1 year, 4 months ago

Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark not hiding favoritism for teams staying in league

LUBBOCK, Texas — Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark isn’t hiding his favoritism for teams that will be staying in the conference. Yormark said Wednesday that he plans to be at 11th-ranked Texas’ final regular-season game as a Big 12 member when it hosts Texas Tech the night after Thanksgiving. “Coach, I’m not going to put any pressure on you, but I’m going to be in Austin for Thanksgiving,” Yormark said as he addressed the Red Raider Club kickoff luncheon. “And you better take care of business like you did right here in Lubbock last year.” The Red Raiders were 8-5 last season in McGuire’s debut and had their first winning record in conference play since 2009.

Texas Oklahoma Season Big Yormark Hiding Favoritism staying hiding favoritism big texas commissioner 12 going red yormark season thanksgiving oklahoma league teams brett

History of this topic

21 hours, 9 minutes ago

Texas, Arizona State to meet in CFP clash of old vs. new Big 12 champs

Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas won the Big 12 title in 2023 on its way out the door to the Southeastern Conference. You’re not used to some of these environments,” Sun Devils coach Kenny Dillingham said Monday. “The guys we’ve gotten from Texas and coach program have been unbelievable,” Dillingham said. “That’s a team who kicked me out and said I’d …

2 weeks, 5 days ago

Big 12 commissioner insists his league’s champion should have playoff bye over any G5 champ

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! FORT WORTH, Tex — Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark clearly expressed his displeasure about the College Football Playoff rankings while insisting Wednesday that his conference’s champion should get a first-round bye over any Group of Five champion. Arizona State and Iowa State, the 10-2 teams that …

3 weeks, 6 days ago

Big 12 goes into final weekend with four-way tie for 1st and both title game spots up for grabs

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Things to watch during the final weekend of the regular-season in the Big 12 Conference, with Arizona State, BYU, Colorado and Iowa State tied for first place and both spots in the Dec. 7 Big 12 championship game still up for grabs: Games of the week …

1 month, 1 week ago

The Big 12 leads the way when it comes to nail-biters with 13 games decided in the final minute

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The Cyclones got through non-conference play unscathed thanks to Kyle Konrardy’s 54-yard field goal with six seconds left in a 20-19 win over instate rival Iowa on Sept. 7. ACC team Pittsburgh also won its first seven games this season, including last-minute wins against Big 12 …

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Big 12 Showdown: Utah vs. Oklahoma State, Kansas and Arizona Battle for Top Five Position

Associated Press

Early season matchups between Utah and Oklahoma State generated national attention and were touted as possible Big 12 championship game previews. Utah, the conference favorite, held on to beat Oklahoma State 22-19, showcasing the rivalry between the two teams. However, Oklahoma State remains in last place, heading into their game with TCU with much to play for. Kansas and Arizona, …

2 months ago

Big 12's Styles Unveiled: Utah's Arrival Adds Another Dimension

Associated Press

Four new schools join the Big 12, and Utah believes it can succeed right away. The Big 12 got seven teams in the NCAA Tournament last year, but only Texas and Baylor reached the Sweet 16 and only the Longhorns — now in the SEC — made it to the Elite Eight. In all, the league went a pedestrian 10-7 …

Big 12 Expansion Adds Five Powerhouses to a Thriving Conference

Associated Press

The Big 12 welcomes four new teams, significantly boosting its strength and competitiveness. Kansas, ranked No. 1 in the preseason poll, will be a major contender for the conference title and NCAA Tournament berth. Other top teams like Houston, Iowa State, Baylor, and Arizona are expected to be fierce competitors.

