Irving, Texas ? Big 12 schools will split a record $252 million in revenue, the ninth year in a row of increases.The revenue total for the 10 schools, up from $220 million last year, was revealed Friday at the end of the conference’s spring meetings.Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, ...
The Big 12 Conference’s ability to implement a full round-robin schedule distinguishes it from the other four power conferences, all of which boast more than 10 teams. It is that unique characteristic that led the league to its slogan: one true champion.In football, every program faces all of ...
Bob Bowlsby was only a few weeks into his new job as Big 12 commissioner when at the league’s football media days last July he kept repeating the same thing to all who would listen.“Our message was, ‘We’re stable, we’re strong, and we’re successful,’” Bowlsby recalled a year ...
Manhattan ? There are times when Kansas State president Kirk Schulz is traveling on business — could be to drum up support for the biology program, or perhaps to discuss serious issues affecting other land-grant schools — and his conversations drift toward sports.Given the year the Wildcats ...
Irving, Texas ? Big 12 athletic directors worked Tuesday to determine the league’s preferred bowl lineup with the anticipation that the Cotton Bowl will become part of college football’s new playoff system.The 2½-hour discussion about bowl alignment took up a bulk of the agenda as the ADs ...
Irving, Texas ? Big 12 athletic directors spent several hours Monday discussing the pros and cons of maintaining their 10-team configuration or eventually making additions to the conference — or maybe doing something in between.League commissioner Bob Bowlsby repeated what he has said before ...
Throughout Big 12 country, the conference’s “Grant of Rights” agreement has become the phrase du jour. But what does it mean, what does it do and why is it so important?For starters, it’s the one thing out there that allows Big 12 officials to rest easy at night while the world of ...
The Omaha World-Herald has spoken with four unnamed BCS conference coaches and administrators who said they think the Big Ten is “actively hunting for members 15 and 16 and mentioned the (North Carolina) Tar Heels and (Kansas) Jayhawks.”“Is that right? I have not heard that one,” KU ...
