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If you haven't warmed up to the feeling of West Virginia being picked to finish dead last in the Big 12 Conference this football season, you might want to start
Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark is bullish on his conference. But if it doesn't get more than one football team in the playoff, trouble could brewing.
The Big 12 media days began on Tuesday, July 8, in Frisco, Texas. Here were the highlights, including coach and player interviews from Day 1:
Big 12 Media Days concluded on Wednesday from The Star in Frisco, Texas. Over the course of two days, all 16 teams from the Big 12 met with the media to discuss the upcoming 2025-26 football season.
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Big 12 coaches sat in a roundtable setting, nodding in agreement that college athletics' NIL system is not just flawed, it's impossibly screwed up. FOX Sports' RJ Young details their proposed solution.
UC returns to Boone Pickens Stadium in 2025, the site of one of their worst losses in Scott Satterfield's first Big 12 season. The Bearcats were down 10-7 at halftime, then Oklahoma State smacked UC in the second half to win 45-13.
Regardless, the credibility of the Big 12 in the big-picture conversation of college football this year is rooted in its quarterback experience. Leavitt led ASU to the CFP and 11 wins, Becht has the most wins of any of the returning quarterbacks in the league (18-9) and Morton is next (15-9).
Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark went all in on the “5+11” proposed model for the College Football Playoff on the first day of media days in Texas.
The Big 12 produced 31 draft picks in the 2025 NFL Draft, and the conference is still loaded with intriguing talent.
Here is what you need to know from the Big 12 football media days at The Star in Frisco, Texas, as commissioner Brett Yormark took a pointed stance.
An 11 win season has set up the Arizona State football program for many more victories both now and in the future. National recruiting has improved for the Sun Devils - namely in Texas, while player and coach retention have been successful on a large scale.