2 months ago

Familiar Faces, New Places: The Big 12 Women's Basketball Title Game Takes Center Stage

Associated Press

The Big 12 Conference is set to welcome four new teams this season, but familiar faces are expected to contend for the title. No. 13 Kansas State, No. 8 Iowa State, No. 12 Baylor, TCU, and No. 16 West Virginia are among the teams expected to make a run at the title. The conference is expected to be one of …

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Surprising early-season losses may keep Big 12 from sending more than one team to CFP

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Big 12 football figured to seem a tad strange without Texas and Oklahoma hanging around the top of the league standings after the Longhorns and Sooners defected to the Southeastern Conference. 20 Kansas State and Oklahoma State -- the three teams considered preseason favorites in the …

3 months, 1 week ago

Big 12 newcomer Arizona makes 1st trip to K-State for matchup of ranked Wildcats

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Big 12 newcomer Arizona’s nine-game winning streak is the longest for any FBS team after defending national champion Michigan lost to Texas last week. Wildcats safety Jack Fabris returned a fumble 60 yards for K-State’s FBS-best 133rd non-offensive touchdowns since 1999. Impact players Utah senior defensive …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

New teams in Big 12 go 4-0 in a week filled with new coaches, coordinators, QBs and jerseys

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Shedeur Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes looked snazzy even as they scuffled to put away North Dakota State in the season opener. The motif around the league was definitely “new” — from head coaches to sharp-looking uniforms to coordinators calling plays to temporary stadiums and to …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

West Virginia gets the week’s marquee matchup as the Big 12 season begins with 16 teams

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! 8 Penn State at West Virginia, Saturday, noon ET The Mountaineers, coming off a surprising 9-4 record last year after being picked to finish last in the Big 12, are the league’s only team opening against a ranked Power Four team. Colorado won at TCU last …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

New-look Big 12 ready to embark on a season of big expectations, enormous pressure to win

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “I think the Penn State game is huge for us,” said Mountaineers coach Neal Brown, whose job was starting to come into question before they won nine games last season. “You’re correct,” Brown said, “it’s a big game for our league, and this new Big 12, …

3 months, 4 weeks ago

Analysis: Big 12 must ask not only why UConn, but why now as Yormark remains open for business

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! As Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark steps up discussions in the conference about adding UConn, the question isn’t so much why invite the Huskies as why do it now. “There has never been a better time than right now to be part of the Big 12,” …

4 months, 1 week ago

Big 12 bigger even after losing two national champs, newcomer Utah is league’s highest-ranked team

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The Big 12 has gotten bigger even after the departures of two national champions, with a westward expansion and a “Prime” addition among the league’s four newcomers. Mike Gundy is going into his 20th season as 17th-ranked Oklahoma State coach and has been part of all …

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Commissioner Brett Yormark says Big 12 has solidified itself as one of nation’s top 3 conferences

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Brett Yormark believes the Big 12 has clearly solidified itself as one of the nation’s top three conferences in a period of drastic change in college athletics, and the commissioner said the expanding league is more relevant than it has ever been in its nearly three-decades …

7 months, 3 weeks ago

New Big 12 out to prove bigger bank accounts don’t always mean better football teams in 12-team CFP

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! SCOTTDALE, Ariz. — Before the realigned Big 12 — sans Oklahoma and Texas —even kicks off, the expanded College Football Playoff’s new revenue structure has created a perception that the conference is no longer the equal of the Big Ten and Southeastern Conference. Big 12 commissioner …

7 months, 4 weeks ago

Big 12 newcomers struggled in debuts. Now they’re getting ready for the league to change again

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF all had losing records and were in the bottom half of the Big 12 standings last season. “He did a good job of paying attention, asking questions and coaching guys.” Fritz came from Tulane after that American Athletic Conference team two …

9 months, 1 week ago

Houston debuts in Big 12 with a title, player of year Jamal Shead and top coach Kelvin Sampson

Associated Press

Houston had no problem adjusting to the Big 12, going right to the top in its new conference. Cougars senior point guard Jamal Shead was named The Associated Press Big 12 player of the year Tuesday and Kelvin Sampson the league’s top coach. Kansas senior center Hunter Dickinson, the 7-foot-2 transfer from Michigan who was voted the Big 12’s top …

