atl86bull Posted March 5, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 47 Content Count: 213 Reputation: 22 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/27/2005 Share Posted March 5, 2013 None of this has any truth until I see a tweet from: Brett McMurphy â€@McMurphyESPN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm101 Posted March 5, 2013 Group: TBP Subscriber Topic Count: 173 Content Count: 6,999 Reputation: 2,259 Days Won: 12 Joined: 06/11/2010 Share Posted March 5, 2013 A USF/UCF package is an interesting ploy. To sweeten the pot, what if we both agree to take 1/2 of per team revenues for the first couple years?. So the B12 is getting 2 teams, 2 big tv markets, 2 Florida schools recruiting, and championship game dollars for the price of one. Build in a sliding scale where we each get to 100% of the per team revenues by year 6 or 8. The original article says Fox would tweak it's contract so that all schools will get same amount as current. We should be very careful about offering to pay them to let us in their club when Fox is ready to manage those logistics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hem Posted March 5, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 64 Content Count: 4,663 Reputation: 401 Days Won: 21 Joined: 09/24/2012 Share Posted March 5, 2013 (edited) A USF/UCF package is an interesting ploy. To sweeten the pot, what if we both agree to take 1/2 of per team revenues for the first couple years?. So the B12 is getting 2 teams, 2 big tv markets, 2 Florida schools recruiting, and championship game dollars for the price of one. Build in a sliding scale where we each get to 100% of the per team revenues by year 6 or 8. The original article says Fox would tweak it's contract so that all schools will get same amount as current. We should be very careful about offering to pay them to let us in their club when Fox is ready to manage those logistics Getting 1/2 of what the rest of the schools get for the first..say...3-5 years would STILL be way more than we'd get stuck over here. And probably as much as we'd get in the ACC. @TuxedoYoda: Maybe it is just me, but I find it interesting that my Austin source hears about Fox/UCF/USF at the same time Fox Sports 1 becomes official. Edited March 5, 2013 by Hem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjlovecub Posted March 5, 2013 Group: TBP Subscriber III Topic Count: 127 Content Count: 2,118 Reputation: 522 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/27/2007 Share Posted March 5, 2013 (edited) None of this has any truth until I see a tweet from: Brett McMurphy â€@McMurphyESPN That's ridiculous. Can I tell you how many stories he has not broken and only reported after the fact?? Very short sighted Edited March 5, 2013 by jjlovecub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple B Posted March 5, 2013 Group: Moderator Topic Count: 1,615 Content Count: 74,669 Reputation: 10,888 Days Won: 424 Joined: 11/25/2005 Share Posted March 5, 2013 None of this has any truth until I see a tweet from: Brett McMurphy â€@McMurphyESPN +1000 .... that will mean the announcement is mere minutes away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who'sYourData? Posted March 5, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 410 Content Count: 19,525 Reputation: 992 Days Won: 24 Joined: 09/01/2006 Share Posted March 5, 2013 None of this has any truth until I see a tweet from: Brett McMurphy â€@McMurphyESPN That's ridiculous. Can I tell you how many stories he has not broken and only reported after the fact?? Very short sighted That was sarcasm, jj. Atl did not use the sarcasm font. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullDoug Posted March 5, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 469 Content Count: 4,451 Reputation: 52 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/27/2001 Share Posted March 5, 2013 ONLY shot (and it's a long shot, as in really ******* unlikely) is to go to B12 as a package with UCF. B12 would have a dominating presence in Florida at the expense of settling for marginal rather than core inventory (FSU/Mia). Best hope is that B12 takes FSU/Mia and we fill the ACC void edit: An interesting note though: We are a better academic fit with the B12, and our sales/attendance/viewership isn't that far off from the bottom of the conference (KSU, ISU, Baylor). We wouldn't be complete misfits in the B12. I say that really for entertainment purposes only, as I'm not a fan of even insinuating we're up for an invite Geographically its a nitemare for USF alone. What is Tampa from Dallas, twice as far as ISU? You gotta add UCF so FL recruits give more creedance(sp?) to playing in a league the is mostly TX, OK and KS. Or a TX recruit going to a FL school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macphisto Posted March 5, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 8 Content Count: 1,204 Reputation: 49 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/04/2007 Share Posted March 5, 2013 A USF/UCF package is an interesting ploy. To sweeten the pot, what if we both agree to take 1/2 of per team revenues for the first couple years?. So the B12 is getting 2 teams, 2 big tv markets, 2 Florida schools recruiting, and championship game dollars for the price of one. Build in a sliding scale where we each get to 100% of the per team revenues by year 6 or 8. The original article says Fox would tweak it's contract so that all schools will get same amount as current. We should be very careful about offering to pay them to let us in their club when Fox is ready to manage those logistics Getting 1/2 of what the rest of the schools get for the first..say...3-5 years would STILL be way more than we'd get stuck over here. And probably as much as we'd get in the ACC. @TuxedoYoda: Maybe it is just me, but I find it interesting that my Austin source hears about Fox/UCF/USF at the same time Fox Sports 1 becomes official. Definitely makes things interesting. We've known for awhile that Fox wanted to directly challenge ESPN. Regardless of what you think of the network, Fox News eclipsed CNN; something few thought was possible when it launched. ESPN is a tougher nut to crack, but Fox has deep pockets and a desire to succeed. It really comes down to if FSU and another school want to take the risk of being out $50M and how much of an upside there is for them. FSU didn't want to risk it when WVU ended up going to the BXII - and the path was easier then. I think FSU still has trouble pulling the trigger. That leaves us with a possible window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm101 Posted March 5, 2013 Group: TBP Subscriber Topic Count: 173 Content Count: 6,999 Reputation: 2,259 Days Won: 12 Joined: 06/11/2010 Share Posted March 5, 2013 ONLY shot (and it's a long shot, as in really ******* unlikely) is to go to B12 as a package with UCF. B12 would have a dominating presence in Florida at the expense of settling for marginal rather than core inventory (FSU/Mia). Best hope is that B12 takes FSU/Mia and we fill the ACC void edit: An interesting note though: We are a better academic fit with the B12, and our sales/attendance/viewership isn't that far off from the bottom of the conference (KSU, ISU, Baylor). We wouldn't be complete misfits in the B12. I say that really for entertainment purposes only, as I'm not a fan of even insinuating we're up for an invite Geographically its a nitemare for USF alone. What is Tampa from Dallas, twice as far as ISU? You gotta add UCF so FL recruits give more creedance(sp?) to playing in a league the is mostly TX, OK and KS. Or a TX recruit going to a FL school. Why is everyone saying this? As if traveling to UConn, RU, Pitt, Cuse, Cincy, etc since 2005 in ALL sports has been any better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quo Vadis Posted March 5, 2013 Group: Member Topic Count: 4 Content Count: 160 Reputation: 13 Days Won: 2 Joined: 10/09/2012 Share Posted March 5, 2013 As much as i'd like to see it happen, it's hard for me to imagine the Big 12 taking us and UCF. We would split their pie significantly and do not move the needle much in terms of media or TV visibility for them. At most, this is a ploy to try and get FSU and Clemson to jump ship. But i doubt it is even that, more likely unsupported rumor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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