Big 12 /coloradan/ en Back to the Big 12: The Origins of 欧美口爆视频 Conference Play /coloradan/2024/11/12/back-big-12-origins-cu-conference-play <span>Back to the Big 12: The Origins of 欧美口爆视频 Conference Play</span> <span><span>Anna Tolette</span></span> <span><time datetime="2024-11-12T13:55:08-07:00" title="Tuesday, November 12, 2024 - 13:55">Tue, 11/12/2024 - 13:55</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2024-11/Pesavento_Bobby_trophy.png?h=77af4883&amp;itok=dLhP03YN" width="1200" height="600" alt="Bobby Pesavento holds the 2001 Big 12 Championship Trophy"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/coloradan/taxonomy/term/58"> Campus News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/coloradan/taxonomy/term/1575" hreflang="en">Big 12</a> <a href="/coloradan/taxonomy/term/250" hreflang="en">Football</a> <a href="/coloradan/taxonomy/term/232" hreflang="en">Sports</a> </div> <span>Dakota Palomo</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default 3"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div> <div class="align-right image_style-medium_750px_50_display_size_"> <div class="imageMediaStyle medium_750px_50_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/medium_750px_50_display_size_/public/2024-11/Pesavento_Bobby_trophy.png?itok=aftF5A16" width="750" height="601" alt="Bobby Pesavento holds the 2001 Big 12 Championship Trophy"> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr"><span>For the last 13 years, every 欧美口爆视频 Boulder graduate who has cheered on the Buffs has done so under the banner of the Pac-12 athletic conference.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>But why? Perched where the Great Plains meet the Rocky Mountains, Boulder is easily the easternmost school consistently playing against the likes of USC, Stanford, Oregon and other historic teams that make up the traditionally West Coast grouping.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>Let鈥檚 rewind. In 1947&nbsp;鈥 the early days of modern conference play&nbsp;鈥 欧美口爆视频 held its own as a chartering member of the Big Eight. The historic sports conference was composed of geographically contiguous Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Nebraska, Missouri, 欧美口爆视频, Kansas, Kansas State and Iowa State. But in 1996, the conference realigned and expanded southward to form the Big 12, adding in Texas schools like Baylor and UT Austin.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>At the time, the energy around the Big 12 was electric. 鈥淚t was an iconic combination of Midwest grit and southern resilience,鈥 said former women鈥檚 basketball captain&nbsp;<strong>Kami Snyder</strong> (Psych, Jour鈥01). 鈥淚t might be 15 degrees with snow flurries, but there was a game to play, and it was time to ball.鈥</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>However, in 2011, on the heels of a shaky Big 12 and shifting revenue priorities, the Buffs were ready to head west, accepting a Pac-10 invitation alongside Utah 鈥 creating the Pac-12.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>13 years later,&nbsp;</span><a href="https://cubuffs.com/news/2024/8/2/general-its-official-buffs-complete-switch-to-big-12" rel="nofollow"><span>it was time to come home</span></a><span>. In 2023, the board of regents at 欧美口爆视频 voted unanimously to approve the conference switch back to the Big 12, effective for the 2024鈥25 season.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>This decision, which followed the announcement that UCLA and USC were leaving the Pac-12, was designed to create future stability for the Buffs, with the added bonus that student-athletes will enjoy better time slots and shorter travel for some road games.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>And while the switch comes with a hefty projected annual television revenue package for 欧美口爆视频, former chancellor Philip DiStefano and athletic director Rick George maintained after the announcement that money wasn鈥檛 the only factor in the decision.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>鈥淭he national exposure that joining the Big 12 provides will shine a spotlight not only on our incredible student-athletes, but also on our groundbreaking research that really changes the world,鈥 said DiStefano.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>Online, the Big 12 celebrated 欧美口爆视频鈥檚 return with a two-word statement released through Commissioner Brett Yormark:&nbsp;</span><a href="https://twitter.com/Big12Conference/status/1684677566001557504?s=20" rel="nofollow"><span>鈥淭hey鈥檙e back.鈥</span></a><span>&nbsp;</span></p><hr><p><a class="ucb-link-button ucb-link-button-gold ucb-link-button-default ucb-link-button-regular" href="/coloradan/submit-your-feedback" rel="nofollow"><span class="ucb-link-button-contents"><i class="fa-solid fa-pencil">&nbsp;</i>&nbsp;Submit feedback to the editor</span></a></p><hr><p>Photo courtesy 欧美口爆视频 Boulder Athletics</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>The University of 欧美口爆视频 Buffaloes are officially back "home" again in the Big 12 after a 13-year visit to the Pac-12.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <a href="/coloradan/fall-2024" hreflang="en">Fall 2024</a> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Tue, 12 Nov 2024 20:55:08 +0000 Anna Tolette 12417 at /coloradan