If the Big12-2 manages to land Notre Dame and BYU, then they'd come out ahead.
Notre Dame = Prima Donna with NBC contract. Nat'l viewership. Played a regular season game at the Alamo Dome for Touchdown Jesus's sake.
BYU = Scorned Psuedo Prima Donna. Brings a pseudo national base as well.
Both have higher value than TCU.
Some network affiliation between UT, ND & BYU = $$$$
Big Tex land ND? And magic unicorns fly out of my butt all the time too!
The Big 12 was smart to pass on TCU because TCU brings no new TV sets to the equation and plus TCU has wanted to differinate itself from the other Texas schools so TCU to the Big 12 was a non-starter.
agree. UT, ATM, and OU probably all 3 have more grads working in DFW than TCU. Also, in my opinion, while TCU is making a big commitment to football ($$$), there's no guarantee or historical continuum of success at the highest level to point to that guarantees TCU is a "player" in 5 or 10 years or when Patterson takes another job or retires. They are awful in hoops, the other revenue sport.
No way does the Mac10 survive another 3 years. You know that Mizzou would still love to leave, and after almost getting left for dead KU should be exploring any options that would put them in a conference.
If the Big12-2 manages to land Notre Dame and BYU, then they'd come out ahead.
Notre Dame = Prima Donna with NBC contract. Nat'l viewership. Played a regular season game at the Alamo Dome for Touchdown Jesus's sake.
BYU = Scorned Psuedo Prima Donna. Brings a pseudo national base as well.
Both have higher value than TCU.
Some network affiliation between UT, ND & BYU = $$$$
I think it'll be either KU, Mizzou or aTm that blows up the Mac10. None of them are happy under the new regime.
If ND thinks it is too good (academically) for the Big Ten, there's no way in hell they join the Big XII (which is that much worse without CU). They might discontinue the football program before they do that.
The day Notre Dame joins a conference, and gives up their giant TV contract, is the day they can no longer schedule.
I don't know why everyone still thinks the NBC contract is the main reason why ND is staying independent. During the whole conference carousel thing, someone did the math and ND could make way more money in a conference than they do right now. I don't have any of the numbers or a link but I definitely remember that.
aTm is the most likely, Mizzou wants out badly but the Big X doesn't want them and they don't have any other BCS options (unless their is a major re-shuffle involving the Big East and the ACC making huge changes) KU is in worse shape being a great BB school but having virtually no value in football and being locked at the hip with KSU which is the same minus the BB appeal. Mizzou's only hope is if the Big X decides to go to 14 or 16 and needs a geographical partner school. This only happens if ND decides join and even then Rutgers or Syracuse might be in front of Mizzou.
aTm has a huge fan base, has money behind it, and has had enough success to be valuable without being a long-term threat. If the SEC can shake OSU loose from OU, a combination of OU and aTm would be very appealling
There are 16 million reasons against A&M switching conferences.
If the Big12-2 manages to land Notre Dame and BYU, then they'd come out ahead.
Notre Dame = Prima Donna with NBC contract. Nat'l viewership. Played a regular season game at the Alamo Dome for Touchdown Jesus's sake.
BYU = Scorned Psuedo Prima Donna. Brings a pseudo national base as well.
Both have higher value than TCU.
Some network affiliation between UT, ND & BYU = $$$$
aTm is the most likely, Mizzou wants out badly but the Big X doesn't want them and they don't have any other BCS options (unless their is a major re-shuffle involving the Big East and the ACC making huge changes) KU is in worse shape being a great BB school but having virtually no value in football and being locked at the hip with KSU which is the same minus the BB appeal. Mizzou's only hope is if the Big X decides to go to 14 or 16 and needs a geographical partner school. This only happens if ND decides join and even then Rutgers or Syracuse might be in front of Mizzou.
aTm has a huge fan base, has money behind it, and has had enough success to be valuable without being a long-term threat. If the SEC can shake OSU loose from OU, a combination of OU and aTm would be very appealling
I don't know why everyone still thinks the NBC contract is the main reason why ND is staying independent. During the whole conference carousel thing, someone did the math and ND could make way more money in a conference than they do right now. I don't have any of the numbers or a link but I definitely remember that.
The BigXXX is dead...