Arizona to B12 Press Conference - President Robert Robbins & Athletic Director Dave Heeke

[@mikeoxmaul9675]

From a Texas Tech fan. Welcome to the Big 12! Happy to have y’all apart of the family!!

[@eyeingi]

Love the support... Excited for new competition.

[@SODTAOE]

Great seeing fans of other universities here to welcome Arizona. True sports fans love competition and I see a lot of that in the Big 12. Will be a fantastic future ahead for all involved

[@michaelronquillo1982]

Arizona wildcats fan. I am excited for the University of Arizona in the Big 12 in 2024 and beyond. 🐻⬇️ Arizona 💙❤️

[@DKOBSpeaks]

Looking forward to Zona, they are going to be a fantastic addition!!! WELCOME!!!

[@tbow49]

Welcome to the Big 12!! TCU fan here.

[@aweeks6649]

Excited to have you in the Big 12! Texas Tech alum here.

[@whousefilms]

Do you notice the difference in this press conference versus ASU? #Beardown.

[@johnfusek4299]

Who?

[@rodneydurrett8604]

Welcome to the Big XII family!! Old border rival Texas Tech!!

[@aweeks6649]

Wreck Em!

[@SwissKnife-vh9xx]

Arizona isn’t the border of Texas 😭 New Mexico bro

[@thundergato84]

​@@SwissKnife-vh9xxTexas Tech, Arizona, New Mexico State, and University of New Mexico were members of the Border Conference. Texas Tech, and Arizona were rivals. Look at the history, bro.

[@SwissKnife-vh9xx]

@@thundergato84 cool bro. I’m just saying don’t say “Border”. I’m from Texas and consider Oklahoma and Lsu rivals not Arizona. Look at what border means first

[@amac701]

​@@SwissKnife-vh9xx I suggest you research what the Border Conference was. Get educated before you start throwing criticism.

[@amac701]

Texas Tech fan here. I'm so excited that y'all have joined the Big 12! Welcome to the conference. Border Conference back together. 😁

[@LarryFurr]

I’m excited to be in the same conference as Arizona! - BYU fan

[@Dave-hs4lj]

I love it! 🐻⬇

[@chrisskipper7014]

I have been a Texas fan for 60+ years...I never loved the Big 12, but I wish them well now and think they will be a better conference for Texas/OU leaving and bringing on these new schools. No - they will not make the money, but these expansions offer Texas schools a great deal ... being retired I look forward to seeing Big 12 games in these new venues...

[@richardoneal1055]

I've followed college football since the mid 1960s. Ohio State and Michigan owned the Big 10 then as did Alabama and Georgia own the SEC then. Those schools still dominate their conferences no matter how many doormats they've added to their conferences. And now Texas and Oklahoma will become the SEC's next doormats.

[@ctu5086]

The Big 12 Conference Partners never liked the University of Texas. Glad to see UT leave the conference. Can't wait until UT asks for more than equal share of conference payouts when they are losing & in the bottom half of the SEC.

[@CounselorMalcolm]

🐻⬇️ Arizona

[@phillipgood5468]

BearDown all day, but someone’s gotta iron the background

[@phillipgood5468]

Also, could we stay with Nike?

[@tnguy9696]

it was the best move based on the money bag and nothing else

[@lopezmotorsports]

Nothing wrong with that. I'd bounce from a job for more money and better benefits. I did that three months ago. Better culture, better experience, and better overall.

[@kensolar69]

Well, the Pac12 conference was also breaking down from bad media contracts.

[@AkodoKusamoto]

The Pac 12 just imploded in front of our eyes due to greed and mismanagement. 108 years of tradition gone because of terrible management. I don't blame Robbins at al one bit for grabbing a lifeboat to escape the Titanic and taking ASU, CO, and Utah with them.

[@DKOBSpeaks]

This is America. When has anything been based on anything but money?!?

[@nicholasybarra158]

🐻⬇️🅰️

[@DumbDumb855]

Tweedle dee and tweedle dumbo

[@jameswaters3939]

woah - well ... this came out of the blue ... and red. I think it should go to court because these are public institutions. What are they messing with this for? "If it ain't broke, don't fix it". Remember that one? So if there's a pool of monies, and there is, why is more in a conference better? Now, you've diluted viewership. It's foolishness, IMO. Back the Cats to put this all back together ... you know ... the way it used ta' be.

[@brenthunsaker5243]

Came out of the blue? It's been talked about for months

[@jameswaters3939]

@@brenthunsaker5243 I know that - but why? It's like giving up.

[@DopeJKing]

@@jameswaters3939 because of money... literally money has prevented the PAC 12 from existing. They couldnt get the funding to keep these institutions going this way. The PAC 12 didnt have the right business people or model to stay alive. The conference killed itself.

[@brenthunsaker5243]

@@jameswaters3939 it's not giving up. Going back to your point, It WAS broken. Without money good luck having decent sports

[@jameswaters3939]

@@brenthunsaker5243 The Pac-8 (*later "10" and "12") starts in 1915 - about 30 years before wide usage of television in American homes. Guess f-ball needs the money for orthopedic surgeons.