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[QUOTE="Slasher, post: 2108623, member: 4452"]
1. That's just a numbers game.  There's about 2.1M people in the Cincy metro area.  Not sure how many cable boxes.  There's rumors that Cincy/Dayton are going to be merging soon for media markets for ~3M people which would be the 18th biggest media market in the US.

2.  Ohio State is king of the state, but not of Cincinnati.  But for the state as a whole, no, there's no way to "flip" Ohio from the Big 12.  Not that Louisville flipped a much smaller KY to the ACC.

3.  Cincy had a down 2016 in football, but is 86-43 since 2007 with 5 conference championships (2 outright).  On the basketball front Cincinnati has been to seven straight NCAA tournaments (6th longest active streak), only North Carolina (also 7) in the ACC has a streak that matches.  Also have 31 overall appearances (16th overall).

4.  Not sure it's "made for TV" but Cincinnati and Louisville have shared conference four times (Missouri Valley - 1964 - 1970, Metro - 1975-1991, C-USA - 1995-2005, Big East - 2005-2013).  They've met 99 times in basketball.  They've met 53 times in football, and their battle is for the "Keg of Nails."

5.  Doesn't fit there at all. No history between the two other than Notre Dame hiring Brian Kelly.
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