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Uncle Nate

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  1. 36 minutes ago, Jabberwocky said:

     

    Oh man, Brett Yormark is a cold, calculating SOB.  Release this on the same day after the reports the Pac 12 still doesn't have shit and have fucked it up so bad that SDSU had to grovel back to the MWC with hat in hand.

    I like the man's style.

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  2. 5 minutes ago, bullet said:

    Wouldn't having Oregon St.-Cal drag down ratings for Carol Burnet as opposed to being followed by Black & white Perry Mason episodes?!

    This is why Carol Burnet is before OSU-Cal.  The hope is her show will boost the ratings for the game.

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  3. 2 minutes ago, camel at sea said:

    It sounds like linear carriers that are not traditionally college football carriers (i.e. the CW or something like it.)  

    Tonight on MeTV...it's the Carol Burnet Show, followed by Oregon State vs. Cal.

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  4. 4 minutes ago, Jabberwocky said:

    Your guess is as good as mine. 🤣

    Greg Flugaur knows less than anyone, and that's saying something.  Dude is in a basement in Chicago or Minnesota or something and basically just reads whatever rumors are out there on Twitter and then does a podcast or tweet-cast or youtube or whatever about it.  I guarantee you that if the PAC 12 presidents were presented with a deal today, he would be the last to know (like seriously, you all at Surly would know before he would).

    Jason, on the other hand, does seem to have at least a couple of solid connections within UA, so I'm not so quick to dismiss what he says.  And if he is saying something that is opposite of the PATC guy, then Jason is the one who is right.

  5. 2 minutes ago, Evil Bill Obrien said:

    Its almost like we already know building many schools out in the desert where nobody actually lives a la Texas Tech is a bad idea...who'd have thunk it?

    It's all West Texas, bitches.

    Once you have Tech sitting firmly on the 101st meridian, there is no need for another University to occupy the space.

  6. 39 minutes ago, statsman said:

    The Pony Express was something else. Best team money could buy. Top 10 team with half filled stadium. 

    That's the weird dichotomy with SMU.

    They have some serious, and I mean serious, money, power, and influence sitting on their Board and throughout their alumni ranks (and even non-alumni supporters).

    Yet, there just isn't the emotional fervor for their athletic teams.  Only time I've seen Ford Stadium sold out is when Tech came to town...didn't even sell out with cross-town rival TCU.  Basketball did enjoy some support when they were winning a ton of games a few years ago, but it pretty much died when Larry Brown left (under a cloud of scandal, of course).

    Their money and influence just does not translate to success in the revenue sports.  But they build some amazing facilities for their non-revenue sports.  Track, Soccer, LaCrosse, Tennis...some of the finest facilities you'll find.

  7. 3 minutes ago, Jabberwocky said:

    They are essentially Oklahoma State with a much bigger lottery payday. Those uniforms and facility upgrades will only cover that up for so long.

    Once that recruiting money dries up, the viewership will normalize as well.

    If they stick with the PAC for a few more years in a really shitty TV deal holding out hope they will eventually get the BIG invite, that viewership might dry up faster than the recruiting money.  It's not looking like there is any potential TV deal that would provide them the national exposure they would need to maintain current recruitment levels.

     

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  8. 18 hours ago, In re UofA said:

    To me, creative and forward thinking means a deal with Apple that pays a low guarantee with incentives tied to subscriptions. The conference will boast per school distribution *up to* $30M per year but in the coming years it will produce half that considering the conference assumed production costs, Comcast paybacks and predictable consumer ambivalence. PAC admin has been horribad for so long a poor deal is inevitable. 

    You would think the Comcast fiasco would have taught them not to even consider going down this path.

     

    EDIT:  Fucking Hurtlocker beat me to it by just a few seconds.  

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  9. 2 minutes ago, Hurtlocker said:

    Ok something is getting lost in translation here.  For the sake of argument, ignore all things GoR for a moment.

