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  1. And they are worth a lot being in the DC and NYC metro. Lots of rich Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio St., etc. alums live there. Big 10 uses it to connect to big donors.
  2. Texas wanted the current ND AD, Jack Swarbick. OU wanted the real Dan Beebe.
  3. They aren't. But they are still the best team in the country.
  4. They pretty much destroyed Florida. Think it was 15-3 in first downs in the first half. A lot of Florida fans left at halftime. Then they got sloppy with a couple of turnovers in the 3rd quarter and let Florida get close by scoring 17 straight to make it 28-20, but then they turned on the gas again. UGA plays to the level of their opponent. They were pretty sloppy against Kent and Mizzou.
  5. https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/SB-Blogs/Newsletter-Media/2022/10/31.aspx "...ESPN and Amazon Prime remain the front runners to pick up Pac-12 rights, with agreements potentially coming by the end of the year. It’s too early to describe what’s in those packages with any accuracy. But it’s important to note that ESPN’s Big 12 deal does not take it out of the running for Pac-12 rights. And Amazon still wants a package of college football games that can complement its Thursday night package of NFL games.... The big question will come down to price. Media companies believe the Big 12 deal set the market. The Pac-12 still is aiming higher. Keep in mind, the Pac-12 will have fewer schools -- 10 instead of 12 -- after USC and UCLA depart for the Big Ten. That’s two fewer mouths to feed. ESPN took pains to make sure that its Big 12 deal would not result in a bigger per-school payout than the ACC. Because of the ACC Network, it’s difficult to determine how much ACC schools make from its ESPN deal. But I was told that the Big 12 will not eclipse the ACC on that front at any point in its deal, which runs through 2030-31. ESPN is likely to approach Pac-12 negotiations in a similar way...." So ESPN trying to avoid irritating FSU and Clemson by paying UCF more than them.
  6. https://gatorswire.usatoday.com/2022/10/31/florida-football-brenton-cox-jr-dismissed/ Good for Napier. Cox did throw a punch at a UGA blocker after the last Georgia TD. He didn't get flagged even though it was pretty obvious. He claims he was unaware, but he seems to be not saying anything that will hurt the player. Incidently, Cox went to UGA before transferring to Florida. Meanwhile Saban hasn't done anything publicly to the player who punched a Tennessee woman unprovoked after the Alabama/Tennessee game, who also, coincidentally went to UGA before transferring to Alabama. Portal is not without drawbacks. “"...Sometimes, you have to make decisions in the best interest of the team. Certainly, Brenton, we’re going to do everything we can do to help him with his transition. But it’s as simple as that, I think that we’ve decided to move on.” Napier was asked if Cox threw a punch at the end of the Georgia game, but the head coach said he was unaware of such events. He declined to go into specifics, calling the decision a “cumulative effect...."”
  7. Look at the Big 12. Their deal was $22 million average starting in 2012. They lost 50% of their value with the loss of UT and OU. So they are going from roughly $11 million value to $31.7 million, almost tripling. But the ACC locked themselves in and with expansion and ND, have only increased the original $13 million/school to $18 million average.
  8. No, its because they had among the top 10 winning %s from 2010-2019. They are reverting back to 2000-2009 when they were #92 and nobody cared. They are BC that had a good decade.
  9. Last summer he was talking about the nBig 12 being lucky to get $12 million. Canzano, chief P10 cheerleader, is admitting in his latest puff piece that the experts are estimating $27-$29 million for the Pac. That supports the rumors that ESPN offered them $24 million/school in the exclusive negotiating period.
  10. From the article: "...When Yormark took the Big 12’s reins on Aug. 1, he hired media consultants at Endeavor and IMG Media to assist in negotiating extensions and the Big 12’s fortunes rebounded when they were able to reach an agreement in recent days that will see a 72.7% increase in the average annual value of its current deal, which started in 2012. The difference between the rights fee ESPN and Fox will pay from the last year of the old deal in 2024-25 and the first year of the new deal in 2025-26 is much more modest. In striking these deals prior to the exclusive negotiating window with ESPN and Fox, the Big 12 managed to achieve several of its primary objectives, namely stability and security, the ability to go back to its 12 member schools to seek an extended grant of rights and a leg up on any future conference expansion. The conference also likes the idea that the shorter six-year deal that runs through 2031 means that the Big 12 will be back in the market ahead of both the SEC, whose deal with ESPN goes through 2034, and the ACC, whose ESPN deal expires in 2036...."
