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

[CJasmer]

Not disagreeing with you about Texas vs Oklahoma but going forward, I think things will be different, perhaps very different. I don't think it's smoke & mirrors at all.
1. Texas and Oklahoma for the first time ever are now in the SEC. Will they still be all that? I'm not so sure. First, they will likely have more losses than before. Second, it's the SEC. Will SEC fans be so quick to accept them rascals? Third, Alabama is the king. Alabama-Auburn, Florida-Georgia, those are SEC rivalries.
2. I know if we were in the Big 12 I'd sure be watching a lot more of Okie State, Arizonas, Kansases, Colorado, Utah. Just as Cincy, Houston, UCF fans are likely doing. Long time Big 12 fans may not care so much about Texas-Oklahoma anymore. So that rivalry may have lost a lot of fans right there in its own footprint.
3. UConn is sitting here as one of the premiere blue-chip programs in the country. One of our biggest rivals? Creighton. Freaking Creighton! 10 years ago I didn't give a rat's ass about Creighton. 20 years ago I couldn't find it on a map. Point being, conferences can create great rivalries and the Big 12, top to bottom, is an excellent conference with no dead weight.

Texas vs Oklahoma will continue to be a big rivalry game. One of the biggest in the country. And these games will be much watch TV - Texas vs Alabama, Texas vs LSU and Texas vs GA. I know I will watch those games.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[CJasmer]

This is getting silly. All the rules changing for football. Best scenario would be for football to just spin off. Unfortunately it will not happen..

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

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[bobbyinaz]

A $250M price tag: How SEC coaches will pay their football players

Hanging over this year’s college football season is the historic concept that'd permit schools to directly pay their athletes.

sports.yahoo.com

SEC football coaches saying they anticipate $15-17MM being paid to football players. That’s going to leave $5-7MM for hoops and whatever other sports they pay.

 

[huskymedic]

A $250M price tag: How SEC coaches will pay their football players

Hanging over this year’s college football season is the historic concept that'd permit schools to directly pay their athletes.

sports.yahoo.com

SEC football coaches saying they anticipate $15-17MM being paid to football players. That’s going to leave $5-7MM for hoops and whatever other sports they pay.

They’re just begging to get football spun off…

 

[CJasmer]

A $250M price tag: How SEC coaches will pay their football players

Hanging over this year’s college football season is the historic concept that'd permit schools to directly pay their athletes.

sports.yahoo.com

SEC football coaches saying they anticipate $15-17MM being paid to football players. That’s going to leave $5-7MM for hoops and whatever other sports they pay.

The question if the lawyers that sue under Title IX try to argue 1/2 of the amount needs to go to women athletes. I think the distribution of $22 million should only go to the sports generating the revenue ( football followed by men’s basketball and then women’s basketball) but given some of the previous rulings on Title IX that may not hold.

 

[jostar1]

 

[TGW93]

I was there, and I will never not watch that video any time it is put in front of me.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

Not disagreeing with you about Texas vs Oklahoma but going forward, I think things will be different, perhaps very different. I don't think it's smoke & mirrors at all.
1. Texas and Oklahoma for the first time ever are now in the SEC. Will they still be all that? I'm not so sure. First, they will likely have more losses than before. Second, it's the SEC. Will SEC fans be so quick to accept them rascals? Third, Alabama is the king. Alabama-Auburn, Florida-Georgia, those are SEC rivalries.
2. I know if we were in the Big 12 I'd sure be watching a lot more of Okie State, Arizonas, Kansases, Colorado, Utah. Just as Cincy, Houston, UCF fans are likely doing. Long time Big 12 fans may not care so much about Texas-Oklahoma anymore. So that rivalry may have lost a lot of fans right there in its own footprint.
3. UConn is sitting here as one of the premiere blue-chip programs in the country. One of our biggest rivals? Creighton. Freaking Creighton! 10 years ago I didn't give a rat's ass about Creighton. 20 years ago I couldn't find it on a map. Point being, conferences can create great rivalries and the Big 12, top to bottom, is an excellent conference with no dead weight.

I would go to the B12 all sports
We would need a minimum of 50% with a graduated increase plus NCAA BB bonus
With Football playoff money that’s > $25,000,000

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Exit 4]

They’re just begging to get football spun off…

You can almost see a scenario where it is spun off for a decade and then maybe they come back. Idk- just saying just seems like this will eventually get to that point and then when they have their own smaller fishbowl for a decade do the SEC fans still love the product the same at the end of the decade? Do ratings cool a bit because it’s become a smaller / more regional product?

 

[JMick]

I figured but there were an awful lot of people online saying the summer would be "crazy" for realignment. It never made any sense to happen this year

 

[CJasmer]

I would go to the B12 all sports
We would need a minimum of 50% with a graduated increase plus NCAA BB bonus
With Football playoff money that’s > $25,000,000

I would like a Ferrari F8 Spider. I assume we are making a wishlist.

 

[ZooCougar]

Folks.

If you are wondering what a Key Tweet is, then here you go.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

Awesome
The old saying the wheels fell off the cart for Illinois
is so applicable . Not only that but the team of horses broke free and their bandwagon crashed to the ground and came to an abrupt halt.

 

[jostar1]

 

[CL82]

Folks.

If you are wondering what a Key Tweet is, then here you go.

The fact that it wasn't coming from a West Virginia basement was a good clue.

 

[shizzle787]

IMO the next big move is UNC and Virginia to the SEC in about 5 years.

 

[Luna]

IMO the next big move is UNC and Virginia to the SEC in about 5 years.

This would be a smart move by the SEC…

 

[huskymedic]

 

[djct1999]

This would be a smart move by the SEC…

Why is that a smart move? The longer it takes, the more games being streamed vs linear, the less value Virginia and to a lesser extent UNC have. I’d argue 5 years from now UVA isn’t even in the discussion.

 

[huskymedic]

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[Patman]

Why isn't it in the SECs interest to just stay where they are? Only thing i can think right now is you take members to deny them to other organizations.

I think there's a reason the SEC isn't going to move. New members, even schools like UNC don't move the average needle for the rest of the conference.