Big 12 Media Days - Day 1

[HornSports Staff]

Media Days kicks off at 9:00 am CST with Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby.  Stay tuned on this thread and via our social media accounts for updates on Day 1.

 

[Juan]

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[Aaron Carrara]

Media Days will be streaming Live on the Big 12's Digital Network - http://www.big12sports.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10410&db_oem_id=10410&catid=0

 

[Matt Cotcher]

Art Briles and Baylor are up first....

Questions from the peanut gallery?

 

[Aaron Carrara]

Commissioner Bob Bowlsby just kicked off Media Days with his state of the conference speech.

 

[Lukus Alderman]

How will the Baylor offense make up for the loss of Seastrunk in regards to the running game?

 

[Aaron Carrara]

Bowlsby discussing the new Big 12 logo, mentioning market testing.  Said the new logo tested really well among 18-35 year olds.

 

[Aaron Carrara]

Bowlsby on player safety:   Helmet to helmet contact will continue to be called aggressively.

 

[Aaron Carrara]

First female official in the Big 12 will be in the Southeast Missouri game vs. Kansas in Lawrence.

 

[Aaron Carrara]

On the potential of paying players, Bowlsby says it is difficult to project paying football and basketball players and not others.  Says football and basketball players don't work any harder than student-athletes in other sports.

 

[Lukus Alderman]

Man...I had no clue we are having female officials now!

 

[Juan]

— Twitter API (@twitterapi) November 7, 2011


— Twitter API (@twitterapi) November 7, 2011


— Twitter API (@twitterapi) November 7, 2011

 

[Aaron Carrara]

Commissioner Bowlsby discussing a lengthy list of challenges/concerns related to the NCAA headed into the future.  Financial situation is of concern due to roughly a 2% increase in revenue and a 4% increase in expenses.

On recruiting he says "Maintaining the status quo is not going to work."  

On lawsuits (including O'Bannon case) he says these will ultimately cause programs to go away (mentions Olympic sports programs).

 

[Aaron Carrara]

When asked about the Big 12 not having a conference championship game and if that will hurt the conference in the new college football playoff format Bowlsby says he likes the Big 12's path to the college football championship game.  Says some years it might but other years it won't.  Says the fact that playing all teams in the league is a beneficial thing.

 

[Aaron Carrara]

Also of note, Bowlsby made the comment in reference to the NCAA discussion that "it is not an understatement to say that cheating pays."  When asked about the comment by Brian Davis (Statesman), he clarified that he doesn't think cheating is rampant in college football.

 

[streettopeschel]

Commissioner Bowlsby discussing a lengthy list of challenges/concerns related to the NCAA headed into the future.  Financial situation is of concern due to roughly a 2% increase in revenue and a 4% increase in expenses.

On recruiting he says "Maintaining the status quo is not going to work."  

On lawsuits (including O'Bannon case) he says these will ultimately cause programs to go away (mentions Olympic sports programs).

what does that mean ?

 

[Aaron Carrara]

Art Briles and Baylor are up next.  Stay tuned.  

Baylor player representatives:

QB Bryce Petty

DE Shawn Oakman

WR Antwan Goodley
LB Bryce Hager

 

[Lukus Alderman]

Question for Petty: How different does he think his career would be if he would have stayed in Tennessee where he originally committed?

 

[Aaron Carrara]

what does that mean ?

STP, He mentions the incessant lawsuits related to paying players has the potential to divert a significant amount of $ to other purposes.  This was in conjunction with him talking about the NCAA "heading down a path of extreme financial difficulty."