I'm excited to play Colorado, but I'm a bit disappointed that both byu and Colorado can't go make a statement for the big 12, especially with this year's team.

A lot of these bowl matchups will be interesting. I'm also excited that the 5th and 6th and even 7th big 12 options are getting fun P4 matchups. This is way more fun than our bowl situation for the last couple decades.



West Virginia gets it started for the league on Tuesday, Dec. 17 in the Frisco Bowl vs. Memphis. From there, Kansas State plays Rutgers in the Rate Bowl on Thursday, Dec. 26 and Texas Tech meets Arkansas in the Liberty Bowl on Friday, Dec. 27.

Four conference teams will be involved in three games on Saturday, Dec. 28. While that might sound confusing, the Pac-12 still has previous tie-ins including the Alamo Bowl. That game features BYU and Colorado, who both had a chance at making the Big 12 title game in the final week.

TCU takes on Louisiana in the New Mexico Bowl and Iowa State battles Miami in the Pop-Tarts Bowl earlier in the day.