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  1. I thought Hawai'i changed it's nickname to be "Rainbow Warriors" now... Maybe I just heard color commentators talk of it as possible...
  2. On the 1st sentence: Either a 16 team alignment or 18 team alignment would be used, in 16, 60% of current XII remains/ in 18, 80% of current XII remains... Add to this, an old XII in league rival would be reunited with the expanding XII (Colorado), so either 7 or 9 current & former rivals stay... Iowa State/ Kansas/ Kansas State*/ Oklahoma/ Oklahoma State/ Texas/ Texas Tech/ TCU*/ Colorado/ Utah/ Arizona/ Arizona State/ UCLA/ USC/ California/ Stanford/ Oregon/ Washington all remain within the same league, coverig 106 million residents (* not in 16 team model)... But I agree, realignment sucks & I would hate to see the day Oklahoma & Texas are in seperate mega conferences, that strains ability of annual game in Dallas... On the 2nd paragraph: I agree, if I myself had a choice, things would not be much different, than a few changes from when XII formed... If XII had used a model to drop a few duplicate markets, maybe things would have been different from the stert... As some may not know, Oklahoma was in talks to join SWC before talk of forming XII began (after Arkansas exit)... What XII (maybe) should have done is "keep" old Big8 brands & added prime SWC institutions, just before Arkansas exit: Iowa State/ AAU brand, loyal fan following Nebraska/ AAU brand, historic football & biggest foe of Oklahoma Missouri/ AAU brand, brings markets Kansas City & St. Louis Kansas/ AAU brand, solid basketball tradition Colorado/ AAU brand, brings the market of Denver Oklahoma/ well known historic football brand Oklahoma State/ umm, well the in-state rival of OU Arkansas/ a regional power & biggest in conference rival of Texas Texas/ AAU brand, historic football & flagship brand in the entire state Texas A&M/ AAU brand, umm, well the in-state rival of UT Texas Tech/ largest in state school in western half of state, in-state foe of UT A few teams that could have been added (for #12), in an era lacking outragious media revenues that constrict what teams can be added: BYU/ ironically, XII was in talks to join XII before Baylor was somehow strong armed into league Utah/ flagship of the state, (has now become an AAU brand since joining PAC) could be taken with or w/o BYU New Mexico/ some may not be aware, XII had looked to add the Lobos, originally copyrighted the names #Big12/ #Big14 & #Big16 TCU or Houston, Rice/ left out of the merger, Horned Frogs decent in state brand-Cougars can be valuable in nation's 4th largest city-Owls AAU brand in Houston
  3. I would add, that a new *SWC-ish would be filled with most teams with BCS & CFP history (ironic): In 20 seasons, (since 1998) the proposed PX6 stands strong, vs other BCS/ CFP participants per league: [legend - {BCS national title appearance-CFP invite}/ (BCS New Years' Day invite)]... B1G - Ohio State {BCS/ CFP} - 12 invites Nebraska {BCS} - 2 invites Michigan State {CFP} - 1 invite Wisconsin (BCS) - 5 invites Michigan (BCS) - 5 invites Purdue (BCS) - 1 invite Illinois (BCS) - 2 invites Maryland (BCS) - 1 invite Iowa (BCS) - 2 invites Penn State (BCS) - 2 invites B1G - * 10 different schools totaling 33 invites since 1998... SEC - Alabama {BCS/ CFP} - 11 invites LSU {BCS} - 5 invites Florida {BCS} - 7 invites Auburn {BCS} - 3 invites Tennessee {BCS} - 2 invites Georgia {CFP} - 4 invites Texas A&M (BCS) - 1 invite Arkansas (BCS) - 1 invite SEC - * 8 different schools totaling 34 invites since 1998... ACC - Florida State {BCS} - 9 invites Miami {BCS} - 4 invites Notre Dame {BCS/ CFP} - 5 invites Virginia Tech {BCS} - 6 invites Clemson {CFP} - 4 invites West Virginia (BCS) - 3 invites Louisville (BCS) - 2 invites Georgia Tech (BCS) - 1 invite Pittsburgh (BCS) -1 invite Syracuse (BCS) - 1 invite Wake Forest (BCS) - 1 invite ACC - * 11 different schools totaling ~37 invites since 1998... PX6 - Oklahoma {BCS/ CFP} - 12 invites Texas {BCS} - 4 invites USC {BCS} - 7 invites Oregon {BCS/ CFP} - 6 invites Washington {CFP} - 1 invite Stanford (BCS) - 5 invites Utah (BCS) - 2 invites TCU (BCS) - 2 invites Kansas (BCS) - 1 invite Oklahoma State (BCS) - 1 invite Colorado (BCS) - 1 invite UCLA (BCS) - 1 invite PX6 - * 12 different schools totaling ^43 invites since 1998... This shows strength in athletics that can remain, while tied to a region with population growth (think future student-athletes)...
