Deion Sanders‘ Colorado Buffaloes was the first team to call it quits on the Pac-12 conference and move to the Big-12. Later, 4 other teams followed them and now everyone’s witnessing the fall of the Pac-12 conference, as the Big 12 Media Day is celebrating its success today.

Bret Yormark, the commissioner of the Big 12 conference, has been on a mission to get teams to switch from Pac-12 for about a year. The four teams that left Pac-12 are Colorado, Arizona, Arizona State, and Utah due to the fact that the conference failed to produce a new media-rights deal that was enough of an incentive to stay back. Now, Colorado and Big 12 are drowning themselves in a spirit of revelry as Shedeur and Shilo take center stage to represent their father’s beloved team.

Shedeur and Shilo stand tall to represent the Buffs on Big 12 Media Day

The Buffaloes are out and about in their black and golden colors as they look to represent their team at the Big 12 Media Day. With Shedeur in the center and Shilo right next to him, the three players were posing left and right to ensure the best camera angle captures the essence of the Colorado Buffaloes.

While it is interesting why Travis Hunter wasn’t present to be a part of the trifecta, Shedeur and Shilo were doing a good job of ensuring that their dynamic makes up for it. Seeing as how the Big 12 Media Day is about the new coaches and payers representing their program, who better to represent Coach Prime’s Colorado than his sons himself? Moreover, their shift from the Pac-12 conference to the Big-12 conference is a historic move and as such, the Buffs zone will be proud to see the program being represented by two of its most popular athletes. We should also note that the Colorado Buffaloes received a $2.5 million bonus on joining the conference, while the other 3 teams did not receive it.

Why did Colorado receive a $2.5 million bonus while the other teams didn’t?

Recently released documents show that the University of Colorado received a $2.5 million signing incentive from the Big 12 Conference last year. The change will finally be put into practice from August 2nd, 2024 but here’s what Brett Yormark himself had to say about why Colorado was given such a benefit.

While expressing his enthusiasm over Colorado being the first team that joined, Yormark said, “I’m not going to discuss my negotiating tactics, but listen, we were thrilled that Colorado was the first mover. Ultimately one got us four, you know, when you think about it.” Additionally, the $2.5 million bonus was just restricted for the first team that moved which Yormark had hoped would further pave the way for more teams to come join, which is exactly what happened here.