Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

[HuskyHawk]

How can Miami and UNC be better programs when they haven’t had a recent top 10 finish? Attendance is about a wash. As for TV ratings, the Big 12’s championship game last year with Kansas St./TCU had almost triple the TV ratings if the ACC Championship game of Clemson/UNC. The Big 12 game was noon Saturday with no competition and the ACC game was Saturday night and went up against Big 10.

Top 10 is an arbitrary and irrelevant metric. Nobody cares about that. The time of those games tells the story, one is worthy of prime time, the other was not. TCU also drew ratings because a win put them in the playoff, and some fans were rooting against that. I like the Big XII, I grew up a Big 8 fan, but without OU and UT it is pretty weak.

 

[UConnJim]

Top 10 is an arbitrary and irrelevant metric. Nobody cares about that. The time of those games tells the story, one is worthy of prime time, the other was not. TCU also drew ratings because a win put them in the playoff, and some fans were rooting against that. I like the Big XII, I grew up a Big 8 fan, but without OU and UT it is pretty weak.

Sagarin ratings adjusted for new additions and subtractions for the ACC and Big 12:

ACC: 73.57
Big 12: 75.88

 

[bobbyinaz]

Judge's ruling could lead to billions in damages as 'worst-case scenario' rears head for NCAA

The NCAA continues to take hits on multiple legal fronts

www.cbssports.com

The NCAA is on life support. The day when schools start paying players is quickly approaching

 

[ZooCougar]

Judge's ruling could lead to billions in damages as 'worst-case scenario' rears head for NCAA

The NCAA continues to take hits on multiple legal fronts

www.cbssports.com

The NCAA is on life support. The day when schools start paying players is quickly approaching

When a coach says he “needs more NIL” what he is basically saying is that he needs a bigger payroll.

 

[WestCoastHusky]

When a coach says he “needs more NIL” what he is basically saying is that he needs a bigger payroll.

This. The college sports we used to know is no longer, it is now basically a pro sports lite now. It is just a matter of time top teams will have the biggest payroll. NIL is just another form of compensation like payroll. It sucks for schools like UConn with our lack of revenue, but that's the new reality.

 

[bobbyinaz]

This. The college sports we used to know is no longer, it is now basically a pro sports lite now. It is just a matter of time top teams will have the biggest payroll. NIL is just another form of compensation like payroll. It sucks for schools like UConn with our lack of revenue, but that's the new reality.

And it’s only going to get worse.

Currently the kids are getting paid thru the guise of NIL. Very soon they will be receiving payment directly from the schools.

The NCAA is done. We will end up with multiple “entities” that will oversee college athletics. The SEC & B1G will set the “guidelines” for whatever the new “big boy” organization will be. Everyone else will fall in line by class according to what they can afford to spend

 

[Rufus]

Yes- that is absolutely true but Uconn won't be in B1G 10 anytime soon. I think Uconn's best shot at getting out of football purgatory is finding a way into ACC.
There is no money being an independent and highly recruited HS players want to be on National TV on Saturday -

I think you are right. If the B1G passed on Stanford and Cal, they are passing on UConn.

The B1G will only add whoever FOX/NBC/CBS deems worthy.

 

[UConnJim]

I think you are right. If the B1G passed on Stanford and Cal, they are passing on UConn.

The B1G will only add whoever FOX/NBC/CBS deems worthy.

I think the Big 10 passed on Stanford and Cal because the timing was not right. And, the Big 10 didn't want to take Washington and Oregon at first. LT, I think Stanford and Cal are going to the Big 10 in a western pod with USC/UCLA/Washington/Oregon. In the meantime, they are in the ACC, probably until the GOR expires.

 

[bobbyinaz]

I think the Big 10 passed on Stanford and Cal because the timing was not right. And, the Big 10 didn't want to take Washington and Oregon at first. LT, I think Stanford and Cal are going to the Big 10 in a western pod with USC/UCLA/Washington/Oregon. In the meantime, they are in the ACC, probably until the GOR expires.

