2019 Big 12 Media Days Begin Monday
July 14, 2019 12:53 PM | Football
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – We're still a couple of weeks away from the start of preseason training camp, but that doesn't mean the football chatter will be idle.
Big 12 Media Days are set to begin Monday morning at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, with Kansas, TCU, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech and Oklahoma taking center stage.
The two-day event continues on Tuesday with West Virginia joining, Iowa State, Baylor, Kansas State and Texas.
The Mountaineers, predicted to finish eighth in this year's preseason media poll, will be represented by first-year coach Neal Brown, preseason All-Big 12 offensive tackle Colton McKivitz, junior wide receiver T.J. Simmons, senior defensive lineman Reese Donahue and senior cornerback Keith Washington Jr.
Brown is one of four first year coaches in the Big 12 this year along with Kansas' Les Miles, Texas Tech's Matt Wells and Kansas State's Chris Klieman.
Oklahoma State's Mike Gundy and TCU's Gary Patterson are the elder statesmen in the league, the two having been to all eight prior media days since the conference's reconfiguring in 2012.
This will be the first year media days are taking place at AT&T Stadium, site of the 2019 Big 12 Championship game on Saturday, Dec. 7. The prior two years, media day activities occurred at The Star in Frisco, Texas, the four years before that it was held at the Omni Hotel in downtown Dallas and at the Westin Galleria in downtown Dallas in 2012.
Oklahoma was once again predicted to win the Big 12, the Sooners garnering 68 out of 77 first-place votes with second-place Texas getting the other nine first-place votes.
This is the sixth time since 2012 that Oklahoma was tabbed to win the league. Oklahoma State was picked to win it in 2013 and TCU was predicted to win the conference in 2015.
This year also marks the third time the Big 12 media has predicted an eighth place finish for the Mountaineers. In 2013, that pick was right on target as West Virginia finished eighth but a year later, WVU finished three spots better at fifth.
Twice in 2012 and 2018, WVU was tabbed to finish second behind Oklahoma and the other three occasions the Mountaineers were chosen for middle-of-the-pack finishes.
This year's media days will be televised live from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (EST) on FS2, FCS Central and other regional affiliates. The Big 12 Conference's digital platforms – Big12Sports.com, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube will also provide coverage.
Our coverage on WVUsports.com, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube will begin Monday afternoon with commissioner Bob Bowlsby's annual remarks, and will continue on Tuesday morning when West Virginia arrives.
Big 12 Media Days are set to begin Monday morning at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, with Kansas, TCU, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech and Oklahoma taking center stage.
The two-day event continues on Tuesday with West Virginia joining, Iowa State, Baylor, Kansas State and Texas.
The Mountaineers, predicted to finish eighth in this year's preseason media poll, will be represented by first-year coach Neal Brown, preseason All-Big 12 offensive tackle Colton McKivitz, junior wide receiver T.J. Simmons, senior defensive lineman Reese Donahue and senior cornerback Keith Washington Jr.
Brown is one of four first year coaches in the Big 12 this year along with Kansas' Les Miles, Texas Tech's Matt Wells and Kansas State's Chris Klieman.Oklahoma State's Mike Gundy and TCU's Gary Patterson are the elder statesmen in the league, the two having been to all eight prior media days since the conference's reconfiguring in 2012.
This will be the first year media days are taking place at AT&T Stadium, site of the 2019 Big 12 Championship game on Saturday, Dec. 7. The prior two years, media day activities occurred at The Star in Frisco, Texas, the four years before that it was held at the Omni Hotel in downtown Dallas and at the Westin Galleria in downtown Dallas in 2012.
Oklahoma was once again predicted to win the Big 12, the Sooners garnering 68 out of 77 first-place votes with second-place Texas getting the other nine first-place votes.
This is the sixth time since 2012 that Oklahoma was tabbed to win the league. Oklahoma State was picked to win it in 2013 and TCU was predicted to win the conference in 2015.
This year also marks the third time the Big 12 media has predicted an eighth place finish for the Mountaineers. In 2013, that pick was right on target as West Virginia finished eighth but a year later, WVU finished three spots better at fifth.
Twice in 2012 and 2018, WVU was tabbed to finish second behind Oklahoma and the other three occasions the Mountaineers were chosen for middle-of-the-pack finishes.
This year's media days will be televised live from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (EST) on FS2, FCS Central and other regional affiliates. The Big 12 Conference's digital platforms – Big12Sports.com, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube will also provide coverage.
Our coverage on WVUsports.com, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube will begin Monday afternoon with commissioner Bob Bowlsby's annual remarks, and will continue on Tuesday morning when West Virginia arrives.
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