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Laxtonto

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  1. So the Pac12 media “deal” negotiations are not only being drug out to hopefully keep teams from leaving until the last minute, but as an added bonus is fucking SDSU for triple fees to leave the MWC. So how low of a payout does it make it not worth it for SDSU? What would be the shortest GOR would they sign and still break even? This slow moving media deal is going to fuck everyone involved and it is glorious to watch.
  2. So it sure seems like SDSU has been told to get ready... so either SDSU to the B12 or P12. The real question is who is the other one then. If it is the B12, someone is coming from the P12. If it is the P12 then someone else needs to be coming with them as well. Regardless, there is someone else that is going to get tapped to backfill. Does that mean SMU to the P12? This continued backfill is why I keep stressing that these leagues need to go for the killshot. As teams keep getting pushed up to the Power leagues the dilution of the power conferences continues. This isn't an issue for the SEC or B10, but the perception of team strength of schedule now will hurt the perception of the ACC, B12, and P12 and the argument that there isn't a huge difference between them and the G5. With the expanded playoffs, this is only going to help guarantee the SEC and B10 more slots and diminish the chance that the ACC or B12 will ever get 2 teams. If they actually kill the Pac12, then there is a solid 4. If they let it survive in a zombie state it drags down the perception of everyone else.
  3. I don’t know about immortal. He has/was/is in poor healthy tied to asthma/decreased lung function. For some reason I get all the WVU guys mixed up, and now looking at it it is a bit sad that a large chunk of the realignment rumormongers are all tied to WVU. Is that an indictment on the WVU subculture of desperately wanting to land in a Power conference or a weird happenstance of life…
  4. Getting realignment news, at any level, is just a crap shoot. From a school-specific point, I have gotten several realignment "scoops" at the small conference level just from those I know in academia and various college administrations. That being said, most of them were things said as a mistake or things entrusted to me by those that I know via personal relationships from over the years. You just aren't really going to find that level of access for college sports reporting. Finding PhDs that are passionate about sports, willing to follow up on conference realignment with their peers, and then also willing to share that with people that aren't in that circle to the point that it filters down to the likes of Mhver and Swaim are few and far between. Most information then is going to be 3rd or 4th hand if it is coming from a specific school and should be filtered accordingly. Mhver has some contact at WVU and Swaim at OSU, but it is obvious they dont have a direct tie to the real decision makers. The only way to end up with this much shit to throw against the wall is then to get it from the conference, the media partners, or the consultants/lawyers that are the go-betweens. It is pretty obvious his "sources" are more slanted in that direction than at the school level. I am not going to say that Mhver is a super accurate source at all, but he has done more than just 2. The problem is that he reports as fact what pushes his narrative of that that WVU and therefore the B12 by necessity is going to end up in the haves when it is all said and done. Everything else is just fluff and are most likely thrown to him to help push a narrative by his contacts.
  5. Hes still going... the Dude from WV is the one that died I thought... As an example... Mhver seems to me to be connected to one of the bigger network/sports attorneys that has a heavy B12/Fox slant in the beginning and has gained some "real" sources later on. I have always suspected that he is a passionate fan that is being willingly used to drive a narrative while still providing info. It is obvious where he is blatantly wrong and where the gaps are, but there is always some sliver of truth that crops up from time to time. What is sad is that outside of the real big names in reporting that follow national realignment, the rumor mongers like him and Swaim have a better track record in the overall scheme of things than the 9.95ers. It really goes to show that the information side of these things is not discussed in the halls of the school's ADs and instead in the ivory tower of the University President and amongst the BOR. That makes getting real information at the local level damn near impossible unless you have an in on the upper levels of the administration side, which isn't something most sports-centric reporters will ever have.
  6. Looks like I am now heading to teach in a faculty exchange program in Coimbatore, India in July to teach 2 sections of a graduate supply chain summer course. What do you guys know? Where should I go visit while I am there? I am staying in an on-campus recently built hotel for visiting faculty and will have my own driver. I will have 2 Wednesdays and 2 full weekends "off" while I am there. I am up for any suggestions or ideas.
  7. Huge 9th inning and better yet huge win to set up game 2 with LBJ
  8. Sorry for not being here for the first 8 innings... hopefully these helped...
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