Big 12 decides against championship game in 2015
While the Big 12 may eventually hold a football championship game, it won't be in 2015. The conference has decided against implementing a championship game this year, despite contemplating a petition to the NCAA to allow it to do so. MORE: NCAA approves new bowls | Breakout candidates this fall | CFP teams spend big on trips “I’m not sensing that’s where we’re headed,” Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said, via USA Today, following a meeting Tuesday with the league’s athletic directors. Without a single champion last year, after TCU and Baylor tied for the league title, the Big 12 was left out of the inaugural College Football Playoff. Despite its name, the Big 12 has just 10 teams, and current rules state a conference must have 12 teams to hold a conference championship game. The Big 12 and the ACC have proposed new legislation to change the rules for 2016. Despite reacting to a snub in the playoff last year, Bowlsby said "one year doesn't make a trend." “There’s j...