11 months, 2 weeks ago

No. 2 Houston begins Big 12 grind with trips to Iowa State and TCU this week

Associated Press

Kelvin Sampson knows exactly what Houston is getting into now that the meat of the Big 12 schedule has arrived. They visit Iowa State, which has been bumping along just outside the Top 25, on Tuesday night before visiting TCU on Saturday night. “The Big 12 thing is real, and it’s a great conference,” said Sampson, who shared a regular-season …

1 year ago

Ewers throws 4 TDs as No. 7 Texas bids farewell to Big 12 with 49-21 title win over Oklahoma State

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “To get it in our final game in the Big 12, I hope everybody enjoys it as much as we do.” At one point during the postgame presentation, Sarkisian waved both of his arms trying to quiet the jeers toward Yormark, who before the season when …

1 year ago

Big 12 committed to title game even with CFP expansion and changes in league, Yormark says

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! ARLINGTON, Texas — Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark said his still-evolving conference remains committed to having a championship game even as the College Football Playoff expands from four to 12 teams after this season. “I have no emotion about it.. As I’ve often said, there’s never …

1 year, 1 month ago

No. 7 Texas Longhorns will make Big 12 title game on their way out with win over Texas Tech

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “So whether the commissioner’s rooting against our players to win or not, or we’re in the SEC or we’re in the Big 12, at the end of the day, our guys just want to play good football, and they want to win.. We need to be …

1 year, 1 month ago

Big 12 has familiar look with four traditional members still in running for conference title game

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Soon-to-be-gone league stalwarts Texas and Oklahoma, as well as longtime members Oklahoma State and Kansas State, are all ranked in the Top 25 and remain in the running for spots in the Big 12 championship game on Dec. 2. The Big 12 champion will go to …

1 year, 1 month ago

Big 12 releases 4 years of football opponents for 16-team conference, with annual BYU-Utah game

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The Big 12 on Wednesday released four years of football opponents for its newly expanded 16-team conference, including a yearly BYU-Utah game and an emphasis on other in-state rivalries. “As we look towards the future of this Conference, we are thrilled to introduce the first football …

1 year, 1 month ago

Big 12 football scheduling model for 2024-2027 revealed: Breaking down the conference’s changes

New York Times

By Max Olson, Sam Khan Jr. and Justin Williams The Big 12 revealed its new football scheduling model for the 2024 through 2027 seasons Wednesday, offering a first look at how it will operate as a 16-team conference starting next year. Four protected rivalries will play every year in the new model: Arizona versus Arizona State, Baylor versus TCU, BYU …

1 year, 1 month ago

After years of competing for titles, Big 12 women’s hoops competes to escape recent mediocrity

Associated Press

Krista Gerlich played back when the Big 12 was one of the top women’s basketball conferences in the country, leading Texas Tech to the national championship a few years before the Southwest Conference dissolved and it was absorbed by the league. “There is such great women’s basketball in our conference,” countered Gerlich, whose Lady Raiders won 20 games and went …

1 year, 2 months ago

A Big 12 matchup of undefeated teams is coming up this week when No. 3 Texas hosts No. 24 Kansas

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Kansas RB Devin Neal, tied for the Big 12 lead with five rushing touchdowns and fourth averaging 98.5 yards per game, ran for 143 yards with three TDs and caught a touchdown when the Jayhawks last visited Austin two years ago, and got a 57-56 overtime …

1 year, 2 months ago

Behind the scenes of Brett Yormark’s yearlong push to get the Big 12 to 16

New York Times

Mack Rhoades was pacing in his vacation home in New Mexico, starting to seriously fear the deal was falling apart. Texas Tech president Lawrence Schovanec, who led the three-person search committee with Livingstone and Kansas chancellor Douglas Girod, said the Big 12 board labeled Yormark as the “high risk, high reward” finalist. “If you’re ESPN and Fox, does it hurt …