  4. Here is a ranking of leagues, by which Texas has the most all-time games played, in a move to another league/ or merger: ^* ^* *^ *^ Rated from conference package that retains the most all-time competitive matches, to least... An "icon vs icon" view of realignment - *[Texas vs teams currently in league with most NCAA FBS titles] https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2018-08-15/college-football-teams-most-national-championships #1 The series history of Texas, in expanded/ reconfigured conference record vs league opponents... #2 The series history of USC-Alabama-Michigan, in expanded/ reconfigured conference record vs league opponents... SEC #1 - Texas (4 all-time NCAA football national championships) series records - vs SEC conference alignment: Alabama - 9 Arkansas - 78 Auburn - 8 Florida - 3 Georgia - 5 Kentucky - 1 LSU - 18 Mississippi State - 4 Missouri - 24 Ole Miss - 8 Oklahoma - 115 Oklahoma State - 34 Tennessee - 3 South Carolina - 1 Texas A&M - 118 Texas Tech - 69 Vanderbilt - 12 Totals: 510 #2 - Alabama (15 all-time NCAA football national championships) series records - vs SEC conference alignment: Arkansas - 30 Auburn - 84 Florida - 40 Georgia - 69 Kentucky - 40 LSU - 84 Mississippi State - 104 Missouri - 6 Oklahoma - 6 Oklahoma State - 1 Ole Miss - 67 South Carolina - 16 Tennessee - 102 Texas - 9 Texas A&M - 12 Texas Tech - 1 Vanderbilt - 84 Totals: 755 -- -- -- -- -- PX8 #1 - Texas (4 all-time NCAA football national championships) series records - vs PX8 conference alignment: Arizona - 1 Arizona State - 1 California - 7 Colorado - 18 Iowa State - 17 Kansas - 19 Kansas State - 20 Oklahoma - 115 Oklahoma State - 34 Oregon - 6 Stanford - 4 TCU - 90 Texas Tech - 69 UCLA - 7 USC - 7 Utah - 1 Washington - 4 Totals: 420 #2 - USC (9 all-time NCAA football national championships) series records - vs SEC conference alignment: Arizona - 43 Arizona State - 36 California - 107 Colorado - 14 Iowa State - 0 Kansas - 1 Kansas State - 2 Oklahoma - 9 Oklahoma State - 0 Oregon - 62 Stanford - 100 TCU - 5 Texas - 7 Texas Tech - 3 UCLA - 89 Washington - 86 Totals: 564 -- -- -- -- -- B1G #1 - Texas (4 all-time NCAA football national championships) series records - vs B1G conference alignment: Illinois - 0 Indiana - 3 Iowa - 2 Kansas - 19 Maryland - 5 Michigan - 1 Michigan State - 0 Minnesota - 1 Nebraska - 14 Northwestern - 1 Ohio State - 3 Oklahoma - 115 Penn State - 5 Purdue - 2 Rutgers - 2 Texas Tech - 69 Wisconsin - 1 Totals: 243 #2 - Michigan (9 all-time NCAA football national championships) series records - vs SEC conference alignment: Illinois - 96 Indiana - 68 Iowa - 61 Kansas - 3 Maryland - 9 Michigan State - 112 Minnesota - 103 Nebraska - 10 Northwestern - 75 Ohio State - 116 Oklahoma - 1 Penn State - 23 Purdue - 59 Rutgers - 6 Texas - 1 Texas Tech - 3 Wisconsin - 68 Totals: 814 -- -- -- -- --
  5. How can A&M be "Texas bound" when the school is already in the Lone Star State..? Maybe the hometown of aggy (College Station), never really counted as part of Texas.?!
  6. Well, (not to make too much light of the situation) But yeah, the Dr. probably said: "Yo momma was right all along"...
  7. I assume it must have been due to the cold weather & downpour or rain... Yep, issue directly related to weather it would seem, sad deal all around...
