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TKthunder2

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  1. Yep it looks like the best option for all involved. If you assume FSU, Miami, Clemson, UNC, UVA, and Notre Dame all get poached then you’d have a real easy scenario for the ACC/Big12 to functionally merge under an umbrella while remaining separate conferences that negotiate media deals together and simplify travel and scheduling with the outliers in their memberships (UCF, WVU, Cincy / SMU, Cal, Stanford) New ACC: UCF, USF, GT, NCSU, Duke, WF, Memphis, VT, Pitt, WVU, Cincy, Louisville, Syracuse, UConn, BC, and maybe Temple or Tulane New Big 12: ISU, KU, KSU, OSU, UH, BU, SMU, TCU, Tech, CU, Utah, BYU, AZ, ASU, Cal, Stanford
  2. Disagree completely. The only sacred cows in basketball are Kentucky, UNC, Duke, Kansas, UCLA, Indiana, and maybe now UConn. The rest don’t move the needle enough to matter they can play in the non football/small football league with the Big East/A10/WCC/Ivy. The only way a “swap” works is if they merge the Big 12 with the remaining ACC. https://sports.yahoo.com/inside-oregon-and-washingtons-jump-to-the-big-ten--it-was-both-of-us-or-none-of-us-141725222.html Yahoo story from Ross Dellenger about UO/UW move to Big Ten. Notes that the Big Ten evaluated: Notre Dame, North Carolina, Clemson, Florida State, Pitt, Kansas, Cal, Stanford, Arizona, Virginia and, of course, Oregon and Washington for membership.
  3. It was always in Austin because our fans were used to going to that game but honestly as a season ticket holder it was a pain in the ass. But let’s not act like the Big 12 was doing Texas a favor here, no other school wanted Texas coming to town to play them in their half empty stadium on that weekend when all the students were gone. They all wanted their Texas home game on a weekend where they would have a FULL stadium otherwise they were letting lot of money walk out the door.
  4. I understand the conflict very well, but to each their own. Israel, England, the West, and the powers of the ME all have significant blame/ownership in this situation and how it came to be. Israel has systematically oppressed and abused the Palestinians through their power and stewardship for decades and has repeatedly inflamed the situation time after time…HOWEVER Hamas has committed absolute atrocities that do not compare. Hamas routinely fires rockets into civilian populations which we consider commonplace (can you image how the U.S. would react if rockets were fired in NY?). If you judge each by their sins alone it’s obvious which group is the most evil. Unlike some of the geopolitical geniuses on this board, I am aware of my shortcomings and can admit to myself that while I feel pretty informed on this issue, I am by no means an expert in this area. If there was a simple solution it would have been pushed by others. A two state solution has been promoted multiple times and has failed every time, so if you assume that is off the table (as is the abandonment of Israel by the Jewish people) what solution is there left that does not end up with either reverting back to the status quo and inviting another Hamas attack, or a forced migration out of Gaza? If you have a solution, other than the generic get rid of Hamas a free the people of Palestine, I am truly interested to hear it.
  5. #1 Both sides in this argument is absolutely NOT the fucking same. Plenty of issues with Israel and their treatment of Palestinians, not going to say otherwise, but they aren’t too much worse than say the issues between black Americans and the police in the US, which is really bad for a Westernized civilized society. HOWEVER the other side is so fucking far off the reservation that it is extremely disingenuous to compare the two wrongs together. It’s like comparing someone who runs a red light to someone who beats his wife and claiming both a criminals. #2 Go watch that video of the children proclaiming they want to stab the Jews or wear a suicide vest to kill the Jews and talk to a children psychologist and tell me how that can be UNLEARNED. Literally generation after generations have been brainwashed. Sure if the child is moved to a North American/European country and separated from their family/friends/community and put through a significant amount of therapy/reeducation, maybe a single individual COULD be deprogrammed and become a well balanced human capable of living in/near Israel, but how the fuck are you going to do that for all adolescents in an area of 2 million people (just Gaza)? I’m not advocating for solution here because there really ISNT a solution here that isn’t absolutely atrocious.
  6. https://theathletic.com/4954479/2023/10/11/colorado-deion-sanders-kickoffs/ 🤔 pretty sure ESPN/FOX is going to continue to assign them late kicks in their new conference
  7. Lowest murder rate occurred after Vince won the National Championship. Looks like the City of Austin should be funding NIL for public safety.
  8. Talk to the KAs about freedom of speech. Not condoning anything that vile organization has ever done, but multiple kids were kicked out of multiple institutions for hate speech against blacks (in general) and that was the correct way to handle that situation. In this scenario students are supporting terrorist attacks against a specific nation/people/religion. All thing considered equal they SHOULD be given the same treatment (but I doubt they will because they are on the correct side of the political divide.
