Don't forget those leagues have/are expanding so they each have 1 more game a week to offer, that ESPN and Fox already own.
Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)
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My problem with it is since the SEC is 100% ESPNs along with competing against then ACC, the best game would get what slot 6 PM on ESPN2?
Those schools were coming out of leagues that were already using ESPN and Fox windows.
Your logic is sound, but as has been posted before by others, I would think my viewing habits are more the norm. I, first watch ISU. Then I watch other B12 games relating to ISU. Then I have better things to do with the rest of my day. As just an informal survey, how many of you watch all day long? watch marque games from other conferences? will stay up to watch a marque game in the P12? Or, are more like me? Just curious.
I'm probably not the norm but I watch everything. 11 am - till the late Pac 12 or Hawaii game.
ISU first, obv. Then maybe a B12 game, also Iowa (rooting for whomever they’re playing), then maybe a marquee game or whatever is close and/or the best game at that time. I’m usually football’d out by late afternoon unless ISU plays later in the day. Rarely watch P12 after dark- again, unless it’s maybe a close game or something.
Looks like they do these Live Chats pretty regularly. Freeman did one in May. Not sure there's much to this or that this is some special event vis a vis ND considering conference alignment.
I know these are regular chats and I doubt anything comes out of it, but they did say realignment would be discussed. That alone will make it interesting to hear what they will say about it all.
I highly doubt this is how they will/would announce joining the B1G, but I want to see if he will make a statement committing to staying independent or not.
I could see him using it maybe as a way to gauge opinions from the masses on what's happening with conference realignment, maybe also get a feel for general thoughts on ND joining a conference without actually asking them or raising it as a possibility himself.
Me too, mostly.
It is a 9:00 start, so if ISU isn’t playing ‘til later I may not start right away…and there may be gaps or early nights depending on how I’m feeling (which depends on how stressful the Cyclones game was, usually).
Dude you are taking things WAAAAYYY too personal. Chill out a bit. Not a single person on here truly knows what's going to happen whether you agree with them or not. Anyone at all (no matter what their thoughts and ideas are) doesn't have any inside information or any clue what will actually happen.
Relax people.
With his comments disparaging ACC and saying it’s a 2 conference conference orbit, he’s been preparing the masses for change for 6 months imo.
Which in any case is at least means of getting leverage on NBC and ESPN, but potentially genuine
That;s a major blow to the PAC-10..
Reports of CBS and NBC partnering with the B1G are also bad for both the Pac-10 and Big 12. Luckily the Big 12 has 2 more years to figure this stuff out while the Pac has no time
I'm in this mode as well. Of course I seek out the ISU game first. My next priority would be a good B12 game. Then I'll move on to the next most intriguing matchup. To find that I am usually looking Networks first, then ESPN primary, then the secondary ESPN channels, then FS1 and 2, then the conference networks.
I will pay to get whatever services I need to watch ISU, but for everyone else I will just view the best option I already have access to. So any game you sell to some streamer service that I don't already subscribe to is a game I won't watch. There is plenty of inventory available via stuff I already pay for. This is what worries me about letting a streamer pick up Tier 1 quality content. I think a league that does that will lose a ton of exposure compared to having your top games on the networks.
It's good for the PAC that ESPN is out of the B1G. PAC has the inventory that they need and they can negotiate now.
