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Sounds like a lot of complaints from Gopher fans.
"Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione was ticked. So was football coach Lincoln Riley, who blew off steam in a call to Castiglione and then reiterated his position at a tour stop in Tulsa.
"I don't agree with it, but we're not the only ones making the call on it," Riley said, according to online reports. "There needs to be some equity. You don't need to have a string of [early starts]."..
It's not a case of the Big 12 failing to have the back of its members. Bowlsby wouldn't even say that Big 12 has an advisory capacity. At best, Bowlsby said, the Big 12 gets "a chance to provide input" to broadcast partners Fox and ESPN, but the final call is up to the networks.
In other words, it's a TV deal.
Fox and ESPN have a selection rotation each year on Big 12 games -- which is one reason now that Texas-OU seems to bounce back and forth between the two. There's a whole lot of other factors, too, from heat concerns in the early season to balancing the schedule for other top games on their own or other networks...
The Oklahoman researched Big 12 start times in the wake of the controversy. Since 2012, the newspaper reported, Oklahoma has had 11 early kickoffs (defined as 11 a.m. or noon), tied with TCU for fourth in the Big 12, behind Iowa State (15), West Virginia (15) and Kansas (14).
So Bowlsby is right that some things are cyclical.
It's also worth noting as well that the Big 12 meetings ended on a high note with a payout of $36.5 million per school, a lot of that payday coming from -- you guessed it -- the TV contracts with Fox and ESPN.
https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/co...lahoma-football-fans-deal-early-kickoffs-year
"Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione was ticked. So was football coach Lincoln Riley, who blew off steam in a call to Castiglione and then reiterated his position at a tour stop in Tulsa.
"I don't agree with it, but we're not the only ones making the call on it," Riley said, according to online reports. "There needs to be some equity. You don't need to have a string of [early starts]."..
It's not a case of the Big 12 failing to have the back of its members. Bowlsby wouldn't even say that Big 12 has an advisory capacity. At best, Bowlsby said, the Big 12 gets "a chance to provide input" to broadcast partners Fox and ESPN, but the final call is up to the networks.
In other words, it's a TV deal.
Fox and ESPN have a selection rotation each year on Big 12 games -- which is one reason now that Texas-OU seems to bounce back and forth between the two. There's a whole lot of other factors, too, from heat concerns in the early season to balancing the schedule for other top games on their own or other networks...
The Oklahoman researched Big 12 start times in the wake of the controversy. Since 2012, the newspaper reported, Oklahoma has had 11 early kickoffs (defined as 11 a.m. or noon), tied with TCU for fourth in the Big 12, behind Iowa State (15), West Virginia (15) and Kansas (14).
So Bowlsby is right that some things are cyclical.
It's also worth noting as well that the Big 12 meetings ended on a high note with a payout of $36.5 million per school, a lot of that payday coming from -- you guessed it -- the TV contracts with Fox and ESPN.
https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/co...lahoma-football-fans-deal-early-kickoffs-year