DMN: Carlton: Why Big 12 football coaches aren’t thrilled about prospect of championship game in 10-team league
By Chuck Carlton, Staff Writer
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Several Big 12 coaches expressed reservations Tuesday about the possible return of a football title game with the current 10 members.
The Big 12 is expected to debate the potential for the return of a championship game, along with expansion and a conference television network, through its spring meetings beginning in late May in Dallas and possibly continuing into the summer.
“I don’t know how a championship game when you’re playing everybody would be that positive,” Oklahoma’s Bob Stoops said during a Big 12 coaches media teleconference Tuesday.
If the Big 12 had a title game last season, the Sooners would have faced Oklahoma State on consecutive weeks. …