Everything posted by bullet
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That's the advantage Ohio St and Michigan and SEC teams have. And only Ohio St., Michigan, USC and SEC teams make it to the semi-finals.
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61,000 in 2018 is pretty good (BTW it was just less-about 58k in 2017). There are only 23 schools that have averaged over 60k for the last 4 years and only ND, Clemson, FSU and Virginia Tech are not in the P2.
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Maybe those fans were generating revenue ordering beer?! 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.
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I just don't think they would go down to 40. More likely is Prestige Worldwide with 12-16 schools and other conferences with another 50 or so.
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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.
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While true, the Big 10 is much more aligned as institutions. Except for Northwestern, USC and Oregon, they are all highly rated Enormous state research universities. There's a huge difference between Texas and Florida relative to Arkansas, LSU and the Mississippi schools.
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https://www.si.com/college/2023/08/11/stanford-cal-acc-unlikely-future-unclear-pac-12 SI confirms Auerbach's story. 11-4. One vote from jumping the shark. "...The two members of the disintegrating Pac-12 need 12 of the 15 members of the ACC to support their move. Four schools stood opposed when the issue was discussed Wednesday night, sources say: Florida State, Clemson, North Carolina and North Carolina State. Lacking the requisite numbers, sources say it is unlikely that the potential expansion of the league will be put to a formal vote. Sources described ACC members Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Georgia Tech and Louisville as among the most vocal in advocating for the Cardinal and Golden Bears to join the league. ACC commissioner Jim Phillips has been leading the discussion, presenting financial and scheduling scenarios to the league members. In explaining his advocacy for Cal and Stanford this week, Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick told ESPN, “The notion that two of the very best academic institutions in the world who also play [Division I] sports could be abandoned in this latest chapter of realignment is an indictment of college athletics....” What about Rice, Jack?
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Maybe, but that $30 million story is from Canzano and seems to be a Kliavcoff planted story to shift the blame to the presidents.
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Did you go to a Big 10 school? I count 11!
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Why would you need to merge? Just do a joint TV contract.
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Well the Big 10 and SEC aren't going to get in the middle of the GOR fight, but they might have given them a wink, wink, nod, nod.
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Stetson Bennet has transferred to UTSA?!
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Rice had benches that could give you splinters. At Cal they were literally broken with the jagged wood edges from each half exposed.
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I was there around 2000. Went in and watched a practice. Place was scary. Broken benches everywhere. Unreal.
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If not 2024, then by 2026 its down to an A4. Whether they reload or merge, that conference will be a G conference.
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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.
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So in other words, Rush fans are as delusional as Pac 12 presidents?!
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Another note about Iowa St. They LEAD the nBig 12 in attendance over the last 4 years. Over 58k.
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At some point realignment jumps the shark. I think we are here.
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Still in denial. SDSU was an upgrade over CU? Big 12 was better only because of numbers (BYU,UC,UCF,UH had comparable TV ratings to Pac other than UW/Oregon and better than some)? And I don't believe for a minute Arizona was going to take that awful Apple deal. Maybe the ASU president was dumb enough. But Washington and Oregon certainly weren't. Arizona had already been accepted by the Big 12.
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TCU, Tech and Baylor might as well be in Colorado as far as publicity in Houston. They needed UofH. They were completely out of Houston.
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Maybe Craig knows a powerful ESPN exec who had a run-in with hookers?!
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Dignity and SMU in the same sentence on a sports board? What would CJK5H say?
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Things are starting to get surreal. SMU & Stanford to ACC?!
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Since the Ivy League won't do big time sports, Penn gets involved in big time gambling!!!! (yes, I know its not Penn U.)