  8. When your "clout" as Skywalker, won't rise: *(meanwhile, Disney just keeps knocking out the competition):
  9. The "What if" of the decade, as far as XII talk is concerned, with implications of a BCS title birth...
  10. A conference media package split between 3 dominant media carriers could match rates of SEC & B1G... When reading this article, a thought came to mind: The magic number is really an 18 member conference - This allows for Oklahoma to keep the most rivals (hence, tradition stays intact) while expanding revenues... If 18 XII & PAC schools formed a 9 game conference slate, equals ^at least 162 games... What is one possible 1st/ 2nd/ 3rd tier network, & conference championship game deals for an expanded (merged) league: 1st tier - 1/3rd of 162 games - 54 [media package split between 27 games on CBS& 27 games on FOX] 2nd tier - 1/3rd of 162 games - 54 [media package split between 27 games on ABC/ ESPN/ ESPN2 & 27 games on FOX/ FS1] 3rd tier - 1/3rd of 162 games - 54 [media package completely operated by Disney (ESPN), with 54 games on PX8N alongside ACCN/ SECN] ^These totals do not count the home scheduled out-of-conference games that would add to the 162 game totals... *There could be 3 potential bidders for the rights to one PX8 conference championship game, (located in Las Vegas..?)...
  11. For me, my dad grew up raising me as a Dallas Cowboys fan during the Aikman dynasty... (I'm a dog wagging his tail to the trash at this point with Garret as head coach, boom-bam) So the beat goes on, regardless of how bad the team seems to falter at different points...
  12. Can I bet on a bowl game, (after the fact) that I didn't notice was played yesterday.?? Meh, Merry Christmas folks...
  13. All things begin with Baby Yoda (ect.), then Deadpool (ect), then ESPN (ect.)... Disney is downright chokin' the game, XII (Oklahoma & Texas) will have to make some decisions pre-2025... But then again, so does USC, whose league's 1st/ 2nd/ 3rd tier deals (indy PACN) only rake in $31 million [totaled] annually...
  14. For UAB having a football program that was dead (literally didn't have a team) just a few years ago, this is a shocking score so far...
  15. During the bowl season, you can't go wrong with more cowbell..!
  16. What if XII winds up with a media package as adding best PAC brands: FOX _ CBS 1st tier... 11am FOX (or) 2:30pm - 6pm FOX/ 2:30pm CBS FOX _ ESPN 2nd tier... 11am (or) 2:30 - 6pm FS1/ 11am (or) 2:30 - 6pm ESPN Meanwhile, ESPN expands for all rights of 3rd tier.../ expands league footprint in process... Could that pay SEC/ B1G type revenues..?
  17. I'd think Rhule would jump at the offer to coach Texas, with all the massive resources...
  18. If remaining as projected - Beginning in 2023, it seems that - Disney has 1st tier contracts with P5 leagues: ACC(all) SEC (all) B1G (half) XII (half) PAC (half) Disney has 2nd tier contracts with P5 leagues: ACC (all) SEC (all) B1G (half) XII (half) PAC (half) Disney has 3rd tier contracts with P5 leagues: ACC (all) SEC (all) XII (9/10ths) [*who's missing from 3rd tier..? - B1G/ 3rd tier with FOX, - & PAC/ 3rd tier independent]... One of those two are still very much poachable while earning about $31 million per year from 1st/ 2nd & 3rd tier combined... As shown before, ESPN has used this exact same model to raid "best of" BigEast, to add within ACC/ same is possible of XII & PAC with ESPN... *[later followed by]: BigEast prime brands being added to ACC, then starting a league-wide conference-specific network... This could be quite similar to the seemingly parallel narrative of ESPN wanting the last independent 3rd tier network holdout in some form (talks in 2019)... *[later followed by]: Only time will tell, but at this point, the league in the direst situation sits west of the continental divide... Hmm... (south) #1-Oklahoma #2-Oklahoma State #3-TCU^ #4-Texas #5-Texas Tech #6-Arizona #7-Arizona State #8-USC #9-UCLA (north) #1-Iowa State #2-Kansas #3-Kansas State^ #4-Colorado #5-Utah #6-California #7-Stanford #8-Oregon #9-Washington Divisions would be reminiscent of old XII south division years... ^[not included in 16 team model]... What simultaneously increases revenues for the best of XII brands along with elite PAC schools + give ESPN coast to coast domination...
  19. Don't be surprised if Amazon doesn't eventually look to purchase FOX outright (along with a film production arm)... As of now ESPN seems to be positioning for a move similar to ACC raid of BigEast in 2011, one league lags far behind in revenues: PAC averages $31 million per year total for all 3 tiers now... That's $35 million or so, (per year) USC will be behind Arkansas on upcoming contract with Disney...
  20. kopp0e

    Goat vs Squirrel

    This is about how to jerky meat(s) right..? (Good game thread name.!!)
  21. Probably too young to "know of him", if watching a game or two on the tube... I've met Switzer, cool in my book...
  22. James Madison blanked Northern Iowa 17-0, in the game before this... So the final 4 looks to be, (if NDSU wins Saturday): James Madison/ Montana/ Montana State/ North Dakota State...
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