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[Kolumbo]

I like this hypothetical. All reason and common sense has left the building

 

[freescooter]

LOL. I would never happen. We’d need to find too many mixup RE basketball onlies to balance it out

 

[Vowelguy]

The B12 could’ve had Stan/Cal when the PAC broke up.
And the ACC took them precisely because of the extra revenue from exposure to new markets. Give them up and the revenue goes away.

Rule #1 of conference realignment: there is not some deity who gets to do whats best for everyone. Instead each discrete move needs to make the participants better. This 3-3 swap fails that test right off.

 

[mike012]

I need to start making up some rumors. Get some excitement in this chat again.

 

[freescooter]

Given this is the non key thread, I am going to take the liberty to see if you have any comments on the hit piece by the NY Times on Syracuse throwing discounted tuition at kids here in June in a desperation to boost their 2029 class. I have the last three years of my local HS's college placement book. Its fascinating to see you need a 4.0 GPA for UConn and just a 3.5 for Cuse.

Maybe with all the new immigration rules it harder to get people to go to Canada.

 

[freescooter]

The B12 could’ve had Stan/Cal when the PAC broke up.
And the ACC took them precisely because of the extra revenue from exposure to new markets. Give them up and the revenue goes away.

Rule #1 of conference realignment: there is not some deity who gets to do whats best for everyone. Instead each discrete move needs to make the participants better. This 3-3 swap fails that test right off.

You are correct. The “trade” would make sense if completion and rivalries mattered anymore. They don’t. So no chance

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

The B12 could’ve had Stan/Cal when the PAC broke up.

Interesting, IIRC reports and/or minimally rumors indicated Stanford and Cal preferred not to associate with BYU and some of the Big XII’s not so glowingly respected academic stalwarts. Subsequently, Calford sucked it up in associating with bottom feeder Louisville and other not so massively respected ACC schools.

 

[billybud]

Interesting, IIRC reports and/or minimally rumors indicated Stanford and Cal preferred not to associate with BYU and some of the Big XII’s not so glowingly respected academic stalwarts. Subsequently, Calford sucked it up in associating with bottom feeder Louisville and other not so massively respected ACC schools.

Maybe the sum is greater than its parts....13 ACC schools were ranked by USNWR ahead of the top ranked Big 12 school.....Baylor at #91....fourteen schools when you count Notre Dame in all but football.

 

[Purple Stein]

I love this for BC

 

[Vowelguy]

I love this for BC

Bc doesn’t fair poorly.

I don’t know how they handle differing number of games. And as others have noted, GaTech comes out high because it has a yearly game with Georgia. You could have 0 fans and put up boffo tv ratings by playing ND, OhioSt, and Alabama.

 

[Rufus]

Wow, Notre Dame ratings tank when they play ACC schools.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Maybe the sum is greater than its parts....13 ACC schools were ranked by USNWR ahead of the top ranked Big 12 school.....Baylor at #91....fourteen schools when you count Notre Dame in all but football.

Yup, after USCw, UCLA, UDub and Oregon departed the old PAC 12, Calford opting not to associate with Boise State CC and other prospective newby PAC n schools, and avoiding any association with BYU and lesser academic respected Big XII schools, Calford sucked it up shipping their athletes across country for the least bad of available alternatives.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Bc doesn’t fair poorly.

I don’t know how they handle differing number of games. And as others have noted, GaTech comes out high because it has a yearly game with Georgia. You could have 0 fans and put up boffo tv ratings by playing ND, OhioSt, and Alabama.

Same same with BCU faring better more due to the Fighting Chickens ‘ opponent fan bases than BCU itself. For example, BCU’s games televised last season primarily due to pre-season overrated Free Shoes (week 0 or 1), rebounding Louisville, surprising mid-teens ranked smu, and Nebraska particularly due to the Cornhuskers’ crazed fan base.

 

[CL82]

Bc doesn’t fair poorly.

I don’t know how they handle differing number of games. And as others have noted, GaTech comes out high because it has a yearly game with Georgia. You could have 0 fans and put up boffo tv ratings by playing ND, OhioSt, and Alabama.

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That's an ironic result. I suspect the engine driving it may be that the only Boston College games that get broadcast are games against the high drawing teams in the ACC. So their "ratings per game broadcast" are respectable numbers but their total broadcast games are only four.

 

[Vowelguy]

That's an ironic result. I suspect the engine driving it may be that the only Boston College games that get broadcast are games against the high drawing teams in the ACC. So their "ratings per game broadcast" are respectable numbers but their total broadcast games are only four.

But their total viewers (6.9M) is still 8th.

 

[billybud]

Bc doesn’t fair poorly.

I don’t know how they handle differing number of games. And as others have noted, GaTech comes out high because it has a yearly game with Georgia. You could have 0 fans and put up boffo tv ratings by playing ND, OhioSt, and Alabama.

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How in the world does a 2-10 program average over 2 million per...?

Notre Dame played #2 Georgia, #4 Penn State, #6 Ohio State and Texas A&M on their non ACC schedule...of course their non ACC schedule drew viewers....schedule like that and people will watch.

 

[Kolumbo]

Wow, Notre Dame ratings tank when they play ACC schools.

I believe this is an argument why networks would agree to pay more for FSU in the P2 rather than in the ACC. The games are much better.

How in the world does a 2-10 program average over 2 million per...?

That's part of what defines a power program, right? FSU should land in the P2 somehow.

 

[Vowelguy]

How in the world does a 2-10 program average over 2 million

Schaudenfreude

 

[CL82]

But their total viewers (6.9M) is still 8th.

Sure, but are those viewers more accurately attributed to Boston College or their opponents? My guess is that unless there is a very compelling opponent, Boston College games aren't being broadcast. I'll bet you could find similar results for Butler in the big east. Relatively few games broadcast nationally, but good numbers when they are there. Of course, those broadcast games would probably be versus Connecticut, Creighton, Marquette, and say Villanova. Under those circumstances, do you feel that they accurately reflect butlers draw in the market?

 

[ZooCougar]

Syracuse is in like eleventeenth place.

 

[Vowelguy]

Sure, but are those viewers more accurately attributed to Boston College or their opponents?

Did you even read my post?

 

[CL82]

Did you even read my post?

Yes, did you read my response?

 

[UConnDan97]

Yes, did you read my response?

Agreed.

They played Syracuse and Louisville at home, which may contribute to why their number is "higher" than Syracuse.

However, they played Virginia on the road, which may have contributed to how low the Virginia number is!

I think that the numbers on that list are certainly missing some context...

 

[billybud]

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[Stinger92860]

Sorry, it wasn't meant to be a knock against you, and God knows I've posted many non-key tweets myself, I just think fans coming up with hypothetical conferences are just wasting their time. Maybe I'm just cranky. I'll delete it.

I believe when/if a move is coming for us, it will be a non-key tweet. At least that’s my position after a gummy.