For those seeking a bit more variety in Big 12 bowl-game destinations, you’ll have to wait until at least 2026.
As other Power-5 conferences announced a revamped slate of affiliated bowl games this week, the Big 12 announced Tuesday that it will retain the same affiliated games through the 2025 season — though the Cheez-It Bowl, starting in 2020, will pit the Big 12 against the Big Ten rather than the Pac-12 (Yes, the Pac-12 apparently never wants another member school to endure what Cal went through in the desert last December).
Nonetheless, bowl season — no matter the lineup — always gives us the opportunity to dream about matchups that may otherwise never materialize anytime soon.