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Basically because Colorado or Iowa State or Arizona Stat or BYU will be higher rated than either Washington State or USC, who both could be eligible as well for 24 or 25, though guessing the Big Ten would prefer USC play in a Big Ten bowl.

31-17, good guys.

Pretty sure he was getting canned. Went the route of Chip Kelly, who also was facing the same.

Yeah no one seems upset Arizona State has a total enrollment of 182k.

Been saying this for years, that noon slot is prime airtime, likely eclipsing the 3:30 slot and rivaling prime time now. Fox brands the everloving shit out of it and it gets gigantic ratings. Oklahoma hated that Fox did it and now the powers in the B1G do, but, unlike with the B12, FOX owns the B1G, they can't do shit.

I also share this dream.

Because, at its heart, what the committee judges is recruiting rankings. They expect the best athletes on the field will win out, so they'll always favor a team with a few losses and a higher recruiting ranking and brand, than a team that is just well coached and doing well. Indiana isn't cute any more with their 1 and 2 star kids transferred from JMU. The moment they lose they'll be seen as "the luck is over" and will be ranked back where they believe their talent should lie based off their athletes. This is why Miami is still at 6 and BYU is out of the top ten. Miami SHOULD be better, which is why they're ranked higher.

My favorite was that Arkansas was both a key win and a terrible loss depending on your orange. Take that Vols. They really need to go back to computers, there is a lot of really blatant bias showing up, like Notre Dame's loss to NIU never happening any longer.

You literally made his point for him with bad math.

To catch they need nine and a diversified media deal. Everything with the mouse is good for exposure, but bad for increasing revenue. They need to bid out their T1 in the next contract. B1G will always have the market advantage, which does factor into those T1s because most of the networks own the locals in the big markets, but at the end of the day it won't matter. The current player cap per school is supposed to start around $20m if the agreement is signed by the judge. There isn't a school in either conference at the current contracts who can't manage that.

This is the part I actually detest about this the most. The vast majority of these teams have no business being paired up on the field together. That's not to say none, but a lot of these FCS teams don't have the depth to run with a bad A4 program, let alone a big brand or $200m SEC school. So these FCS schools are raising cash for their athletic departments by basically tossing athletes out in front of a moving bus and collecting the insurance money.

This. They're fun. They bring no money to the school nor conference. When ESPN looks at the SEC's schedule of games out several years to do a media deal, they're really just valuing the 8 conference games, with maybe some added bonus for the games ESPN is going to schedule SEC teams against the ACC in the opening weeks. That means a third of the games are drastically undervalued and under monetized. The initial way of monetizing them was conference networks, now you could trick people into paying for those games by dumping them on carriage channels. But if you want the next big leap in money, you have to put value in that third that you put in the other two thirds. And its not just simple math that if you made $100m prior you make $130m now. To Thunder's point, the T1 match ups drive most of that number. This tide rises all boats as the T2/3 numbers inflate as well. This is a 30-50% increase over time as match ups become more compelling and that's just media contracts. Now, why they don't exist today is not because of the networks. It's because of the admin and coaches. You have competing drives for money here. Media deals give money, but winning gives more money. If the ACC goes to 12 P4 games, their contract will grow with ESPN, but teams like VTech will have more losses. Tech is a good football school when it's on its game, but it's not Tennessee or Alabama or Georgia around it. Those teams are built to play 12 and end up with 10 wins still. Tech may go 6-6. Wallowing in mediocrity with a higher media contract doesn't pay the same as generating lots of wins on a lower one. The PR value alone outstrips it for a university in increased enrollment or added season ticket holders, or being on more T1 games than you are when you're losing. That builds casual fans if you can do it over time. So, the ADs and coaches want those free 3-4 wins, because 6 is the minimum to even be talked about, 8 gets you in the realm of mattering, and 10 wins over time and you're a media darling. Wins matter above all else.