  9. If you think IDF is going to come in a slaughter civilians at a music festival raping and kidnapping women and children then you can seriously fuck off. This is a hard subject for many reasons but to say Israel’s response is the same as the barbarism we just saw…not worth the effort, just kindly fuck off.
  10. Agree to disagree. BY played a good game with the P12 but I think he’s over his skis with this move. ACC has plenty of basketball options that also play football. For example: Duke, Louisville, Syracuse, and Indy UConn That gets you to 20. For more football focus they can take NCSU, VT, Pitt, GT could get you to 24. How does Gonzaga fit in a conference as number 25? Utah, BYU, AZ, ASU, CU, TT, BU, UH, TCU, OSU, KU, KSU, ISU, UCF, GT, NCSU, Duke, VT, UL, UC, WVU, Pitt, Cuse, UConn This is much better final outcome than adding the Zags.
  11. Makes no sense. Geographically they’ll stretch the conference for very little gain. Denver, Salt Lake City, and Phoenix are major airport hubs that are easy to get to. Spokane airport is not. True it’s close to campus which minimizes the bus ride after landing (looking at you WVU) but still it’s not worth the hassle. As great as the Zags have been in basketball, it’s all based around a single coach. Once Few retires they have no idea if the program can sustain or not. Especially in a world run by football, why would you saddle yourself with a permanent members for a short term gain that likely turns out to be a long term headache? We know realignment isn’t done either with the ACC still ripe for the taking. The Big 12 needs to keep its powder dry.
  12. I’ll piss in your cheerios.
  13. Damn the Big Ten loves them some Iowa rivalries. I don’t get it.
  14. Yep, that’s why ESPN loves those off night games. You almost automatically get a million viewers just because nothing else is on and sports bars/gamblers/cfb junkies are going to have something on the TV.
  15. Based on recent history, he’ll be on Jimbo’s staff next year.
  16. TV picks the time slots, they put the game where they think it will get the most eyeballs (and they are right) when we are in the SEC and can be the 230 game of the week exclusively for the conference it will be at 230. The SEC has a major built in audience in that CBS 230 window that isn’t profitable for ESPN to compete against (which is why ESPN paid $300 million for it). 11am: Texas/OU on ABC and Ohio St/Maryland on FOX and LSU/Mizzou (all undefeated but LSU) 230: Bama/aggy on CBS, Virginia Tech/Florida St on ABC, Syracuse/UNC on ESPN, UCF/Kansas on FOX (ESPN/FOX clearly sacrificed weaker games in this window) Prime: Notre Dame/Louisville on ABC, Kentucky/Georgia on ESPN, Michigan/Minnesota on NBC, and Fresno St/Wyoming on FOX
  17. I noticed they took down the flags too, but yeah…not going to buy 4 new ones for a single year. Will be interested to see if they put up new ones next year.
  18. Did Mike Slive attend this game? https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/313020245
  19. I agree with the others that there isn’t much out there yet and that this might be just wish casting by the Tiger fans. But looking through some other boards, this is the most recent post on it from a quasi reputable source. https://awfulannouncing.com/college-football/clemson-leave-acc-sooner-than-later.html And saw this on YouTube (just discussion, no news)
  20. USC at Colorado 7.2 million Kansas at Texas 3.3 million Utah at Oregon St 1.2 million Cincy at BYU 1.2 million (Friday) Iowa St at Oklahoma 800k WVU at TCU 700k Baylor at UCF 300k Houston at Tech 100k Arizona and ASU on PAC 12 Network (unrated) K State and Oklahoma St BYE
  21. Arkansas/aggy was a Tier 3 game this year (comparable to Mizzou/Vandy) and was on the SEC Network which does not release its viewership data.
  22. Nope just people complaining that heart reactions makes it looks like people love dead burned murder victims or what have you.
  23. Pretty funny but this is true…
  24. They get FOX’s 230 slot to themselves next year which is GREAT for the Big 12. Currently they share ABC with 40 P5 teams (PAC12(12), B12(14), ACC(14)=40) but next year they’ll share with 49 teams (Big12(16), ACC(17), SEC(16)=49) and ABC will have access to broadcast SEC games for the first time (despite the overhype they are the ones that historically have the highest ratings most weekends). ESPN this last weekend just put 3 SEC games in every available window on ESPN and put Texas on ABC in the 230 window. The only other teams were Clemson at the noon window and Notre Dame in prime time. ESPN this upcoming weekend is a similar story. UT/OU on ABC at noon, FSU at 230, ND in prime time; SEC on ESPN noon and prime windows with a ranked UNC covering the 230. Take away the ND away games and the the ACC gets about 1.5 games a week on ABC/ESPN and that’s with some bigger schools like FSU/Clemson. Maybe with Colorado/Prime the new Big 12 can have a similar slotting but with FOX having their pick of top games as well, I think they’ll average around 1 game a week on ABC/ESPN not including Thu/Fri games nor late kicks for their Western members.
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