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  1. I think it will start with the 2nd loss. And there will be 5 losses. Sark hasn't proven yet he knows how to win. And we are playing 4 teams who are definitely better than us.
  2. 1960 Minnesota. Went 8-1 and then lost the Rose Bowl. Ole Miss was 9-0-1 and then won the Sugar Bowl. Not quite as bad was: 1964 Alabama. Jerry, Ken and the Pigs were unbeaten and won the Cotton. Texas, who only lost to the Pigs beat previously unbeaten Alabama and Joe Namath in the Orange Bowl.
  3. I didn't watch it either. The first one was boring and Alabama lost at home so they didn't deserve a rematch.
  4. Didn't stop TCU from getting screwed in 2014.
  5. UH usually averages between 25 and 35k a game. They've done as well as 38k in recent years. Rice had a big promotion in the WAC years and was able to get 50k for an Air Force game. But UH isn't as competent as Rice.
  6. He's just making stuff up. Oilers did well. Only time UH was down in the teens was in those immediate post SWC years.
  7. So what is your prediction for the B$G 10?
  8. Well we know what UH is from their time in the SWC. They will mostly be competitive and top half of the P5. But they aren't going to do what FSU did. They are a sleeping slightly taller than average person. Not a giant.
  9. I'm not convinced in 20 years Boise isn't Rice without the market, the academics or the MOB.
  10. Although if you are talking the last decade, most of the Pac has stunk.
  11. Some of us are old enough to remember it. And not too old to have forgotten! Hey. I even remember sitting down and watching the Big Shootout.
  12. Sounds a whole lot better than most threads on Shaggy/Surly!
  13. Some Utah guy was interviewing the former Fox president who has been quoted a lot by the Pac folks. Main thing new was when he was asked about whether BYU's 1984 title was valuable. He said TV people have short memories, 10 years or so. Nobody talks about BYU 1984 or CU 1990. I do think conferences care because it shows potential, but I guess most viewers are not hard core fans and don't care. And if TV execs are doing 5-6 year contracts, they would be interested in what you can do now, not what you will do in a dozen years.
  14. And its funny that a Utah writer basically reprinted Wilner's article but deliberately left out the part about the Big 12 GOR and exit fees making it difficult to poach Big 12 schools. That part in Wilner's article was right before a statement that if they couldn't get Big 12 schools, then SDSU looked best. So the Utah guy was doing propaganda even more than Wilner. He didn't want his readers to see the idea that the Big 12 was hard to poach.
  15. Nick Saban. Best coach and one of the biggest aholes out there. How about Steve Spurrier? Arti Briles would still be getting hired if not for the rapelor stuff. Being an asshole is not a detriment to being hired as a head football coach. And Hermann wasn't nearly as bad as those guys.
  16. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/28-days-to-kansas-football-source-of-realignment-chatter-tells-all/ar-AA10mO09 Saw this link on another board. Theme is that nothing is happening right now, but there is a misinformation campaign. "...Your first thought might be that of course random fans on Twitter are going to keep talking about it. It's fascinating to speculate and debate what the real "best" moves are when there isn't a clear cut answer. And if the conversations were limited to random Twitter accounts or message board rumors, then this wouldn't be a story at all. Instead, the vast majority of the speculation is being fed by two writers who cover the Pac 12 and have been part of what seems to be a coordinated media push to promote a conference that is on the brink of a real crisis. But while Stewart Mandel seems to have moved on after his article containing the TV viewer numbers comparisons that have been debunked quite convincingly since, John Canzano and Jon Wilner are still beating the drum of the supposed Pac 12 supremacy.... The most obvious reason for the continued focus on discounting the Big 12 as a destination for Pac 12 schools is that there is real worry among the people most invested in the survival of the league. That was most evident in the comments from George Kliavkoff at Pac 12 Media Days. His repeated reference to the Big 12 and the false bravado about poaching some of those schools to join the conference was not unexpected, but it was surprising how many times that particular topic came up, even unprompted by reporter's questions. And since then, the stories and misinformation have intensified. Since the release of the severely flawed TV viewers analysis, there have been multiple indirect references to this information as support for why the Pac 12 schools are more valuable than their Big 12 counterparts. Estimates of the value of a potential TV contract have been dismissed as invalid. Even though the exclusive negotiating window for the Pac 12 media rights has expired, some reporters would have you believe that school officials have not been made aware of an offer from ESPN. This is despite reports of just how low that offer really was. To put it simply, the bits of information being reported are damaging for the Pac 12 if they are true...."
  17. Yeah. If he wants a college job, someone will hire him.
  18. Podcast with Brett McMurphy. He is interviewed in the first 30-32 minutes. Some key points: 1)Nobody has a clue what college football will look like in 5 years. 2)If Big 10 takes 2 Pac 12, 4 corners jump quickly to Big 12. 3)ACC pretty locked down for now, but come 2030 discussions will be fast and furious. 4)Says people from both Utah and NW think a mini-NFL is likely. 5)ND TV negotiations could drag out a year. 6)From people who know, Big 10 is not done. In a year or two they will be done. 7)This round will be done by the time the CFP cycle ends following 2025 season. 8)Warren's comment about whether there are 2, 3, 4, or 5 power conferences will be decided by the market---means ESPN and Fox will decide how many power conferences there are. Doesn't see how there can be 5. He expects 2 or 4.
  19. The last time Slive and Delaney got in a room and decided it and then presented the 4 team CFP to the rest. The Big 10 and SEC have even more power now. They can't do anything ridiculous, but ultimately, those two will produce the first draft and the final draft won't be much different.
  20. They didn't prove they were the best team. They proved they were the best among the teams that got invited to the party.
  21. I suspect 4 through 10 are pretty interchangeable. Cal might have slightly more value than the rest if Stanford is not in the picture. And I don't know how valuable Stanford is long term. They were top 10 in winning % in the last decade, but were in the 90s in the decade before that. I think they are up because of their last 10 year run, but that is not a permanent condition.
  22. 12 to 10. They really didn't have any choice. They couldn't cut the payout to "market" as allowed in the contract, because market was higher than what they were paying.
  23. That was my thinking. That lineup calls for ND to be in the fold along with UW and probably Oregon + 1 bay area. The Big 10 just doesn't have the depth the SEC does.
  24. Fox at noon, CBS at 4 and NBC at 8 would be B$G. ESPN would get scraps, which is good news for the Pac 10 and Big 12.
  25. You should take your own advice. Fox and ESPN flashed the whole Big 12. Told them they all would make as much staying where they were. You're about to repeat the lie about the LHN.
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