To think it matters is asinine. I get our fans are excited about possible matchups, but to bring it up in any fashion as if it matters is ludicrous. FB and FB only moves the needle. Period.
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Of course it plays a role but it also only plays a role if the team is ranked. For example texas only had one game last year break the 4 mil mark and it was against OU. They are still a good draw but will draw significantly less when they aren’t ranked. Nebraska played a stupid hard schedule last year against 5 ranked teams (plus Wisconsin) but that is what happens sometimes. They have still been in the top 15 of ratings going back close to a decade
Anything is possible. I could see someone at ESPN with a grudge against the B12 trying to stick it to us again. Hopefully not the case.
It still doesnt matter to realignment. When comparing all sports in all ADs it doesnt matter Bball just does not move the needle enough when you are talking $100 million numbers.
The Highest BBall program revenue in the country is Duke at 57th, this is behind even U of Kansas Football revenue.
Kansas' mighty Bball program they love to brag about, they think matters sits at 100th in revenue. Behind places like the U of Wyoming's in Football revenue.
BBall is a fun side piece that we all like and agree that if school A and school B were completely equal but one had a better Bball program then that one would get the nod. But that is the only real way it matters.
We love bball and like that some of these schools have great bball, but it matters barely more than Volleyball, Wrestling, Gymnastics, or Baseball, when it comes to realignment. That doesnt mean we dont look forward to those matchups and like to discuss them.
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Big 12 in deep discussions to add up to six Pac-12 teams after USC, UCLA defections to Big Ten
The Big 12 is aiming to maintain its positioning as a power conference while expanding its footprint to a key marketwww.cbssports.com
More smoke being reported out.
Man, that next article down in that link from Dodd is utterly clueless. He's just been so wrong all the time, and puts out such nonsense how is he employed.
I used to think Wilner was the dumbest guy in sports media, but Dodd with the hold my beer moment.
It is humorous to listen to AM 590 out of Omaha in the afternoons. Each year as we approach the start of football season the Nebraska commentators give their forecast of wins for the upcoming season....and they cannot help themselves and end up increasing the number to outdo each other. "Tom the off season weight program at N this summer has me thinking we will win at least nine games this year. Frank, I think if the defensive back we recruited from Vanderbilt is as good as advertised we could easily win 10, and maybe 11 if things go our way. Your both wrong. If our punters groin is fully healed we will be facing Ohio State in the big 10 championship this year".
Optimism springs anew in Lincoln each August...only to be wilted by the second game in September.
I hope Big 10 takes Oregon as I see Pac-12 doing all they can to stay together.
Boulder isn't the longest drive from western IA. I did it twice as a college kid. Not the greatest drive since it's mostly Nebraska.
I checked out all 3 FBS stadiums in Utah last year on my way driving to Grand Teton National Park. Utah and BYU stadiums obvious B12 fit. Utah St campus/town/stadium more impressive than I'd have thought too.
What you are assuming is that content wont just become part of Tier 1. As you have said things are changing.
That content is just getting absorbed into Tier 1. For instance do you pay for a CycloneTV account anymore? That content is all just going to be part of the media package.
How is Louisville so far ahead of all other schools in basketball revenue? Is that only through attendance numbers? $15M ahead of UNC and only Duke within $5M of them seems crazy.
I am going to keep my hopes in check until something is announced. The "tethered together" comment could end up being as desperate as the 3-conference alliance's statement turned out to be. I don't see Oregon signing onto a new GOR with the PAC (or the B12) as they will eventually end up in the B10. USC and UCLA need more than just each other on the West Coast.
The thing that no one seems to be grasping this time around is that the big 12 already gained stability. I think a lot of these people don’t understand that we’re good right this very second. The media just can’t admit it, they are just too entrenched in the “B12 in disarray!” to get past it.
Dodd: Pac 12 and Big 12 could merge, but nothing happens until Notre Dame decides. But they could just merge, and because I expect people running these leagues are as dumb as I am, they'll probably leave out the third most watched team in the two conferences.
Again, viewership last year went Oregon, Okie State, Iowa State.
Dodd two days later: Big 12 in discussions about poaching PAC members.
Because everyone loved it in the Big 12? You didnt notice we no longer have Mizzou, Nebby, Colorado, or A&M in the Big 12?
You think teams like Iowa, Indiana, Miss st are going to like making Half as much or less than OSU or Alabama?
You think there is an infinite number of spots?
You think that when those lower teams are making equal or less than what a league outside that league, Say the Big 12, is making with equal sharing they wont want to leave for that equality?
I dont know if it will happen, but if it does, which I think is likely, it will be the demise of those conferences.
Stopped listening.
I don't see it as "kicked out", but as the blue bloods moving their FB teams out of the conference into a newly formed ESPN SuperLeague.
B1G football continues, with Nebby, Iowa, NW, Rutgers etc. But Ohio St, Michigan, Penn St and maybe a couple others in a "Champions League" with Bama, LSU, Georgia et al.
I remember it coming up both when their fans were coming to ISU boards saying they already hired away Larry Eustachy and when they were asking to join Big 12. It's been that way a long time but not sure why.
I would not say Dodd is reporting the Big 12s side, The dude has some serious angst for the Big 12. He would love nothing more than the Big 12 to fold.
He twists everything to make the Big 12 look worse. Similar to How Mandel, overvalues the PAC.
Kicking someone out seems like a lot of trouble to go to when the Big 10 and SEC don't have GORs. Much easier for the top teams to bold and create their own playoff structure from a blank slate.
