Mean Purple
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Playoff-wise but not financially.
This is all about greed.
Playoff-wise but not financially.
This is all about greed.
Why would we downgrade?I just want to know, given that he was running MGM stuff in vegas and elsewhere before becoming the rebel commish for the PAC, if we go to the PAC, do we get vegas show girls doing feather dances at conference championships?
Also fear and cowardice. I thought Texas saw the value in owning their own conference, but they lost their nerve. OU was not going to split with Texas.Playoff-wise but not financially.
This is all about greed.
(Hoists beer) Cheers!A bummer day for sure. I hope that entire team in Austin takes a handful of whatever that flag waving stiff took last spring...with the same result. F them.
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Playoff-wise but not financially.
This is all about greed.
The endgame was always ESPN getting out of it's contractural obligations to the BIGXII, and getting OUT playing in the SEC as soon as possible so as to maximize their investment. This is achieved by having the PAC (or whoever) taking two or more Programs and the BIGXII failing to have enough member institutions to fulfill their obligation. Bingo! ESPN wins again!Looks like we'll get something of an answer fairly soon. I wouldn't put much stock in what they said today. They're hardly going to come out in this forum and say: "We're all planning to put the Big XII out of its misery, lolz." If they decide to expand their narrative will be that they wanted the Big XII to survive but that its own members declared it nonviable and approached them first, which is actually the case.
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Agree !!!
The thing that really stinks is that the SEC got where they are by being the biggest cheating conference in history. Would things be different today if they actually got punished for their egregious behavior?
This all started with the NCAA punishing the Akrons/Libertys of college football for The Auburns/Ole Miss/Georgias sins.
ou and ut made a huge mistake if the playoff stays at 4 teams.
I think we need to tap a few brakes! Today was a death blow to the Big 12 in many respects. I think a lot of the schools in the Big 12 are on life support, but not dead. This probably means all 3 conferences need the same number of teams. The ACC is at 14 plus Notre Lame. The Pac is at 12 and the Big Ten has 14 teams. Do they grow to 16 or stay at 14? If it is 16 then I think every Big 12 school has a shot. If it is 14 then it is fairly bleak.
I really think a scheduling alliance is a huge deal. I get the sense the Big Ten and Pac in particular would like to keep it at 9 games to keep rivalries and certain travel agendas. At 9 games plus 1 or 2 alliance games that creates a problem for the SEC with OOC games. Even with 8 conference plus 1 alliance that presents some challenges. There aren't going to be many great options for SEC teams to schedule premier OOC games. The SEC already plays some of the worst schedules, but now what are they going to be able to schedule to boost their SOS?
The biggest loser in all of this might be Notre Dame. This may lead to them having to join a conference.
Agree...We are screwed
Poor Notre Dame. They might have to join a conference. All it would take is one phone call to join whatever conference they want, what a terrible position to be in. /s
They are going to expand the playoffs to get more teams in and add more games, that's almost a given. Two problems with that though. #1. The more games they add, the better chance the top players skip the playoffs altogether, and #2. There isn't near enough parity in college football for a big expansion of the playoffs to be interesting. I guess problem #1 might help fix problem #2 to a degree, but still......
Money is ruining the sport. Hell, 90% of the talk going into the season is rights fees, payouts per team, market share, market coverage, etc. The actual sport of college football is just a sideshow.
Bye bye football TV contract for Notre Lame! If they don't join a conference there might not be a good path for the playoff for them.
The college football season is getting too long. There are far too many meaningless games. The problem with football in general is that it is the only sport where at the age of 18 you cannot go pro! A minor league or program similar to baseball would solve almost every major issue with the money in the sport.
I went to a small D3 school up north. I miss going to those games. The games were fun and the football was acceptable. It wasn't Big Ten worthy, but often times tickets were $5 or less. A few games were even free.
Why do you suggest that? Do you think access to the CFP in any form (past, present, or future) is a motivating factor for leaving? I gotta think it’s 99.5% about $ and 0.5% prestige of being in the SEC.
You just had to watch Wannstedt on FOX sports to see he was clueless half of the time on his in-game analysis. So, assume he was asleep half of the time
during these discussions he was talking about.