Originally Posted by Cannon Shell (Post 656277)

I'm not trying to be an ass but do you understand what is happening here? The Denver market would be getting the pac-10 games now. The people there would be exposed to the Pac-10. They currently arent. Denver is like the 17th largest TV market in the country that would now be Pac-10 territory. It is by far the largest TV market in the Mountain time zone. The expansion gives the pac 10 the LA market(2), SF market(6), Dallas/Ft Worth(7), Houston (10), Seattle(13), Phoenix(14), Denver(17), Sacramento (19) and Portland (23)markets. That is 9 out of the top 23 TV markets in the country. Don't you think that is a whole lot more important clout-wise than kansas basketball? You don't think that every Sat night in the fall we are going to get ABC or Fox double headers featuring pac 10 teams? You don't think that the new pac-10 football championship isn't going to be a major deal?

The really troubling thing is that these same college presidents that are selling out thier conference partners for a bigger piece of the pie will howl with indignity if a player gets a pair of shoes or if someone buys their parents a plane ticket to see them play. "It's all about the student-athlete" they will cry and some idiots will actuall believe them. KY's president willing signed up calipari knowing full well that the shadester will virtually only "recruit" one and done guys who will most likely not bother to attend class but for one semester. USC's president ignored Carroll's players being better paid than some NFL teams and now they are going to the sidelines while Carroll gets paid to screw up the Seahawks.

Originally Posted by slotdirt (Post 656341)

Like I said in the first place, I just can't imagine the powers that be in Texas are going to let UT/A&M/Tech walk without bringing Baylor with them.

Cannon, so what if the Pac-10 is in television sets in Denver? Are you suggesting they're not typically on there already provided there isn't a conflict with Colorado? And the point was that nobody in Denver cares about college football, just like nobody in vast swaths of the greatest Northeast cares about college football. I laugh at the folks who think the Big Ten are going to take Rutgers because they get the "New York" market - what do you think the ratings are for Rutgers football games in New York? They're not very high, I can tell you that much.

Originally Posted by slotdirt (Post 656348)

Yeah, well Michigan didn't have a single player drafted in the first round of the 2009 draft while Baylor, Wake Forest, Northern Illinois, and Connecticut did. I'm not sure that puts that foursome ahead of Michigan in the college football heirarchy.

Originally Posted by hi_im_god (Post 656351)

i was just kicking sc while they're rolled up in a ball on the ground anyway.

it felt good.

Originally Posted by slotdirt (Post 656341)

Like I said in the first place, I just can't imagine the powers that be in Texas are going to let UT/A&M/Tech walk without bringing Baylor with them.

Cannon, so what if the Pac-10 is in television sets in Denver? Are you suggesting they're not typically on there already provided there isn't a conflict with Colorado? And the point was that nobody in Denver cares about college football, just like nobody in vast swaths of the greatest Northeast cares about college football. I laugh at the folks who think the Big Ten are going to take Rutgers because they get the "New York" market - what do you think the ratings are for Rutgers football games in New York? They're not very high, I can tell you that much.

Originally Posted by ddthetide (Post 656374)

i heard today that TAM has been in contact with the SEC office. SEC is their preference.

since no one seems to want KU & KSU maybe the best place for them is CUSA. they'd be competitive in football and own the conference in b-ball.

Originally Posted by Antitrust32 (Post 656352)

at least we dont have to hear from Booth Operator about the Trojans potentially being National Champs in 2010 and 2011!! :tro::tro:

Originally Posted by slotdirt (Post 656509)

I would presume someone in Sooner Nation is printing out 2005 MNC shirts already.

Originally Posted by slotdirt (Post 656341)

Like I said in the first place, I just can't imagine the powers that be in Texas are going to let UT/A&M/Tech walk without bringing Baylor with them.

Cannon, so what if the Pac-10 is in television sets in Denver? Are you suggesting they're not typically on there already provided there isn't a conflict with Colorado? And the point was that nobody in Denver cares about college football, just like nobody in vast swaths of the greatest Northeast cares about college football. I laugh at the folks who think the Big Ten are going to take Rutgers because they get the "New York" market - what do you think the ratings are for Rutgers football games in New York? They're not very high, I can tell you that much.

Originally Posted by slotdirt (Post 656566)

Honestly, if you've ever been in New York, you'd realize that the Big 10 is on the local ABC affiliate virtually every single weekend already, and that goes double in Philadelphia. What you're failing to understand is that nobody gives two craps about college sports in the Northeast aside from Penn State, and the Big 10 already has saturation in the NY/Philly market through the Nittany Lions.

Originally Posted by slotdirt (Post 656574)

Isn't the Big 10 network already available in NJ/NY/PA? I know it is where I live, and I'm in ACC country.

Originally Posted by Crown@club (Post 656578)

You mean no one gives a crap about Boston College?

Another reason the Big Ten wants Rutgers is the high ARP.