Hulu is majority owned by Disney following the 20th century Fox aquisition. I dont see disney funding a competitor to ESPN for content.
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Official realignment thread - SEC formally invites OU and Texas to join the conference in 2025
Didn’t know that.
Florida
I like the noise coming from FL and GA.
It’s early so I may be misreading, but the quote sounds like he’s drunk.
You forgot a hate target.
In a Machiavellian (callback post) sort of way, I hope with all the new money, Sarkisian, higher profile opponents, etc; that Texas rolls into the SEC and starts dominating, Vince Young-style.
Yeah, team up (maybe with ACC), refuse to play SEC teams and the CFP based on unfair trade practice incurred at the hands of ESPN.*
* the basis of this is not that the SEC is soooo good that is not fair. It’s that ESPN artificially (insidiously) inflates SEC team rankings by talking about them/highlighting them/having their own poll much in the manner of a monopoly, thus getting more SEC teams in a position for the CFP and high profile bowl games.
Fuuuuuuuuuck that.
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Yes. Everyone outside Sec country dislikes Sec. And most big markets are still outside Sec. Team up and use that.
Saw a headline in the Athletic this morning that said Bowlsby and Kliavkoff are meeting to discuss, something. It’s a safe bet that Bowlsby is in crisis mode now doing everything he can to keep what’s left of his conference together. I don’t know what he could do at this point, though. He has no negotiating leverage whatsoever.
To be fair I think there are 3 elements to producing a 5 star athlete. Genetics is one factor, the freak factor (Universal). The other factor is surrounding talent that creates a high intensity environment which pushes up the freak factor (Colorado doesnt have that). The third is permission to participate which is dropping in the west but is strong in the east and southeast (Florida, Georgia).
What is this supposed rumor?
ku to the b10. if you take away the ratings thing, it makes the most sense.
More wins for other B1G football teams. Will that move happen in time to save Coach Frosty's job for the Cornheads?
i think ku to the b10 would be a good sign. it would show that the b10 and p12 care at least a little about fit, culture, geography, etc. if the p12 and b10 can hold together and not lose anyone, they are together a force against the sec death star, whether they form a super conference right away or not.
i got super spooked by the b12 ratings breakdown. but so far there is some early evidence that the b10 and p12 are looking at the whole picture not just tv money.
one possibility is you move ku to b10, and maybe wvu to the acc. then you take the remaining leftover 6 and add 6 g5 teams to create another "power" conference. then you do scheduling agreements among everyone but the sec. that would pretty much solidify the rest of college football.
i got super spooked by the b12 ratings breakdown. but so far there is some early evidence that the b10 and p12 are looking at the whole picture not just tv money.
one possibility is you move ku to b10, and maybe wvu to the acc. then you take the remaining leftover 6 and add 6 g5 teams to create another "power" conference. then you do scheduling agreements among everyone but the sec. that would pretty much solidify the rest of college football.
Not if he loses to Kansas- a distinct possibility.
That tweet was put out yesterday, which is what prompted the Mandel response I posted that pointed out how it doesn't move the needle financially and is highly unlikely. Obviously, Mandel could be wrong, but if the B1G takes KU, then we should throw out everything we think about what conferences are looking for ($$$$) in realignment.
If KU jumps to Big10, have to think there is another domino ready to fall. The conference won't sit at 15 football members, will absolutely move to 16.
Go Buffs
i hope you are underestimating the perceived value of academics, culture, and geography/fit to the university presidents in the p12 and b10. i hope so anyhow.
suppose they issue a mutual statement of solidarity (b10, p12, and acc, and new leftover conference). and they announce a scheduling alliance among those conference and not including the sec. and suppose they announce their own playoffs that including everyone but the sec and include all the g5 in some way.
that is cumulatively worth a lot of tv dollars and it nods its head to the traditional college football hierarchies.
and it ignores the ****ing sec and gives the non-espn tv distributors, traditional and streaming, a valuable counter asset.
i can dream can't i?
Their realignment thread on their 247 board is up to nearly 400 pages already.
Oh I think that stuff matters, but not at the expense of per school revenue, which adding KU is almost assuredly going to drive down now and certainly in the new deal