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  1. Zissou

    Fox - Big East exclusive negotiating window

    I guess the window has closed?
  2. Zissou

    Is Big East Expansion complacency costs its teams NCAA bids?

    Never? Nova welcomed Temple into the oBE. I would not favor Joes though. Expansion for expansion’s sake doesn’t help.
  3. Zissou

    ST Johns declines NIT bid

    In 2024 turning down the NIT makes sense
  4. Zissou

    Marquette Post Game Thread

    I guess this has to go somewhere on the yard… Congrats you boneheads
  5. Zissou

    Fox - Big East exclusive negotiating window

    It’s not likely in their current forms. It’s more likely from necessity when the bigger programs turn on the conference.
  6. Zissou

    Fox - Big East exclusive negotiating window

    In the scenario of the ACC break-up and Duke, Wake, Pitt, Cuse and BC looking for a best fit (without P-2 options). Here are 3 pods for hoops, adding JMU and Temple to get to 18. Play your own pod members twice and the other pods once. 22 game regular schedule. Creighton, Marquette, DePaul...
  7. Zissou

    UMass > MAC for all sports in 2025-2026

    It’s not big news. I imagine that they can leave at anytime if something better comes along.
  8. Zissou

    Villanova Haiku

    Better get us now And maybe get us later Uncertain coaching
  9. Zissou

    Villanova Haiku

    Dan is annoying Go Villanova Wildcats Beat dem dirty dogs
  10. Zissou

    DePaul and the Big East

    The gold standard is irrelevant to the discussion at hand. In the bigger picture fiat currency is a ticking bomb.
  11. Zissou

    New Streaming Service

    I don’t care about having Disney or fESPN+ If you just want “normal” TV with networks, broadcast sports like fESPN, FS1, etc, streaming YouTube TV is fine. You get local networks (with local news), BBC news, CNN, Fox News, etc. They also offer a 4-game split screen of games that you can...
  12. Zissou

    New Streaming Service

    Per above, YouTube TV
  13. Zissou

    New Streaming Service

    We cut the cord a few years back and we pay less. When we had cable we already had Netflix. We still have Netflix, we added YouTube TV and we get HBO (Max) free from our ATT cell package. Big East on FS1 through YouTube TV is convenient. Easily watching YouTube TV on the iPhone app is an...
  14. Zissou

    Fox - Big East exclusive negotiating window

    Ok, I’ll play along. Marquette is #4. So they have a history AND they are currently relevant.
  15. Zissou

    Fox - Big East exclusive negotiating window

    The newACC is much less attractive. It’s an island of misfit toys. Cuse is in decline. You could also say BC could be a great team if they could just hire the next great coach. If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, every day would be Christmas. I’ll take Marquette. I’m old enough to...
  16. Zissou

    Delaware to CUSA

    No one knowledgeable claims Nova football breaks even. The costs are over inflated, but let’s go with $7.6M. The school pays the account, $7.6M and then the account nets zero. Real revenues from football do not cover costs.
  17. Zissou

    Fox - Big East exclusive negotiating window

    So how do we hear more about the negotiation with Fox? 60 day exclusive window? I hope we get the deal we want in this period. Any inside scoops? Any hope for CT media coverage?
  18. Zissou

    Fox - Big East exclusive negotiating window

    ESPN may have unlimited open windows because of streaming, and they could offer a package accordingly. The Big East on the other side of the deal has a say in the negotiations, and streaming in 2024 may not be as attractive as broadcast access on FS1. I’d rather have full coverage on FS1 (plus...
  19. Zissou

    Fox - Big East exclusive negotiating window

    The network is a key to viewers. ESPN does have more casual viewers. For a regular season game expect ESPN to have more viewers than a better FS1 game. Brands matter, but so does winning. Were you tuning into a Ville game last year? I’d take Marquette over Louisville or Syracuse. Their...
  20. Zissou

    Fox - Big East exclusive negotiating window

    Point 1 - FS1 has fewer viewers than ESPN. That is valid and that is a negative. On the other side, FS1 paid up and put all the games on broadcast TV at a time when ESPN tried to kill the conference. Point 2 - brand programs. Meh, those teams have mostly sucked since leaving the Big East...
  21. Zissou

    Fox - Big East exclusive negotiating window

    But basketball fans are generally the target audience for basketball games.
  22. Zissou

    Fox - Big East exclusive negotiating window

    I have heard of Arizona, Creighton, and DePaul. I guess I’m that 1% elite.
  23. Zissou

    Fox - Big East exclusive negotiating window

    So, y’all got nuthin…
  24. Zissou

    Fox - Big East exclusive negotiating window

    Yes, window! Any chatter from insiders in the UConn world?
  25. Zissou

    Delaware to CUSA

    That is not possible to predict with certainty at this time.
  26. Zissou

    Fox - Big East exclusive negotiating window

    Are we beginning the 60-day exclusive negotiating widow for the next contract?
  27. Zissou

    ACC votes to add Stanford, Cal, SMU: Conference presidents approve expansion to 18 schools

    I’m definitely not alone. Literally dozens of us.
  28. Zissou

    ACC votes to add Stanford, Cal, SMU: Conference presidents approve expansion to 18 schools

    Eastern Division, 8 FB affiliates. Year end Div 1 Sagarin Nova - 93 Army - 104 USF - 107 Navy - 122 Delaware - 143 UConn - 152 Temple - 173 UMass - 180
  29. Zissou

    ACC votes to add Stanford, Cal, SMU: Conference presidents approve expansion to 18 schools

    I’d like to see the PAC survive. Then if the ACC collapses, Stanford and Cal to the PAC.
  30. Zissou

    ACC votes to add Stanford, Cal, SMU: Conference presidents approve expansion to 18 schools

    UNLV is MW so poaching them early is a problem with exit fees. Temple and Rice are ripe AAC pickins. Temple and Rice allow for meeting the conference membership requirements for 2025. Please take care with this formula - it is an intricately choreographed solution.
  31. Zissou

    Delaware to CUSA

    For Nova specifically the timing was similar. The CAA move en masse was championed by the conference commish. He saw interest from members (UMass, JMU, and UD eventual moving up). The “rule” at the time was that a move up required an invite from an existing conference. He (Yeager) asked...
  32. Zissou

    ACC votes to add Stanford, Cal, SMU: Conference presidents approve expansion to 18 schools

    C’mon guys. It’s so simple. Maybe you need a refresher course. It’s all ball bearings these days. They just have to wait out the MW conference a little to avoid the poached teams paying exit fees. Poached AAC teams have less strings attached. For 2025: 8 full member teams only, minimum...
  33. Zissou

    Delaware to CUSA

    A very little known FBS history tidbit. The CAA asked about moving from FCS to FBS en masse as a conference. The NCAA said no to the request and the CAA chairman did not push the issue. This was before Liberty demanded equity and moved up independently, setting a new precedent. The members...
  34. Zissou

    OT: Best Pizza in CT

    Thanks. Schedule didn’t allow Cheshire this time.
  35. Zissou

    OT: Best Pizza in CT

    I had FP Birch with my Fairfield Pepe’s. Taking in as much as possible on this trip.
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