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  1. 5 minutes ago, Scraps said:

    Why the fuck would you go to Gary, Indiana in season (September) by choice anyway

    Edit....or ever
     

    If you'd like to have a logical explanation
    How I happened on this elegant syncopation
    I will say without a moment of hesitation
    There is just one place that can light my face

    Gary, Indiana, Gary, Indiana
    Not Louisiana, Paris, France, New York or Rome
    But Gary, Indiana, Gary, Indiana
    Gary, Indiana, my home sweet home

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  2. Charity campaigns work best when they aren't overdone.

    But still better than that bent carrot commercial.  "...daily penile straightening exercises...."

  3. Edit:  Hopefully will get some breast cancer awareness pink in the next inning break.  I don't think many people have heard about breast cancer.

  4. 2 minutes ago, WBT said:

    I'll never understand why these TV fucks think people would rather watch and listen to someone on the dugout rail rather than, you know, watching the game on the field.

    It's an exhibition.  If I'm Fox, next year I'd work in a few half innings of a maybe 6+ players doing dugout talk, kind of like the coach's corner on the cfb title games.

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  5. Donors and ticket sales will revolt if central time schools try to do even a single 9:30pm local start, so I don't see it happening, other than maybe a one off. 

    Some thoughts from a "Retired President of Fox Sports Networks and Fox Sports International."  The Oregon writer Canzano has quoted him in articles:

     

     

  6. 1.  I realize that there's a sucker born every minute, but gotdam with the posting mhver3 bullcrap.  He's the Weekly World News of realignment, just a wanker posting complete fiction.  He reads a lot and guesses, but clearly has zero actual sources.  A long history of trolling.  Swaim is the same.

    2.  Interesting possibly quandary for the ACC.  Perhaps their best way to more money would be to skim 4 to 6 of the best teams in the Pac and B12.  ESPN, I mean the ACC (wink wink, say no more) might want to nab Wash, Oregon, Stanford, ASU, and maybe the best two Texas school (probably TCU and Baylor or UH).  A mix of brands, markets, and the importance of local/in-state rate increases for the ACCNet.  This is probably the B12's biggest threat now.

    But for ACC schools thinking/hoping to leave early if the B1G or SEC calls, adding any school raises the number of votes required to disband the conference from the current 8, making it a higher hurdle.  Meanwhile, the ACC schools most at risk of being left behind don't want to add schools that might later try to vote to dissolve, because in the case of a B1G/SEC raid you still might have a few schools that could also vote to disband if they had offers from a B12 that looked to be the better surviving 3rd conference.  Thus any $$$ increase from expansion would bring increased risks for many schools' long term/survival plans.  So I could see them ultimately wanting to stand pat.   

    3.  I'm not ready to write off the Pac just yet, though.  If there's anything to this NBC shoulder talk, couldn't ND and NBC partner with the  Pac instead of the B12?  That said, I think ND wants a game in Texas nearly every year.  Perhaps at Reliant, Jerryworld, and the Alamodome.   Or could be just negotiating psyops by ND and/or the B12.

    4.  Hard to see much $$$ value for the B12 from adding the 4 corners schools, but that would come over time from reduced competition by eliminating the Pac, so knocking down the initial dominoes is important.  And all 4 schools could do 8:30pm mountain time starts (along with BYU).

    For a view from the Pac's perspective, here's last night's latest from an Oregon based writer:

    https://www.johncanzano.com/p/canzano-pac-12-big-12-doesnt-fit

    Spoiler

    The Big 12 reportedly informed the Pac-12 on Monday evening that it’s not interested in merging.

    A few quick thoughts…

    • I’m not shocked. I felt like a Big 12 + Pac-12 merger was wishful thinking. There’s strength in numbers, sure. But ultimately this is about fit and I struggled to see how those two conferences would mesh in a way that worked for both entities.

    • The Pac-12 (minus USC and UCLA) will have 12.5 million television households in its remaining markets. The Big 12 currently has only 10.2 million TV homes, but will expand to about 15 million after the additions of BYU, Central Florida, Cincinnati, and Houston. Keep those numbers in mind.

    • The ACC has 28.2 million households. It’s TV markets are superior to the Big 12 and its not close. Also, the ACC already has a partnership with ESPN, which covets inventory in the Pacific Time Zone.

