For the second time in about a month, new Pac-12 Commissioner George Kilavkoff paid a visit to Boulder. Kilavkoff, who was accompanied by Colorado Athletic Director Rick George, spoke with the media prior to Colorado’s Week 3 contest against Minnesota.
“We’ve been running around meeting with donors and alumni and fans and it’s just a beautiful, beautiful campus,” Kilavkoff said. “I got a lot more impressions when I was here for two days, and actually got to meet with a bunch of the constituents. What I would say is I was most impressed by is our student-athletes. It kind of blew me away.”
He added that his goal is to visit every Pac-12 school for a football game this season. So far, Kilavkoff has been present for UCLA beating a ranked LSU team and Oregon upsetting Ohio State. “I’m hoping to bring a little bit of luck for the Buffs,” he said.
Among other things, Kilavkoff discussed a potential 8-1-1 scheduling format for future Pac-12 football seasons. This would mean eight conference games, one ACC game and one Big Ten game. The other two non-conference games would be decided by the school. Kilavkoff called the new scheduling format the “North Star” of the recently announced alliance between the Pac-12, ACC and Big Ten.
Kilavkoff replaced longtime Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott in May.