  11. While I agree about the reason for the UT move (along with influence on NIL, pay for play and other rule changes), it wasn't so much the SEC getting inroads into Texas recruiting as certain schools. Yes, Alabama and Georgia were SEC schools, but Ohio St. was not. It was those big names who made the CFP grabbing the blue chips. In 2021 per 247, Ohio St. took the top 2 players in Texas. Alabama got 4 of the top 18. OU had 4 of the top 13. Aggy had 5 of the top 18, but none of the top 7. UT only had 1 in the top 35. Texas Tech and Tennessee got the other 2 players in the top 18. 2020 wasn't as bad, but Alabama got #1 and #13 and Ohio St. got #2 and #23. Georgia got #11.
  12. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34870361/texas-steve-sarkisian-sorry-missing-eyes-texas Sounds like Sark should have to run the bleachers. He's been here two years and accidentally forgets a tradition. "Texas coach Steve Sarkisian opened his Monday news conference following the Longhorns' 41-34 loss to Oklahoma State by apologizing for not singing "The Eyes of Texas," the school song, before leaving the field. "As you know, I owe an apology to Longhorn Nation," Sarkisian said. "I made a mistake at the end of the game in not singing 'The Eyes of Texas' when the game was done. That was not anything intentional. That was not anything that had to do with our players. I think our players just followed me up the ramp into the locker room, obviously upset by the way the game ended....""
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    QB Slide Rule

    No sliding. Its really a defenseless position and a QB is going to get badly hurt from a defender who can't stop or who doesn't see it. Plus if they are going for the midsection and you slide, you get hit in the head.
  14. I would have taken the penalty. Their kicker was really good under 50 yards.
  15. Exactly. I'm pretty sure they should have stood over it. They certainly do it to us. I've seen them stand over the ball until the offense has to call a TO to avoid delay of game.
  16. Winning close games is the sign of a good coach and good program. Losing close games is the sign of a bad coach and a program with a losing attitude. To get to the top you need to be able to win the close games. That is one of the biggest red flags in my mind about Sarkasian. Charley Strong era Texas should NOT be our standard.
  17. https://texashsfootball.com/nfl-quarterbacks-from-texas/ Just 25% of the starting NFL QBs in 2020.
  18. He looked a little frustrated yesterday, but I don't have a problem with Worthy. We just have a problem with QBs getting the ball to him when he's 5 to 10 yards ahead of the DB he just outran.
  19. I was curious. P5 games yesterday average penalties per team was 6.4. Most penalties was Texas with 14. Second was Tennessee in their rout of UT-Martin with 13. Next was 11. Fewest was Oklahoma St. with 0. Next were Cal and Missouri with 2. Largest gap was 14 Texas-OSU. Next largest was UTK-UTM at 8 (13 to 5) and BC-WF at 8 (11-3). In the other 20 games, 16 games the gap in penalties was 0 to 4. 2 it was 5. 2 it was 7.
  20. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/commentary-college-football-review-are-refs-needling-usc-texas-and-other-expansion-defectors/ar-AA13hr1f USC fan: "...I did not rip the officiating in my column from Utah because I did not allow myself to be fully convinced that a Pac-12 crew was taking every opportunity to punish USC for leaving for the Big Ten and propping up one of the best remaining Pac-12 programs that was playing a must-win game at home. No, I could not make that premise the focus of my column because it simply had to be wrong. Pac-12 refs are just bad, right? Their ineptitude does not discriminate. But then I saw Texas 14, Oklahoma State 0. And I had to wonder: Are Pac-12 and Big 12 officials making it extra hard on their departed? Texas, future Southeastern Conference member, is in its second season of its Big 12 farewell tour. USC, future Big Ten member, is in its first season of two saying goodbye to the Pac-12...."
  21. Here is what is on the air next weekend. Networks seem to definitely be more fond of Big 12 than ACC and Pac 12. Big 10-ABC-2, Fox, ESPN2, BTN SEC-CBS, ESPN, SECN-3 Big 12-Fox, ESPN, ESPN2, FS1 (Texas is off this weekend and OU is on FS1) ACC-ABC (ND at Syracuse), ESPN, CBSSN, ACCN-3, ESPN3 (Miami!!!) Pac 12-ESPN (late night), FS1-2 (one on Friday), ESPNU, Pac 12N AAC-ESPN, ESPN2, CBSSN, ESPN+
  22. Well there were also those multi-interception games against UH in the late 80s when we gave them 60+ 3 straight years, but at least they were throwing it somewhere in the vicinity of a guy in Burnt Orange. Even Garret Gilbert vs. Alabama managed to get us back into the game before fumbling it away.
  23. Surprised we are #26 in both polls. Top 3 loss team.
  24. The biggest positive is the upgrade in talent. Mack got complacent and bad at evaluation. Strong was lazy. Herman couldn't keep his people. Maybe next year we will have the best talent in the Big 12 and a good base for the next coach if Sark doesn't get it done then.
  25. Especially considering it only happened 3 times in the 15 years before we got here. And it only happened 3 times in that time span by the rest of the Big 12 combined. Before "he" got here
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