You would think that Calford made the same pitch to the B1G that they made to the ACC about coming in at a reduced rate and the B1G passed.

Why would they want to add them in the future at a full share? Having 4 Western schools is plenty to enable non-football scheduling. Adding them doesn’t bring any addition dollars

 

[ZooCougar]

The B1G passed on them because they don’t need them.

The ACC took them out of fear and to build a bigger coalition of nerd schools to fight back against UNC, Clemson and FSU.

 

[ZooCougar]

 

[CL82]

Non-key.

 

[Vowelguy]

I think the Big 10 passed on Stanford and Cal because the timing was not right. And, the Big 10 didn't want to take Washington and Oregon at first. LT, I think Stanford and Cal are going to the Big 10 in a western pod with USC/UCLA/Washington/Oregon. In the meantime, they are in the ACC, probably until the GOR expires.

Cal and Stanford bring little. I highly doubt the BiG will be interested.
If they really want more western teams, AZ and UT would be more desirable. But I doubt the west is a big concern. The BiG has its eyes on the ACC.

 

[Skies2018]

I think you are right. If the B1G passed on Stanford and Cal, they are passing on UConn.

The B1G will only add whoever FOX/NBC/CBS deems worthy.

Our best and frankly only hope is finding a home for football immediately to hold us over til the ACC implodes and then go make a league with BC, Wake, Syracuse, and the other east coast schools that are left over.

 

[ZooCougar]

Non-key.

You’re not qualified to make that determination.

 

[CL82]

You’re not qualified to make that determination.

Also non-key. You're on a roll.

 

[Ha Who]

Also non-key. You're on a roll.

Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

I think we need a thread that is a repository of key tweets.

the-boneyard.com

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

Something for down the line, this Michigan sign stealing situation can cause them to join a new conference or start their own down the line.

Let’s just say the flagship program in the Big Ten is not happy with how they’re being treated and may be looking to pickup their money and go elsewhere because of it.

 

[JeepCSC]

Something for down the line, this Michigan sign stealing situation can cause them to join a new conference or start their own down the line.

Let’s just say the flagship program in the Big Ten is not happy with how they’re being treated and may be looking to pickup their money and go elsewhere because of it.

I’d cackle if they accepted a Notre Dame invitation to the ACC.

 

[ZooCougar]

Also non-key. You're on a roll.

Irony.

 

[ZooCougar]

Something for down the line, this Michigan sign stealing situation can cause them to join a new conference or start their own down the line.

Let’s just say the flagship program in the Big Ten is not happy with how they’re being treated and may be looking to pickup their money and go elsewhere because of it.

That would be throwing out the baby with the bathwater.

Unless they can get over $100M somewhere else it’s not happening.

They will sit in the B1G and sulk until OSU steps on their junk again and history will repeat itself.

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

I’d cackle if they accepted a Notre Dame invitation to the ACC.

Could very well be possible.

The talk is either the current Big Ten commish is gone when the time comes to renegotiate and an uneven revenue share happens or they look towards the ACC/go independent/start super conference

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

That would be throwing out the baby with the bathwater.

Unless they can get over $100M somewhere else it’s not happening.

They will sit in the B1G and sulk until OSU steps on their junk again and history will repeat itself.

Michigan is one of the biggest brands in cfb. Them and OSU carries the conference. Not the other way around.

The money is going to follow them wherever they go.

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

These teams are way more valuable when in a conference and one that contains other powerful brands/TV ratings generators. Really hard to see Michigan leaving the B1G. It's not just a football decision because UM brings in tons of research dollars as part of the B1G.

 

[ZooCougar]

Michigan is one of the biggest brands in cfb. Them and OSU carries the conference. Not the other way around.

The money is going to follow them wherever they go.

Nobody is going pay the ACC $100M per school just because Michigan goes there.

Think about what you are saying.