The "New" Pac-10?

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

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.

You arent getting it. The Big 10 wants the NY market to show thier premier teams Michigan and Ohio State and Penn State, etc. Getting into the market will allow them to get their network into that market. NJ cable companies that may not be carrying the Big 10 channel will now do so. Rutgers is a means to an end.

Now with Colorado in the Pac 10 Denver is pac 10 territory. That means that market will be getting a steady does of pac 10 games, not just CU games. Why you don't think this is important to TV networks and sponsors is beyond me.