Big 12 has 2-word response to Colorado’s homecoming

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The Colorado Buffaloes' time in the Pac-12 conference will come to an end following the 2023-24 season as the school will head back to the conference they helped form. 

The Colorado Board of Regents unanimously approved a resolution Thursday allowing CU to join the Big 12 conference starting in the 2024-25 academic year. 

Colorado Buffaloes logo on a football helmet during a college football game between the Colorado Buffaloes and Arizona Wildcats on Dec. 5, 2020, at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona. (Jacob Snow/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Colorado, which joined the Pac-12 in 2011 after 15 years in the Big 12, becomes the latest school to jump ship from the Pac-12, with UCLA and USC scheduled to join the Big Ten in 2024. 

COLORADO TO DEPART PAC-12, RETURN TO BIG 12 CONFERENCE IN 2024-2025

In response to the news, the Big 12 released a statement through Commissioner Brett Yomark. 

"They’re back," the statement said.

It’s just the latest move for the Big 12, which added four teams in July as the conference prepares for Texas and Oklahoma to depart for the SEC in 2024. 

UCF, Cincinnati, Houston and BYU were welcomed on July 1, and the conference will play as a 14-team league for the 2023-2024 academic year. 

The Big 12 voted Wednesday to accept Colorado as a new member, according to ESPN. 

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The Big 12 logo is seen on a goal post before the game between the Oklahoma State Cowboys and the Baylor Bears in the Big 12 Football Championship at AT&T Stadium on Dec. 4, 2021 in Arlington, Texas. Baylor won 21-16. (Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)

"After careful thought and