    Colorado and Arizona are contractual members of the Pac 12 and have various agreements dictating what happens if they want to leave, etc.   This is in addition to that thing we agreed not to talk about.    Leaving a conference has a buy-out amount on its own, regardless of any media deal.   I am not sure what the Pac's is, but for the Big 12 it was two years of conference revenues.   Money aside, the notice is important because it starts the leaving clock.    If the Pac has to give notice 1 year out, then that notice has to occur before the end of that financial year.    This is why you saw Texas/Oklahoma/UCLA/USC announce basically on the last days of July.   Had they waited a week, the clock would have started at the beginning of the NEXT financial year.

    Why that's important:    If Colorado and Arizona want out at the end of the Pac contract, which is the end of next year, they need to announce that intention by July 31st of this year.    If they do not, they, technically - we all know how negotiations work so lets just avoid that conversation for the moment, cannot get out until July 31st of 2024-25, a year after the Pac 12 media contract expires.   They either now need to pay more to get out faster, or they fucked themselves and have to get on the Pac's deal or no one will put them on TV in 2024-25.

    End of July or end of June??

    Because I keep hearing the conference fiscal year is July 1 - June 30 (same as fed govt).  But I don't know if that's actually true or not.  

     

  10. 36 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

    Well after 7/1 they are within the final year....there is no deal so far for post 7/1/24. That is very very dangerous territory to be in.

    I heard either on a podcast or perhaps the Big12 Radio on Sirius that the PACX would want to have this deal done before PAC12 media days for football, which I guess should be somewhere around mid-to-late July??

    The reason, according to the pundits having the conversation, would be that as a conference you want to showcase your brands, your teams, your coaches, and most importantly, your players.  If there is no deal in place before then, it turns into a giant media circus where the only thing being asked about is the TV deal and whether or not the conference will stay intact in its current form (minus LA schools) or not.  They said that is the absolute last thing the schools would want for their PACX media days event.

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  11. 11 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

    Oregon coaches are on the phone right now telling 2024 recruits they’re going to the Big Ten. They’re not joining the Big 12. 

     

    Because we all know a coach would never say something untrue to a recruit.

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  12. Meanwhile, SlamBall got their deal done with ESPN.  Maybe the PacX should have hired the SlamBall commissioner to do their negotiating.  

     

    Yes, I know, apples and oranges.  Just having a little fun with the ridiculousness that is the PacX nearly year-long TV contract negotiation.

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  13. 1 hour ago, Hurtlocker said:

    Jesus, unequal AND $23m?!

    To get the Ducks and Huskies to $32m, the other eight would only clear $20m.   

    My guess is unequal is in any future post season revenue since they can't budget for it yet, unless you're Washington State.

    Well-played, sir.

  14. Just now, BurntOrange&White said:

     

    If he's flying AA, that means nothing.  Fly to DFW, connect to somewhere else.

    Remember in the 80's when you had every SWA flight connecting through Love, and every AA flight connecting through DFW, the old joke was "when you die, you have to go through Dallas to get to heaven."

  15. Can one of you smart young farts with your fancy video editing capabilities take this video of George Costanza trying to pretend he didn't quit his job on Friday and put SDSU logo on George, various other MWC teams on the other coworkers, and the MWC logo on the boss at the end?

    I'm technically-challenged on how to do such a thing.

     

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  16. After watching how terribly SDSU has fucked up this exit/non-exit/gonna exit but not officially now train wreck, I am thoroughly convinced they are a perfect match for the PAC. 
     

    You can’t find that level of ineptitude anywhere other than the PAC. 

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  17. 5 hours ago, statsman said:

    On IT, Burton said SMU was really upping its NIL game, and big. Who wouldn’t want that in their conference? A great recruiting school that can’t attract fans or viewers, but can lay a whipping on you?

    I can attest that SMU has a ton of wealth to draw upon. I’m really  surprised they aren’t better than they are because of it. Guessing if they could get their act together, NIL could be a game changer for them. Honestly surprised they are so far behind the NIL 8-ball considering their resources. 

  18. 18 minutes ago, hornian said:

    He pinned that tweet to the top of his twitter feed because he wants to rub it in people's faces that he was right about USC and UCLA to the B1G.

    Well, you can't blame him.  With so many people speculating and getting things wrong, if you have the receipts you post them!

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