Yeah they’ve managed quite well compared to what the PAC12 has done during the same timeframe. Just waiting for the official Amazon announcement for the pac and then several more teams leaving and all h e double hockey sticks breaking loose again.
Curious to see how the Amazon deal plays out. Will the money (it will be good) outweigh the lack of exposure being on the networks provide?
Exactly - final details aren’t out yet, but from what I’ve read, it’s supposed to be “slightly more” than what the Big12 is receiving… but all content (sans a handful of games sold to cbs) will be exclusively on Amazon.
True, but generally, only the champ will get the invite to the 12 team playoff, the dominate conferences of the SEC and the Big 10 will own the playoff structure.
Based on the past few years the conference would get multiple spots. There’s no doubt the Big10 and SEC are the dominate conferences.
East,
No clue why you keep including a team who’s averaged almost 6 losses per season since 2010. Size of the program is meaningless to the CFP calculation. All about quality. Baylor and KState make the CFP this year with a weak OU and Texas. Cincy, Baylor and OSU make it in 2021. OSU ranked #9 and OU #16 in week 15 2021 with identical 10-2 records. I could go on all day with stats
All conference media figures are calculated on overall revenue per school and not media only. Media only is going from $22M per school to $31.7M per team despite losing Texas and Oklahoma. Overall revenue per school will be near $50M per school. As reported by ESPN’s Pete Thamel. OU SOS will be a substantial loss. Texas not so much. Still expect to see 2 teams per year in the CFP similar to the last few years when OU wasn’t a factor in the conference. The best comparison going forward is obviously those years when OU was down and did not contribute to the SOS of the other teams.
Sorry Lawpoke , going to have to respectfully disagree with you on the Big 12 being a multi bid league for the playoffs , take away ou , and the quality of teams is no better then the AAC on a consistent basis , to each their own though 😊No clue why you keep including a team who’s averaged almost 6 losses per season since 2010. Size of the program is meaningless to the CFP calculation. All about quality. Baylor and KState make the CFP this year with a weak OU and Texas. Cincy, Baylor and OSU make it in 2021. OSU ranked #9 and OU #16 in week 15 2021 with identical 10-2 records. I could go on all day with stats
Texas season records since 2010
8-4
5-7
7-3
8-5
10-4
7-6
5-7
5-7
6-7
8-5
9-4
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5-7
We will see. Zero AAC teams would have qualified for the expanded CFP over the last ten years. Seven Big12 teams (spots) would have qualified over the past three years alone. I know….pesky facts
You are 100% incorrect. The number which conferences distribute to its members includes ALL revenue….media rights, bowls, etc…. This is the number everyone references when it comes to conference revenue. The average TOTAL revenue distribution per ACC school this past year was $36.1M. The projected TOTAL payouts to the Big12 under the new contract is approx $50M per ESPN.
I've got to disagree a bit here. I'm not a fanboy of the Big 12, but even minus OU and Texass, there remains K-State, Baylor, and L-OSU-R that have been consistently strong minus a down year or two and Tech and Iowa State often put together very good season. The AAC seems to have teams that emerge for a season and fade, and as much as I hate to say it not having the three defectors is going to hurt. If those squads were part of the AAC moving forward I think there would be an argument that the AAC would be similar to the Big 12 minus OU and Texass. It's going to be interesting to see how this all shakes out when the BCS expands, but as it stands our conference has only had a seat at the table once.
Good points , I’m not trying to say the Big 12 is a bad conference or the AAC is so much better then them , what I am trying to say is that there is not as much difference in the quality of teams like a lot of osu fans on social media are saying just because they are a “ power 5”. To prove that point , I put the two conference champions that played each other as an example. AAC champion beat the big 12 champion at Kansas State. I’m not saying that is the deciding factor , but it’s as good of a comparison as any when trying to compare the conferences .
You’re judging an entire conference based on not only one team but one game in one year. Might I suggest a better metric is looking at all the teams of a conference for multiple years. I went through the number of times the new Big12 teams have finished in the top 12 over the past three years….7.
Imo , NIL has ruined college football
Agree 100%. NIL isn’t NIL. It’s morphed into alums simply buying players. There’s very little Name, Image and Likeness being used at places like A&M. Very wealthy alums are just funding huge collectives which then transfer those funds to the athletes. I was generally OK with say Brin appearing in a few Keystone Chevy commercials for a reasonable fee. We are oh so very far away from that original model. It’s sad.
Spot on - NIL now doesn’t have anything to do with actual NIL. It’s sad.
The moment Nil was passed by the NCAA, it morphed. It just took a little while for schools/supporters to get it up to speed.
Why can't the NCAA simply enforce their rules?
Hope all those kids have honest accountants, especially since most of them probably can't do math very well...
We will see. Zero AAC teams would have qualified for the expanded CFP over the last ten years. Seven Big12 teams (spots) would have qualified over the past three years alone. I know….pesky facts
No doubt the new CFP system is the best chance to date for a G5 school to reach the CFP. Very good news for TU and the rest of the AAC as I expect the AAC champ to be selected most years.
$290,000 per season? That would be $1.16 million for 4 years or $1.45 million for 5 years. I’m sure players will be dropped immediately if they don’t measure up. Also, will players sue for injury settlements? This is beyond stupid.
OSU can’t compete with that kind of money. They’re poor compared to the Texas’s of the world. It’s a mess
Freshman pressure to perform or you are out of here. Then somebody take a gamble that he improves sophomore year and offers him less money. Then somebody will take a gamble with little to no Nil offered his Jr year. (That's where places like us come in.)
