Brett Yormark Speaks On How He Handled Recent Conference Realignment | Big 12 | Pac-12

Paul Catalina and Craig Smoak discuss their thoughts Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark comments about the Big 12's expansion and more.

With Paul Catalina & Craig Smoak

[Jay_Cannon]

0:26 that dude on the right needs to lend his co-host some of his combover. They almost look like a before & after. Before combover, after combover.

[jeffreywhitlock]

Love those shots at the Big 10 and SEC.

[malmypdx]

Sankey was the one smiling and working "with" Bowlsby on the playoff setup while knifing him in the back by secretly courting OU/UT to the SEC.

[Patrick-sgcm]

He has the advantage of having the support of the schools presidents. The presidents didn't demand 50 million when he got them a deal for 31 million per school. That's the main difference between Brett Yormark and GK.

[Jay_Cannon]

2:43 🤡 show should be on his hands and knees thanking the Big Ten. If they didn’t get Oregon & Washington he would’ve NEVER gotten UA, ASU, UU. They begrudgingly join the Big 12.

[DSincere]

That was definitely a shot at the SEC. The have raided the Big 12 multiple times and Sankey and Yormark have had previous beef.

[MollieC-ucfk]

Yeah, who started the USC/UCLA and all of this behind the scenes, it wasn't the Big 12, Yormark has told all of his plans/wishes. Once Colorado went down, here they come again. And who did all of it over 10 years ago and came in when the PAC got into the Big 12, here they and the $EC come in to poach more Big 12 teams. What conference has been poached the most up until the PAC? Yeah, the Big 12...the midwest is easy to pick if your name isn't the Big 10 conference.

[praxton]

That was definitely aimed at Sankey because Sankey flat out criticized Yormark for being open about expansion whereas Sankey has expanded under the cover of night. The B1G collateral in that criticism but the SEC/Sankey was the primary target there.

[chasewade]

I do hate it for the OSU/WSU fans, athletes, employees. The towns. It just sucks.

AND I don’t care. The big 12 is stronger. My team has a stable home and good leader amongst several amazing presidents and athletic directors leading the way.

It can be both things

[lastpme]

Totally agree…the BIG 10 knew the PAC 12 wasn’t going to get a competitive deal and just wanted for everything to play out to get Washington and Oregon on the cheap and I think those schools knew they would have an out. The SEC also worked behind the Big 12 back to work a deal with UT and OU that put conference in an unstable position. Nobody can say that the new Big 12 isn’t open with what it would like to do. Will enjoy watching USC, UCLA, UW, UO, UT, and OU take their “L”s in their new conferences. In their new conferences they will no longer have an advantage regarding facilities, coaches, and athletes like do with their current conferences. For the PAC 12 schools moving in the BIG 10 their travel is going to be brutal…especially playing football in late Oct and Nov in the snow 😂. Nebraska is getting paid in the BIG 10, but they are now just a team on the schedule.

[ctu]

People should read about how ESPN and then the Big 10 Commissioner negotiated new Conference TV Deals. The SEC and then the Big 10 said how much money can we get. Then how much money can we get if our conference also had one or two certain schools from another conference that might get the highest TV ratings based on the surveys TV networks and paying advertisers use.

[malmypdx]

Definitely targeted at Sankey and SEC. Maybe B10 too, but SEC no doubt about it. Sankey was the one throwing shade at Yormark previously. This was return fire.

[nickbeef]

Nothing is sacred. Somebody do something!!! Stop these oligarchs. Teams may eventually leave the SEC to play in a better conference for them. Then what?

[tarheel]

One of the side stories that will be interesting when we look back is the BY cult of personality. So far he has done nothing but wait for opportunities and (to his credit) knew to act when they presented themselves. BY didn't jump the line for the media deal, the broadcasters came to him due to PAC delusion. He didn't poach the 4Cs, he prepared for and waited for PAC refugees. If the PAC had accepted the earlier reasonable offers, BY could have done little to stop that alternate history PAC from poaching from the BIG12, leaving the remainders in the same position as WASHST and ORST are in now.

What I see going forward is BY expanding the BIG12 too large and wide in a vain attempt to remain relevant to the consolidating Tier 1, which will result in splintering. This could leave the future BIG12 worse than if it plans now for a Tier 2 world.

[billbixby]

I guess getting football bottom feeders is better than breaking up the conference