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Stewart Mandel
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My TV data-driven story today on the future of the Big 12's other 8 schools. Charts like this are why it's going to be tough for any to land an invite to the ACC/B1G/Pac. https://theathletic.com/2731657/2021/07/27/mandel-big-12s-tv-numbers-explain-divide-between-texas-oklahoma-and-the-rest-and-why-remaining-8-should-worry/… Subscribe for 50% off.
1:55 PM · Jul 27, 2021·TweetDeck
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as a point of comparison, i would be curious to know the average tv audience for uconn (even back when we were in big east if that is a fairer comparison). anyone know where to get that data?
Stewart Mandel
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My TV data-driven story today on the future of the Big 12's other 8 schools. Charts like this are why it's going to be tough for any to land an invite to the ACC/B1G/Pac. https://theathletic.com/2731657/2021/07/27/mandel-big-12s-tv-numbers-explain-divide-between-texas-oklahoma-and-the-rest-and-why-remaining-8-should-worry/… Subscribe for 50% off.
1:55 PM · Jul 27, 2021·TweetDeck
My post was not inaccurate. It is what was posted on the ND board. I thought it odd that they would have the likes of coastal carolina on the list potential ACC invites, along with some AAC members and no mention of UConn. Like all fan boards, there is much hyperbole and speculation and that is understood. I don't care who is posting, to be not in the conversation is not a very good thing in my opinion. I am waiting for UConn's invite to the B1G to "shoot". I guess I struck a nerve to have you get so "testy".Lol, well if a fan board doesn't have us in I guess we should shut down the whole program.
(BTW, was your comment relevant to my post? What, you couldn't wait for someone to actually say UConn was a candidate before you shot your load?)
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I because I laughed at the fact that your post was entirely irrelevant to mine? Lol.
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Updated pod talk with Arizona beat writer tells me that both of the Arizona schools would very likely be in a pod with #Utes and #Buffs, while #OKState, #TexasTech, #KState and whomever the fourth #Big12 refugee is would be in another pod. Said new commish "just blowing smoke".
10:46 PM · Jul 27, 2021 from Oklahoma, USA·Twitter for Android
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Updated pod talk with Arizona beat writer tells me that both of the Arizona schools would very likely be in a pod with #Utes and #Buffs, while #OKState, #TexasTech, #KState and whomever the fourth #Big12 refugee is would be in another pod. Said new commish "just blowing smoke".
10:46 PM · Jul 27, 2021 from Oklahoma, USA·Twitter for Android
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No chance we go before Colorado and Oregon. A Big 24 gets us in. That's if they want an Eastern Division.
He’s still out there ? Needs to get a job
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Regarding the first rule of conference realignment (UConn gets screwed). if AAC picks up the Big 12 leftovers and that leads to a higher paying tv contract for the AAC after we left then all should be right in the world. The first rule lives again.
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Of course it’s counterintuitive if your looking at the best possible product.
Of course if your a Disney Bean Counter
devaluating the B12 and adding
WVA
OSU
Kansas
Baylor
Maybe even 2 more to the AAC is less costly
That move enables you to get those schools significantly cheaper than the sane way.
If I where in the B12 who will be cash heavy
I’d offer Aresco the Conference President job plus a signing bonus
to sell out ECU, Temple, Tulane , Tulsa , and maybe one or two more and merge the rest
That would be a less drastic hair cut for the B12 schools and decent bump for the AAC survivors. It will cost more money and Aresco can claim P5 .
Adding, Cinncy, Houston, SMU , Memphis , to the mix makes it a 7-8 team BB tourney contender.
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Someone else would step in before ESPN. All they need to do is get to 10, and Fox sees that it will be starved the way things are going, so it would go for the B12. ESPN is not going to have its feelings hurt by Bowlsby either, so I see no reason for the B12 to do anything other than add 2. If it were me, I'd add BYU and UCF and then call it a day.
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Easier to give the AAC a raise then break the contract for the big 12 to give them a cut, unless there is an out clause for losing OU and Texas.
This iteration of realignment appears to be about conference’s adding content people want to watch. Adding highly recognizable national brands is the best way to accomplish this. Perhaps the next best option is adding rivalry games.
The Big 12 is not going to be able to add a national brand. I accordingly wonder if focusing on existing or potential rivalries isn’t their long-term best option. And rivalries tend to exist or emerge among geographically nearby schools.
Perhaps adding a couple teams from a pool of proximate schools like Houston, Tulane, and Memphis might be a better than adding another geographic outlier?
The Big 12 is not going to be able to add a national brand. I accordingly wonder if focusing on existing or potential rivalries isn’t their long-term best option. And rivalries tend to exist or emerge among geographically nearby schools.
Perhaps adding a couple teams from a pool of proximate schools like Houston, Tulane, and Memphis might be a better than adding another geographic outlier?