THIS YEAR, the Big 12 is back on solid ground. Well, according to Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby and university president Bill Powers.
“We’ve been through some changes in the conference, but I can say I’ve never, in my six and a half years here, seen the conference in stronger position,” Powers said.
Bowlsby stopped in Austin Aug. 28 ….
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and received an optimistic response from the community. Of course, he chuckled when a reporter congratulated him for not losing any Big 12 members in the first three months of his tenure. His job has only just begun.
The Commissioner repeated the company line that the Big 12 is currently not interested in expansion. “Right now there’s a supermajority in the league that likes 10 and is content to stay at 10,” he said.
He also said the response he’s received about the upcoming college football playoff has been positive. There are still details that will be ironed out when the College Commissioners Association (CCA) and BCS officials hold meetings Sept. 18 and 19 in Chicago. Bowlsby favors a selection committee of as many as 20 to 24 members, and he’s not opposed to having former commissioners and football coaches in the group.
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