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Texas Longhorns (big hat, no cattle; please don’t Horns Down us)

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Dryden;1953818; said:
If this is big news, it's only big to the Texas A&M leadership, because the rest of us could see where this was going to go 14 months ago.

Of course, that's a big part of what makes A&M A&M. They have no problem playing the part of Texas' snot-nosed, slightly brain damaged, dependant little brother.
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I rather like this answer from Stewart Mandel of Sports Illustrated in a recent mailbag.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...07/13/russell-wilson-wisconsin-mailbag/1.html

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


...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...

...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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...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...
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I find it interesting that the Texas situation suddenly makes clear what few could see when ESPN signed a contract with the SEC. It is the same issue.

From who gets the Heisman to who should be ranked #1 to whose indiscretions are most severe - ESPNs "journalistic" opinions are colored by their financial interests.

In the end the BTN may be the perfect model. The Big Ten acts in its own best interests - but they have clearly labeled themselves as who they are.
 
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muffler dragon;1953872; said:
A&M to the SEC would be funny to me. Instead of being a middling team that has a chance once in a while, they would get uber-stomped pretty much each week.
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And they would also invite half the football recruits in the state of Texas to watch more Arkansas and LSU football games.
 
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ORD_Buckeye;1953837; said:
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That works, but I was thinking more along the lines of Rain Man. Texas is Charlie Babbitt, the manipulative yuppy asshole that just wants the money. A&M is Raymond, who is allowed to drive slowly in the driveway once in awhile and buys his underwear at KMart.

10 minutes 'til Wapner.
Uh-oh. 9 minutes 'til Wapner!
 
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ESPN is making me care less about college football. I really don't give a fuck about it anymore. I'll always root for and be a Buckeye, considering I'm an alum now, but I really have no emotional reaction anymore when I think of college football.

Oh well.
 
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Dryden;1954066; said:
And they would also invite half the football recruits in the state of Texas to watch more Arkansas and LSU football games.
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:lol: Yeah... I'm sure that would work out swimmingly.

3074326;1954072; said:
ESPN is making me care less about college football. I really don't give a fuck about it anymore. I'll always root for and be a Buckeye, considering I'm an alum now, but I really have no emotional reaction anymore when I think of college football.

Oh well.
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It's amazing how much the world of journalism can affect people. Isn't it? :p
 
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ok...

aTm to the ESECPN, Clemson to ESECPN....

That will allow the Big Ten/12 to swoop in and pick up Ntre Ame (I think this may be on the table shortly) and Virginia from what's left of the ACC. Add in Missouri and Syracuse or maybe Maryland, and there you have it, a 16 team Big Ten/12/14/16...
 
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