1 year, 2 months ago

Big 12 announces 2023-24 basketball schedule: How it shapes up after conference realignment

New York Times

The Big 12 announced its 2023-24 basketball schedule Tuesday featuring the conference’s four new schools: Houston, BYU, Cincinnati and UCF. College basketball’s regular season begins Nov. 6, and Big 12 play opens on Jan. 6. The program also makes for a seamless fit in the Big 12’s Texas-focused footprint and should provide some stellar conference showdowns with home-and-homes against Kansas …

1 year, 3 months ago

Big 12 aims for 3-game sweep of mighty SEC after Longhorns’ win at Alabama

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “I think it’s going to be a great environment for college football,” Wildcats coach Chris Klieman said of the trip to Columbia, where his team will play for the first time since 2010. “I don’t know how the game is going to go, but it’s going …

1 year, 3 months ago

The Big 12 has 4 new members this year. It is also getting an early look at 3 teams coming next year

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The Big 12 has four new teams debuting in the league this season, and thanks to some coincidental non-conference scheduling is already getting some prime previews of what’s to come next year. That was also the Buffaloes’ first regular-season game against a Big 12 team since …

1 year, 3 months ago

Texas coach Sarkisian says Yormark likely won’t get holiday invite before Big 12 exit

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! AUSTIN, Texas — Texas coach Steve Sarkisian figures Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark won’t be sitting down to break bread with the Longhorns this season, Texas’ last in the league. Sarkisian was asked Monday at his weekly news conference about Yormark’s recent comment telling Texas Tech …

1 year, 4 months ago

Lost rivalries in the Big 12, including no more Bedlam when Oklahoma and Texas switch to SEC

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The moves will also affect rivalries much older than the Big 12, the league that kicked off in 1996 after the Big Eight merged with four Texas schools from the old Southwest Conference. “The Bedlam game is over because Oklahoma chose to leave the Big 12, …

1 year, 4 months ago

Potential new rivalries in Big 12 with BYU becoming league’s 3rd private Christian school

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! With BYU coming in this season, the Big 12 has three private Christian schools from different denominations. is there more of a long-term interest amongst TCU and Baylor fans in BYU as an opponent compared to some of the other Big 12 teams that are coming …

1 year, 4 months ago

Conference realignment reset: Where everyone stands as 2023 football season approaches

New York Times

The fallout from college sports’ frenzied summer of conference realignment has bled into the start of football season, and with Week 0 just days away, there are a few loose ends still to be settled after six Pac-12 schools jumped for the Big Ten and Big 12 within the span of a month. But that’s not our priority.” If the …

1 year, 4 months ago

Utah charts new course with Big 12 move

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! It ended where it was.” Utah will receive a full share of the $31.7 million each Big 12 school expects to earn from the league’s media deal starting in 2025. “I wouldn’t bet against the Big 12,” Utah President Taylor Randall said. “That’s what makes us …

1 year, 4 months ago

For Arizona, the Big 12 offered stability while the Pac-12 was ‘selling candy bars’

New York Times

TUCSON, Ariz. — Dr. Robert Robbins, in his sixth year as president at the University of Arizona, recently talked with athletic director Dave Heeke about the school’s potential move from the Pac-12 to the Big 12. At one point, Robbins and Heeke walked into historic McKale Center, where red Final Four and Pac-12 men’s basketball championship banners hang from the …

1 year, 4 months ago

Big Ten grabs Oregon, Washington; Big 12 completes Pac-12 raid with Arizona, Arizona State and Utah

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Dealing a crushing combination to the Pac-12 on Friday, the Big Ten announced Oregon and Washington would be joining the conference next August, and the Big 12 completed its raid of the beleaguered league by adding Arizona, Arizona State and Utah. The Big Ten a short …

1 year, 4 months ago

O’Neil: Latest conference realignment shows stunning lack of thought or foresight

