After months of talk about four-corner schools and media rights negotiations, more concrete conference realignment happenings have started again.
Brett McMurphy reported Wednesday that Colorado is leaving the Pac-12 to join the Big 12. A few hours later Pete Thamel reported the Big 12’s presidents and chancellors voted unanimously to accept Colorado. Things are moving quickly, so here are four quick thoughts on Wednesday’s news.
1. Yormark Forever
Brett Yormark’s first year or so as conference commissioner has been an epic one.
Sure, he’s had some out-of-the-box ideas like Big 12 Mexico and flirting with basketball-focused schools that may or may not prove fruitful, but it’s that same outside-the-box thinking that allowed the Big 12 to renew its media rights deal early to survive what should have been a death note when OU and Texas left.