I've seen that and I've seen some "experts" say that it will only bring about 2-4mm more per school. Either way its more money but I don't think anyone knows yet just how much for sure. I don't expect it to bring north of 10mm, especially the way ESPN is pinching pennies these days.
Cincy wouldn't be a bad deal...there some crootin to be done up that way.
So the hilltoppers won't have to travel so far to play conference games?
8 game conference schedules are for steers & queers.
If done properly, 8 games is better than 9. But no one is requiring it to be done properly.
A 14 member conference who only plays an 8 game conference schedule is a pseudo conference.
I keep saying it but it makes more and more sense in order to find the best four teams in the country.
...and honestly, most OU fans just don't care anymore.
We buddied up to the enemy hoping to make a great place to hang out because we saw the writing on the wall and knew the Big 8/SWC were getting ready to be dinosaurs, but changing demographics, changing fortunes, increasing academic standards and $$$$ blew it all to hell. Nobody could fully agree on everything because everyone was too busy watching their back.
There was a lot of resentment from the Northern schools who felt that they had lost a lot of opportunities to recruit texico efficiently as they had lost the number of games played in texico due to their being in the North.
There was even more resentment from Nebraska to the conference as a whole when the non-qualifiers deal was voted down.
...add to that the championship game being in the South too often, every team at one time or another playing footsie with other conferences and the texico network shenanigans...POOF! Bob's yer uncle and here you guise are enjoying more money but being stuck out on a fucking island.
Bottom line is OU will be ok no matter what happens. If we decide to expand, fine. We will get what we want out of the deal or it won't happen. If it implodes, fine. We will get what we want out of all deals offered or they won't happen.
Dr. Boren is way smarter than anyone outside the state of Oklahoma gives him credit for. He and the regents are thinking decades down the calendar in virtually every move made since the mass exodus from the Big XII. OU getting serious with its academic game is no accident, there is a reason for that. OU helping shoot down the conference network idea years ago doesn't seem like such a stupid move now, does it? That Tier 3 money is nice, right? Media needs are changing so fast I'm glad the Big XII didn't jump in head-first to something that won't prove EQUALLY profitable FOR ALL INVOLVED over the long haul. texico tried to get the TA&Mmies to go halvsies on the network, but the TA&Mmies told them to fuck themselves as texico insisted on 60/40 revenue split AT BEST.
So, in summary....I guess you're stuck in here. Enjoy the cash and hope we can expand your way in the next 3 years. If we don't, yall may be in some trouble.
So the hilltoppers won't have to travel so far to play conference games?
I say we kick out the non-publics (Baylor, TCU), add BYU and add 7 east coast teams. Grab all the Florida teams not in a P5
(FAU, FIU, USF, UCF) and then dangle carrots to ACC/SEC teams doubtful any will bite, if not we grab Cincy, Temple and Memphis. That gives us TV in Mormon homes, Florida, Cincinnati, and Philadelphia.
WEST:
OU
OSU
texico
TX Tech
Kansas
K State
Iowa State
BYU
EAST:
WVU
FAU
FIU
USF
UCF
Cincy
Temple
Memphis
WVU gets to dominate the East and OU gets to dominate the West giving OU a solid path to the playoff each year.
