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CU has rejoined the Big 12 and broken college football - talking out asses continues

The Alabaster Yak said:
Klatt broke it down nicely. Once BIG and SEC got their deals, there was only enough money from the linear outlets for one more moderate deal. Yormark and B12 recognized that and jumped the line. GK and the Pac felt there was more money to be had via streaming.

GK and the Pac are the ones who gambled and the pushed all their chips in on streaming. I said it months ago, but streaming is where the next round of realignment and media contracts will be heading, but it’s not there yet, and a second rate conference like the Pac 10 was foolish in ever thinking they would be the trailblazers. It didn’t work with their efforts to own their network and it didn’t work with the streamers.
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This right here. If it was the SEC or B1G that went with a big portion of their inventory on a streaming service then it would've worked. It works good enough for Peacock to put 1 ND game per season exclusively on Peacock, but that's always one of their least attractive games. It works good enough for the MLS, which seems to have a decent following. But for a conference that is already off the national radar and where fan passion is lacking, no way.
 
Buffnik said:
Yep. ESPN had a choice.

A. $31M x 4 = $125M to add the western content they needed for time slots by orchestrating a realignment

-or-

B. $25M-$30M x 10 or 12 = $250M-$360M to do a deal to secure the Pac and accomplish the same thing

That's what ESPN was looking at during its exclusive negotiation window.
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Episode 2 Idk GIF by The Office
 
PhillyBuff said:
Going after Oregon is not congruent with increasing the TV market because they have significantly less population than Arizona, Colorado and Washington. The Big 10 TV deal is all about population. The best markets available are Phoenix, Denver, and Seattle (unless they go Notre Dame). If the Big 10 didn't take an Arizona school, Washington, or Colorado, then they aren't going after Oregon.

I just don't see it.
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Klatt made the point in his podcast that it’s no longer about TV markets. Cable and its subscription fees are going extinct. It’s now about games people will pay to watch.
 
Sheldon said:
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If this were to happen, the big 12 becomes a much more interesting conference.

It makes me wonder if they could develop the big 12 brand to a point where they are competitive with the Big Ten from a viewership standpoint, and consequently become a much more valuable conference in the next round of TV negotiations.

It would absolutely require that UW, Oregon, CU, UCF, Okie lite, and TCU reach their full potential and are competing for CFP spots. If that were to happen, it might be a very intriguing conference and not just a stepping stone to the BIg Ten.
 
Dicing up the ACC between the Big12, SEC, and BIG is the next item on the docket.

There’s simply too much interest tied to the top ~50-60 programs in CFB for only 2 conferences to exist. There will be a distant third, but it’ll be closer to the 2 than the rest of the field imo

I would not be shocked if the B12 takes less P12 teams so it can focus on the ACC leftovers which will be available sooner than we think. Focusing more to the east wouldn’t be a surprise imo
 
Dark Bohner said:
This explains a lot. The whole SDSU leaving the MW fiasco was bizarre.
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They were getting mixed information. I keep telling ya'll, this is gonna be an academic conference and one with elite money teams that can buy **** with no effort. You will see the oil tycoons of Rice, SMU, and Tulane. You will see other schools who fit the AAU boat. Maybe even USF because it's AAU and Apple wants something.

I don't see it for UNLV or SDSU. Stanford and California run academics and they run the conference now.
 
LesGrossman said:
Dicing up the ACC between the Big12, SEC, and BIG is the next item on the docket.

There’s simply too much interest tied to the top ~50-60 programs in CFB for only 2 conferences to exist. There will be a distant third, but it’ll be closer to the 2 than the rest of the field imo

I would not be shocked if the B12 takes less P12 teams so it can focus on the ACC leftovers which will be available sooner than we think. Focusing more to the east wouldn’t be a surprise imo
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*fewer

Goddamn dude, we’ve only been in the B12 for a day and you’re already a bumpkin.
 
Buffnik said:
Like Nebraska, Oregon has a premium national brand. Ducks have done one hell of a job getting radio and sports bar partnerships all over the country. The state itself is #27 in population and trending to pass KY and LA in the next Census.

Speaking of population data, CO should very soon be passing WI to move into the Top 20.

en.m.wikipedia.org

List of U.S. states and territories by population - Wikipedia

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and people say we are insufferable now?
 
Buffnik said:
OSU was a founding member iirc. If it crumbles I'll be curious to see if the PAC's remaining members try to create something new by raiding G5s like MWC and AAC in an effort to get more money than they would by joining them.
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Oregon Agricultural beating Michigan State in 1915 was actually an important moment in the legitimacy of west coast football.

Terry Baker won the first west coast Heisman at Oregon State.

They did their part in a lot of ways, it's a bad break for them, Wazzu and Cal (and maybe Stanford, though they have a way of not getting left out, I think).
 
HighlandsBuff said:
Oregon Agricultural beating Michigan State in 1915 was actually an important moment in the legitimacy of west coast football.

Terry Baker won the first west coast Heisman at Oregon State.

They did their part in a lot of ways, it's a bad break for them, Wazzu and Cal (and maybe Stanford, though they have a way of not getting left out, I think).
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As long as Cal and Stanford carry the conference, they good for now but once one is gone, they all gone.
 
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