IRVING -- The specter of the Baylor sexual assault allegations was hard for the Big 12 to avoid.

Former Baylor President and Chancellor Ken Starr had served as the chairman of the composition committee, which had studied expansion. He'll be replaced as chairman by Oklahoma's David Boren.

"I think it's fair to say that when we have a conference member that has had the kind of difficulties that they've had at Baylor, it reflects on all of us," Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said. "I don't know that it diminishes any of our institutions."

Check your cable listings

The AT&T Red River Showdown will get a Fox Sports 1 television audience this year.

The Big 12 announced kickoff times and TV information for selection football games next season. Texas-Oklahoma at the Cotton Bowl Stadium in Fair Park is scheduled for Oct. 8 with a start time to be announced. The historic rivalry game had been an ABC national or regional broadcast for the past 17 years. The last time it wasn't on ABC was Fox Sports Southwest in 1998.

"I was surprised personally but it's not our decision," Texas athletic director Mike Perrin said. "I think Texas-OU will always be a special, special game in person and on radio and any medium the techies come up with."

Baylor's season opener against Northwestern State - and the first for acting coach Jim Grobe since taking over for the fired Art Briles amidst a sexual assault scandal - was moved to 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2 on FSN.

In two showcase Black Friday games on Nov. 25, TCU will face Texas (Fox or FS1) at 2:30 p.m. with Baylor-Texas Tech starting at 5 p.m. at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.

Concussions decline

Bowlsby said a study revealed that football concussions have dropped 32 percent in the Big 12 from 2013-15 and cited the conference's move to limited contact in regular-season practices. He called it "a success story."

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