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TKthunder2

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  1. Yeah I travel for work a bit too, and my favorite is when I fly on one of those small regional planes where the roller bags go under the plane and you have to wait in the jetway for them to bring up your bags. I always travel with a duffel for that exact reason so I don’t have to wait. Anyways it never fails that some asshole makes a fool of themselves and rushes to the front of the plane and then has to stand there and wait on their bags as I walk right by them.
  2. Yeah this sounds like a douche of a flight attendant on a power trip. Team Davis here unless the FA has a bruise or multiple eyewitnesses or something more…
  3. Basically, if the ACC stays together and it’s just Florida State and Clemson that get out they, alone, don’t bring enough money to pay for themselves, much less bring in any extra revenue for the existing membership. Nor do they justify pissing off their TV partners. The Big Ten just pushed FOX (CBS/NBC said no) for more money for Oregon and Washington and the SEC is trying to get ESPN to pony up for the 9th conference game. Timing is everything. Now if FSU/Clemson leaving starts a mass exodus and UNC, UVA, Miami all decide the grass is greener as well, then that is a different story and it becomes a land grab akin to what just happened to the PAC12 with the 3 remaining power conferences picking up the best pieces and leaving the rest as a shell of its former self.
  4. Could get to 80%. I’ve always said, the Jayhawks are a dark horse for an SEC invite. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kansas–Nebraska_Act&diffonly=true Also, how the fuck is Mississippi not on that list? (No, I’m not going to read whatever stupid logic they used)
  5. It’s just not a good time. Contracts were just renewed and we’re in a bear market with streaming so people aren’t over spending at the moment. The SEC would want this to drag out until 2028 or so and they can get data on how their 16 team setup is working, how the CFP is working, and how streaming is going to look as well. At that time, if the ACC/FSU/Clemson settle I could see them making the move. I think FSU just sat on their hands too long. They are a big brand, but they aren’t one of the biggest brands like ND which everyone would bend over backwards for.
  6. https://sports.yahoo.com/texas-oklahoma-were-pay-big-135448646.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANbCGkzudUo-zqjyaKfduI7h2I6M34YfzgTYOlXCaffmEFRN8zD7SAihyvum9_xWVhTqcIvtFmGsy9WJSuIPHFf4LR4vJO2bXS3hxHDRBvpb62Y4WVvOpt80JYge76z8P7RyzAUj3DorPj84eoKdMzIAFiUwGilney11Cd93-HQ5 Texas and OU paid $0. They got released a year early and thus did not get paid by the Big 12 around $80 million. If I quit my job under contract for making $50k/year a year earlier than expected, my employer doesn’t get a $50k dollar exit fee, they just don’t pay me for services not rendered. This whole $100 million dollar thing was PR bullshit that list of the media ate hook, line, and sinker. The only concession UT/OU made to the Big 12 was to pay the new G5 schools a partial share a year early and by switching around a few OOC games for FOX. The obvious reason for this was…
  7. I’m going to pistol whip the next person that uses “OUT”…. Also, we’ve gone over this before, Texas and Oklahoma didn’t pay an exit fee. They took the same payout as the remaining 8 Big12 schools their final year, and moving around a few OOC games for FOX, those were the only concessions.
  8. Yep. Remember that the Big Ten’s new deal included USC/UCLA but not UO/UW. Their next deal in 2030 they’ll be able to roll in that new inventory and add in the new markets to their valuation. So yes it made sense to add them at a discount now when it will boost their future valuation and make up for the short term hit. For FSU/Clemson, they likely bring value but the SEC/B1G aren’t really digging into their new valuations just yet (they need to see how they perform with their current makeup in the new CFP and baseline that to their past projections before diving into more future hypotheticals). Their TV partners are capped out so even adding them at a discount is going to be dilutive to the current members though it may be additive to the TV partners. I could see both the Big Ten and SEC running models with possible new members in the next go around 5 years down the road, but before then I’m not seeing the value for the conferences or their network partners as neither wants to be out more money.
  9. Our number includes giving the University money each year, while aggy includes taking out loans from the academic side…
  10. Company paid. Not a brag if you knew where I had to go…
  11. I still have to do a double take when I see Kansas, Arizona, and Iowa State in the top 6 of the conference. Not that long ago they would have all just slotted those in the final 3 spots.
  12. We have a one game losing record to Penn St, Northwestern, and Minnesota. I say we go after those first if we’re playing Big Ten schools OOC.
  13. Flying out of the executive airport with your own booze from home beats both.
  14. This is how Oceania/Air Strip One came to be…
  15. TKthunder2

    SEC Network

    I get that, but some games deserve to be prime time and that arrangement is fucking shit up. I wanted to see the Big House at night. Alabama at Texas should have been a night game too.
  16. TKthunder2

    SEC Network

    Florida is likely coming off a loss to UGA the week before and we’ll be fresh off a bye week. They aren’t expecting that game to be competitive. I’m happy the Arkansas game is 11am but fuck FOX for giving us Big Noon against Michigan. I think two 11am games a year is fine. If the other 8 are 230 or 7pm I won’t complain.
  17. I don’t fault Georgia or Oklahoma for that. The conference wanted to build up the excitement. Again many SEC teams schedule like little bitches, for example Tennessee hasn’t played a major opponent since Oklahoma back in 2015, but to act like they all do this is dumb, just look at the examples I listed above. Texas had series scheduled with LSU, Alabama, Georgia, Florida; and they also played many of the same level schools from other conferences such as USC/Oregon/UCLA, Florida St/Clemson/Miami, Notre Dame… the only way you could improve that list would be to add Oklahoma (which some had scheduled) Michigan, Ohio State, or Penn State. If your criticism of the top of the SEC is basically they need to schedule the top 3 teams in the Big Ten or they are soft then your expectations are just a bit unreasonable.
  18. TKthunder2

    SEC Network

    UTSA on ESPN and ULM on SECN are night games in DKR. Florida at DKR is 11a, Michigan at the Big House is Big Noon, and the game in Fayetteville is also early. Colorado St and Mississippi State in DKR are afternoon kicks, as well as OU at the Cotton Bowl, and Vandy in Nashville. UGA and UK are “flex” meaning either 230 or 7. The game at aggy is also a “flex”.
  19. It’s true that most of the SEC loves soft schedules, but the top/elite of the SEC does not. Here are the big dogs and who they’ve played over the last 10 years… Alabama: Texas, Wisconsin, Miami, Florida St, USC, Louisville Georgia: Oregon, Clemson, Notre Dame, North Carolina, plus Georgia Tech each year Florida: Miami, Utah, Michigan, UCF, USF, and (not as impressive until you remember) they play Florida State each year LSU: Wisconsin, Miami, Texas, UCLA, Florida Stare, USC and even aggy (credit where credit is due): Oregon, Miami, UCLA, Clemson, Notre Dame I do think the recent realignment will slow down this type of scheduling some but I doubt it goes away completely. Bluebloods will still want to play other bluebloods and near blueblood type teams, plus opening up a CFP to 12 give these teams a mulligan especially it it’s a high caliber matchup like Alabama/Texas last year.
  20. The Disch isn’t moving, and I doubt it’ll get torn down for a full rebuild, they invested a lot in building it up over the years. They were able to use more land between 21st/22nd than was what was originally in the master plan so I’m not sure they’ll use the lot behind the softball field anytime soon (see below) so the softball field could get demolished and rebuilt with a bigger footprint.
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