New York Times

So every time the threat of a snowstorm blows into the Northeast, people dash to the grocery store and wipe out all of the eggs, milk and bread. All of 12 hours ago, Big Ten presidents reportedly weren’t all on board to add Washington and Oregon, and yet now here we are. As one college basketball coach once quipped, “the …

1 year, 4 months ago

Arizona, Arizona State, Utah to leave Pac-12 for Big 12

New York Times

Arizona, Arizona State and Utah are officially heading to the Big 12. The Athletic reported earlier Friday that the three schools formally applied for membership to the Big 12, and the conference’s board of presidents and chancellors were expected to accept the three new members. The three schools will join Colorado in becoming Big 12 members in 2024 at the …

1 year, 4 months ago

Pac-12 being pushed to brink as Big Ten joins Big 12 in honing in on West Coast schools

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The boards of regents for Arizona’s two biggest universities, along with the University of Washington, had special meetings Thursday night, ramping up speculation that more Pac-12 schools could leave the flailing conference. That payout would be about half what current Big Ten members will receive when …

1 year, 4 months ago

Can the Pac-12 survive? Conference of champions faces murky future after Colorado bolts for Big 12

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Colorado’s announcement Thursday that it will return to the Big 12 comes a little more than a year after Southern California and UCLA said they were ditching the Pac-12 to join the Big Ten. “We are focused on concluding our media rights deal and securing our …

1 year, 4 months ago

Colorado leaving Pac-12 and returning to Big 12 in 2024 following unanimous vote by board of regents

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! BOULDER, Colo. — Colorado is leaving the Pac-12 to return to the conference the Buffaloes jilted a dozen years ago, and the Big 12 celebrated the reunion with a two-word statement released through Commissioner Brett Yomark: “They’re back.” “The landscape of collegiate sports is ever-evolving, and …

1 year, 4 months ago

Big 12 leaders vote to accept Colorado, clearing the way for Buffs to depart Pac-12, AP source says

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Big 12 presidents and chancellors voted unanimously Wednesday night to accept Colorado as a new member, clearing the way for the school to leave the Pac-12 and rejoin the conference, a person with knowledge of the meeting told The Associated Press. Another person familiar with the …

1 year, 4 months ago

Colorado announces it is leaving the Pac-12 for the Big 12

LA Times

New Colorado coach Deion Sanders encourages players from the sideline during a spring practice in April. “The landscape of collegiate sports is ever-evolving, and the University of Colorado Boulder has determined the Big 12 is the best future fit for our athletic teams,” school President Todd Saliman said. “The Big 12’s national reach across three time zones as well as …

1 year, 5 months ago

A year in as Big 12 commissioner, Yormark says ‘open for business’ was about more than expansion

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! ARLINGTON, Texas — Brett Yormark was definitely trying to send a message during his introduction as the Big 12 commissioner last year when he said the league was “open for business.” A year into the job, Yormark said that statement was more than just about ongoing …

1 year, 5 months ago

Inside UCF’s rise from D-III to Big 12 and what’s next: ‘This could be the premier place’

New York Times

ORLANDO — As the clock struck midnight, UCF supporters popped champagne. “Getting an MLS team was big, but I think UCF getting in the Big 12 is even bigger,” said Mike Bianchi, an Orlando radio host and columnist since 2000. I started for four years, broke every school record there was.” After Hinshaw came Daunte Culpepper, who immediately broke all …

1 year, 6 months ago

Big 12 Mexico extends league’s reach with basketball games, possible bowl game

Associated Press

IRVING, Texas — The Big 12 Conference is extending its reach into Mexico, announcing plans Thursday for men’s and women’s basketball games to be played in Mexico City late next year while also exploring a possible football bowl game in Monterrey. Big 12 Mexico is the league’s first international extension, and comes less than a year after Brett Yormark became …

Discover Related

2 days, 10 hours ago