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Big 12 Board of Directors to Extend Contract of Commissioner Brett Yormark

Yorkmark's work during the latest era of conference realignment and a changing college sports landscape has earned the commissioner a contract extension.

Sports Illustrated

The College Football Playoff selection process needs fixing. Here’s how to do it.

The CFP selection committee spends half the year talking itself into circles. Enough already.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Pac-12 Demise Ushers in Super Conference Era in College Sports

Exploration of the dramatic realignment in college sports leading to the fall of the Pac-12, reshaping the NCAA landscape, and introducing a new era.

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AP Sports Story of the Year: Realignment, stunning demise of Pac-12 usher in super conference era

Conference realignment and the downfall of the Pac-12 is The Associated Press Sports Story of the Year

The Independent UK

The Big 12 Didn’t Just Survive an Exodus, It’s Having a Renaissance

With Colorado on the way, the league’s membership has swelled to 13 two years after losing its biggest brands to the SEC.

Sports Illustrated

A Big 12 tale: Why this athletic boss now wants to defeat teams he loved as a kid in Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In 2021, Terry Mohajir and his wife Julie had family in town at their Orlando home, with plans to attend the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at nearby Daytona, when a telephone call disrupted their plans.

Tribune News Service

Inside Texas’s and Oklahoma’s Complicated Big 12 Exits

Both the Longhorns and Sooners have made it clear they want to leave for the SEC a year early, but a lot of other moving parts make the situation messy.

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‘This is Bulls---!’ The Secret Calls and Heated Arguments That Led to CFP Expansion

Stakeholders and school presidents describe to SI the secret meetings, last-minute hurdles and one man who was a force for change in approving a 12-team format.

Sports Illustrated

Six Issues That Need Fixing for a 12-Team CFB Playoff

While college football has voted to adopt a 12-team playoff model beginning in 2026, there are still plenty of obstacles to overcome before then.

Sports Illustrated

SEC’s Greg Sankey sees more work ahead before College Football Playoff expansion

NEW ORLEANS — When Greg Sankey arrived in New Orleans for Sunday’s showdown between Florida State and LSU, it had been an incredible 72 hours for the SEC commissioner.

Orlando Sentinel

The Big 12’s New Commissioner Knows the Score

Brett Yormark was brought in to do a much different job than his predecessor. The outsider’s ability to hit the ground running will determine if the Big 12 survives.

Sports Illustrated

Big 12 Officially Announces Yormark As New Commissioner

The league officially named its fifth commissioner on Wednesday.

Sports Illustrated

On his way out, Bob Bowlsby has one suggestion for the next Big 12 commissioner

With Texas and Oklahoma still around the table awaiting an exit to the SEC and four incoming members getting their introduction, the Big 12 meetings had a changing of the guard feeling.

Tribune News Service

Notre Dame AD Swarbrick Sees Division I Breakup as ‘Inevitable’

Wholesale change is unavoidable in college athletics. The Fighting Irish athletic director thinks a total realignment of Division I is coming with it.

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Bob Bowlsby announces his plan to step down as Big 12 commissioner

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Beginning next year, the Big 12 Conference will have a new look and a new commissioner.

Sports Illustrated

Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby to Step Down From Role After 10 Years

The conference will begin a nationwide search for its new commissioner in the next few weeks.

Tribune News Service

Vahe Gregorian: Two years after pandemic shutdown, pause to appreciate Big 12 men's, women's tourneys

Two years ago this week, the reality of the pandemic arrived in Kansas City subtly enough with the strange "what if?" sorts of concerns, such as whether we should still shake hands with people. And what about time-honored media access to take you where you don't get to go? And…

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