The Colorado Buffaloes are going home to the Big 12, a conference they once existed in for over 60 years. From the Big 7 to the current iteration of the Big 12, the league has been in a constant state of change.
Texas and Oklahoma are soon moving to the SEC and a new crop of schools from across the country recently joined (UCF, BYU, Houston and Cincinnati). Add that West Virginia and TCU joined in 2012 after CU left, and the Big 12 looks quite different from the Buffs’ final year in 2011. This presents Colorado fans with a new crop of road trip possibilities.
With those new universities and cities lays a treasure trove of new football stadiums to explore. I have no doubt that with the new direction of the program under head coach Deion Sanders, fans will be champing at the bit to follow the Buffaloes into hostile territory.
Here’s a ranking of the Big 12 football stadiums that I’m most looking forward to watching the Buffs invade: