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  1. The Big 10 ADs didn't know about the Penn St. addition until after the papers had been signed. Presidents make these decisions. So its possible the ASU AD is in the dark on how serious it is.
  2. I think the Pac would invite BYU before Boise and Fresno. UNLV, Colorado St., SMU maybe.
  3. If I'm the Big 12, I would want the adjacent universities first. Last thing I would want would be the 12 + 4 snobby west coast schools.
  4. but that stack should have George's picture on it, not Ben's.
  5. I think the number will be 80-100. The powers and the peons in power conferences want someone to beat. Plus, that is where we have always ended up before. First, when they set up I-AA. Then after the Supreme Court ruling, they formed the CFA with roughly 65 schools + Big 10/Pac 10 with 20. In the 90s they had the equity conferences with 6 BCS conferences + CUSA and WAC 16. The MAC and Big West/Sun Belt (and now CUSA) are the ones that get left out. The powers need their serfs.
  6. I think we say thank you Big 10! I originally thought 2023, but lately had been thinking we were stuck until 2025. But the Big 12 is talking and USC/UCLA are moving in 2024, so we do too. Pac 12 owns their own and manages to make next to nothing on it.
  7. So unequal revenue sharing between UW, Oregon, Oregon St., Washington St., Cal, Stanford and whatever 4 MWC teams they can get to join them?
  8. The Big 12 killed the merger talks. Finances killed the pooling talks.
  9. TV deal coming up a year sooner is totally irrelevant. 10:30 ET games are worth about as much as FS2 games. Also irrelevant. Probably has the weakest brands in either league as well.
  10. If the other 4 join the Big 12, you have a Pac 6. Oregon and Washington have to sue for peace. Oregon St. and Washington St. are up a creek. Cal and Stanford can go climb a tree.
  11. Actually $25 million is about what they are making now. They had a multi-year contract that averaged about $20 million a year and escalated. That number is just the media. The $33 million includes Rose Bowl, CFP, NCAA bb credits and other revenues.
  12. Well the initial estimates were $30 million per school so that's not far off ($500 million with USC/UCLA, $300 million without). Someone above was quoting a rumor of $28-$32 million.
  13. Colorado is having a special regents meeting on the 20th to update on the Pac 12. There will be no action at the meeting.
  14. At this point, assuming Notre Dame stays put, I think the Pac stays intact at 10 and the Big 12 holds at 12.
  15. Well so maybe you know a higher quality of people than ND fans! https://knoji.com/article/10-most-popular-college-football-teams-in-new-york-city/ "...These are the results from the people polled in the New York City area. 10 Most Popular College Football Teams in New York City 1. Rutgers - 607,157 fans There are roughly 3 million college football fans living in the New York area. With 607,157 fans, Rutgers University is the most popular college football team in the NYC area. Rutgers is the only major college in the New York City area that plays college football. With some 50,000 undergrads, one can understand why Rutgers is the most popular college football team. Over 20% of all the college football fans in the New York City area are Rutgers fans. 2. Notre Dame - 304,535 Image Source by Tedmoseby The Fighting Irish are popular everywhere, and no more so than in NYC. With 304,535 fans in New York, Notre Dame is the second most popular college football team in the city. There are actually more Notre Dame fans in NYC than anywhere else, including South Bend, Indiana. If there is a college football team that can be called America's Team it's Notre Dame...."
  16. Yes. Its just a way for NBC to market Notre Dame better. Synergy from having more games and options. Its why Notre Dame has more value in a conference than independent.
  17. Right now they just have 5 to 7 college football games a year. They want to have every week college football programming and to sometimes have doubleheaders.
  18. Yes. Good for Big 12. Wonder if NBC is getting pessimistic about winning the Big 10 sweepstakes. If they win the Big 10 would that make ND more or less likely to join the Big 10?
  19. Gators make OU fans look classy. I've been to Knoxville a few times. But on TV, I'd rather watch the Texas schools.
  20. Maybe you don't know many Irish! They have a bit of a chip on their shoulder about past discrimination. Especially the older ones. That's why ND is the team of New York City. And the Scotch-Irish and Irish had a long war in Northern Ireland. Scotch-Irish are not Notre Dame fans. I have a friend who secondarily follows ND as she has relatives who went there. She's also Irish descent and talks how upset some relatives were when they discovered they had some English blood. Irish ties to the Fighting Irish are a real thing.
  21. I think its more of an Irish thing than a Catholic thing.
  22. I spent my elementary years in SEC territory. But I have more interest in TCU/Baylor/Tech than Ole Miss/Vandy/MSU/South Carolina/Missouri or even Florida or Tennessee.
  23. For a light moment, a TCU fan has gotten a copy of the Pac 12 interviews....
  24. The Big 12 already has TCU. if you are talking about Pac schools, I would guess it would be Arizona St. then Arizona.
  25. Interesting comments from some ACC leaders. Basically begging ESPN to give them money for nothing https://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/college/louisville/2022/07/15/josh-heird-louisville-acc-looking-for-espn-to-look-at-media-rights-deal/65373480007/ "...University of Louisville interim president Dr. Lori Gonzalez declined an interview request from the Courier Journal on the subject, a spokesman said, because “she thinks there are too many unknowns at this time to speculate on the future of the ACC...."”
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