Starting July 1, school sports activities conferences look a complete heck of lots totally different.
The Big 12 alone added 4 colleges: Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah.
This is simply Year 1 of the new-look school sports activities scene, and extra realignment may very well be on the best way sooner reasonably than later.
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There is numerous chatter that each Florida State and Clemson may bounce from the ACC and be part of the Big 12.
Given that hypothesis, Fox Sports school soccer announcer Tim Brando says that’s the reason Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark “has been working so onerous to get further income.”
“That’s why, the non-public fairness, the promoting of the naming rights of the convention, all of that’s designed to sweeten the pot to make it extra of a big-time hit financially for [Clemson and Florida State]. That’s what they need. They need Big Ten, SEC-ish cash…” Brando mentioned on OutKick’s “Hot Mic” on Thursday.
“They’ve obtained a rich group of individuals which can be behind them and are actually turning up the screws and are telling their folks ‘we gotta discover a approach to get the hell out,’ and Brett Yormark, I feel, may very well be providing them one thing a bit of sweeter if he may pull just a few of these public relations maneuvers he has in thoughts… But they’ve additionally obtained the litigation to beat, and that’ll take a while too.”
The Big 12 emblem is seen on a objective put up earlier than the sport between the Oklahoma State Cowboys and the Baylor Bears within the Big 12 Football Championship at AT&T Stadium on Dec. 4, 2021 in Arlington, Texas. (Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)
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Brando additionally predicts that the Big 12 may have a “banner 12 months,” which may “sweeten” the dialogue.
“Top to backside, backside to high, it is gonna be probably the most aggressive league in America. I feel there’s an excellent likelihood they might have a number of 11-1, 10-2-type groups due to the best way their scheduling works this 12 months, which might be nice… I feel the highest is actually, actually good. I’m excessive on the Big 12 this 12 months, very excessive,” Brando mentioned. “And I feel financially, if they’ll bolster the circumstances for Florida State and Clemson, then they could drive the ACC, not simply these two colleges, however the remainder of the ACC to consider becoming a member of forces to allow them to sweeten their monetary pocket.”
A Big 12 Conference emblem is displayed on a objective line pylon earlier than Duquesne performed TCU in an NCAA school soccer sport, in Fort Worth, Texas. The Big 12 has prolonged membership invites to BYU, UCF, Cincinnati and Houston to hitch the Power Five league. That comes prematurely of the league dropping Oklahoma and Texas to the Southeastern Conference. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins, File)
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Four Big 12 colleges have made the College Football Playoff, totaling seven video games (Oklahoma has performed in 4 of them) – the one win was by TCU in 2023.
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