Commissioners from the Big 12 and Pac 12 are meeting today to discuss their options following the decision of Texas and Oklahoma to move to the SEC in 2025. Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby and Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff are reportedly considering a type of scheduling alliance that could include a future merger. Bowlsby addressed […]
Though the college football season does not officially start for another three weeks, it seems like it has been going on for a while now. Name, image and likeness ruled the news for much of the off-season before College Football Playoff expansion talk took over the conversation for a little while in June. Then the […]
Friday was a historic day for college athletics and college football. Just a day after the SEC’s chancellors and presidents unanimously voted Thursday to invite Texas and Oklahoma for membership into the conference beginning in 2025, Texas’ and Oklahoma’s boards of regents officially approved the move from the Big 12. The landscape of college athletics […]
AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas System Board of Regents today unanimously voted to approve The University of Texas at Austin joining the Southeastern Conference at the expiration of its current grant of rights contract with the Big 12 Conference. Board Chairman Kevin Eltife released the following statement: “Our board met today to discuss […]
Last week Dabo Swinney shifted gears from talking about the 12-team playoff to discussing potential changes to the structure of college athletics. “I think the bigger question is where is college football going from a structural standpoint?,” Swinney asked at the Clemson Football Media Outing. “If it’s a 40-team league but with 130 teams and […]
Conference realignment got more interesting on Wednesday when the Big 12 accused the four-letter network of tampering with conference members. Pete Thamel of Yahoo Sports reported Wednesday that the Big 12 has sent a “cease and desist” letter to ESPN, demanding that it end “all actions that may harm the conference and its members and […]
The Big 12 responded to Texas and Oklahoma declaring their intent to leave the conference upon the expiration of the Grant of Rights in 2025. Both are then expected to join the SEC. The statement is published below in its entirety. “Today the Big 12 Conference received notice from University of Oklahoma President Joe Harroz […]
The NCAA moves into a crucial 10-day period in regards to name, image and likeness, and it appears the biggest conferences in collegiate athletics are divided on the matter. Jim Phillips of the ACC, Greg Sankey of the SEC and Larry Scott of the Pac-12 are urging their colleagues to consider a new and minimalist […]
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on major college athletics is coming to light. And the news is not as bad as one might think for the Atlantic Coast Conference. According to USA TODAY writer Steve Berkowitz, the Atlantic Coast Conference increased its yearly payouts in 2020 from $30.9 million in 2019 to $37 million, plus […]
A week after significant carnage shuffled much of the top ten, status quo largely reigned in Week 6. That preceded what has been one of the wackiest weeks in a while in the world of college football. Much of the conference picture is still muddy, but it should become clearer after a jam-packed week coming […]