The Biggest Loser ???

Short answer: Bob Bowlsby The Big 12 Commissioner.   If you have been following College Football realignment, you knew I would get to him.   Honestly, I have been holding off because I'm trying to kind.  But, I just kind find a way to sugar coat his level of ineptitude.  

Bob Bowsby has been commission of The University of Northern Iowa, The University of Iowa, and Stanford.   Most currently Bob Bowlsby is The Commissioner of The Big 12 conference. 

1. At the Big 12 Media Day, no one asks Bowslby about conference realignment.   So, he brings it up.  You can watch it yourselves at the 45:29 mark.   He claims that last time realignment was driven by cable TV.   I think this guy is so out of touch.   To me there are three driving factors leading to realignment.   First, NIL (Name, Image, Likeness) deals.  Secondly, ESPN trying to maintain their lock on college football. Thirdly, the transfer portal - which allows athletes to move and transfer without loss of eligibility.   All of factors together add up to recruiting power.   Bob Bowslby Big 12 Media Day  By the way, a week later OU and UT announced they were leaving the Big 12.  He stated and I quote, "It's not one of the things that keeps me up at night."  I'll bet he doesn't say that anymore. 
2. Bowlsby met with PAC 12 Commissioner a couple of weeks ago.   They say down for a 6 hour meeting.   What came out of that meeting.   The Pac 12, ACC, and Big Ten decided to announce a formal conference alignment.   This is the equivalent of the Remaining 8 schools getting voted off the island in survivor.   The Big 12 is already being treated like a failed conference and being ignored.  

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   Bob Bowlsby - The Biggest Loser

   Oliver Luck has joined The Big 12 as a consultant.   Luck was a former Athletic Director at West Virginia when they eventually landed in The Big 12, during the last realignment.   Luck's role is described as assessing opportunities and navigating the landscape.   Isn't that what Bowlsby is and was supposed to be doing.   How is Bowlsby justifying his leadership of The Big 12.   I'm sure you could argue that firing Bowlsby now makes The Big 12 look weak and instable.   But, everything I read is already suggesting that we are a defunct league.   I think it is time for some real out of the box thinking.  How about forming a committee of MBA's from each remaining school to analyze and suggest some real out of the box thinking. 
   

The Biggest Losers in the room are the College Athletes.   The boys and girls that committed to these remaining 8 schools under an assumption that The Big 12 will be a Power 5 conference and playing teams in a region that is easy to access.   That is those athletes not in college football or basketball.