Latest activity

mramseyISU · Jun 3, 2026

MeowingCows said:
The distinguishing factor is that the typical sports car costs a hell of a lot less than a typical Ferrari performance vehicle. They compete for supercar buyers, not Tesla or Mini or Miata or Corvette or Hellcat or GT500 or Mach E buyers. Those guys aren't cross-shopping with Ferraris.

Again, this is why I'm just not seeing where the actual market for that vehicle is at this point in time, and possibly never. If they just have money sitting around to play with, then by all means, swing for an EV home run. It's just not what I expect from extremely-low-volume sales brands to do. Don't mistake it for being "anti-EV", that's not it.

Buying a Ferrari is a little different animal than buying any other sports car though. It's like buying a Rolex or any of those other super high end watches. You go into it buying a used one and you have to build up a purchase history before they let you get one of the high end models. At a certain point they give you a call and give you the opportunity to buy the new hotness and if you decline you might not get another chance. Ferrari being Ferrari I could see them telling those customers that if they don't buy one of these monstrosities they don't get a chance to buy the next V12 monster.

EnkAMania · Jun 3, 2026

He said his go to karaoke song is Real American.
Login to view embedded media

FinalFourCy · Jun 3, 2026

Kinch said:
I worked with the guy who was involved in the TV and radio rights. He showed me the substantial increase in distributions. It certainly didn’t feel like a go kart to Iowa State then. Now it looks so small, but back then it was big and began to finance improvements. How do you think we were able to afford Johnny Orr?

and? That doesn’t mean because a conference existed when TV revenues were much, much lower, and when scheduling still archaic, current conferences as we know them, survive as we know them, if pooling and scheduling is by single national entity

Think about why the CFA died when conference took control of pooling and revenue mechanism. They can’t co-exist

You bring up Orr. We wouldn’t be able to hire him from Michigan now, and it’s because of revenue gradients determined in large part by tv valuations at conference level

Cycsk · Jun 3, 2026

All I can say is that most of the folks on the south end of the RV Village are "A+ Folks!"

cykadelic2 · Jun 3, 2026

FinalFourCy said:
We need to find a way to play the game differently. For example, raise capital to make top P2 better offer than they can get sharing revenue equally with other P2

That offer is essentially on the table already but Sankey/ESPN and Petitti/Fox are making every attempt to ignore or not acknowledge it.

Cycsk · Jun 3, 2026

First of all, it has to be something with "Jimmy" in it. Are there any other coaches named Jimmy?

Second, doesn't the coach run out with the players? If so, he doesn't really have his own "walk out song" like TJ in basketball.

FinalFourCy · Jun 3, 2026

TitanClone said:
The new Roadster is billed as both. 0 to 60 in 1.9s and 620 mile range. That should sell better than any other $200k car.

It’s billed that

I hope they deliver on it,

The original lotus based model was eye opening to what EVs could be

Kinch · Jun 3, 2026

FinalFourCy said:
Like driving a go kart vs driving a train.

The NCAA was intentionally suppressing TV revenue to preserve, in their minds, attendance. That exemplifies the difference in eras

The revenue gradients (in large part caused by TV were so much lower, it hardly was the decision point until the 90’s. Budgets of $5 to $10 million vs $120+ million

Conferences could exist 40+ years ago when rights were pooled above the conference level because they weren’t the conference’s we think of now. Revenue and scheduling a completely different paradigm

In this era, if (valuable) rights are lost to a different pool, the conference is marginalized, if not dead, if they can’t replace the rights.

I worked with the guy who was involved in the TV and radio rights. He showed me the substantial increase in distributions. It certainly didn’t feel like a go kart to Iowa State then. Now it looks so small, but back then it was big and began to finance improvements. How do you think we were able to afford Johnny Orr?

madguy30 · Jun 3, 2026

I abandoned a paddle in campsite two years ago because of mosquitos. There was quite a bit of high/standing water and at dusk when the wind stopped it was still 70 degrees and humid all night and they were the worst I've ever experienced.

Forexast was the same the next day/night so I took off the next morning and found a hotel. The rest of the trip if I even heard one I was like Smokey in Friday.

Peter · Jun 3, 2026

I mean honestly some version of this would be SICK
Login to view embedded media

FinalFourCy · Jun 3, 2026

Kinch said:
You are wrong. Big time. TV money most certainly did drive it then, especially when cable began in late 1970s.

Like driving a go kart vs driving a train.

The NCAA was intentionally suppressing TV revenue to preserve, in their minds, attendance. That exemplifies the difference in eras

The revenue gradients (in large part caused by TV were so much lower, it hardly was the decision point until the 90’s. Budgets of $5 to $10 million vs $120+ million

Conferences could exist 40+ years ago when rights were pooled above the conference level because they weren’t the conference’s we think of now. Revenue and scheduling a completely different paradigm than now

Conferences will need a CBA to govern to exist as we know them

Search

Latest activity

Latest activity

Show only:

When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?

What will the Jimmy Era Walk Out Song Be?

Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)

RV Village question-Class A folks

Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)

What will the Jimmy Era Walk Out Song Be?

When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?

Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)

Mosquitoes

What will the Jimmy Era Walk Out Song Be?

Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)

Filter

Become a Super Fanatic