Pac-12 Adds New ‘Official Sponsors’ in Strategy Shift as Football Kicks Off
When the Pac-12’s seven-game football season kicks off on Saturday, Nov. 7, some new signage will accompany the teams finally taking the field. That’s because, within a…
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Texas Tech Red Raiders Borrow Over $1 Million From University System
As college football sputters its way through this unusual 2020 season, schools are confronting heavy revenue shortfalls. Athletic departments across the country are…
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Shortened Pac-12 Season Enough to Meet TV Contracts, Boost Loan Talks
When the Pac-12 first started loan talks this summer, it was looking at securing close to $1 billion to support its schools, which were projected to lose up to $80…
Pac-12’s Scott Finds Roundabout Conference Solutions Amid Crises
A Google search for Larry Scott (after scrolling past the Wikipedia entry for the bodybuilder of the same name) will uncover vast criticism of the Pac-12 commissioner…
Cooperation From State Officials and Limited Liability Exposure Enable Pac-12 Return
Five weeks after suspending its fall season, the Pac-12, the last holdout among the Power 5 conferences to greenlight fall football, reversed course on Thursday and…
The Pac-12’s Fall Football Decision in Numbers: Data Viz
The Pac-12’s decision to play football this fall comes eight days after the Big Ten did its own football about-face. Much like the Big Ten, the West Coast-based…
Pac-12 Football to Start Nov. 7 for Six-Week Season Plus Championship
On Thursday, the Pac-12 announced plans to play a shortened fall football season starting on Nov. 7, sources confirmed to Sportico. The six-week season will include a…
Jumbled Schedules and Dud Matchups Sink College Football TV Ratings
While it’s fair to say that at least some of the recent TV ratings declines may be chalked up to a sort of option paralysis in the face of an unprecedented array of live…
Big Ten to Return to Football Weekend of October 24
Big Ten football is back after conference presidents and chancellors voted unanimously to resume play the weekend of October 23. That start date would allow the Big Ten…
Fox Sports Eyes Big 12 Band-Aid to Stem College Football Losses
In the course of about an hour on Tuesday, Fox Sports watched much of its college football season vanish into thin air as its two primary conference partners, the Big…
Though Football Stops, Bills Continue for Big Ten and Pac-12 Schools
Big Ten and Pac-12 conference schools like Penn State and UCLA are discovering what millions of Americans learned when COVID-19 brought their jobs to a halt—even though…
Pac-12 Follows Big Ten In Postponing Fall Season
Just one hour after the Big Ten announced the postponement of its fall sports schedule with hopes of playing in the spring, the Pac-12 decided to “pause” its own fall…
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