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Message: [QUOTE="CoastAtlantic, post: 2955188, member: 5174"] [USER=1286343007]Greg Flugaur‏ @flugempire[/USER] [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire/status/1072525837570842624']8h8 hours ago[/URL] Big 12 is not expanding. AAC Commish attempting to get a GOR among its schools is too gain a little more leverage when negotiating next AAC Media deal + give AAC major leverage if/when Big 12 needs to backfill from being poached (B1G). [USER=40277131]Ray Borelli‏ @Ray_Borelli[/USER] [URL='https://twitter.com/Ray_Borelli/status/1072531477387202561']8h8 hours ago[/URL] Replying to [USER=1286343007]@flugempire[/USER] Agree. Although could be motivating factor for Big 12 to consider adding 2 now as a counter to that leverage. Move would backfire on Aresco in that case. Risky in that sense + unequal revenue is never good. [USER=1286343007]Greg Flugaur‏ @flugempire[/USER] [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire/status/1072535222099558400']8h8 hours ago[/URL] ESPN paid Big 12 more money not to expand. FOX has zero interest..for reasons I have touched upon. Big 12 won’t be expanding..and I don’t think AAC GOR gets done. [USER=1286343007]Greg Flugaur‏ @flugempire[/USER] [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire/status/1072627157850091521']2h2 hours ago[/URL] Most important and lasting mark OU President James Gallogly will leave is that his Presidency happened at all. Oklahoma’s BOR wanted to make a clean cut from past. Oklahoma is going into a different direction. If Gallogly lasts 1 more year or 6 more it’s “change” that won. [USER=386000905]Christopher Lambert‏ @theDudeofWV[/USER] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/1072533567815729153']8h8 hours ago[/URL] it looks as if the Big 12 and Pac 12 are working on some type of arrangement where they combine their TV rights for the their next media deals and create a new type of conference network out of the ashes of P12N. 1 of 2 [USER=386000905]Christopher Lambert‏ @theDudeofWV[/USER] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/1072533810976358400']8h8 hours ago[/URL] But don't call it a merger... both the B12 and P12 would retain their separate conference identities. They would just combine media rights and play each other a lot... like a whole lot. [USER=386000905]Christopher Lambert‏ @theDudeofWV[/USER] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/1072534183552143361']8h8 hours ago[/URL] And the talk right now is LHN would remain separate with the hope the Longhorns would eventually join the new joint T3 media offering. [USER=46702521]Tim Riordan‏ @Plain_Old_Tim[/USER] [URL='https://twitter.com/Plain_Old_Tim/status/1072533989041364994']8h8 hours ago[/URL] hmmm... I guess it would be attractive given the time zone coverage, you're literally buying 18 straight hours of football. But I'm not sure if the whole would be worth more than the sum of the parts. [USER=386000905]Christopher Lambert‏ @theDudeofWV[/USER] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/1072534538541252608']8h8 hours ago[/URL] Replying to [USER=46702521]@Plain_Old_Tim[/USER] My take is that ESPN would go for it... cross conference matchups would be must see TV. Even more of an indicator that WVU needs to land in the ACC though. [USER=1043010882]Janet Currie‏ @currie2[/USER] [URL='https://twitter.com/currie2/status/1072547817305071616']7h7 hours ago[/URL] Sorry, I wasn’t clear, what I intended to ask was what are the chances of WVU moving to a different conference? The increased travel further west would be a killer for us, in my opinion, and I’ve really come to dislike the Big 12. [USER=386000905]Christopher Lambert‏ @theDudeofWV[/USER] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/1072548427219775489']7h7 hours ago[/URL] The Big 12 has been very good for WVU. A scheduling arrangement with the Pac 12 might not effect WVU at all as I'm certain P12 schools would be as reluctant to head east as WVU is to head west. [USER=1043010882]Janet Currie‏ @currie2[/USER] [URL='https://twitter.com/currie2/status/1072549367016513536']7h7 hours ago[/URL] Thanks. I don’t disagree with you and I’m happy to know that they can do this agreement without forcing increased travel on us. I still have some concerns about the conference, but you brought up changing conferences first. Why? [USER=386000905]Christopher Lambert‏ @theDudeofWV[/USER] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/1072549831044931584']7h7 hours ago[/URL] Ancillary reasons... ACC is a better fit, closer, thus more fans at ways games, more local interest in games with local teams and long established rivalries, more sponsorship opportunities (think Backyard Brawl & Black Diamond Trophy). [USER=859931443337809920]Julius Johnson‏ @JuliusJ85224635[/USER] [URL='https://twitter.com/JuliusJ85224635/status/1072597255268511746']4h4 hours ago[/URL] I still don’t understand why Notre Dame would want to join the ACC and why the other Power 5 Programs would want to try to force Notre Dame to join the ACC. No incentives that I can see from any direction except from our own here at WVU. [USER=386000905]Christopher Lambert‏ @theDudeofWV[/USER] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/1072628947488247809']2h2 hours ago[/URL] ND, as a wild card, potentially steals a playoff spot from the P5 schools. [USER=386000905]Christopher Lambert‏ @theDudeofWV[/USER] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/1072535859533099010']8h8 hours ago[/URL] Any Big 12 - Pac 12 deal would not benefit WVU, but such a deal would effectively freeze out ND and put more pressure on the Irish to go full in with the ACC. [USER=971386642865926145]Jay Brown‏ @JayTLonghorn[/USER] [URL='https://twitter.com/JayTLonghorn/status/1072549200691367937']7h7 hours ago[/URL] Replying to [USER=386000905]@theDudeofWV[/USER] The irony of this is pretty funny. ND has a scheduling agreement with ACC. ESPN helps broker a scheduling agreement (but not merge) between B12/PAC to force ND to 'merge' with a conf... [USER=386000905]Christopher Lambert‏ @theDudeofWV[/USER] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/1072549486495498241']7h7 hours ago[/URL] Imagine that... ESPN moving pieces to add value to its holdings. [USER=386000905]Christopher Lambert‏ @theDudeofWV[/USER] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/1072535034853294080']8h8 hours ago[/URL] What the Big 12 and Pac 12 want to do - their "scheduling agreement" is simply in the best interests of both conferences and likely their best shot at keeping within shouting distance of the SEC. [/QUOTE]

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