I think that's the biggest thing for me. The Big Ten isn't paying Washington or Oregon a full share. No way that Texas A&M waltzes in a year later and gets a better deal than them. Is Fox, CBS, and NBC gonna pay up? I doubt it.
They're used to it. It doesn't hurt any more.
And the Big 10 wants to add at least 2 of the ACC schools when the time comes.
Don’t kid yourself. Big 10 would LOVE a major player in Texas…
Have a little knowledge on this since a portion deals with my former job at State Athletics. The people that got let go are basically football support staff. The sports video staff lost 2 of their 3 full time people, the equipment staff was fired and the training staff was fired. I knew their video staff and their head trainer was our Head Trainer here before Thomas took over. Good people in those two department and it stinks they got let go because of trying to find money to pay former coaches and future players. These departments work their tails off and get no recognition. They are now as expendable as coaches/analysts but without the contract buyouts.
"They are very resentful about Texas to the SEC"
I'm thinking as many as they want. If it means invading sec tv turf.
“We are letting go a lot of people due to the poor organizational structure under Bjrok. We are also joining the BIG10 to take vengeance on Bjork on behalf of the people we let go. You’re welcome.”
Well this is interesting. Great insight, thanks for posting. So aTm is hurting for money? So many people are trying to convince us that these schools are flush with cash.
So they trade Alabama and Georgia for Michigan and Ohio State? Not a great deal.
It's only 'as many as they want' if each school is willing to give up a piece of their pie to bring the new school in or if their media partners will pay for the addition. They weren't able to offer Washington or Oregon a full revenue share because NBC/CBS/Fox wouldn't pay up.
I'm not sure how big of a target Clemson will be in 5-10 years when this all goes down. Dabo had a fantastic 9-year run. But other than that, their entire history has been a good, but not nationally elite football program. North Carolina is the big prize. Followed by Florida St. Then Virginia, Clemson, NC State tier.
So last year, in football, they finished 4th in the SEC West and what would have been 6th or 7th overall.
You can't look me in the eyes and keep a straight face, while telling me that the new B1G is as tough, or even close to as tough, as the new SEC.
Maybe so. However I'm assuming someone is already courting FSU and Clemson, because both are so motivated to leave the ACC. Is it the SEC offering them? Probably not at this point.
I can tell with a straight face that top to bottom, it's not some wide gap and it's definitely not a wide gap when we're talking about the top 4-5 programs in each conference. The SEC is adding Texas and OU. The Big Ten is adding USC and Washington. I don't think there is a wide gap between those additions. Texas is better than they have been, but they were also feasting on a weak Big 12. OU isn't as good as they have been, but when they were good, they were also feasting on a weak Big 12, just like USC & Washington feasted on a weak Pac-12.
I guess I meant that Clemson is closer to being a potential AAU school than Florida State is. I agree that North Carolina is probably the best target.
Yeah, I'm not sure how the prorata works with the new ESPN contract for the SEC. If ESPN isn't willing to pay about $50-$70 Million more per year (between the SEC and CFP contracts) apiece for Clemson or FSU home games, I'm not sure it's a good deal for the SEC.
The gray pants for football are elite, I don't care what anyone says.Don’t kid yourself. Big 10 would LOVE a major player in Texas…
I would swap them for North Carolina in a second if I was in Bham… plus State could get their original Maroon pms 202 back… then say 17 you to Adidas & to the ugly *** gray we currently use because of them.
Those gray numbers on the Maroon unis tonight looks like
