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CU has rejoined the Big 12 and broken college football - talking out asses continues
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Who? The guy who left for the NFL?
BIG currently has no commissioner
Quick! Let’s sneak in!
Just change some patches on the jerseys and the new guy will never know
It isn't a question of what we want, they are the ones who decide if they want to extend the invitation. I don't see the SEC having any intention of expanding their footprint.
The B1G on the other hand has already stretched themselves to both coast. I could see them having an interest in adding 2-4 more schools to balance the scheduling and allow them to dominate the later TV time slots. In that case Washington would be a given for 1st pick (Seattle/Pacific Northwest market.) From there you look at Oregon (recent years top 10-20 program, solid TV ratings,) Colorado (Denver and Rocky Mountain market plus strong ratings in California and historically solid national ratings when we have been decent. Then you look at either Utah (strong program recently, SLC and intermountain west market) or more likely one, and only one, of the Arizona Schools, probably UofA giving Arizona as well as similar to CU strong ratings nationally, especially in the Southwestern US.
If the B1G doesn't happen for us then as stated before the only way I see us remaining relevant and financially competitive would be the forming of a 3rd superconference dumping all the dead weight schools, not dragging more in to take their shares of the money as the SEC and the B1G continue to pull further away in media payouts.
We have a few years to rebuild our brand and prove our dedication.
If we do that, I have no doubt we get a seat at the big kid table. If we fail, I have no doubt we end up on the Island of Misfit Toys
If we do that, I have no doubt we get a seat at the big kid table. If we fail, I have no doubt we end up on the Island of Misfit Toys
I'm shocked a guy named Dark Bohner wouldn't know this!
In Todd we trust
Where are we spending those "few years" rebuilding our brand? The PAC12 TV deal expires in 2024, so the league could be done a year from now
This. USC is the one that really screwed the rest of the PAC 12. It sabotaged any expansion and waited until just prior to the expiration of its grant of rights to move to the Big Ten. USC doesn’t get near enough hate.
USC also sabotaged the B1G/ACC/P12 scheduling alliance when they announced a scheduling deal with LSU immediately after the alliance was announced.
They're at the top of my hate list these days.
Yeah I don’t know. Do the 4 corner programs actually increase the B12 revenue per school? I don’t see them as much different or better than the other B12 programs right now. I think Oregon, UW, Cal and Stanford would probably give it a boost, but only because the B12 inventory rises a ton, especially with late night content that ESPN desires. The value to ESPN (and Fox) might be in the consolidation of the two conferences.
End of the day, it doesn’t really matter if we don’t understand the math or think it checks out. If the Pac 12 was able to get a media deal far better than the Big 12, it would have happened by now. Even if Amazon decides to pay more to get the majority of the rights and it’s $35-$40m/school, there’s still the issue of distribution, which I know you don’t think is an issue at all w Amazon, but we’ll agree to disagree on that.
We were Bohned
That's kind of what I'm guessing too, that adding some Pac12 schools gets the Big12 into the Pacific TZ. So it's more about the Big12 getting into the Pacific TZ, or even MTN in our case, and then the Big12 can potentially have games across all 4 timeslots on any given Saturday therefore increasing their value to a network because of the flexibility.
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There is no way the networks are going to sign off on a pro rata add for the B12 to add another G5 school in a market they already have captured. Pretty sure that pro rata clause is likely limited to 6 -8 schools in the P12 and maybe 1/2 to 2/3rds of the ACC.
Take the buffs out of the equation, what school below is more valuable than Washington or Oregon? Hell, what school is more valuable than the scum devil's, or Stanford? What academic institution can complete with Cal or Stanford?
Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Iowa State, Baylor, Texas Christian, Texas Tech, and West Virginia.
I see Kansas, and some second tier schools that happen to be in Texas. Not a looker in the bunch.
Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Iowa State, Baylor, Texas Christian, Texas Tech, and West Virginia.
I see Kansas, and some second tier schools that happen to be in Texas. Not a looker in the bunch.
Didn’t they also sabotage the original B10 scheduling alliance over their Notre Dame game?
And pushed the unbalanced scheduling so that all CA schools played every year.
And supported the Scott plan (with the other CA schools) which made the decision that a premium rate and multiple channels to promote Olympic sports was more important that broad distribution and total revenue. Until they decided that they had to leave the conference because of limited exposure and lower than expected revenue.
Said it before, I'll say it one last time. We need to get off this sinking ship. Hope HCP has the guys hit the ground running. Everything has been great so far, but we haven't played yet, obviously. Do some damage on the field, I'd think CU would be wanted, especially with HCP being the guy. All of this is about what y'all already know. This man can help generate a ton of it.
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Thank God @bigbang2 retired. That Twitter would basically just be a link back to his post history on here.
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Disagree with SEC not wanting to expand. I don't believe it does them any good to have the B1G from coast to coast when they can also pick up some of the later time slots. If this is an arms race to the top they will not stand by and let the B1G dominate. We start winning and Prime keeps recruiting the South, I could easily see us with an invite to the SEC in the future. Obviously a lot has to happen, but I can see it.
Has no effect on the Pac 12 directly, but still relevant
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Especially this: The number of US cable subscribers (103.3m to 66.1m) and number of households with a TV (90% to 54%) has declined between 2012 and 2022 as this effectively means the P12N as currently constructed is dying.
Diamond RSNs Planning Bankruptcy in Blow to Lucrative Cable Model
The Bally Sports RSNs are planning to declare bankruptcy next week, according to sources, a move with major consequences across U.S. sports.
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Especially this: The number of US cable subscribers (103.3m to 66.1m) and number of households with a TV (90% to 54%) has declined between 2012 and 2022 as this effectively means the P12N as currently constructed is dying.