INDIANAPOLIS – Bob Bowlsby, the longtime Big 12 commissioner, turned 70 on Monday. He has been involved in college athletics in some way since wrestling at Minnesota State in the mid-70s. With time served in six different decades of college athletics, the twilight of Bowlsby’s career has come with a refreshing bluntness.
In a business where talking doesn’t always equate with saying anything, Bowlsby has entered the Jim Boeheim phase of his front-facing career — he’s not afraid to say exactly what’s on his mind.
On Sunday, sources told Yahoo Sports that Bowlsby was so frustrated with the proceedings and lack of progress in the meeting to discuss expanding the College Football Playoff that he abruptly packed up his bag and left the meetings.