Special Episode: CUs Bold Move to Return to the Big 12, and How Colorado is Reshaping the Future of Two Power Five Conferences

Published: Aug. 2, 2023, 4:49 p.m.

b'Welcome to a special episode of the podcast. I am joined by Brad Geiger and Neil Langland, and we discuss CU\\u2019s decision to rejoin the Big 12. We address the criticisms of the move, including leaving the AAU-rich \\u201cbetter fit\\u201d of the Pac-12 for the \\u201cTruck stop conference\\u201d of the Big 12, and CU\\u2019s audacity to make the move before the Pac-12 media contracts were announced. We then respond to the pundits, including Oregon head coach Dan Lanning, who have taken their shots at the Buffs as they abandon the ship which is the floundering S.S. Pac-Whatever.We then, armed with at least an outline of what the Pac-12 media contracts will look like going forward, take a look at the future of the two conferences. Did Colorado make the right move, choosing the stability of the Big 12 media deals over what appears to be the Pac-12\\u2019s streaming-centric deal with Apple-Plus? Will the Buffs\\u2019 move incite a stampede of realignment? How will the CU programs \\u2013 including its basketball teams \\u2013 fare in the newly configured Big 12?Let\\u2019s find out \\u2026'