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  1. 4 minutes ago, USC Traveler said:

    There's not that many schools that are worth adding beyond ND, FSU and Clemson, but, depending on how you factor in UNC, Miami is probably the fourth or fifth most valuable tv property left on the board.  Despite the fact that they've been down for years, they were so dominant during their run, and got so much media attention during that time and in later years, that they still attract viewers.  

    Well, I'm convinced. The B1G should definitely take them. 

  2. 32 minutes ago, bullet said:

    Maybe those fans were generating revenue ordering beer?!

    Maybe some but not nearly enough. Miami had to take money from their med school recently to cover an athletic deficit.

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    They drew 55,000 last year, 44,000 the year before that, 53,000 in 2019,  and 61,000 in 2018.  They were as bad as 28k in 1997, but as good as just under 70k in 2002.

    So it looks like you went back 20 years to find one example of a year that they had decent draw.

    I'm not sure that's proving the point you think it is.

     

  3. 48 minutes ago, bullet said:

    People follow Miami when they win.  They draw close to 70k in their good seasons.

    Now in their bad seasons, they may be in the 20s.  They are like UofH, stuck in a pro sports market without a large diehard fan base.

    Let's not confuse Miami today with 40 years ago.

    Miami doesn't draw even 70k during good seasons.

    Their last good season they did pull in a couple of games where they claimed mid-60s but you could see 10k empty seats in the stands. And that's when they had somehow managed to get into the top 5.

    Maybe when Notre Dame or FSU comes to town, they will have legit 65k because the other school takes 25k tickets.

    The other half of the winning season schedule, they are claiming 45-50k attendance but it's a half empty stadium.

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  4. 1 hour ago, Texas Wahoo said:

    I’m pretty sure they did it to sell commercials in New York, LA, and Chicago. 

    Feels like the bubble is really close to popping when they are still pushing the idea of selling ads based on the size of the market rather than if anyone is actually watching them.

    It's like how they keep bringing up Miami as an expansion option.

    Sure they have no fanbase.

    Sure no one in Miami watches them.

    But Miami is a big market and we can sell ads like the first 2 sentences weren't true.

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  5. 2 hours ago, Hagbard Celine said:

    if you get a porch pineapple, how do you know where it came from?

    and if you do know where it came from, if  you return the pineapple, does that mean "yes" or "no"?

    what other fruits are involved in this radical new form of communication?

    guessing bananas are involved somehow

    or cucumbers

    When life gives you pineapples, make tepache.

  6. 19 minutes ago, Lidig8r said:

    bwahahahahahaha!!!!

    So now your new neighbor is wondering ... "Sooooooo, are gatormarc and gatormarcette swingers? And if so, are they interested?"

    Oh my!

    I guess however, if they ARE wondering this doesn't than necessarily imply that they too are swingers?!

    Oh, the SEC is gonna be so much fun!

    I wonder if I should warn gatormarcette.

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  7. 19 minutes ago, LTbear said:

    I like how they tweeted this out before they could even think up a name for that god awful final pod. 

     

    It's funny and sad after this many years, you still have casual fans who are like "this is ridiculous, I could realign better than this" and then they get about 60% done with their own "perfect" realignment concept and then just start throwing shit against the wall. But rather than just going "oh" they fucking post it to the Internet.

  8. 11 minutes ago, Zhorn96 said:

    a lot of folks think Stanford is fine because they have $$$ everywhere.  They have $36B in endowments...but all of that is tied up in specific things, they cant just move the money around.  There was a reason they tried cutting 13 sports during Covid (or whatever it was).  Furd athletics are broke too... that said, both Furd and Cal have the alums to fix all of this if they get their heads out of their asses.  Thats the challenging part

    Makes sense. I was really surprised how quickly they started cutting.

  9. 10 minutes ago, bullet said:

    Stadium is too.  Hard to believe it was worth saving.

    More likely, they just didn't want to relocate any other departments to find a new site.

    It's on the list of National Historic Places.

    I wonder if it would have been near impossible to tear down. Also, is there a legit place it could have moved to?

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  10. 27 minutes ago, Hurtlocker said:

    The pandemic crushed all budgets, even those who figured out how to play.   The B1G had to sell a majority stake in their rights to Fox to make up some quick cash and then Fox went goblin mode.

    One year of COVID really showed how much of a no-win situation we were in.

    Our former AD, Jeremy Foley, was extremely tight when it came to finances. He seemed to think (or at least I got the impression) that a bubble was happening and that all these schools taking $100+M loans were going to get it bad once it popped. Our facilities across the board were improved but at a more modest pace. 

    But eventually he retired. We're at the end of a $300M facilities upgrade and now with another $400M for the football stadium announced.

    You basically have to spend big now if you want to win. But that means those at the bottom are uber fucked when shit hits the fan.

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  11. 1 hour ago, Jasper_Jester said:

    Cal and Stanford being football only members in the ACC could help them. They should have the luxury of being able to build a structure that allows them to join a more local conference for the Olympic sports.

    Stanford already competes in a lot of sports outside of the Pac12. I guess those would stay Independent or in the MPSF or other oddball conference.

    Taking a quick glance at sports that would need to change.

    Men's Fencing, Women's Fencing, Women's Field Hockey - those were not PAC sports but are ACC sports so Stanford would move those sports to their new conference

    Men's Rowing, Women's Beach Volleyball - those were PAC sports but not ACC; Probably EARC for Rowing, CCSA for Beach Volleyball

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  12. 6 minutes ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

     

    That's the trick; everyone is ditching the conference to get out of paying their share.  WSU and OSU will have to foot the bill.

     

     

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    Do they get to keep all of the NCAA basketball credits?

  13. 18 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

    They don’t gaf.  That’s the part we need to understand. Footballs just not a big deal out here.  I’d say sports isn’t really except for certain mlb and nba teams.  

    I think my point is that it doesn't have to be a big deal for the University to try to sell it as a reason to mingle with other smart young people with money.

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