OT: D1

[IUP24]

I was on a Southwest flight with Greg coming back from Indy. I was there for a work conference and he for the B1G championship when he was on the OSU staff. There's no first class on Southwest so he had to mingle with us regulars. Seemed like a genuinely nice guy who didn't mind. Still boggles my mind that a guy with millions in the bank would fly Southwest LOL

Did he tell you about the time he hit a student on a bike while at Ohio State?

[Fightingscot82]

Take one thing I said and dissect it. The overall point is that it's all about money. If a school doesn't add a huge chunk of additional revenue, the move isn't happening.

Exactly. Maryland delivered the DMV and Rutgers gives them a chunk of greater NYC.

[IUP24]

Exactly. Maryland delivered the DMV and Rutgers gives them a chunk of greater NYC.

What most people fail to realize is that even adding a "good" program doesn't necessarily increase the conference member's revenues either, specifically if it doesn't get their conferences network newly onto television sets in new media markets. UCF would be a sensible add for the ACC. But the ACC Network is already available to all Florida residents. Adding UCF does nothing other than make FSU and Miami mad. It doesn't get them into any new markets. It doesn't force cable networks in non-traditional ACC areas to add the channel, etc. The same is true for the Big Ten. Adding Pitt or West Virginia brings nothing new or different to the league in terms of potential revenue. I couldn't care less what Greg Schiano does at Rutgers. They were added to create additional television revenue. Nothing more, nothing less.

The entire design behind Oklahoma and Texas joining the SEC, and why those ADs/presidents in the SEC all agreed, is because of the backroom deal that Greg Sankey attempted to work out to expand the playoff. Adding Texas and OU, in an expanded playoff, benefited the SEC members because they figure that in a 12 team playoff, they can realistically get 5 bids. The conferences are paid out by the bids per league based on the TV money. That's massive cash coming into a conference and split amongst its members.

When you consider the bowl schedules, the conference tie-ins don't necessarily change based on who is in which league. So you're just swapping out one team for another typically. If Miami didn't go to the Camping World Bowl, UCF would. Miami would finish 7-5 or 6-6 and go to a low tier bowl instead of Virginia, who would then sit at home. The league wouldn't get any more bowl teams and they wouldn't get any additional revenue, unless of course they had more than one playoff team.

[Ship69]

Noted Dames getting taken down by the Bearcats.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Noted Dames getting taken down by the Bearcats.

Make me sad. Lol.

And ... Pitt continues to baffle the Pick 'Em crowd.

[Ship69]

Make me sad. Lol.

And ... Pitt continues to baffle the Pick 'Em crowd.

Meanwhile, Ohio State unfortunately is looking very much like Ohio State again today, yet the Oregon team that beat them is losing 17-7 at halftime to a 2-2 Stanford team.

[IUPNation]

Meanwhile, Ohio State unfortunately is looking very much like Ohio State again today, yet the Oregon team that beat them is losing 17-7 at halftime to a 2-2 Stanford team.

You mean lost to Stanford. Good ending.

Played in a half empty stadium too.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Michigan going crazy during Jump Around yesterday in Madison was classic.

[Ship69]

Michigan going crazy during Jump Around yesterday in Madison was classic.

Wisconsin is fading fast. First time I've seen them have a bad o-line in a long time, and their QB getting knocked out didn't help. Big Ten East is interesting for a change, but the West doesn't look like much more than Iowa at this point. The Iowa-PSU game should be an interesting one.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Pitt 21
Virginia Tech 0

Half

[IUPbigINDIANS]

H2P now up 28-0 in Blacksburg.

[IUPNation]

...and then Purdue beats Iowa. Losing the QB last week was major...

[IUPbigINDIANS]

As expected, it's now official Ed Orgeron is out at LSU. He will finish the season.

Said to be at the top of the wish list in Baton Rouge is Clemson's Dabo Sweeney and Texas A&M's Jimbo Fisher. Both may be pipe dreams -- Fisher has a gigantic buyout and Sweeney has built his own empire (although his roots are in the SEC).

So, that's arguably two of the Top 10 jobs in college football available at the same time (LSU and USC).

[Ram040506]

As expected, it's now official Ed Orgeron is out at LSU. He will finish the season.

Said to be at the top of the wish list in Baton Rouge is Clemson's Dabo Sweeney and Texas A&M's Jimbo Fisher. Both may be pipe dreams -- Fisher has a gigantic buyout and Sweeney has built his own empire (although his roots are in the SEC).

So, that's arguably two of the Top 10 jobs in college football available at the same time (LSU and USC).

Fisher has no buyout to his deal. His agent is worth every penny. Woodward who is the AD presently at LSU, was the AD at A&M when Jimbo left FSU as well.

[Fightingscot82]

Wazzu just fired their head coach for refusing to get vaxxed.