Colorado and the Big 12, in a months-long courtship, appear ready to tight the knot.
The school’s board of regents held an executive session on Wednesday and scheduled a second board meeting for Thursday that is expected to center around making a move from the Pac-12 to the Big 12 in 2024, sources tell Yahoo Sports.
In many ways, Colorado’s exit is a long time coming. Its flirtation with the Big 12 dates back to last fall, soon after the Big 12 secured a long-term television deal of its own with Fox and ESPN. If Colorado completes this move — expected by Thursday afternoon — it would be a return to its old stomping grounds. The school played in the Big 12 for 15 years until leaving for the Pac-12 in 2011. Before that, they competed against Big 12 rivals in the Big Eight.
However, Arizona resides in a state with another Power Five, conference foe, a fact that could make matters tricky. Arizona State has shown little or no interest in leaving the conference. In an interview last month in Washington, D.C, Arizona president Robert Robbins addressed the potential issue of the Wildcats and Sun Devils competing in different leagues.
The timeline of a deal has been a moving target. Over the last several months, conference presidents have set deadlines for a deal, none of which have been met. At media day last week, Kliavkoff expressed confidence that he’d land a deal in the “near future.”
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