{"id":11855,"date":"2023-07-27T21:21:46","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T02:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=11855"},"modified":"2023-07-27T21:21:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T02:21:46","slug":"colorado-officially-announces-return-to-big-12-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/colorado-officially-announces-return-to-big-12-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado officially announces return to Big 12 Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colorado<\/a><\/strong> will leave the Pac-12 and return to the Big 12 Conference in 2024 after a 14-year hiatus, the university\u2019s board of regents voted on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Reports<\/a><\/strong> ran rampant throughout social media on Wednesday afternoon that the Buffs were looking to make the jump back to their former conference because of, as Brett McMurphy cited, \u201cthe Big 12\u2019s stability & Pac-12\u2019s uncertainty<\/a><\/strong>.\u201d Late on Wednesday night, Big 12 presidents voted unanimously<\/a> to accept Colorado into the conference.<\/p>\n

Colorado will also receive the full amount ($31.7 million) to be paid for the Big 12\u2019s new media rights deal with ESPN\/FOX, per McMurphy<\/p>\n

The news becomes another note amid many seismic changes head coach Deion Sanders has been a part of since taking over the program earlier this offseason. After acquiring 50 players from the transfer portal<\/a><\/strong> and losing even more, the bar has been set fairly low<\/a><\/strong> for Colorado in 2023.<\/p>\n

With a year\u2019s experience under Sanders\u2019 belt coaching at a Power Five level heading into 2024, Colorado is expected to begin hanging with the big fish from there on out. For now, however, the Buffs are set to take on their full Pac-12 slate for 2023 before heading out of the conference alongside USC<\/a><\/strong> and UCLA<\/a><\/strong>, who are heading to the Big Ten themselves.<\/p>\n

Colorado has a deep history in the Big 12<\/h2>\n

Because of Texas and Oklahoma\u2019s dominance since the conference\u2019s inception \u2014 Colorado actually comes into the league as one of the more decorated teams in the conference\u2019s history out of all its active members.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Buffs rank No. 6 in all-time (60) in wins out of current Big 12 members (excluding Texas and OU) and have more conference wins than\u00a0TCU<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(56), who just came off a College Football Playoff run,\u00a0West Virginia<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(47) and\u00a0Kansas<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(45).\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Horned Frogs and Mountaineers came into the conference after the Buffs left for the Pac-12 in 2010, but the Jayhawks joined the conference with Colorado originally in 1996. After a 14-year hiatus from Colorado \u2014 Kansas still likely won\u2019t come within 10 wins of the Buffs by the time they return. The same could be said about WVU.<\/p>\n

If either Texas or Oklahoma wins the Big 12 Championship in 2023, Colorado will also enter their old conference tied for second-most in Big 12 Championships among active programs \u2014 with one, which they won back in 2001.<\/p>\n

Baylor<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(2013, 2014, 2021) and\u00a0Kansas State<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(2003, 2012, 2022) are the only two programs with more. The Buffs are knotted with\u00a0Oklahoma State<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(2011) and TCU (2014) for second place \u2014 and if Sanders sticks with the program, who\u2019s to say Colorado can\u2019t win another?<\/p>\n

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