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Kolumbo said:
The Big Ten just added 4 very big football brands after whiffing with Rutgers and Maryland. Oregon was certainly a football move. They figured it out. It's about football. Does that mean it will still only focus on football, or will it go after UNC and UVA? The ACC was always more of a southern conference but the SEC trumps all, so I think UNC would be more than OK going with the SEC if offered a spot. Vandy, Texas, Georgia, Florida. All more than fine schools.

Will the SEC still only focus on football, or also consider UNC? It's always the chicken and the egg. Conferences carry programs, programs carry conferences, and sometimes they help each other out.

I think Arizona State is the next big thing. Decent football, the Pheonix market, and lots of Big Ten alumni move there, I think.
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Agree. With revenue opportunities ramping up in other sports, and conferences seemingly falling by the wayside (is the demise of ACC imminent, after Pac12?), then conference bragging rights beyond football are coming to the fore. Which conference will be the best in basketball? SEC has been making a push - can't believe that Alabama is a top school in both M&W BB these days. SEC best in softball and baseball - big growth especially in softball (eyeballs on TV). Been watching a lot more ice hockey on TV over the years (at least that's a New England thing), and lacrosse is growing beyond traditional northeast/Atlantic coast footprint but still not quite fully rolled out in the country.

I think the conference media deals of the future will value the extended programming opportunities that these other sports offer throughout the calendar year beyond fall football. First it was geography and top media markets. But with streaming, that's not terribly relevant these days. To wit: I might not live in Iowa or PA but I want to watch Iowa-Penn State wrestling matches. It's the best teams playing in games among different sports that attract eyeballs. Another example is UConn WBB vs. South Carolina, UConn MBB vs. Kansas or Florida, etc.

That's why the SEC and BIG are best positioned to further enrich themselves and their member schools by thinking beyond football as fans love to watch many sports throughout the year, and colleges offer a great alternative to pro sports games. Adding UConn would arguably make BIG the best basketball conference over the SEC, as it's already considered the best in wrestling and women's volleyball. Maybe BIG can't overtake SEC in baseball and softball, but it can become the best in ice hockey, soccer, and lacrosse. They're both setting things up for future media rights negotiations.
 
broooce said:
Agree. With revenue opportunities ramping up in other sports, and conferences seemingly falling by the wayside (is the demise of ACC imminent, after Pac12?), then conference bragging rights beyond football are coming to the fore. Which conference will be the best in basketball? SEC has been making a push - can't believe that Alabama is a top school in both M&W BB these days. SEC best in softball and baseball - big growth especially in softball (eyeballs on TV). Been watching a lot more ice hockey on TV over the years (at least that's a New England thing), and lacrosse is growing beyond traditional northeast/Atlantic coast footprint but still not quite fully rolled out in the country.
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Yeah, except there are a lot of national championship hockey banners adorning Magness Arena at the University of Denver. Ten of them, in fact, including last year's. Also, three NCAA runner-up banners. That's something for New Englanders to emulate.
 
With the last weekend in July behind us, I'm in a sour mood (so you know what's coming isn't good).

What is the point of this thread? To keep espousing the greatness of the BIG...a conference that does its absolute best to ignore us and make sure that UConn is permanently entrenched with the other non-P2 have nots? Should we also have a SEC Ramblings thread too, just so that we can have a P2 balanced exclusion of UConn? I'd probably prefer that so that we could breakdown the weekly SEC Shorts. I'm not necessarily picking on you @Rufus, but these postings don't connect positively in any way to UConn. You wanna feel good about your conference, okay, there are better venues than a UConn forum that has no connection to the BIG.
 
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KryHavok said:
Should we also have a SEC Ramblings thread too…?
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Marbles90 said:
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SEC Ramblings

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Ahhh, I stand (or rather sit) corrected, I need to spelunk more into the forums, not sure how I missed that golden gem and the ability to talk up Vandypimp from this past season.
 
Something I think the B1G is considering with their CFP proposal is that bowl games have become inconsequential and may actually become even more so with the expanded playoffs. Already, players opting out is hurting the bowls.

Conference championship games will become all but meaningless if the top two teams in each conference are already in.
 
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