Day: July 17, 2017

The Big 12 coach thought to be on the hottest seat in the conference strode to the stage for his segment with reporters on the first day of Media Days July 17. “I think it comes with the territory,” Texas Tech head coach Kliff Kingsbury said. “Obviously we know what’s at stake. We know we have to be much improved. I think that everybody but the four who make the playoff every year are basically on the hot seat in college football. You’re coaching for your job every year, and…

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Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby made it clear to reporters attending Big 12 Media Days that the conference is much better than people around the country give it credit for in his state of the conference address July 17. “We won five national championships,” he said. “I think we finished in the top four in the country in 18 sports. But we’re here to talk football, and we didn’t make the College Football Playoff. Obviously that’s the coin of the realm at this point.” Still, he noted the Big 12’s…

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