Maybe they should have made a better offer to lure Traylor away from San Antonio. I did think Joey McGuire would have similar success when they went with him, but that hasn't materialized on the field yet.
As for this season, I do expect UTSA to slip a little with Harris gone, and there's room for Tech to climb (but the Big XII is so stacked there's not much room)
This is just like watching some random Iowa game. Such a defensive strugglefest
Uhhh what? Taking a timeout to avoid a penalty for a uniform violation? Why even dress in the wrong color socks? So weird
Very strange to burn a timeout 2 minutes in... just take the delay of game penalty
That was probably the most... interesting... rendition of the national anthem I've heard
How about this: sell naming rights to Southwest Airlines. Rebrand as the Southwest Conference. Extend invites to Arkansas, Texas, A&M, and SMU...
In seriousness, while this is a lame idea it's not as concerning as painting corporate sponsor logos on the fields, which seems like it's going to happen soon.
The more I think about it, it's not as bad a deal for the conference as it would be for the PE firm because you're probably right about the conference's limited assets. Money from TV deals, CFP, and the NCAA tourney is pretty much all they own, which by itself doesn't generate more revenue. Unless the trademarks of a conference whose name is an oxymoron and real estate in Irving or something are super attractive to this European company, lol. The real value belongs to the members themselves who could leave at any time or call the whole thing off.
I wouldn't be surprised if this falls apart, especially since it sounds like it was a side pursuit of Yormark and a few Big XII schools rather than the whole league.
And yeah, until user tags get implemented I also have to figure out some hack for flair. On my to-do list after looking into a real game day bot.
This is such a misstep of they go forward with it. Firstly, because it actually gives up equity, rather than the "private capital" discussions floated lately (which is still gross but not as bad). Secondly, it makes no sense for the Big XII specifically. Unless they expect Utah to become a perennial title contender or something, why do they feel the need to try to match the level of funding of the super 2?
It doesn't exactly surprise me though, coming from Yormark. His creative thinking and aggressive expansion probably saved his conference. But I heard an interview (I think on Joel Klatt's podcast) where he came off as a such a pretentious ass. Hyper business focused and does not care at all about the history and tradition of the sport. I have a hunch he is trying to kneecap the ACC, but why would he? The new playoff system with the 4 first round byes is actually fantastic for those 2 conferences.
Also, the article quoted Gerry Cardinale, and although Redbird might not be involved in this deal no one should trust him. He mismanaged the XFL last year.
2 touchdowns in 13 seconds, my goodness
I would say the momentum is all San Antonio in the first half, but I was fooled yesterday by Michigan so...
AND SINCE THAT COMMENT THERE HAVE BEEN TWO MORE IN THE 3RD QUARTER
EDIT: AND ANOTHER - MAKE THAT SIX IN A QUARTER
Updated the banner! I only meant for the CFP-champion banner to be up for a few weeks, but surprisingly no one seemed to complain about the smug Harbaugh all off-season.
Got a little lazy with the 3-way tie for 10th by cramming all 3 logos in there, but week zero is just around the corner anyway. Although I would have loved to leave ou off....
I'll get my preseason ballot in ASAP, but I haven't figured out yet how to balance my algorithm after conference realignment... I might have to hold off tweaking it for this season just to see how things play out and revisit it next off-season.
In other news, I was thinking of holding a community prediction competition/sweepstakes for the upcoming season, but I'm not sure how many folks would participate given the low activity on Lemmy in general. If anyone is interested though, let me know! I think it could be fun.