statsman

Do we know which side of the bracket the Cotton Bowl is the semifinal for (which seeds feed it) and which side the Orange Bowl is the semifinal for?

What was their reason for not allowing Bevo?

Ha, ha…

25-18-1?

ASU is in? Against BYU, unless they lose, in which case ISU and CU are next up?

So, who is in the B12 CG?

“Now, my team hasn’t ever done shit, and my conference hasn’t done shit, but teams that used to be in our conference are doing well in other conferences and other teams from the PAC are doing well in other conferences and, so…, context means nothing and all you should do for the CFP is watch the games and make a qualitative assessment!” That pretty much it? What if someone sneaks some Duncanville tape in there for the CFP to watch. Since we’re just watching the games…

“Probable” does have a definition, specific for injury reports. It means “very likely to play”. A high ankle sprain is a more serious ankle sprain. He was diagnosed with it last Sunday, at the latest. These SEC injury reports are new this year. The league seems to want to have them. They are worthless if teams do not adhere to rules. If Texas knew Ewers had an ankle injury that was likely to keep him out, and reported him probable out of gamesmanship, you may think that’s a good idea. I doubt the conference does, though.

After saying “probable” all week, I imagine Ewers almost has to play (to start) to avoid trouble with the league office.

How in the hell does a team play in a conference CG in 2023, return 23 of 24 starters, including all the key ones, return a coaching staff intact, and go 0-9 in conference (after starting 3-0, with a win over a bowl eligible SEC team)? I thought the 1984 Longhorns had an incredible mid season collapse, but this may dwarf that.

I think you’re underselling the Oklahoma economy. It’s not just meth. There is also stealing copper wire and selling it as scrap metal. Also, I Dian casinos. Also, legal cannabis products shops.

I’m not sure what point you’re making. The B1G makes more money off tv than any other conference. A lot of that is due to the BTN, which is much more successful than any other conference’s. Is B1G fervor greater than the SEC’s? I doubt it. One thing I suspect, although I have no way of knowing if this is an official network metric: the B1G fanbase is more valued by advertisers than the SEC’s (or ACC’s or B12’s). Higher incomes, more wealth. The leader B12 games go to streaming. A conference network just wouldn’t have enough value to create. Baylor won the B12 in 2021. It seems like a third of their games are on streaming now. That is not a sign of health. The SEC has serious decisions to make- add a ninth game, and collect more media revenue, but possibly at the risk of jeapordizing the number of CFP participants (those losses have to go somewhere)? The B12? It has a contract through 2031. How to maintain?

I am waiting for the “engineers” from Prometheus to come out and admit that humans (that they created) are the problem. To say that the Alien xenomorphs, created to be tools for exterminating sentient species, fail at killing humans, and the engineers are at a loss as to what to do.

Please. Baylor at UH- 210k. Cincy at KSU- 369K. OSU at TCU- 355K. UCF at ASU- 378K. Note- each of these games involves at least one team representing a high population state. Remember what was said when the league made the adds? “Cincinnati is from a high population density part of Ohio! UH will bring the Houston market! UCF gets into Florida!”

Oh, horseshit! Take a goddamned look at TV ratings of games between Minnesota and Illinois, or Michigan State and Iowa. Iowa State doesn’t sniff that in a B12 game unless they’re playing Colorado. https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/college-football-tv-ratings/ I see a B1G game between Purdue and Michigan State that was viewed by 1.8M. I see A Minnesota- Rutgers game viewed by 1.2M. I’m sorry, but the lower tier B1G and SEC programs that you enjoy claiming only have the good fortune of better associates actually bring more to the table. Maybe it’s demographics, maybe it’s more living alumni, who knows? Please stop saying that the lesser B1G programs are no better than B12 teams unless you can explain why so many more people want to watch their games.