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LTbear

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  1. Lobbing haymakers at the Big XII but not saying anything about the B1G looks pretty pathetic.
  2. Agreed. I think of all the realignment mess, longhorn fans - in my view - probably came out better than the vast majority of teams, being reunited with their big three rivals.
  3. I honestly didn't expect two of you to take the bait. Agreed on your sentiment that Arky used to be a regional power, so to speak. As a fan of just college football (where regionality and regional rivals is what makes the world go round), I'm actually looking forward to seeing Texas vs Piggy happen again in the future. I also think Arky vs OU could become fun.
  4. Luckily recent winning percentage isn't the most important factor in realignment decisions, as longhorn fans would know
  5. I'd say that's a pretty good bet
  6. That's fine. As you correctly say, I'm not one who's been saying that. The advantage that the Big XII has right now is just born of a combo of having greater numbers, not currently going through the process, not having anyone of obvious/ can't turn it town value to the B1G and SEC, having solid timeslots and average engagement, and not teetering in a position where it's obvious that the remaining big brands are desperately looking to jump (like UO and UW are).
  7. Fully aware. Hence why the Big XII will make half or less than the B1G. But it's still programming that sells. So ya, a new contract that's about equal to the rear end of an old contract with prices set in a long-ago market is certainly reasonable.
  8. Sure, but if OU and UT were staying, the contracts would gain tens of millions just because we're near the end of a contract and prices have escalated. So I wouldn't be surprised if the additions brought enough, considering the new market prices, to keep the Big XII close to what it is now.
  9. Chip not understanding what he's talking about? I am shocked! Shocked I tell you.
  10. *Of course, on the other hand, once the Cascadia Subduction Zone goes off - good chance in the next 50 years - both UW and UO are gone.
  11. For the sake of argument, I think UW is closer to a have than a have not than many schools currently with the "haves."
  12. Play the long game
  13. Funky quote. I think the Big XII's current 40-ish is total distributions, not just media revenue. Regardless, I don't think the four corners schools would add revenue, but I'd still add them if they don't significantly shrink it.
  14. I got curious and looked it up. Between 1960 - 1993 TCU had four seasons of 6+ wins. It was bad. To their credit, they used being left out of the original Big XII as a real call to action and completely revitalized that program over the following decade.
  15. Not at the time. TCU was on a multi-decade run of absolutely awful football back then and had horrible attendance/ interest. As a football program, Baylor was clearly better, they just immediately went into a nosedive once the Big XII started play/ after Teaff retired.
  16. Just for the sake of accuracy, Ann gave no fucks and didn't do shit; that's just a refuses-to-die internet myth because it sounds so obvious. Bob Bullock was the politician who led the charge for Baylor and Tech.
  17. All of ND's "shamrock series" uniforms have been awful
  18. For that matter, Texas also has some of the best remaining habitat for Mexican wolf reintroduction, but it will never get off the ground. Texas has also had two separate additional national parks suggested and studied by the NPS - one at Palo Duro, one in the Davis Mountains - but both times the federal gubmnt has been run outta town for being tree huggers and animal lovers.
  19. Ya, Texas is generally an absolute embarrassment when it comes to conservation. I believe we've been the only state to not have hunting regulations (seasons and bag limits) on mountain lions for, at minimum, a couple decades. Probably more.
  20. I spent five years at Cal doing my PhD. Love the institution. Went to many a football game. And yet I can say they bring nothing athletically. Their best shot is to argue future potential and ride the academic prestige wave.
  21. I think the point is how well do PAC and Big XII teams do when all is equal. Because if, in theory, the PAC is just advantaged by having some late timeslots while the Big XII does better otherwise, then adding a few PAC teams to the Big XII would consolidate some of those uncontested timeslots with overall better ratings.
  22. Adding to this, I think the B12 puts one game per team per year (usually the crappiest non-con) on ESPN+ or LHN, the P12 airs 35 games on the P12 network out of their 144 total game inventory, so he's discarding the bottom 25% of the lowest ratings from their averages.
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