CelticTiger

Thanks for posting the link. Having trouble with X.

The 40% returning D concerns me for MU as we had a decent Defense last year. I really have no way to form an opinion on the Offense side, as we had a bad OC and a worse HC when it came to managing the Offense.

2026 is a new year and feels like we’re starting over with a new QB and a new OC. Whether they can move the needle…not a clue! Got a very good RB coming back in Hardy, and some decent receivers, but I ain’t on my phone placing (recently legal in MO) bets on the 2026 season!

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Well, you better get used to it because it is gaining in popularity.

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…says the guy with no MLB teams in his state.

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You might want to check out this year’s top 10 most watched games.
Barely any SEC involvement. Dominated by BIG

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Nothing presented in your link refutes the dominance of regular season SEC games over regular season B10 games.

Of the top 10 viewership games you cite:

6 were CFP games
2 were conference championship games - one B10 and one SEC

Only 2 were Regular Season conference games (the point of the article):
Ohio State v. Alabama (split)
Ohio State v. Michigan (you get this one)

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Sankey overplayed his hand in a weakening SEC.

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Well, it certainly ain't weakening in terms of viewership of regular season conference games:

SEC kicking B10 arse in Viewership

Article from WSJ is via a paid subscription so not sure you can access. If not, here are a few salient quotes:

Two years ago, SEC and Big Ten football games drew similar television audiences. This season, however, the second campaign since each league expanded, the SEC’s average audience has surged by 49% while the Big Ten’s has dropped 11%, according to Nielsen. The average regular-season SEC football game now draws 2 million more viewers than the average Big Ten game.

Currently, the Big Ten has the more lucrative TV package, which has helped fund its on-field success in the player-pay era. The Big Ten distributed roughly $62 million to each school as of 2023-24, compared with about $52 million in the SEC.

Great negotiating there Sankey!

...and then this just for belly laughs...

The Big Ten rejected the notion that TV ratings were a sign that the SEC has gained an edge.

“To simply measure the success of our conference’s expansion by television ratings is to ignore academics and research as the primary purpose of institutions of higher learning,” a Big Ten spokesperson said.

The Missouri temperature listed looks correct, but I’m getting different snow accumulation predictions on different weather apps. One says 1-3 which indeed would be “light” for the region, but another says 4-5 which is a bit more problematic. On top of that, the Sunday forecast says 7-8”…so if that hits early, who knows.

Watching, because planning on traveling from STL.

Love that graphic! Off website? Looks like a old time program cover.

Maybe someone should show Gates the Tyus Edney clip.

The “analysts” were torching MU for the lackadaisical in bounds and down court on the last play resulting in a failed desperation 3!

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Every troll thread is validation of LSU’s GOAT status.

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Oh wait, is this some of that whachacallit, reverse psychology stuff?

Lemme try…

Every downvote is agreement that Indiana has wrested the claimed GOAT title from LSU.

You were probably gonna do a check in thread and realized not a lot of 1894 Yalies still on the board :lol:

So what? You’re a big Drinkwitz fan or something now?

Nothing wrong with stoicism.

Gotta give a little credit. For a made up asinine troll, he sure garnered a fair amount of responses.