Notre Dame Joe

1 hour ago, Mavric said:

 

Dang I misread that as CBS.  1. I  want ND on CBS and 2. it would mean that Dodd of CBS was reporting on a rumor about CBS. 

1 hour ago, Savage Husker said:

So what did he leak?

THere will be tension in the middle east. 

19 hours ago, nic said:

What about this Pod. USC, UCLA, ND, Purdue, Stanford.....poor PurDont. 

You have to protect that Hoosier rivalry with IU. 

For competitive balance in your next conference iteration, what do you think of a Red/Maroon division vs other colors?

SC vs UCLA

Ohio State vs Mich

Wisc vs MSU

NU vs PSU

Minn vs Iowa

IU  vs NW

Rutgers vs Ill

Maryland vs Purdue 

4 hours ago, ndobney said:

Notre Dame isn't coming to the big ten period cause they know they can't win in the big ten

That and these conference realignment solitaire hypotheticals always put us in the dumbest possible pod.  This month I have seen us grouped with Oregon and Virginia. 

3 hours ago, Mavric said:

"creative scheduling"  Does that mean any game could count as a conference game?  That would entice ND to consider joining. 

On 7/8/2022 at 6:45 AM, Mavric said:

 

Other than the money, I think this might be the biggest leverage on Notre Dame.  If it gets harder for USC, Stanford, Michigan, Michigan State and other teams that are regulars on Notre Dame's schedule to fit them in, their strength of schedule and media attractiveness take a hit.  On the flip side, if they move to a conference that facilitates that schedule...

 

 

ESPN

Yes.  As bad as it looked in 2010 I can see that staying in the Big12 would have been a death wish.

14 hours ago, Savage Husker said:

It’s not just you making jokes. ESPN has this really intelligent man talking about booting Nebraska out every other year. 

UT is not even in the SEC yet. But on the Texas fans' site they have been talking, for a year, about how great the SEC will be once they cull the herd of lesser programs. 

3 hours ago, nic said:

I thought I read NBC was interested in big10 games, but I could be wrong. If NBC is not going to continue with the ND games after 2025 and no one else is interested, then ND will join a conference. I don't see FOX or ESPN being interested if they think ND will be forced to join a conference....unless they get a lower price than 80 mil.  NDs choice would be to start getting 80 to 100 mil in 2024, or go with 15 mil through 2025. Seems like an easy choice. Let's see how savvy Swarbuck really is. 

I could live with CBS taking over ND home games.  They always had the better product and my favorite games to watch on TV was when ND played @Navy.

16 hours ago, nic said:

2025. Do you think NBC is going to back out or pay more? The big10 thinks ND brings 80 to 100 mil to the league. NBC pays them only 15 mil. Seems like ND can ask for lots more.

I don't know if NBC even wants to compete in the sports market. On their networks I only see SNF and bicycle racing. 

8 hours ago, nic said:

2025. Do you think NBC is going to back out or pay more? The big10 thinks ND brings 80 to 100 mil to the league. NBC pays them only 15 mil. Seems like ND can ask for lots more.

Savvy Jack Swarbrick is bidding up the contract ala bridge the card game.  Rumors say that SC let him know what they were planning before it went public.  Knowing that ND can walk into the conference at any time give him a lot of leverage with other parties. 

On 7/8/2022 at 9:55 AM, VectorVictor said:

 

Riley, yes. 

 

I still contend that had Callahan got a replacement for Cosgrove, he'd still be our coach to this day--the offense was that good, as was special teams. Just the defense was *SO* bad...

I was reading about some game I think it was Kansas first Nebraska.  The writer said "in one way it was like the games of old with running backs charging through big gaping holes.". I think your Huskers scored 40 points and lost.

8 hours ago, nic said:

https://www.mlive.com/sports/2022/07/notre-dame-ad-outlines-3-reasons-to-join-a-conference-will-it-be-big-ten.html

 

ND AD:

“The three things that would make continuing as an independent unsustainable would be the loss of a committed broadcast partner, the loss of a fair route into the postseason, or such an adverse financial consequence that you had to reconsider,”

" and, hey when is the NBC contract up for renewal?"

22 minutes ago, TGHusker said:

How many vacated wins would come off of PSU's record?  That would move us up a notch.

 

I think they were unvacated.  and that Savvy Jack Swarbrick knows what is coming. 

22 hours ago, Red Five said:

 

Maybe Disneyspn decides it would be better to own the entire upper echelon of college football than to pay a share to NC State for the long term. 

21 hours ago, TGHusker said:

Yes and during this time, OU, Yale, TX, PSU & I believe ND jumped us  on the all time win list.   I remember when NU was ranked 5th on this list.  We were 7th in 2019. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NCAA_football_teams_by_wins#:~:text=Measured in total wins%2C the,all divisions with 976 wins.

Rank	Team	Won	Lost	Tied	Pct	Total Games
1	Michigan	976	352	36	.729	1364
2 (T)	Ohio State	942	329	53	.731	1324
2 (T)	Alabama	942	333	43	.731	1318
4	Oklahoma	931	331	53	.728	1312
5	Notre Dame	929	330	42	.730	1301
6	Texas	928	385	33	.702	1346
7	Yale	921	385	55	.697	1361
8	Penn State	909	404	41	.686	1354
9	Nebraska	908	409	40	.684	1357

I smell 'vacated' wins.

