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  1. Noticed that as well. This week ABC has BYU/Tech which, even though Big 12 has rated poorly all year, considering their best game of the season, it 'should' win against PSU/Indiana. Will be an interesting.
  2. I disagree. Particularly if A&M is undefeated. That would be a signature win in front of a huge audience right before the last rankings that will really matter. Assuming Texas plays UGA close, a 9-3 Texas would jump a bunch of 2 loss teams. And if you are looking for a path for a 9-3 Texas you definitely don't want OU to beat Bama. Because Bama only has 1 conference loss and likely still makes SEC championship and OU would be favored their remaining games. A 9-3 Texas isn't getting in ahead of a 10-2 OU regardless of H2H.
  3. It's ratings but not necessarily playoff ratings. The worst outcome for all of the networks is an obvious situation where a 9-3 Texas is out but if Texas scheduled a directional school instead of OSU, they are clearly in. Texas/OSU was, by far, the most watched game this season. They need more of those types of games in September and don't want to punish teams for playing them.
  4. Yep. And if Tech loses they shouldn't drop below Utah either considering H2H win @ Utah. And then if those 3 keep winning (unimpressive) games, it will be a mess as teams around them in the rankings inevitably have better wins. And you also still have a (shitty) Cincy team out there with one conference loss that could create chaos sneaking into championship game (if, for example, BYU beats Tech but then Cincy beats BYU at home, I think you would have a Cincy/BYU rematch in championship game with 2 loss Tech and Utah not playing). So yeah, a Big 12 shitshow because of committee backing themselves into a corner based on initial Utah ranking is definitely on my radar.
  5. Fun game last night. Miro and Miko in particular played their asses off which is what you need from your 2 best players. I'm pretty impressed how we've treaded water and racked up solid points with all the injuries the last 2 weeks. Hopefully can start getting healthy soon.
  6. Good link. Klatt's initial takeaways were almost exactly the same as mine. #1 Texas certainly alive at 9-3 (as would OU if they were to somehow beat Bama for example) and #2, the Big 12 in a good position to get 2 teams in given placement of Utah. The latter is what everyone is going to be talking about next week. Utah's only losses are Tech and BYU. So absent a blowout this week, the Committee almost has to slot the loser of Tech/BYU above Utah given H2H. Keep an eye on that as other 2 loss teams rise and they probably have to eventually slot them above Utah and the outcry that would come from that (or a potential 3 loss Texas or OU). Utah is high but really no games left on schedule that will impress anyone. If I were on the committee - I probably would have pushed to slot Utah a bit lower for that issue alone as they will get a lot of grief if Utah wins out and they move teams ahead of them. And I know they do this for ratings and so all the talk shows have content to talk about all week but really would be better if they waited another 1-2 weeks to get a bit more data.
  7. I guess I just disagree either is the "lesser of". Disney/ESPN is almost certainly the most valuable 'bundled' property on the YTTV platform considering other streamers (NFLX, Max, etc.) now completely dominate TV and movies. I would say over 80% of our family usage of YTTV is live sports or ABC (which we watch for local news, etc.). My kids watch almost all their shows on other services. My wife watches a handful of Bravo. We might watch cable news a handful of times per year if a big event. That's really it. Google offering a $20 credit for Disney IMO flat out proves it was previously significantly mispriced. It wouldn't surprise me if Disney is taking the position that YTTV should be paying Disney a premium over what their direct subscription would cost as a way to get others to pay for all the other shit on YTTV that nobody watches and they are probably correct.
  8. LOL. Let's not pretend Google is innocent here. Both just trying to maximize their respective profits. I'm old enough to remember when it was the same song and dance with Fox leading up to the OSU game in August (although they resolved it at the last minute). The reality is that in the streaming era live sports are, by far, the most valuable inventory as they still demand a premium for advertising. The cost for those rights are only going up. Hell Disney probably underpaid for SEC broadcast rights looking at ratings this year (when people thought they probably overpaid in 2000). It's just a completely different market than 20 years ago when live sports didn't hold near the value they do now.
  9. I mean that doesn't take into account increased non-YTTV revenue for people that have switched services until this is resolved (raises hand).
  10. The Winter Classic was awesome but we also got pretty damn lucky with the weather so I'm not surprised the NHL wanted to take the elements somewhat off the table for a late February game (unless of course there is an ice storm and nobody can get to Arlington). It won't be near as cool as the Winter Classic was but I'll almost certainly attend. Interesting game tonight. Stars an absolute mash unit potentially running 11/7 + Otter on Paternity leave and Oil is on back end of a road B2B after losing last night @ STL.
  11. Well yeah, I agree. But if we do end up losing the UGA, the season isn't really "over" which will probably be the initial reaction if that were to happen. UGA is definitely beatable. Hopefully we can get somewhat healthy with the bye.
  12. Everyone (national media in particular) assuming at this point Texas has to win out in order to make the playoff and, yeah, may not be the case. I think a 9-3 Texas team will have a really strong argument. Particularly if OSU wins out. Because if it does come down to Texas and a 2 loss Big 12 team that didn't schedule anyone out of conference, why in the world are teams scheduling tough OOC (which the networks desperately need to happen). Obviously a lot of it will depend how other games shake out (and how strong the OU and Vandy wins hold up). We actually need Vandy to only win 2 of their next 3 particularly after the ref manufactured comeback.
  13. Arch played his ass off today. Fantastic game.
  14. We need to get healthy in the Secondary. Taaffe covers up a lot of the mistakes today. But I was never a fan of the Akina hire and nothing I've seen this season makes me think I was wrong.
  15. When my client from Atlanta that is a Georgia Tech fan that has no rooting interest in the game sends me 5 text messages regarding the awful officiating in the 2nd half you know it's bad.
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