Latoya’s Journal

Big 12 links: Kansas City is a Big 12 mecca

August 21, 2008 by kofecarugex

Forgot Password? Big 12 links: Kansas City is a Big 12 mecca August 21, 2008 11:45 AMPosted by ESPN.com’s Tim Griffin And people thought it was known just for its jazz history and barbecue. � Kansas City is undoubtedly the northern hub of the Big 12. It was always the center for the old Big Eight Conference and some of the locals still haven’t forgotten the interlopers from Texas who pushed the Big 12’s offices to Dallas when�the conference opened. But “The City of Fountains” is bigger than just a few fax machines and file cabinets. And it will be proved again today when Iowa State and Kansas State announce they are coming soon. Multiple newspapers reported this morning that the Cyclones and Wildcats will move 2009 and 2010 games to Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. Sources told the Topeka Capital-Journal the two teamswill receive payments of at least $1.8 million per game. KSU nets about $1 million from a normal game in Manhattan, according to the Kansas City Star and Wichita Eagle….

Originally from: http://myespn.go.com/blogs/ncfnation/0-1-227/Big-12-links–Kansas-City-is-a-Big-12-mecca.html