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re: Expansion Options
Posted on 11/21/12 at 12:48 pm to Scoob
Posted on 11/21/12 at 12:48 pm to Scoob
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In the realm of collegiate sports, you are nowhere near the draw of an Oklahoma. You do realize that, don't you? Oklahoma will deliver TV ratings in all 50 states; you provide competition to Texas in the Texas markets. Nobody on either coast, or in the Rust Belt, cares about A&M. Oklahoma, on the other hand, they still do. Short of Notre Dame, Oklahoma's got as much impact as any school in the country.
Not the way it works. You do realize that, don't you? TAMU provides far more than OU to a conference because of Texas. Take the SEC Network. It will be at the very least $1+ per TV set that has the SEC Network in states with an SEC footprint versus 5 cents per TV set in states without an SEC footprint. This before I get in to the growing importance (although that's already important to B1G, ACC, and to a lesser extent the PAC) of academics and prestige.
You'd be the only commish in America that would take OU over the Ags and you'd be out of a job immediately upon making that decision. And FWIW the B1G did court TAMU. There were plenty of articles written about that and were plastered all over Northwestern's sites. And our ratings have done just fine this year, better than OU's.
This post was edited on 11/21/12 at 12:52 pm
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Posted on 11/21/12 at 12:50 pm to BigD Ag
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You'd be the only commish in America that would take OU over the Ags and you'd be out of a job immediately upon making that decision. And FWIW the B1G did court TAMU. There were plenty of articles written about that and were plastered all over Northwestern's sites. And our ratings have done just fine this year.
Silly. OU isn't some second tier school. They are every bit as valuable as an A&M. A&M has a higher ceiling in the future, imo, but even then it is marginal. The SEC would be happy to take OU.
Posted on 11/21/12 at 2:47 pm to BigD Ag
quote:Oh, wow. Just... wow
You'd be the only commish in America that would take OU over the Ags and you'd be out of a job immediately upon making that decision. And FWIW the B1G did court TAMU. There were plenty of articles written about that and were plastered all over Northwestern's sites. And our ratings have done just fine this year, better than OU's.
You do realize the SEC has, for the past fricking decade, controlled college football, and without A&M in the mix, right? And that the conference that did have A&M, Texas AND Oklahoma is crumbling into shite (and had begun doing so before we rescued you)?
Furthermore, I doubt anyone's impressed by the B1G's moves around here. They've been trying, and failing, to keep pace with the SEC. But sure, if you think you can piece together an athletic schedule with Minnesota, Penn St, etc every year and not have logistical nightmares, go right ahead.
This post was edited on 11/21/12 at 2:49 pm
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