B1G-Pac Challenge Starting in 2017 - suspended

[Onebuckfan]

I'll agree FOX has had issues but ESPN has been doing this for 25 yrs or so..it didn't take long for their NFL Coverage,and NASCAR to dominate those sports..so Iwouldn't bet against FOX.

 

[darbypitcher22]

I'll agree FOX has had issues but ESPN has been doing this for 25 yrs or so..it didn't take long for their NFL Coverage,and NASCAR to dominate those sports..so Iwouldn't bet against FOX.

Wouldn't bet against them but when the best you can do is Kenny Albert and Moose Johnston doing games as a marquee pairing I'll pass

 

[muffler dragon]

OSU vs. Oregon would be a nice looking matchup in 2017... Book it...

Oregon State vs. Ohio State: The battle for the, "The"

Just say when, and I'm buying my tickets in Oregon immediately!

 

[darbypitcher22]

Just say when, and I'm buying my tickets in Oregon immediately!

Autzen Zoo is probably pretty awesome in person.

 

[UpNorth_Buckeye]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/la-sp-1229-pac-12-big-ten-20111229,0,3008698.story

Plans include a preseason game at the Rose Bowl, possibly as soon as 2013 or 2014, involving schools from each conference.

"The Rose Bowl is interested, both conferences are interested," Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott said. "There are no details yet, but it's fair to say you'll see it in some form or faction."

I apologize if this has already been brought up, but I found this VERY interesting...

 

[muffler dragon]

Autzen Zoo is probably pretty awesome in person.

Haven't been. I've heard it from the freeway that runs next to it though, and it was impressive.

 

[muffler dragon]

I forgot to mention that Larry Scott has been pitching the Pac-12 to China and the Far East to gain recognition of the brand there. It would be interesting if this was coupled with it.

 

[darbypitcher22]

I forgot to mention that Larry Scott has been pitching the Pac-12 to China and the Far East to gain recognition of the brand there. It would be interesting if this was coupled with it.

Kind of curious as to how that would work

 

[muffler dragon]

Kind of curious as to how that would work

Just a matter of getting teams on screens to begin with. I imagine that it would be rather easy to get the Olympic sports teams over there for actual competitions though.

 

[Diego-Bucks]

I forgot to mention that Larry Scott has been pitching the Pac-12 to China and the Far East to gain recognition of the brand there. It would be interesting if this was coupled with it.

Unless those games in China are paired with some sort of academic/educational curriculum then I fail to see how that is anything other than an overt money grab and market expansion. Does it in any way benefit the students?

Not that it needs to be anything but a market expansion, but it could be hard to get all the presidents on board.

 

[muffler dragon]

Unless those games in China are paired with some sort of academic/educational curriculum then I fail to see how that is anything other than an overt money grab and market expansion. Does it in any way benefit the students?

If it's TV revenue, then yes. But it also benefits potential students in the far east.

Not that it needs to be anything but a market expansion, but it could be hard to get all the presidents on board.

Larry, I believe, wouldn't be making the trip without the Presidents' blessings.

Here's an article (not the one I originally read):

http://azstarnet.com/sports/blogs/p...cle_bd25a53c-24e3-11e1-aa87-001871e3ce6c.html

Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott leaves today for China, where he will spend five days exploring exchanges to benefit the conference.
Scott will meet with Chinese and U.S. sports leagues as well as the Chinese government to discuss future events and the distribution of Pac-12 television content.
Since the day he was hired, Scott has stressed the importance of marketing the league to the Pacific Rim. The New York Times reported today that Scott said basketball or volleyball games could be played there; Notre Dame and Stanford, the story said, discussed playing their 2013 football game in China.
"This is an important priority for our universities, as world-renowned research institutions located in the West, representing the gateway to the Pacific Rim," Scott said in a release. "We are uniquely positioned as a conference, given the international makeup of our student body, the international brand recognition of our schools, and our geographic location, to make a big impact in Asia. This is our first step in pursuing new frontiers."
Scott will give the keynote address at the Chinese International Sports Leadership Forum; his topic will be the "Structure and Business Model of Intercollegiate Athletics in the United States."

 

[jlb1705]

Wouldn't bet against them but when the best you can do is Kenny Albert and Moose Johnston doing games as a marquee pairing I'll pass

Gus. Johnson.

I wouldn't look back at those BCS games for an indication of what full-fledged future coverage of college football might look like from them. When you only broadcast a handful of games over the span of a week and a half, it's more reasonable to borrow B-level talent from your NFL broadcasts than to bring in better, dedicated talent. I have no doubt that if and when FOX really takes on broadcasting regular season college football, they'll have better commentators in the booth to go with it.

 

[matcar]

I'll be impressed when BTN is in as many markets as ESPN, etc..

For now, BTN has actually reduced the number of games available to fans even in parts of Ohio. I know this first hand.

Oh I totally agree from the vantage point of a fan that BTN has made viewing more difficult in some cases, however there's simply no getting around the fact that it was a very sound financial move that is already paying dividends VERY early in its existence. So I'm very I'm very impressed with with it for that very point.

 

[darbypitcher22]

Seems like a decent model with pacific rim expansion in the goal of maybe getting students and stuff to come over and study here, but I'm notso sure that athletic directors or travel budgets are going to like the idea of transcontinental fights to compete in just one event, no matter how many days its going to last. I know schools do this stuff anyways on their foreign tours already, but those events only happen once ever four years and its either paid or fundraised for way in advance.

 

[Buckskin86]

B1G, Pac-12 pact could start staggered
April, 20, 2012
By Adam Rittenberg | ESPN.com

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- When the Big Ten and Pac-12 announced their partnership in December, they targeted 2017 as the first season of head-to-head play in football.

But the nature of nonconference scheduling and the needs of 24 different schools could result in a staggered start. Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez told Brian Bennett that some Pac-12 schools are "dragging their feet a little bit" in relation to football scheduling, citing the difficulty of a slate featuring nine league games, a Big Ten opponent and, for some teams, another major-conference opponent.

There are also obstacles in the Big Ten. Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith told ESPN.com that the Buckeyes aren't scheduled to begin the Pac-12 partnership in football until the 2018 season.

The reason: Ohio State already has nonconference games scheduled against Oklahoma (home) and North Carolina (road) in 2017.

"I'm not taking [a Pac-12 game]," Smith said. "We can't start in '17, so we will start in '18."

Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany on Thursday issued a statement to ESPN.com that reads in part: "Both conferences reaffirmed plans to play an annual 12 interconference game football schedule beginning in 2017, subject to previously contracted non-conference games." The key line there is subject to previously contracted nonconference games. The way scheduling works, many schools have contracts out to 2017 and beyond.

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http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/48777/b1g-pac-12-pact-could-have-staggered-start