20 hours ago, ZRod said:

Being "good" with the LA teams doesn't make sense to me. You don't just pluck two teams off the west coast purely for the TV market with zero ties to the rest of the region or even the states between Nebraska and Cali.

 

Even after the addition of ND I think there would probably be 2 or 3 more teams West of the Mississippi the B1G would be courting; ala Oregon, Washington, and Stanford. But I wouldn't be shocked to see KU or CU come up in conversation either.

The big schools are trying to form an NFL for college.  Because of American demography the real NFL has some divisions that make no geographic sense.  

1 hour ago, Red Five said:

I find it hard to believe that ESPN can void their ACC deal w/o all (or a majority) of ACC schools agreeing.

 

Also, the ACC deal is vary favorable to ESPN long term.  Makes zero sense for them to get out of it.

I am sure the contract says it is void if X number of schools vote to void it, or blow up the conference altogether. Would ESPN  be happy to stop paying Wake Forest but overpay for the NFL of college?  I don't know but they have been subsidizing every move in that direction.

1 hour ago, Gorillahawk said:

 

Does that make as much sense financially as joining the BIG?

Well, financially means the highest sports media payout right?   I guess the the most cents come from the SEC or your conference. 

4 hours ago, MyBloodIsRed16 said:

I guess I don't understand what he is getting at.  What does Oregon and Washington have to do with ND?  I would think it would come down which conference they would rather be a part of and not what ND is doing.  

Ya never know.  TCU to the PAC used to be a parody of CR chatter.  Now it's very plausible. 

also I think ND is plotting something, it's the only explanation for the media blackout.  Gun to my head I would say it's joining the ACC in full.  

3 hours ago, hskrpwr13 said:

All of the conference-specific channels are available via a sports tier for the one cable company (cox) out here (some centurylink might still be around). I think satellite is different. Dish never could land an agreement to carry the Pac12 network. 

5 hours ago, Blackshirt316 said:

Do you get BTN?

Only if you purchase the sports tier from the Phoenix crap cable co.  I thought it was inciteful that the PAC could not get basic carriage in its 2nd largest media market. 

10 hours ago, Crusader Husker said:

I talked to my friend who is a HUGE Washington fan and lives in Seattle.  He said that his cable provider doesn't even carry the PAC-12 network.  IN SEATTLE?  WOW!  

 

I asked him what he thinks.  He is all for the change.

Not in Phoenix either although we have a crap cable co. 

On 7/2/2022 at 5:49 AM, DevoHusker said:

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One of the minor benefits far down the trough is that I have always wanted to see the Ds run on the abortion ticket. I don't believe that a lot of the I'm pro choice people are actually motivated by a politician saying the A-word.  Although I do believe they have people for that. 

22 hours ago, talaricohusker said:

The college football news cycle sucks. And how the hell are we not get any more rumors or “inside” information 

My sources tell me the real sources are taking today off.

40 minutes ago, B_easy said:

My non realistic but most desired based on old husker foe’s: Kansas, Colorado, florida st. And Miami

I wonder if Colorado would be a good fit in the Big12 

3 hours ago, hskrpwr13 said:

While I know ND has been playing Stanford annually for a while, just not seeing the financial draw. Struggle to see ND reducing everyone's future payout (compared to what other programs could bring) just so Stanford can join. 

It wouldn't even make the worst 5 decisions to come out of South Bend. 

4 hours ago, teachercd said:

From another site

California has a travel ban (ab1887) to not pay for state employees to travel to a number of states California considers hostile to LGBTQ rights. Iowa, Ohio and Indiana are on the list. While the state does not pay the travel expenses for state schools to travel to athletic events, UCLA has vowed to voluntarily avoid the offending states. UCLA Athletics spokesperson Josh Rupprecht said in an email (in 2017) that UCLA Athletics does not receive any state funding, but would not schedule future games in states that fail to meet the standards established by the new law.

https://oag.ca.gov/ab1887

Strange lack of outrage with the overturning of 5 years of precedent.

6 hours ago, teachercd said:

ND will not have to pay anything if they don't want to pay.

 

 

Citation needed.

2 minutes ago, IgniteTheSpark said:

 

I think this would be pretty far fetched but this guy (aside from being arrogant) has been on this with sourced info for a while. Though I think he's blowing smoke a bit too

It is not this or that source that worries me, it the complete silence out of South Bend. 

22 hours ago, funhusker said:

What happened to the posters that railed on social media for silencing people?!?!?

The ones that called for the unlicensed practice of medicine??

19 hours ago, JJ Husker said:

Now states that have banned abortion are seeking to implement legislation that would prohibit their residents from crossing borders to obtain abortions in states where they are legal. This is some real KGB Gestapo like s#!t. Seems like forced compliance with somebody else’s religious beliefs to me.

 

https://apple.news/AJal0qr77Tt6HKoAD4ftKbw

 

Welcome to The Republic of Gilead.

The good thing to come out of this both for pro and con is that now the state legislatures can debate actual laws meant to govern their state.  This is better than writing laws that actually legal briefs directed at SCOTUS to change precedent.  Who knows, people might even learn who is their state representative.