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Now that a merger with the Big 12 and the Pac-12 is off the table, it again turns the conversation to whether the Big 12 will try to add individual teams from the Pac-12. This would likely include Utah, Arizona, Arizona State and Colorado.
At Big 12 media days last week, Yormark said he has been in discussions with individual schools about coming onboard to the Big 12. Multiple coaches from the league also suspect the conference will add around four teams.
Utah’s addition to the Big 12 continues to be attractive for the upcoming media rights contract. It would add another school in the Mountain Time Zone — providing another late-window television game for ESPN or FOX — and also give the conference an instant rivalry with BYU.
“I think we will get up to 16 schools in this conference,” Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said. “It is all about grabbing some sort of viewership and television market now. It is about hoping you can fit your games into time slots and hoping the three or four networks will buy into it.”
Now that a merger with the Big 12 and the Pac-12 is off the table, it again turns the conversation to whether the Big 12 will try to add individual teams from the Pac-12. This would likely include Utah, Arizona, Arizona State and Colorado.
At Big 12 media days last week, Yormark said he has been in discussions with individual schools about coming onboard to the Big 12. Multiple coaches from the league also suspect the conference will add around four teams.
Utah’s addition to the Big 12 continues to be attractive for the upcoming media rights contract. It would add another school in the Mountain Time Zone — providing another late-window television game for ESPN or FOX — and also give the conference an instant rivalry with BYU.
“I think we will get up to 16 schools in this conference,” Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said. “It is all about grabbing some sort of viewership and television market now. It is about hoping you can fit your games into time slots and hoping the three or four networks will buy into it.”
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