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2013 SEC Discussion and Division Races

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Bill Lucas;2314923; said:
Not if you just count the state the teams are in. The addition of Texas A&M and Missouri gives the SEC a larger population base than the Big Ten. Texas has 26 million people.
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Not with Maryland and New Jersey in the mix now. It's basically even and if you factor in that Texas isn't totally for aTm, the Big probably has a slight lead.

If you add in in the DirecTV factor, the BIG is well out ahead for now.

And while the SEC network might make more money in the interim, that'll only last until the BTN renegotiations begin.
 
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SEC country is probably the easiest region to get carriage for a sports network. You think people in Ohio get fired up? Just think of what would happen in Alabama if the locals can't see the first Crimson Tide game of the year. The west coast doesn't have the passionate fans that the Midwest has, and the SEC region is even more crazy than the Midwest, so carriage shouldn't be an issue.
 
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Bill Lucas;2314923; said:
Not if you just count the state the teams are in. The addition of Texas A&M and Missouri gives the SEC a larger population base than the Big Ten. Texas has 26 million people.
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I haven't figured that out yet, because the entire state of Texas cannot get the Longhorn Network due to carriage issues.

I'm also wondering if University of Texas fans want the SEC Network and would absorb the extra $1 or whatever a month for it (on their bill).

That's why I don't know if we can count all of Texas (and the population). This would be similar to the Big Ten adding Georgia Tech, with more UGA fans in Georgia.
 
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VBSJ;2314902; said:
Mike Slive is making an announcement in regards to the SEC Network in April. He was referencing BTN and kept saying SEC would make more money.

My question is, wouldn't any SEC Network run into huge carriage issues, since the Pac-12 Network and Longhorn Network are running into those issues currently. It's a completely different landscape now than when BTN launched.

Also, aren't there more TV sets in the Big Ten footprint?

Slive's numbers don't make sense, in comparison to BTN.
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it will probably be a partnership with ESPN that will overlap some of their existing carriage.


VBSJ;2314934; said:
I haven't figured that out yet, because the entire state of Texas cannot get the Longhorn Network due to carriage issues.

I'm also wondering if University of Texas fans want the SEC Network and would absorb the extra $1 or whatever a month for it (on their bill).

That's why I don't know if we can count all of Texas (and the population). This would be similar to the Big Ten adding Georgia Tech, with more UGA fans in Georgia.
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most of the state of Texas is not interested in only watching the University of Texas playing some 1aa school.

however, those same fans may be interested in watching 2 SEC teams play each other.
might not be in big enough numbers to break any kind of ratings record, but it may be enough to get the channel available.
 
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Mike80;2314926; said:
Not with Maryland and New Jersey in the mix now. It's basically even and if you factor in that Texas isn't totally for aTm, the Big probably has a slight lead.

If you add in in the DirecTV factor, the BIG is well out ahead for now.

And while the SEC network might make more money in the interim, that'll only last until the BTN renegotiations begin.
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By raw population? SEC = 92 million. B1G (with New Jersey and Maryland) = 86 million.

I understand there are other factors at play but those are the raw population numbers.
 
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Bill Lucas;2315046; said:
By raw population? SEC = 92 million. B1G (with New Jersey and Maryland) = 86 million.

I understand there are other factors at play but those are the raw population numbers.
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But that's ONLY counting all of Texas, which is very divided and Aggie isn't nearly the most popular team in the state. Same with Florida (at least in terms of having quite a few other D-1 schools), the other big SEC state.

The Big Ten Schools don't have those types of issues with divided loyalties, at least not to the same extent.
 
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Mike80;2315054; said:
But that's ONLY counting all of Texas, which is very divided and Aggie isn't nearly the most popular team in the state. Same with Florida (at least in terms of having quite a few other D-1 schools), the other big SEC state.

The Big Ten Schools don't have those types of issues with divided loyalties, at least not to the same extent.
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Uh, did you forget? We have to split the state with THE University of Cincinnati Juggalos. Ohio's BCS team.
 
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LovelandBuckeye;2315207; said:
Uh, did you forget? We have to split the state with THE University of Cincinnati Juggalos.
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:slappy:

Yeah, and?

Notice I didn't count Pennsylshitholia either - Pitts' fanbase is miniscule compared to the pedsters. Same for Ohio and Ohio State vs. the other Ohio wannabes....
 
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Mike80;2315208; said:
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Yeah, and?

Notice I didn't count Pennsyl[Mark May]holia either - Pitts' fanbase is miniscule compared to the pedsters. Same for Ohio and Ohio State vs. the other Ohio wannabes....
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We have a poop ton of D1 schools but none touch the level of the Florida-FSU-Da U or Texa$-aTm split. If California gave a damn they could be divided, too. Of all the Soldiers I have had from Cali, only one has not been a U$C fan. He was a UCLA fan.
 
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Since the Simpsons characters versions of the ACC & Big XII were posted the SEC shouldn't be left out:

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