Big Ten and other Conference Expansion

[BB73]

That's what happens when you make such wise quacks...

That joke was so bad you'll be getting a bill for it.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

That joke was so bad you'll be getting a bill for it.

Don't try to duck the subject...

 

[Saw31]

Don't try to duck the subject...

Jeesh...What's ruffling your feathers?

 

[generaladm]

I find it sad that my grandfather took me to Disney for the first time when I was a kid...which is now trying to destroy Ohio State football which my Grandfather took me to see for the first time when I was a kid


I want to punch Mickey Mouse in the temple

3rd clip:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSrXpFb7jFo"]‪Sunday Night Live - Deep Thoughts‬‏ - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Mike80]

Not that it matters, but Donald at Oregon pre-dates Nike by afew decades.

http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=153778

That's what happens when you make such wise quacks...

That joke was so bad you'll be getting a bill for it.

Don't try to duck the subject...

Jeesh...What's ruffling your feathers?

well fuck a duck....

 

[BUCKDUBBS007]

well fuck a duck....

might as well waddle on by and add:

AND epsecpn

AND m*ch*g*n

 

[ochre]

You guys are just egging each other on.

 

[muffler dragon]

You guys are just egging each other on.

Shut your whore mouth.

 

[scooter1369]

Shut your whore mouth.

Today, the part of Buckyle will be played by muffler dragon.

 

[Tlangs]

Today, the part of Buckyle will be played by muffler dragon.

can i be thump..


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[buchtelgrad04]

Today, the part of Buckyle will be played by muffler dragon.

Can I be Mili? Dipshit.

 

[Buckeye86]

I get to be Dee-Tee!

blah blah blah server hardware upgrades blah blah blah cats

 

[BB73]

Mandel talks about ESPN and their 'Longhorn network'.

SI.com

Stewart, the news came out recently that Texas' new Longhorn Network is going to broadcast one of the Longhorns' Big 12 games. How in the world can the conference let it and ESPN get away with this? Wouldn't the opposing team have to be paid, too? And wouldn't that go right back into the conference's TV rights pool of money? How does this not open up a huge can of worms in terms of future TV broadcast rights? Not to mention, how PO'd do you think a rival team's fans will be to have to watch their team play on a rival team's biased home broadcast?
-- Ben, Atlanta


I'd definitely be ticked off about the latter part. That's the TV equivalent of trying to find your favorite team's game on the radio while driving and only being able to pick up the opposing team's station. Even if the announcers remain mostly neutral, you'll be subjected to 700 Longhorn-themed ads and in-game promotions. I wouldn't worry about the financials too much. ESPN is simply shifting one of its ABC-allotted broadcasts to the Longhorn Network, so the opponent will get the same cut, regardless. It tells you something about just how much ESPN is investing in this thing that it not only gave up a network window, but, according to reports, basically made a trade with the conference's cable partner, Fox, that will allow Fox to move a 2012 Big 12 game to its mother channel.


And that's the part that should really be troubling not just to Big 12 fans, but to college football fans everywhere. From the moment this 20-year, $300 million deal was announced, it's been astounding just how deeply the company is getting into bed with one of the schools it covers journalistically. Granted, conflicts of interest are unavoidable in sports media these days. This website is owned by a company (Time Warner) that holds the rights to NBA, PGA and NASCAR programming. But ESPN isn't just testing the separation between church and state with Texas; there isn't one. Case in point: The ever-popular GameDay crew (Chris Fowler and Co.) will be appearing live from Austin for the channel's Aug. 26 debut. ESPN and Texas are now one and the same, and you can't tell me it won't affect the way GameDay, SportsCenter, Outside the Lines, et. al., cover Mack Brown's program. In a sport where many fans already live in a constant state of paranoia that the media is propping up someone else at their expense ... well, ESPN is flat-out doing it. It should make for some interesting signs the first time GameDay goes to Norman.

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[Mike80]

can i be thump..


anal,anal, anal, anal

No, you get to be [strike]goatfucker[/strike] Tibs

 

[scarletmike]

I really wonder if there might be some anti-trust/free trade/monopoly accusations with teeth coming down the pipeline before too long with the Longhorn Network. I think there are certainly some strong arguments to be made against it on more than just principle and fan feelings.