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  1. 1 minute ago, Hank_Hill said:

    Well the stadium literally has/had cracks in it. I wouldn’t go to that shit hole either

    Yep, it really doesn't matter if that shithole area has gentrified or not, the same criminal elements tool around there on Scott & Elgin Streets, Wheeler Avenue, Cullen & MLK Boulevards and look at all the new buildings for a second before they look for their next mark.

  2. Just now, Okie State said:
    8 minutes ago, BachelorTrek said:
    And as soon as the ratings aren't what they hoped for (yes, they'll be your narcissists that watch so the ratings will be non-zero), the pie for the have-nots shrinks, and I wouldn't be surprised if that could happen during the contract since ESPN won't take a bath on this.

    If you're one of the haves, why would you even care about this? I don't get the obsession. We're irrelevant to you yet you can't help but hope we become...more irrelevant. Or something. Strange way to live.

    And you're on a TEXAS board complaining about it.  Lulz.

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  3. 1 minute ago, bullet said:

    Kentucky in the SEC reduced their stadium from 68k to 61k, which was below their usual attendance (mid 60s).

    Stanford about 20 years ago dropped from 90,000 to 50,000.

    I remember seeing pictures of the fault-line cracks in the Stanford stadium before the renovations, which now they have a tougher road to pay off since they've been..... Left Behind.

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  4. 1 minute ago, 'stache said:

    Then why are they paying $30M per school? It’s fine to say you won’t watch, but to say nobody will watch is stupid af. There are tens of millions of NFL fans who laugh at the thought of college football, and the average NFL game will double the ratings of the higher rated college games. Doesn’t mean “nobody” watches.l college football.

    And as soon as the ratings aren't what they hoped for (yes, they'll be your narcissists that watch so the ratings will be non-zero), the pie for the have-nots shrinks, and I wouldn't be surprised if that could happen during the contract since ESPN won't take a bath on this.

  5. 13 minutes ago, USC Traveler said:

     That includes games in the B12, which is going to be a really balanced league that's going to provide a lot of great games to watch.  

    Games like KSU-TCU, TCU-Baylor and BYU-Baylor (future conference game)were great last year.

    That's where we differ.

    I don't want to see B12 teams ever again, and I won't watch their games on TV. They aren't going to get NEAR the TV ratings people seem to think they'll get, but you'll soon find that out for yourself.

    A lot of us Texas olds hope those cockroaches that decided their season's success each year on whether they beat Texas or not, will just dry up and disappear.

    Not going to watch them on TV. Don't care. They can fuck off.

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  6. 9 minutes ago, USC Traveler said:

    IIRC, most people in this thread (myself included) felt like CU and UA were going to end up in the B12 after the B12 got their media deal done at a solid number with good exposure, while Klownkoff was still asking for $50m per school/year and Clownzano/Wilner were talking about streaming.

    My mistake was thinking UW and UO would end up in an 18 team B12 with ASU and Utah once the PAC  collapsed.  Glad I didn't bet on it!

    Once again, props to you and McMurphy for nailing it!!!

     

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    PS- Can't wait for the Wilner/Clownzano podcast that has the WACPAC postmortem- their last pod was comedy gold!

    Wilner thought that none of this was going to happen, and as the story evolved, his commentary sounded more and more like Denial.

    He also sounded annoyed that this upset his PAC-world or interrupted his vacation, or all of the above.

    Listening to that Entitled Fuckstick eat crow on the post-mortem will be gold!  Can't wait!   Lulz.

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  7. 23 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

    Help me out here.  Why is Arizona a bigger get than Arizona State?  Zona State is in a bigger market (Phoenix) and a larger school (65K students to 36K).  They're both the same in football with Arizona being better in basketball if that matters.

    Thanks.  I'll hang up and listen.  

    I never thought much of the brown city (look at the streets and brownish dust everywhere) known as Tucson, where UA is. It's been a high-crime city for a long time, too.

    Phoenix is overwhelmingly larger, and has some nice areas, including the Tempe (where ASU is) and Scottsdale areas, to name a couple.

  8. 8 minutes ago, 'stache said:

    Houston has tons of Big XII alums and is driving distance for the original Big XII schools. They'll sell out regularly with half or more visiting fans. That's my prediction. 

    That cougar high has never drawn SHIT unless Texas was playing them.

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  9. 2 minutes ago, Texas Wahoo said:

    Houston stadium is 40k and Cincinnati's stadium is 38k.

    Wow, ASU has slowly reduced their stadium to 53,599 now from 74,865 in 1989.

    I remember when Sun Devil Stadium, as it was called then, was in the 3-year-ish-field rotation for Super Bowls.

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  10. 3 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

    The crying from PAC 12 fans now coming out of the woodwork is glorious...  terrible home fan attendance for games at ucla, stanford, and cal showed what a shitty CFB market existed in that conference.

    The PAC 12 fans are getting what they deserve... that conference has sucked for years in fan support for CFB.  

     

    Stanford November game...

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    Sept Cal home game

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    Tiger Woods is a billionaire Stanford alum that's been at Stanford football games over the years.  

    Even he's gonna let Stanford football continue to die.....

  11. 1 minute ago, LTtxfan said:

    Yeah, I'm fired up about CFB in 2024 with more quality conference games...  🤘

    No more hangers-on with their gravy-train sucking-blood off of Texas as those new stadiums that tcu/Rapelor built gather cobwebs as they will never will be full again.

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  12. 5 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:


    My cousin, a Canadian national who got his undegrad up there, but is a huge Cyclone fan, has spent countless game weekends in Ames and even attended classes with me while visiting, has joked that he’s a figurative/honorary alum

    That's called a "T-shirt fan."

  13. 6 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

     

    I know a man like that! 

    Despite being an Iowa State alum, he married a doppelgänger of the young (not OLD space-alien!) Shirley MacLaine that was an Iowa alum, so he only goes to Iowa home games with his wife. 

  14. 4 minutes ago, bullet said:

    Well in 1914, Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Baylor and Oklahoma St. met in a meeting to create the SWC and LSU thought about coming (Rice joined before the first season).  Sub Texas Tech for Arkansas and you have the 1996 Big 12 South.  Now in 2024 Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma and Arkansas will be back together in the SEC along with LSU.

    its all happened before.  it will all happen again..

    "Oklahoma A&M" didn't change its name to Oklahoma State until 1957, so they were known as "Oklahoma A&M" in 1914.

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