Trying to rationalize leaving Tulane for LSU lol
If Utah and USC arenāt in the playoffs I bet they are in the Alamo bowl against each other
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Everyone has Bama fatigue, but damn, that win record is stout.
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SEC Shorts said it best when they said, its great to be Notre Dame, all you have to do is schedule 2 hard teams, lose to them and then make the playoffs.
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I think Notre Dame usually acquits themselves pretty well every year. However, Iām not a fan of their pre-structured cache. They basically start out in playoff contention and have to lose their way out of it.
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They gotta really kick the door down to get outā¦
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Preseason polls set up the same teams that way every year.
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Havenāt you heard, Lane Kiffin is going to LSU. And so is Nick Saban. If Sumrall also goes to LSU it should be something to behold. Of course Kiffen will have to split his time with LSU and Florida. Iāve heard of alternating QBās and other positions; but I have never heard of alternating head coaches. 
This whole coaching carousal is a farce with new rumors every day. I think writers just throw something out there in hopes of getting attention.
Who do you want to be the next LSU coach?
I really donāt know. We all know those rumored to be courted by LSU and Florida, but we donāt know who will end up with the gig.
I think the LSU job is less about who LSU wants and more about who is willing to go there
LSU is a top 3 job on paper. Location, conference, brand, atmosphere
But it comes with state politics, and lots of it.
Of course it is but the main point is how the cfp ranking is put together. It is obvious that the cfpā¦errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr espn does not want BIG12 teams but is forced to do it. BYU is the perfect example at #11. Clearly the BIG12 is being pushed to the side. The BIG12 has three teams in the cfp top 12 and it looks like the BIG12 will only have one team???
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Theyāre like a 6ā4", 230lb guy with a rocket arm. Youāve got to repeatedly prove you arenāt a QB before anyone believes you.
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Hereās the deal with the CFP (from the perspective of a Big 12 fan):
- The networks run the CFP. Not the NCAA. Therefore, the networks are more compelled to want the most profitable brands. If they could have the same 12 blue blood schools in the CFP every year, they would do that.
- The reason the SEC (and to a degree the B1G) have leverage in the CFP is because both conferences produce relatively consistent contenders every year, so itās easy to measure who is actually good and who is actually bad in the conference. You can expect Georgia, Bama, Ohio State, Michigan, etcā¦ to be good most years.
- The Big 12 does not produce consistent contenders. It has new teams that end up winning the standings every single year. Therefore, itās hard to accurately measure how good teams are thus giving them a higher ranking relative to SEC/B1G schools is difficult.
What the Big 12 needs to do is produce 3 or 4 teams every single year that consistently win the standings (Texas Tech, BYU, Utah, Houston). If these 4 teams win every year, then the CFP committee will know that they actually stack up against schools like Georgia, Bama, Ohio State, Michigan.
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Letās build our reputation like we have in bball. Folks expect us to be a 1 seed nowadays!
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Yeah, they donāt really. If they were in a conference, they would be one of the good teams, but probably not the top. The propaganda is good though.
One network owns the CFP, not networks.
ESPN owns the media rights to the College Football Playoff (CFP) through the 2031-32 season, having an exclusive agreement with the CFP. While ESPN holds the exclusive rights, it has sublicensed some games to other networks, such as TNT Sports.
- Exclusive rights: ESPN has exclusive rights to broadcast all CFP games, including the national championship and ancillary programming.
- Future broadcast: Starting with the 2026-27 season, the CFP National Championship will also be broadcast on ABC.
- Future deal: The exclusive deal is worth $7.8 billion and will last through the 2031-32 season, extending the partnership between ESPN and the CFP.
The reason the SEC is featured, branded, marketed, etcā¦ as being the be all end all is that
ESPN owns the SEC Network, which is a joint venture between ESPN Inc. and the Southeastern Conference. ESPN Inc. is a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company and Hearst Communications, and it launched the network in 2014.
- Parent company: ESPN Inc. is the parent company of the SEC Network.
- Ownership: ESPN Inc. is a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company and Hearst Communications.
- Partnership: The network was developed in partnership with the Southeastern Conference, which is the conference whose sports are featured on the network.
ESPN, along with its sister networks ABC and the SEC Network, owns the broadcasting rights for the SEC. In the 2024 season, a new 10-year agreement began, making ESPN the exclusive home for all SEC sports after CBSās previous deal ended.
- ESPN: Holds a 10-year deal with ABC and the SEC Network for all SEC sports, which began in the 2024-2025 season.
- ABC: Will broadcast major football rivalries and the SEC Football Championship Game.
- SEC Network: Will also televise a large number of SEC sports throughout the year.
ESPNās recent deals for the SEC and CFP total approximately $1.3 billion per year for the expanded College Football Playoff (CFP) through the 2031-32 season and a separate, ongoing deal with the SEC worth around $563 million annually. ESPNās 10-year deal with the SEC was previously reported to be worth about $3 billion, with additional revenue from CFP rights.
SEC rights
- Total reported value: Approximately $3 billion over 10 years.
- Annual value (2023-24 season): Nearly $563 million.
- Includes: The SEC Network and rights to broadcast the conferenceās games.
- Note: ESPN is reportedly considering an additional payment of $50 to $80 million per year for rights to a ninth SEC game per season.
CFP rights
- Total reported value: Approximately $7.8 billion over six years, which equates to about $1.3 billion per year.
- Annual value: About $1.3 billion, a significant increase over the previous deal.
- Includes: Exclusive rights to the expanded 12-team playoff through the 2031-32 season.
- Note: This deal is separate from the SECās. The CFP deal also includes a baseline of approximately $21 million per year, plus extra amounts based on the number of teams that make the playoffs.
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Yeah, that may all be true, but I think what 3rdWard said has merit in this way.
The BIGGEST BRANDS in college football are mostly in the B1G and SEC. ND is an independent exception, and FSU and Clemson are ACC anomalies in that regard (and they are trying to get out of the ACC for that very reason).
As long as that is the case, the media people that run the playoffs (ESPN for now), are always going to want the greatest number of big brands possible in the playoffs in order to maximize viewership and revenues, and that leads to an incentive to put as many of those āBig Threeā (SEC, B1G, and ND) in the playoffs as they can.
Tha likewise gives them an incentive to minimize Big 12 teams (their brands simply arenāt as big, no matter how good their quality of play or talent might be). Same for the ACC as a general rule.
Of course the Big 12 and ACC champs will always get in, and might even get byes; but getting as many at large bids will always be a struggle versus those big 3, given that reality.
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Itās all about the bottom line, but yet look at where FSU and Clemson stand today. Both are struggling in the NIL/Portal era.
ESPN has the ACC at a bargain right now, but if FSU and Clemson arenāt actually winning games then itās going to start affecting their revenue (if it hasnāt already) which is why I think ESPN will either
- Somehow get FSU / Clemson into the SEC, but thatās ultimately up to the SEC (who I think has their sights set on UNC and Virginia instead
- ESPN will come around to get the best ACC brands (that donāt get snatched up by the SEC or B1G) into the Big 12 via merger just to get the ACC off of their books.
ESPN doesnāt want to pay 10+ schools almost $40 Million a piece just to house their USUAL money makers (FSU and Clemson) who are not making them money right now
Answering law is a foolās errand. I donāt know what he wrote bc I have him on ignore for a multitude reasons but mainly because he finds it impossible to stay on point, uses every poor debate tactic you would be penalized for using in a formal debate, and in most of his posts, ends up contradicting himself sooner or later.
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