Big 12 Expansion Project

[J.B. TexasEx]

http://www.campusrush.com/big-12-expansion-tv-contract-espn-fox-1957715979.html

Networks are threatening to go to court over the BIG 12 adding 'inferior' teams.

They want us to realize that they saved us from falling apart.

I forgot to consider they did it just to be nice.

I get a feeling ESPN is doing everything they can to undermine and break up the Big 12

Why? Because it'll be cheaper to deal with fewer teams if there's only 4 "power conferences". Once again, I find it laughable that the ACC's additions are considered so much better than the candidates we're contemplating. If I'm Bob Bowlsby, I call ESPN's bluff. 

Broadcast media will change significantly over the next 8 years. It's a gamble, but one worth taking IMO.

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

Big 12 Expansion Project: Combining the Scores

On the chart below we have that result for all the major FBS conferences. The orange line represents the Big 12’s average score, which was 74.12%. Only two conferences had higher average percentages than the Big 12, and that was the SEC and Big Ten, who both averaged right around 80%. The Power Five average was slightly lower than the Big 12’s, coming in at just shy of 70%. After that there is a noticeable drop off with the remaining Power Five conferences with the Pac 12 scoring closer to the FBS average than the Power Five.

Below the Power Five there is a sudden demarcation between the AAC and Indy schools (for this project Notre Dame is considered within the ACC, even with their special football arrangement) and the rest of the FBS conferences. The secondary axis on the right shows the percent difference a conferences has in relation to the Big 12. The AAC was over 30% lower, on average, as a conference, but the Mountain West and Sun Belt were closer to 60% lower than the Big 12’s score.

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

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[Embrey]

I get a feeling ESPN is doing everything they can to undermine and break up the Big 12

Why? Because it'll be cheaper to deal with fewer teams if there's only 4 "power conferences". Once again, I find it laughable that the ACC's additions are considered so much better than the candidates we're contemplating. If I'm Bob Bowlsby, I call ESPN's bluff.

Broadcast media will change significantly over the next 8 years. It's a gamble, but one worth taking IMO.

I agree. If the BIG 12 implodes, Fox stands to benefit if any teams are added to the PAC. Otherwise, ESPN would receive the benefit from SEC, BIG and ACC expansion due to a BIG 12 implosion.
If there is not a clause specifying who the BIG 12 can add I do not see the relevance in the threatened lawsuit. The BIG 12 can reply that 'we think the addition of _______ will be beneficial to our conference over time'. Even if they are wrong, after the fact, who is ESPN to say we cannot expand?

I really believe that this all has to do with the fact that in a 4 team playoff system ESPN believes that they can always have at least 3 teams in the conferences they have the rights to (ACC, BIG & SEC).

They DO NOT want an expanded playoff. It makes their regular season inventory less likely to be perpetually in the 4 team playoff.

They use their pedestal to promote their conferences and as the conferences claim more of a monopolistic grab on the 4 team playoff it sets up the self fulfilling prophecy that their conferences are superior.

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

Ask the Monkey - Why Expansion?

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

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[Juan]

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[Royal 60]

NEVER. SMU.

 

[Sirhornsalot]

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If this is true, sounds like we may add four.

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

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[J.B. TexasEx]

Further proof that most Okies are aggy-level dumb. Trotter keeps repeating the same old, tired lies about the SEC Network "printing money" and UT being responsible for NU & aggy's defections. What a hack.

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[Juan]

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[Rotty22]

grab lsu and arky

 

[java]

— Twitter API (@twitterapi) https://twitter.com/RyanLindley14/status/762489844899598341" data-datetime="2011-11-07T20:21:07+00:00">November 7, 2011

Now that is funny! Their attendance was so bad at one point, a person was admitted if they brought a stuffed animal for charity. (btw, it could be new or used!) True story.

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

@TheNumberMonkey takes a look at each Big12 candidate using the same categories when analyzing and comparing athletic conferences; Brand & Culture, Location, Financial Strength, & Intangibles. First up, Memphis.

Memphis: Battling on Beale Street

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

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[J.B. TexasEx]

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[longhorn_mig]

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Central Florida's odds concern me.

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

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[longhorn_mig]

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I now support CSU to the Big 12.