Big Ten and other Conference Expansion

[cincibuck]

Their fans don't even care to go to the games either. Lubbock does not bring any eyeballs.

How the fuck did Donny Anderson ever win the Heisman? Oh, that's right. He didn't... and after SI spent all that effort on a five-page, full-color feature story.

 

[charlohiottean]

There's some savvy in this as well. I've been saying for a while now that the ESPN model of alienating three quarters of the country to go all in on the SEC is a stupid business model. Very few people in LA give a good goddamn about Alabama. No one in New York gives a rats ass about Auburn. People in Chicago aren't champing at the bit to take in the Egg Bowl. With this alliance, there is coast to coast reach. Hey, ESPN.. you want to limit this to the South Eastern US? Well, fine... good luck with that.

[insert morgan freeman meme]

I just want to say thanks for using the word champing.

Every time I see, “chomping at the bit”

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[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

I just want to say thanks for using the word champing.

Every time I see, “chomping at the bit”

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Don't thank me, thank George Carlin.

https://www.sense.net/~blaine/funstuff/carlin.html

 

[pnuts34]

ESPN used to be pretty much the only game in CFB (which they've never been in the NFL)

They've been bleeding money for a long time because of their foresight and negotiation skills.

Adding Texas/Oklahoma doesn't alter the perception of their bias. Particularly since most have been the heel of jokes for most of fifteen years.

Oh I agree, ESPN put all their eggs in the SEC basket after seeing SEC's dominance, and are thinking that focusing solely on the south eastern portion of the US will draw success. It's almost like they think its NASCAR.
And though they aren't the only network with the NFL, they have MNF, the draft and also several Super Bowls. As well as getting to stream all of the games from CBS and Fox. Taking the SEC from CBS makes them not really care about focusing on other conferences. And not to mention, their ACC deal as well, so they really have focused solely on the south.

 

[AuTX Buckeye]

Man, it didn't take long for Surly to go full SEC!SEC!SEC!. I wonder how long until they start speculating on whether they'll get a Waffle House in Austin. What's hilarious is that they apparently had a choice. They packed up their little sidekick and approached the B1G who told them...."OK, we'll take the cancer, but we draw the line at the retards." And now, they are all in on a conference that they looked down their nose at for years.

Already got one buddy (in fact 3). Being from Alabama - we are born with waffle sense… if there’s. waffle house within 20 miles we can find …

2020 data but Nielsen DMA rankings

The SEC footprint only contains 6 of the top 20 (DFW #5, Houston #8, Atlanta #10, Tampa#12, Miami#16 and Orlando #18)

Of the top ten markets the SEC contains 8.9% of the US market. The Alliance of Northern Aggression contains 21.17%

IMO, the SEC/ESPN did everyone else a favor here. They drove the rest of the CFB to band together to pick up, essentially, the Houston and DFW markets. Even better, they removed the need for the other conferences to even pretend to be playing nice.

It's the rednecks vs the rest of us and they are the ones who set it up that way.

and of those 6 markets …. all large metro areas with multiple fan bases + no real dominate home college team…

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Notre Dame, incidentally, can now keep all of it's traditional rivalries.

A heliocentric solar system?

 

[Bucklion]

Notre Dame, incidentally, can now keep all of it's traditional rivalries.

Well, the ones that aren’t chickenshit to play them, anyway…

 

[BigWoof31]

Tuesday: Alliance publicly announced
Wednesday: Immediate legal warning from the Alston attorneys

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Tuesday: Alliance publicly announced
Wednesday: Immediate legal warning from the Alston attorneys

This has nothing to do with NIL and everything to do with a bunch 800 dollar an hour lawyers racking up some billable hours.

 

[buchtelgrad04]

This has nothing to do with NIL and everything to do with a bunch 800 dollar an hour lawyers racking up some billable hours.

And Brett McMurphy being able to attach his name to this in some way. He’s also gone out of his way to downplay the conference alliance.

 

[LovelandBuckeye]

Brett McMurphy

Who?

 

[Dryden]

The dreaded, "Govern yourselves accordingly..." letter.

 

[Mike80]

Tuesday: Alliance publicly announced
Wednesday: Immediate legal warning from the Alston attorneys

To McMurphy and ESECPN (not to you Woof)

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

What is Alston?

 

[Dryden]

What is Alston?

Shawne Alston, former WVU RB at the center of NCAA v Alston, which is the case that ultimately granted NIL.