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Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby speaks during NCAA college football Big 12 media days Wednesday, July 14, 2021, in Arlington, Texas. Retired Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby will return to Northern Iowa to serve as interim athletic director, the school announced Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. He was the school's athletic director from 1983-91. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Retired Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby named Northern Iowa’s interim athletic director

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College Football Playoff expansion talks inch forward

By Ralph D. Russo - Associated Press

A doctor, right, assists nurses as they treat a patient delivered by emergency medical personnel from a nursing home showing symptoms of COVID-19 at a hospital in Yonkers, N.Y., April 20, 2020. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Big 12 commish bullish about future as tournaments near

By DAVE SKRETTA - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 11, 2020, file photo, Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby announces no fans will be admitted to the rest of the Big 12 basketball tournament, in Kansas City, Kan. After the Power Five conference commissioners met Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020, to discuss mounting concern about whether a college football season can be played in a pandemic, players took to social media to urge leaders to let them play. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)

B12 nears kickoff with games not being played stark reminder

By STEPHEN HAWKINS - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 12, 2020, file photo, Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby talks to the media after canceling the remaining NCAA college basketball games in the Big 12 Conference tournament due to concerns about the coronavirus in Kansas City, Mo. Big 12 schools still got a strong payout from the conference during the pandemic. The revenue distribution to the league's 10 schools for the 2019-20 school year averages $37.7 million each. That figure announced Friday, May 29, 2020, at the end of the league's virtual spring meetings was down only about $1.1 million a school from last year. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

MLB outbreak reveals college football’s vulnerabilities

By RALPH D. RUSSO - Associated Press

Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby talks to the media after canceling the remaining NCAA college basketball games in the Big 12 Conference tournament due to concerns about the coronavirus Thursday, March 12, 2020, in Kansas City, Mo. The biggest conferences in college sports all canceled their basketball tournaments because of the new coronavirus, seemingly putting the NCAA Tournament in doubt. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Big 12 revenue distribution down only slightly amid pandemic

By STEPHEN HAWKINS - Associated Press

Big 12 Conference commissioner Bob Bowlsby takes the stage on the first day of Big 12 Conference NCAA college football media days Monday, July 15, 2019, at AT&amp;T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/David Kent)

Big 12 is a 10: Bowlsby says no talk of expanding league

By STEPHEN HAWKINS - Associated Press

Big 12 leaders: Flexibility is sign of strength for future

By SCHUYLER DIXON - Associated Press

Texas Tech fans celebrate on the court after the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against West Virginia, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018, in Lubbock, Texas. (AP Photo/Brad Tollefson)

Texas Tech fined, WVU’s Harris reprimanded after court-storm

By JOHN RABY - Associated Press

Bowlsby: FBI probe of college hoops ‘not going away soon’

By DAVE SKRETTA - Associated Press

Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby speaks to reporters during the Big 12 NCAA college football media day at the Dallas Cowboys practice facilities in Frisco, Texas, Monday, July 17, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Bowlsby feels good about Big 12 despite negative perceptions

By STEPHEN HAWKINS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2017, file photo, Northside Christian High School quarterback Griffin Alstott gets help from his mom, Nicole, on where to sign as he commits to Purdue University at Northside Christian High School on National Signing Day in St. Petersburg, Fla. At right is his father, Mike Alstott, who used to play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The NCAA has voted to allow high school football players to sign with colleges as early as December, make early official visits and put a two-year waiting period on Bowl Subdivision teams from hiring people close to a recruit. If approved by the Board of Governors on April 26, the signing period change would take effect Aug. 1. (Eve Edelheit/The Tampa Bay Times via AP, File)

NCAA adopts early signing period, 10th coach for football

By MICHAEL MAROT - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 2, 2016, file photo, University of Oklahoma President David Boren speak to reporters after the second day of the Big 12 sports conference meetings in Irving, Texas. The Big 12 board of directors meets Monday, Oct. 17, 2016, in Dallas and the topic of expansion will be addressed. Not necessarily decided, but definitely addressed. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Big 12 presidents decide to pass on expansion

By Stephen Hawkins - Associated Press

Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby addresses attendees during Big 12 media day, Monday, July 18, 2016, in Dallas. With expansion still an unsettled issue for the Big 12 Conference, Commissioner Bowlsby gave his annual state of the league address to open football media days. And a day later he meets with the league's board of directors. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Big 12 moves toward expansion, will evaluate candidates

By RALPH D. RUSSO - Associated Press

NCAA committee to provide procedures for filling bowl games

By RALPH D. RUSSO - Associated Press

Ohio State cornerback Doran Grant holds a rose in his teeth after the Buckeyes 59-0 victory over Wisconsin in the Big Ten Conference championship NCAA college football game after midnight Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014, in Indianapolis. Ohio State won 59-0. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

College Football Playoff selections: Alabama, Oregon, Florida St., Ohio St.

By Ralph D. Russo - Associated Press

Oklahoma State President and Chairman of the Big 12 board of directors Burns Hargis, , left, and Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby, talk at the end of the Big 12 meetings at the Four Seasons Resort and Hotel in Irving, Texas, on Friday, May 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Stephen Hawkins)

Big 12 schools share record $220M revenue

By STEPHEN HAWKINS - Associated Press

Big 12 commish suggests modern recruiting changes

By STEPHEN HAWKINS - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 22, 2013, file photo, Big 12 Conference Commissioner Bob Bowlsby addresses the media at the beginning of the Big 12 Conference Football Media Days in Dallas. Bowlsby has become the de facto president of the NCAA's power conferences. Could he be the next NCAA president? (AP Photo/Tim Sharp, File)

Bowlsby committed to change NCAA as Big 12 commish

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Big 12 reprimands Texas player for trashing Baylor

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