by Bill Pollock | Apr 13, 2011 | Sports Features
The Big 12 Conference and Fox Sports Media Group have reached a 13-year agreement for exclusive cable rights to 40 football games per season, as well as to a variety of Olympic sports events and Conference championships beginning in 2012. Missouri Chancellor Brady...
by Bill Pollock | Jun 16, 2010 | Sports Features
It was a grand celebration, but more like a big exhale from University of Missouri president Gary Forsee, Chancellor Brady Deaton, and Athletic Director Mike Alden as they spoke publicly for the first time since it was announced the Big 12 had survived. What I...
by Bill Pollock | Jun 15, 2010 | Sports Features
One of the reasons Missouri’s name came up as a candidate for moving to the Big Ten was because of the bias toward Texas schools and the amount of money Texas and Oklahoma were generating from the Big 12’s television deal. Well, TV money was the key component in...
by Bill Pollock | Jun 14, 2010 | Sports Features
The University of Texas said it was staying in the Big 12, followed moments later by pledges from Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas A&M to remain in a league that had seemed to be falling apart last week when Nebraska (Big Ten) and Colorado (Pac-10) decided to...
by Bill Pollock | Jun 14, 2010 | Sports Features
Two conflicting reports are coming out regarding Texas and the Big 12. First, ESPN is reporting that as early as today, it could be announced that Texas will jump to the Pac-10 along with Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State to the Pac-10, but another report says...