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17 teams each playing 9 times is 17x9=153. Each game has two teams so 153÷2=76.5 games. Can't play a 1/2 game.

Ed Scott, the Memphis AD, said yesterday that they expect to come close to the 20.5 million in revenue share money.

Ed Scott, the Memphis AD, seemed to imply that he did contact Big East in September when Memphis was trying to figure out a way to make the PAC-12 invite work. They desperately want out of the AAC.

The Memphis AD, Ed Scott, said Memphis did not pass on the Pac-12 but instead passed on the deal presented. Mentioned AAC exit fees and the speculative media rights numbers.

That would certainly solve the problem for Memphis and UConn but I wonder if the other Big East schools would be that accommodating.

It doesn't matter what the AAC commissioner thinks. Memphis isn't spending the money they're spending to stay in the AAC. In fact, they just got a commitment from the #3 pocket QB in the 2025 class.

This may or may not be relevant but FedEx promised to become a "major sponsor" of the Big 12 in 2016 if the Memphis Tigers were invited into the conference. Within the last year FedEx and the Fred Smith family have given 50 million to help support the renovation of the university-owned Liberty...

He was actually 24 of 25 under today's rules. Dunks were not allowed in 1973.

With the expectation of realignment musical chairs I'm sure. In December the Smith family (FedEx) also donated $50 million to help with the renovation of the Liberty Bowl which is now owned by the University. That 220 million renovation is going to begin in a couple of months.

The Mountain West teams have a 32 million exit fee and the AAC teams have a 17 million fee.

I have no opinion there but a 365 interviewee said tomorrow's Pac-12 media deal will be in the low 20s. If that's true we can guess what's next.

Didn't Thamel just tweet essentially the same thing? That Arizona, Utah, and Arizona State would act in unison or something like that. I think they both have scoops with a promise of not expressly stating them. Who knows.

Just from experience I would say that Memphis alumni and those who attend sporting events in general don't live in the city limits of Memphis for the most part. They live in Germantown and Collierville which both have average household incomes north of 100,000. They also in DeSoto county...

Like UConn football I think Memphis is being treated a little unfair. Memphis is a Research 1 Carnegie School. Too many people rely solely on US News and World Report.

It's my understanding that the Memphis lawyers argued that this is like the North Carolina case. There classes were available to all students and so there was no special benefit to the athletes. Penny was a well-known Memphis philanthropist during and before he became a high school coach. When...