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BE will still be power conference in '13 loaded w/NFL players The Examiner.com wrote this excellent article about one of the key measures of big time college programs- players currently in the league. The article doesn't try to make the leap that the nBE is the best conference in terms of NFL talent, but instead tries to disprove the notion that there will be a significant drop off in quality of football in the league as compared to the P5. http://www.examiner....st...fl-players Premise: Quote:Anybody who thinks the Big East will not be a power conference in college football in 2013 should look at the number of players in the NFL today that played for the 12 teams that will make up the Big East in 2013. Facts: Quote:Adding together the six teams already in the Big East that are staying, Louisville (19 NFL players), Rutgers (17), Cincinnati (15), UConn (12), Temple (10), and South Florida (9), with the six new teams, Boise State (18), UCF (13), San Diego State (12), SMU (9), Houston (8), and Memphis (6), and you get 148 NFL players. So an average of 12.33 players per Big East team are in the NFL right now. Analysis: Quote:15 teams from the so called Big Five college football conferences that each have less NFL players than the average Big East team does. So 25% of the teams from the Big Five conferences have less NFL players than the average Big East team. Collectively, the 15 teams average 8.5 NFL players vs a 12.33 average for the Big East teams. Summary: Quote:A bunch of partisan and biased old men sitting a room trying to control everything in college football can try and tell you differently, but the Big East will be a power conference in college football in 2013. Well said...I wonder if Aresco & crew will add this to the list of talking points.

Still long way to go for BE in TV negotiations - Murphy Here are tweets from Murphy that he used in his article that was just put up at the Idaho Statesman. Quote: Aresco on TV negotiations: "I don't know whether we're in the second inning or the third inning." So don't hold your breath. Quote: Aresco on Access bowls: The "access" bowls are expected to be the Fiesta, Cotton and Chick-Fil-A games. Quote: Aresco on being in 6-game rotation: "Playing in major bowl at major site against a major team." $$$ will be comparable to other games. Not Rose/Sugar Quote: @dmrnevada: @murphsturph So I think 55 million or about there? â€@murphsturph: @dmrnevada Asked if it was the same as Orange Bowl, he wouldn't say." Quote: â€@QuantumDavid: @murphsturph When do you think the Big East/TV Networks will wrap up? @murphsturph: @QuantumDavid Not for a while Quote: @murphsturph: @Aresco says it's more likely Big East teams will play same 3 crossover teams in '13 and '14. Says access in 6 games better than adding 7th @AlexOPunk: @murphsturph So we won't play every team then? â€@murphsturph: @AlexOPunk No, at least in the first two years. This was a surprise to me: "Aresco said the revenue will be comparable to other bowl games outside of the Rose and Sugar, which are worth $80 million. The Orange Bowl is worth $55 million." IMO having our champions bowl $$ being in the neighborhood of the Orange Bowl as a non access bowl would be an awesome coup for Aresco.

Blaudschun: Big East expects $15-$17M in TV deal http://ajerseyguy.com/?p=3501 Probably just some speculation, but read on: Quote: And then there is the issue of a new television contract, which is now in the serious negotiation stage with multiple networks now that the exclusive period of dealing with ESPN has expired. Expect a compromise on that front as well, with the strong possibility of a two or three network package for football and basketball which could split up telecasts of Big East football regular season games, the Big East championship football game, a Big East Saturday football package, a Big East regular season basketball package and a Big East tournament package. Big East officials are hoping that the combined money will come close to generating a $15-17 million per school per year. I don't think you would say that to the press (even as an anonymous source) unless it was somewhat close to being true. McMurphy's $60M/year can kiss off.

BIG EAST Sr. Associate Comissioner says: "Mission Accomplished" Nick Carparelli â€@NickCarparelli @slmandel It wasn't about a 7th bowl. It was about a guaranteed spot. It is better for everyone if there are 6 bowls. Mission accomplished! “@slmandel: Official announcement shortly, BCS 2.0 will be 6 bowls, with guaranteed spot for highest Big East/non-AQ†Dan Wolken â€@DanWolken Big East people always told me they were never overly concerned about access. Looks like they had it pegged.

BIG EAST Meeting UPDATE: NBC has upped interest the beat of sports â€@thebeatofsports Big East presidents will get an update on TV talks. ESPN's bid was low as expected. Source: NBC has upped interest. ESPN still interested the beat of sports â€@thebeatofsports BE buzz: Even before today's playoff/bowl announcement, 14th school talk on agenda. BYU remains desired choice. the beat of sports â€@thebeatofsports Big East meetings tomorrow in Chicago. Buzz is, yes, look for geographical division alignment. UL/Cinn placement tbd, UL pushing for east. More interesting tweets: the beat of sports â€@thebeatofsports Source says ESPN's offer to Big East was higher than people projected, but Aresco believes other suitors will increase value of package. the beat of sports â€@thebeatofsports Source says ESPN's offer to Big East was higher than people projected, but Aresco believes other suitors will increase value of package. https://twitter.com/thebeatofsports @thebeatofsports: Other interesting quotes: "With ESPN's deal for playoff & access bowls, can Big East afford to not have some sort of deal with them? Don't think so, but at what price?" "If, as expected, ESPN secures 12yr rights to CFB playoff, Big East needs some package w/ESPN in new tv deal. Their impact too powerful." "Source says ESPN's offer to Big East was higher than people projected, but Aresco believes other suitors will increase value of package."

Gang of 5 Get Auto Access/Revenue Formulas Set **Top Group of 5 team will get automatic access in a BCS bowl if it doesnt qualify for playoffs **Income based on historical Top 25 rankings and an academic component will be introduced (sounds like a penalty for failing to meet standard rather than extra money) **Conferences will earn extra for actually appearing in BCS games **Plan will be presented to the Presidents Oversight Commission at 2PM ET Monday. In the new format, which the Sports Business Journal reported could be worth $7.3 billion over 12 years, the power five leagues will each receive an equal share, which will dwarf the compensation of the remaining five leagues (Big East, Conference USA, Mountain West, Sun Belt and Mid-American), called the Group of Five. The commissioners reached that decision based on several factors, including the BCS rankings of the conferences since 1998 based on the conference's 2014 membership. For example, the Big 12 gets credit for West Virginia and TCU's past BCS rankings, the Big Ten gets credit for Nebraska, the SEC gets credit for Texas A&M and Missouri, the ACC gets credit for Miami, Virginia Tech, Boston College, Pittsburgh and Syracuse, the Pac-12 for Utah and Colorado and the Big East gets credit for Boise State, Houston and UCF. The Mountain West and Conference USA also get credit for their new members. Using those cumulative rankings, based on 2014 membership, for the top 25 final BCS rankings since 1998, there is a huge disparity between the power five leagues and the Group of Five conferences. Awarding 25 points for first place, 24 for second, etc., for those annual rankings, the SEC ranks first with 1,054 points, followed by the Big Ten (860), Big 12 (816), ACC (673) and Pac-12 (671). Then there's a huge drop to the Group of Five -- the Big East (240), C-USA (49), MWC (58), Mid-American (21) and Sun Belt (0). Because the Big East's membership has had multiple defections in the past few years, the Big East drops from receiving an AQ share to paired with the Group of Five. While the Group of Five will receive substantially less than the Power Five leagues, sources said the commissioners are in favor of the highest-rated champion from the Group of Five receiving guaranteed access to one of the six access bowls. http://espn.go.com/c...or...ame-format

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The Commish on BSU pre-game show - YouTube Link N Link to interview (16 minutes...A must listen!) Quote: Aresco regarding ESPN: "We expect to...err...hope get a deal done..." Dude is dealing!!