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This. It still breaks my heart. [Cries in Colorado.]

I knew there would be someone who could encapsulate it with ~1224 fewer words than I used. 😂 Seriously, though, agreed wholeheartedly. As a marketing leader in the past I've worked for multiple companies that sell into technical audiences (read: software developers and DevOps professionals)...

...and yet many of the posters on this board continue to tout the notion that the "Big 12 is the 3rd best conference."

Long post, grab a drink before reading. TL;DR: I agree. Long-*** version: This is what I kept thinking as the back-and-forth was going on amongst the members of this forum when we were evaluating head coaching candidates. After Key's half-season as interim HC, I was bought in to him - but with...

You're right. Typo, 2022, corrected.

Precisely.

Point of information: Your timeline is off. In the fall of 2022, prior to Colorado, USC, and UCLA leaving, ESPN supposedly offered the Pac12 $30M per team. Soon thereafter, the Pac12 made a counteroffer of $50M per team, and ESPN decided the figures were simply too far apart and walked away...

Also worth noting that a little over 10 years ago when the ESPN contract that paved the way for the ACC network was signed, the ACC then had the 3rd biggest media rights deal. In second place was the Big 10, and in 1st place... ...was the Pac12. It's nearly impossible to say what the media...

Yes. So much this. If anyone has the time (and wants to geek out on a business case study), the Acquired Podcast on the NFL is a great listen - and a fascinating example of this approach. In some ways, the NFL succeeded largely because they regularly failed into success - but also because they...

This. The more I see this situation rage on, the more I realize that a) people have short memories, and b) people assume that everything will continue on the current course. Based on many indicators, ESPN and/or FOX could find themselves topped out based on what they paid this last contract...

Seriously? I mean, that's like the greatest cooking project in the history of cooking. You would seriously subject yourself to that?

Agreed. You forgot the last part: once they're in a new situation and in a worse financial situation because they paid so much to get out of the ACC, their fans will spend the next 30 years bemoaning the fact that the reason they're having issues is because the ACC was such an "awful"...

Whatever you do, don't venture into the Reddit r/CFB cesspool. In that world, it's clearly not the case. When the ACC filed to remove FSU as voting members of the Board, and amended their motion to call out FSU for breaking their NDA, the prevailing assessment there was "Wow, the ACC is...

Not me! Hell, I just said I'm going to grab a beer or 20 and flowchart it out. Just your normal Friday night.

...which FSU is contractually bound (by said Grant of Rights) to sign. Again, back to my Inception perspective of this whole thing - what happens when/if FSU decides they won't sign an updated Grant of Rights with the only change being to include the new members (which they're quite unhappy...

Ya know, the answer used to be "yes...as long as they haven't played professionally and revoked their amateur status." But with NIL and other things supposedly coming down the pike, I wonder. Will all that go out the window? If so, there's a wide receiver I'd love to entice to come back...

One interesting tidbit - Supposedly part of the Grant of Rights (Paragraph 6, according to this Cal analysis) states that any and all schools will not enter into an agreement that's inconsistent with the GoR, nor will they take any action that would affect the validity or enforcement of the...

One thing I find interesting is the spin on this. Check out this headline: https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-football/with-bill-obrien-hire-ohio-state-appears-to-be-declaring-2024-as-title-or-bust Tech was rumored to be considering BoB for HC or OC at various points over the past 6...

And half credit to the guys doing the blocking. (Yeah, that’s 3 halves. But they put up a lot of yards.) Geep Wade has done some killer work getting the O-line to gel this year. And the awesome thing is, they still have room to get better. Exciting times ahead, if everyone keeps doing their...

I mean, we don’t know enough about them to know what to expect. The people we know way too much about, and wish we didn’t, are the ones who get the long threads. 😁