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Look at every bowl. All of them payout more. Like I said, ask everyone to return the excess payout and see how many do. Everyone loves to hate ESPN but not enough to say so financially. Let Tech go to the B1G. Think Fox isn’t going to do the same? 🤔

What did I say? No, I didn’t suggest anything of the sort. ESPN’s average viewership is UP, not down. Its carriage fees are up, not down. It is the most in demand channel across ALL of cable except for 2 news channels. While cable has less penetration than before, ESPN is losing among the...

Bill Battle, AD at Alabama, said it best. Saban brought an NFL mindset to Alabama. Had Bama hired Rich Rodriguez, that never would have happened. You can hate the SEC. But they run rings around the ACC in terms of marketing their product. Sony Betamax was a superior product. But VHS...

Did they? The CFB franchised the media rights and approved ESPN’s request to market it as a playoff. In 2014! Hardly news. CFB is making piles of money as a result. Hypothetical. Cancel the ESPN rights and return all the money in excess of the CFB “Playoff” and see how many schools vote yes. I...

I didn't infer that it did. ESPN is the most in demand channel/s on cable. Rumors of its death are greatly exaggerated. It continues to demand a lot of leverage.

Hard to say. ESPN total average viewership was 2,210,000 in 2013 when carriage fees were $5.54 a month. Today, ESPN is averaging 2,800,000 in viewership and $9.42 a month in fees. It is second only to two news channels. I think Disney will take its time to move to streaming. My understanding...

Fair enough. What impact does that have? Its still almost a certainty that 3/4 of relevant CFB is SEC or B1G.

The article examined the spending at the Top 25 college football. So, yes ... you are correct. It is not specifically football, but I think the point is valid. Money, and the ability to raise it and spend it, is essential. And 72% of the teams on that list are either B1G or SEC, so that's what...

Take it up with Sportico. Here’s the takeaway: ”Every program that has won a football national title over the last two decades ranks in the top 25 (except USC, a private institution).“ ”The University of Georgia still ranks in the top 25 for overall spending but it’s not all spent equally. The...

Read closer. Eight of those teams are SEC. They aren’t just hoping for good press. They are spending big money for the chance to be competitiv. The ACC? Two. You could create two taglines. SEC: It just means more. ACC: It doesn’t mean much. The ACC, except for two, doesn’t have the fanbase...

Here’s the Narrative. Do any of these look familiar? The Top 25 highest spending football programs (2021). If you want to be in the CFP, spend more than $120 million a year …. Ohio State – $215,209,566 Michigan – $180,841,523 Texas – $173,648,028 Alabama – $173,141,125 Texas A&M – $159,136,624...

Ratings are used to price ad inventory. Its a measure of market segment quality, not just reach. It’s the same in print.

So? How many watch CFB?

The NCAAT is a good thing, no question. But you have 20-25 games to sort that out. One of the advantages of baseball is 100+ games. CFB has 12 games. Make it 16, eliminate weekly rankings and there is a fair shot. But rankings gin interest. Otherwise, why not just follow the NFL? We are headed...

BHAM yes. But the TV market is larger than Jefferson. I don’t live in Columbus, but I’m part of that MSA. Doesnt matter. Check the ESPN ratings. I’m pretty sure BHAM is the number one CFB market and Columbus OH is two. I haven’t checked in a while so I won’t debate updated numbers. I lived out...

The BHAM metro area “was 1,180,631, making it the 50th largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States as of that date.” BHAM subscribers extend to the northern part of the state. A large percentage of that follow CFB. 538 breaks it down by school and by county.

Splitting hairs. The SEC has a long history of big, dominating lines, a strong running game and depth. That, until the last few years, was an expected line of play. Vandy, MS State, and other bottom feeders are not illustrative of typical SEC play because they can’t recruit to that model. So to...

If I recall, Dodd was super successful at Tech but he went in waves … 3-8, 7-4, 10-1, 11-0. Lots of development. Many of the SEC teams recruit deep and have a lot of returning production. It’s not good or bad, just a different model. They have the money and resources to do it. I suppose you can...

I don’t disagree but that’s a big bet. The world is littered with companies that try to expand outside of what they are good at. McDonalds’s Pizza? I recall being back stage at a Tech basketball game about 6 years ago. Coaches were talking about the cost of the bus trip, eating to go meals, and...

Finebaum works for the SEC Network. He‘s not objective and has said so. Clemson IS built like an SEC team. Large following, effective fundraising, strong administrative support. The key point is, Clemson made a decision that athletics were important and funded it. I commend them.