    • I’ve wondered for a while how the Big 12 might fit in a new deal between ESPN and the Pac-12. Answer: It really doesn’t.

    • The Big 12 and Pac-12 university presidents and chancellors didn’t feel like a seamless fit. Those who lead the Pac-12 campuses fashion themselves academics and lined up with the Big Ten over the years because of that.

    • I’ve been writing and talking about a “loose partnership” between the Pac-12 and the ACC for a couple of weeks. I still believe this is headed in that direction.

    • The Big 12’s television contract isn’t up until 2025. The Pac-12’s expires in 2024, but it has opened negotiations early. Those in the industry tell me this difference shouldn’t have been a deal breaker but it’s being cited as one of the reasons.

    Bob Thompson, the former president of Fox Sports Networks, told me on Monday night, “If the Big 12 TV partners agreed to open negotiations early that could easily happen before 2024. Nothing precludes an early negotiation as long as parties agree.”

    So it just sounds like a merger wasn’t a good fit.

    Added Thompson: “So now we see if somebody plays ‘Let’s poach some teams.’”

    • There was early speculation that the Big 12 might chase Arizona State, Arizona, Utah and Colorado. But media reports about that were shot down by my Pac-12 sources. I won’t speak for all four of those schools, but the prevailing sentiment from athletic directors within the Pac-12 is that the remaining 10 universities will stick together and ride out the current media rights negotiations together. I’ll make some calls and report back with updates.

    • Phoenix’s TV market has 2.1 million households. I’ve wondered for a while if ASU might try to leverage the Pac-12 for a larger share of the next media rights deal. That said, I have a difficult time actually seeing ASU bolt for the Big 12.

    • The Big 12 programs that I think the Pac-12 (and ESPN) would be most interested in are: Kansas, Baylor, TCU and Houston. If the Pac-12 goes hunting, I expect those universities to be primary targets. This is 100-percent about potential television revenue.

    • I included Kansas because I think ESPN would covet men’s basketball matchups featuring the ACC’s Duke and North Carolina and the Pac-12’s Arizona and Oregon. Kansas would be an interesting addition.

    • The Pac-12 is in an exclusive negotiating period with the ESPN and Fox. That window expires on Aug. 4, but I’m told the parties could come to an agreement before then.

    • ESPN is the likely bidder here. Think about what that network needs. It has to think about the restless members in the ACC and how it might get them some additional revenue right now. A partnership with the Pac-12 makes sense to me. Sharing revenue with the Big 12 (Read: more mouths to feed) doesn’t.

    • Pac-12 Media Day is July 29 in Los Angeles. Commissioner George Kliavkoff needs something to sell to the public during that event. I expect he’ll have something of substance. I don’t think we’re going to have to wait until Aug. 4.

    More as this develops…

     

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  7. 59 minutes ago, rvm96 said:

    Houston Astros Baseball GIF by MLB

    Yes, he's a blatant ripoff of the Philly Phanatic.  Firing Orbit is the first thing I'll do if I ever buy the Astros.

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  8. 7 hours ago, bullet said:

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hotline-mailbag-best-guess-on-survival-scenarios-pac-12-vs-big-12-valuation-expansion-options-newsom-e2-80-99s-involvement-and-more/ar-AAZCnJs

    Wilner:

     

    "...What we believe at this moment could be rendered moot by developments an hour from now, but here’s our guess on the outcomes:

    — The remaining 10 schools are given a compelling reason to stick together but with either expansion or a partnership with the ACC or Big 12. Likelihood: 40 percent

    — At least eight schools merge with the Big 12 to form a western division of a super-conference. (In this scenario, Oregon State and Washington State could be left behind.) Likelihood: 30 percent

    — The remaining 10 schools are given a compelling reason to stick together without mergers, acquisitions or partnerships. Likelihood: 20 percent

    — Six schools (Arizona, ASU, Colorado, Utah, Oregon and Washington) are poached by the Big 12, sparking the complete dissolution of the conference. Likelihood: 10 percent

    The situation could get resolved in the next few days. But multiple sources have indicated the more likely outcome is a prolonged process — at least weeks and perhaps months...."

    Every time I see "Wilner" I think of Wilbur and read the article in Mr. Ed's voice.

     

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    Groan. This thread has gotten so f***ing stupid.

    And I'm reminded of when Mr. Ed hit an inside the park homer against the Dodgers, complete with a slide.

     

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