Houston Chronicle: Texas, Oklahoma reach out to SEC about joining conference
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Eight
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no we don't, do you have any idea what the enrollments of rutgers and maryland are compared to tcu?
please don't mention the metroplex media market. rutgers sits between the #1 and #4 markets. dfw is bigger than dc,but we don't control the dfw media market.
Longhorn from Aledo
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After the pandemic, UT needs the money. Let's not kid ourselves. It's a cabal of leeches in Belmont. It's always the money. This tells me they don't care about the playoff..... even if we are going to 12 teams.
Texas gets to sell out the renovated stadium with a gauntlet of good teams and former rivals coming back every year. Winning is secondary.
Texas gets to sell out the renovated stadium with a gauntlet of good teams and former rivals coming back every year. Winning is secondary.
Eight
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sure that rutger games aren't the only big 10 games that get broadcast and don't forget the value of basketball broadcasts in that part of the world
Longhorn from Aledo
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They do want Texas. The SEC has invited Texas to join at least 10 times. Bama loves them some Texas.
Eight
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clean out belmont and i am sure there is enough money for the next version of cyborg lockers
Longhorn from Aledo
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TCU needs to get out ahead of Baylor. This will be a fight to the death but I don't think the Pac would be interested in Baylor.
ticketfrog123
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nobody wants the school that should’ve gotten the death penalty
Eight
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Double D
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Bob Sugar
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I imagine I can count on one hand the number of people in NYC who would not normally watch a random B10 game, but decided to do so because the two schools playing were in the same conference as Rutgers. Same goes for Basketball.
Paul in uhh
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TCU isn’t an AAU school, for whatever it’s worth.
Eight
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has nothing to do with being in the conference with rutgers, but being in the conference with rutgers allows increased exposure and coverage in that area.
now, maybe iowa basketball was getting coverage already in nyc, jersey, philly, etc....
Paul in uhh
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It seems the most reasonable scenario to me.
now if UT and OU come back and demand that they earn 2x the money that every other b12 school makes, what do you say?
Eight
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YA
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this is exactly what they are doing here--and there will be uneven $ for them
Bob Sugar
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That's my point. Rutgers doesn't move the needle. There is no increased exposure due to being in Rutgers' conference. Outside of 1-2 seasons in the early 2000's Rutgers has been one of the worst teams in FB for decades.
