quote:No they didn't get 31.2 Million
Didn't the Big 12 just get 31.2M per school (not accounting for unequal revenue distribution)? Doesn't tu get 15M/yr for their network (and yes I know it doesn't all go to athletic department)? I wouldn't say Ags are kicking their ass in media revenue.
quote:You did not do 400% . How will he figure this out?quote:Sad. Here's how I would explain it to a 3rd or 4th grader:quote:Um.
Before linking this to every BDF fan web site, can you at least fix your basic math error that would make a 5th grader blush? A 400% increase over $10 million is not $40 million.
I'm pretty sure you are wrong on the one, buck-oh.
maths
If you have $10 million, then
a 0% increase would give you $10 million;
a 100% increase would give you $20 million;
a 200% increase would give you $30 million;
a 300% increase would give you $40 million.
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The downside is this. Expansion is being pushed by those who want to save the Big Xii. If Big Xii expands, has a conference game, and has an increased payout, then there will be arguments that the Big Xii has been 'saved' and there is no reason for OU to leave. The argument will be that Big Xii is just as good as the other P5 conferences so why leave?
The problem with that argument is this. Expansion, etc., is only a temporary fix. It's like trying to patch a 'sucking chest wound' with a band aide. We'll be right back in this discussion again and again. The population density of the Big Xii simply doesn't support a Power conference. It's the conference in the middle that will be 'cherry picked' by the other four power conferences. Let's get it over with
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TCU could possibly try to make this work before accepting an invite from the Pac or SEC
If the SEC goes to 16 with OU and UT, then the B1G will expand. Exit KU.
If the B1G goes to 16 with OU and UT, then the SEC will counter with offers to KU and oSu. Maybe TCU gets the offer instead of oSu, but I don't know that is the case. Or, if the expansion is to 18, the SEC would be pretty smart to wrap up all three plus a Tech or Houston just to make the state of Texas really lean SEC. Let that sink in for a minute... OU and Texas get the big bucks of the B1G contract, but have oSu, KU, MU and Arkansas all in the strongest football conference forming a geographic wedge separating OU and Texas from their B1G brethren (and maybe the SEC flag planted in DFW with the purple frogs). Texas recruiting advantage: SEC
Go ahead, make JR's day.
If anyone in the conference moves, it will most likely be KU, OU and UT as a package deal. It's more likely we stay put. Ugh.
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Love it.
Texas home football attendance:
2009
101,175
2010
100,654
2011
100,524
2012
100,881
2013
98,976
2014
94,103
2015
90,035
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I'm not convinced that UT will join the ACC/SEC/B!G/PAC. I can see OU leaving, possibly with KU, for the B!G. I can see UT reforming something akin to the old South West Conference. They would be the undisputed center around which all else revolves. Their LHN can become the basis of a SWC network (UT would get the lions share of the revenue.)
The New Southwest Conference would need another marque school. Notre Dame's agreement to only join the ACC expires in 2025 the same year the Big Xii GOR expires. Could UT and ND establish some kind of conference with the remnants of the Big Xii and some more eastern teams, ie, UConn, Cinci, etc.?
I'm fairly well convinced that Texas is just too big for the B!G, ACC, SEC, or PAC. In the "Eyes of Texas" at least.
A new SWC or a conference built around UT/ND would probably generate enough revenue to keep UT and ND happy and comparable to the other conferences
quote:Lol,quote:
I'm not convinced that UT will join the ACC/SEC/B!G/PAC. I can see OU leaving, possibly with KU, for the B!G. I can see UT reforming something akin to the old South West Conference. They would be the undisputed center around which all else revolves. Their LHN can become the basis of a SWC network (UT would get the lions share of the revenue.)
The New Southwest Conference would need another marque school. Notre Dame's agreement to only join the ACC expires in 2025 the same year the Big Xii GOR expires. Could UT and ND establish some kind of conference with the remnants of the Big Xii and some more eastern teams, ie, UConn, Cinci, etc.?
I'm fairly well convinced that Texas is just too big for the B!G, ACC, SEC, or PAC. In the "Eyes of Texas" at least.
A new SWC or a conference built around UT/ND would probably generate enough revenue to keep UT and ND happy and comparable to the other conferences
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Love it.
Texas home football attendance:
2009
101,175
2010
100,654
2011
100,524
2012
100,881
2013
98,976
2014
94,103
2015
90,035
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The argument in 2016 will be, "Does the B1G and SEC each deserve two spots in the CFP? Can Clemson sneak in above one of the SEC teams? Michigan and OSU will be a defacto playoff game, but is that fair if they are better than the other teams in the CFP?" The worst thing the Big 12 will have to endure is listening to the talking heads discuss how much Stanford belonged last year instead of OU, which will be paired with them acknowledging that the CFP playoff committee won't make the same mistake again in 2016. Hear that Big 12? The season hasn't even begun yet, and your conference is already exempt from the CFP. You had your chance, and you blew it. You thought you were talented because you only watched your conference. You had no perspective.
quote:How true is that! I remember having arguments on TexAgs during our realignment where people truly were ignorant of the vastly superior football played in the SEC. Watching only Big XII football made them have a very faulty perspective.
You had your chance, and you blew it. You thought you were talented because you only watched your conference. You had no perspective.
quote:Yep. On 25 carries.
Was that the game where the sips had negative yards rushing, maybe -27 yards or something?
I knew some sips that were so butthurt over that game. Just big pouty babies.
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You are right, we are overrated. And why are we overrated? Because year in and year out, we bump up our rankings by beating the **** out of the weak teams in this garbage conference only to get exposed when we play a real team.
I for one am sick and ****ing tired of us getting our hopes up and thinking we're actually a good team when we beat up on the likes of Sand Aggie, **** U, and the Reindeer bangers only to get pantsed by legit contenders and stand there trying to cover our flaccid micro-**** while the entire world looks on and laughs.
**** this conference... Let's go find a real one while they still might want us. Let's go get a staff that's hungry and determined and let's fight our way back to the top. Let's actually earn it instead of sneaking through the season and hoping to pull a fast one at the end
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Let's go find a real one while they still might want us
quote:Yep. The game of musical conference chairs stopped and OU doesn't have a seat, nor a reservation, nor a spot on the waiting list.quote:
Let's go find a real one while they still might want us
I have some bad news...
quote:But they still have some major defensive problems. In the Big XII, somebody can light them up, putting a lot of points on the board. They might still win at the last minute, but their stats will be atrocious.
The Sooners are about to go on a run though. They won't play anyone as tough as Houston or Ohio State in the Big 12.
quote:But that's EXACTLY what Dodd's wanted to do, cruise through a weak conference and pull a fast one at the end.
Let's actually earn it instead of sneaking through the season and hoping to pull a fast one at the end
