Or would those four schools prefer to get with the Big 12 that wants and needs them while serving as geographic and football fits? The Big 12 might seem a bit desperate, but this is a risk assessment. The Big Ten might never come for Washington and Oregon and are even less likely to come for the other four schools.
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