Gaitan wins by tech 10-0 in 1:30

Cy4Lifer said:

His outburst reminds me of his angry rant at Charlie near the end of Willy Wonka!

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I don't know what the exact word is for that balance he found between funny and insane (manic?) but he was perfect at it.

More eliminations...

UCSB 15, Holy Cross 1
Northeastern 5, Missouri State 1

And Oklahoma State going to extras with Alabama State, 6-6, after leading 6-0 in the 6th.

This one make me laugh every time...

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Gaitan assigned to mat 5

That was not what I was expecting

Naak falls 10-0 tech in 1:39

Yikes that was not good out of Kane at all

Naak up now on mat 1

JP4CY said:

NC State is getting ROCKED to start this game.

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Down 10-0 in the 2nd, now 12-7 after 4.

Ober had some good outings this year, but let's face it....he sucks. BP for the Pirates today.

Kane Naak assigned to mat 1

1SEIACLONE said:

One has to wonder just what is the criteria for teams to be brought into any super league. Is it viewership, history, recent success, size of the media market or a combination of all. ISU was ranked #40 in viewership last season, ahead of many conference teams, and schools like Maryland, Rutgers, Purdue and NW from the B10. The only four schools ranked above them from the ACC were FSU, Clemson, Miami, and G Tech, we were far ahead of both Virginia and North Carolina.

But somehow speaking strictly football, we get lost out of the conversation of teams to add to the league.

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It’s about desirable franchise locations and peer schools they want in their club

We don’t have the location or the popularity to get an invite to their club. Which is why JP wasn’t worried about pissing off those that will be making invites. No chance.

It’s all about maintaining CFP access and bringing about unequal revenue sharing in P2 for us & most of the M2

One has to wonder just what is the criteria for teams to be brought into any super league. Is it viewership, history, recent success, size of the media market or a combination of all. ISU was ranked #40 in viewership last season, ahead of many conference teams, and schools like Maryland, Rutgers, Purdue and NW from the B10. The only four schools ranked above them from the ACC were FSU, Clemson, Miami, and G Tech, we were far ahead of both Virginia and North Carolina.

But somehow speaking strictly football, we get lost out of the conversation of teams to add to the league.

Wieds789 said:

Not a good match from him hopefully he can bounce back

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Couldn’t generate any offense at all. Struggled with the Iowa guys length as well

He’s way smaller than I thought he was

Not a good match from him hopefully he can bounce back

Smith falls 12-1 tech in 5:58 to keyan hernandez

Ayden smith up now on mat 4

1UNI2ISU said:

Exactly. There are 5 schools left (plus Notre Dame) that matter and move the needle and once those 5 are called up, we're at the final stage.

Miami
Florida State
Clemson
North Carolina
Virginia

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Probably several more

IMO the mechanics of how the media generates revenues suggest 24+ in each P2 possible

Realignment is about consolidation of viewers to the P2 game in the three prime windows during the week (noon, 3:30, primetime). The BIG is using expansion to create interest in BIG in more population centers. Not necessarily so they can show that school a lot, but so more people watch the 3 featured BIG games each week.

And at some level, they’re willing to add to prevent a 3rd conference from being able to cannibalize their matchups.


Before streaming, they were a bit capped at how many they could take at a premium rate due to the lack of premium windows. But with streaming they can hide more of their weekly excess inventory from casual viewers, but still getting paid well due to subscriptions. And bundling a lot of schools drives more subscribers.

So expansion guts 3rd conference from taking casual viewers, concentrating even more fans to their featured games. It mitigates any threat a new media entrant can gain footing, and helps drive subscribers. It means sharing even less of postseason revenues/berths, including the coming new CBB postseason deal. It lowers political risk due to achieving a big tent.

And if the market for rights increases regardless, they’ll be able to hide that some new additions are below current average