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  • wps88 said...

    Y'all can get your own damn thread. Let's stay on topic. Make fun of the Wisky poster.

    He started it!!!

    Can't make fun of the Wisky poster when I agree with him. B1G coming for you fools.

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  • Hskr4Life23 said...

    He started it!!!

    Can't make fun of the Wisky poster when I agree with him. B1G coming for you fools.

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  • Fuk a conference, why be tied down when you can have complete control.

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  • star69 said...

    Fuk a conference, why be tied down when you can have complete control.

    Unless the regions fans start losing their teeth, growing back hair and watching cars go round a track to the left, I don't care how much money you spend it won't buy the passion.

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    Huddles are for rookies.

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  • It's all about plastics here in B1G country.

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  • jdawg804 said...

    This came from a fan of ... Wisconsin?confused

    I mean of all teams to say that they're about to go on a spending spree

    The poster should have been asked if it was a coincidence that the Big Ten being down for 2 decades coincided with the "rise" of Wisky football.

    Things are about to get real in the Big Ten. And by real I mean, the powers are about to take over the conference yet again and distance themselves from the pack. OSU and Michigan will do it right away. It will take some time after the sanctions for PSU, but we will be there as well. Nebraska is going to start taping that new MD/NJ recruiting grounds. Wisky is going to go back to being mediocre-to-irrelavant. Money isn't going to save them.

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    $50 bet with Rebels10 - Best of 3 Egg Bowls Results 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - **the $50 goes to others schools athletics dept**

    msudawg12

  • lol at everything about this. Never seen that dude on the home board. I'll keep my mouth shut until I see who we hire but I would imagine Wisconsin is here to stay for a little bit. Also willing and able to eat crow for ever sticking up for that fat turd.
    Here's a reward for all the humor
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    If God dwells inside us, like some people say, I sure hope He likes enchiladas, because that's what He's getting

    Wolfie

  • "We want no part of the SEC, we don't want to be anything like them." -arkansas coach

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  • Not mad at all u?

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  • The SEC will sign a deal that outdoes this so called "best tv contract." Besides that, big x football is slow and boring.

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    SEC SEC SEC!!!

    USMCAG

  • Even if the B1G gets a HUGE deal, what's to say that the SEC won't match and exceed that once they have their TV network in place? Go ahead and set the bar high at what the minimum the SEC can demand will be. Never poke a man with a bigger stick? Get real. Challenge the SEC at football and you'll see who ends up on top.

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  • SkullyMaroo said...

    Even if the B1G gets a HUGE deal, what's to say that the SEC won't match and exceed that once they have their TV network in place? Go ahead and set the bar high at what the minimum the SEC can demand will be. Never poke a man with a bigger stick? Get real. Challenge the SEC at football and you'll see who ends up on top.

    It has to do with population not passion.

    It doesn't matter if people in NYC or DC ever watch a B1G game. They'll still be paying for the network.

    The deals will probably be similar because of the addition of Texas / St. Louis markets for the SEC.

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  • devidee said...

    It has to do with population not passion.

    It doesn't matter if people in NYC or DC ever watch a B1G game. They'll still be paying for the network.

    The deals will probably be similar because of the addition of Texas / St. Louis markets for the SEC.

    I would assume def Philadelphia would get it as well, I live 2 hours away from phila and I get it..

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  • USMCAG said...

    The SEC will sign a deal that outdoes this so called "best tv contract." Besides that, big x football is slow and boring.

    Dude, if you place the best hamburger joint in America in the desert, it's not going to get a lot of customers even if their burgers are the best.

    I don't think y'all get that

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  • wps88 said...

    The following post was made on Hawgs247 by a Wisconsin fan. (I have also included the link to the original post):

    SEC needs to stop poking the sleeping beast

    Jdogg0821

    First, I'm on record saying this is a good hire for Arkansas and I understand none of you will understand this statement in a vacuum of excitement (or lack there of) in this hire.

    But the B1G ... yes the nations richest conference has been asleep for the better part of 2 decades. Complacent, fat and happy. Facilities... who needs them. Coaches / Assistants salaries... we'll find someone.

    This hire has had a ripple effect in the B1G. A conference that is two years away from signing the richest TV deal in the history of college athletics... hearing 50+ million per school. The advantage that the SEC has had for a couple decades... passion, most importantly $$... I get the feeling is about to evaporate.

    I wish you the best of luck. But people are starting to get pissed of in B1G country. As the old sayin goes... never hit the guy with the bigger stick. Should be interesting to watch over the next decade.

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  • devidee said...

    It has to do with population not passion.

    It doesn't matter if people in NYC or DC ever watch a B1G game. They'll still be paying for the network.

    The deals will probably be similar because of the addition of Texas / St. Louis markets for the SEC.

    Population and markets aren't everything since the brands of the B1G and SEC are national brands.

    But yes the the SEC could get the same type money as the B1G gets, perhaps even more. The SEC network wouldn't just be available in the St. Louis market in Missouri, or the Gainesville market in Florida or the Tuscaloosa and Auburn markets in Alabama, etc.. It'd be available in all of Missouri, Florida, and Alabama and in all the states of the SEC schools since these are state schools. If you are going strictly by population then SEC still has the B1G beat:

    B1G School States:
    Illinois 12,869,257
    Pennsylvania 12,742,886
    Ohio 11,544,951
    Michigan 9,876,187
    New Jersey 8,821,155
    Indiana 6,516,922
    Maryland 5,828,289
    Wisconsin 5,711,767
    Minnesota 5,344,861
    Iowa 3,062,309
    Nebraska 1,842,641
    Total 84,161,225

    SEC School States:
    Texas 25,674,681
    Florida 19,057,542
    Georgia 9,815,210
    Tennessee 6,403,353
    Missouri 6,010,688
    Alabama 4,802,740
    South Carolina 4,679,230
    Louisiana 4,574,836
    Kentucky 4,369,356
    Mississippi 2,978,512
    Arkansas 2,937,979
    Total 91,304,127

    This post was edited by SkullyMaroo on 12/6/2012 at 10:23 AM

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  • USMCAG said...

    The SEC will sign a deal that outdoes this so called "best tv contract." Besides that, big x football is slow and boring.

    I think you are in for a sad reality check. The SEC did a poor job with leveraging their power and it will be a decade before they can renegotiate for serious cash. Adding 2 more teams will mean another "look in" from ESPN, but they are not going to throw an extra $20 million per team per year. With 16 teams that would be a $320 million, per year increase which over 15 year would mean that the increase alone would be worth about 150% more than the current contracts with CBS and ESPN. Good luck getting that lol

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  • SkullyMaroo said...

    If you are going strictly by population then SEC still has the B1G beat:

    You forgot New York.

    NYC has 8.4 million people alone. The entire state of New York has about 19.5 million.

    That may be included in the BTN (NYC most certainly will be).

    This post was edited by devidee on 12/6/2012 at 10:29 AM

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  • devidee said...

    You forgot New York.

    NYC has 8.4 million people alone. That entire state of New York has about 19.5 million.

    That may be included in the BTN (NYC most certainly will be).

    What conference school is in New York again?...

    If you re-read my post, I was posting the population of the states from which teams reside. I was not getting into additional markets that could be captured. Rutgers is in New Jersey, not New York, so I didn't include New York.

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  • SkullyMaroo said...

    Population and markets aren't everything since the brands of the B1G and SEC are national brands.

    But yes the the SEC could get the same type money as the B1G gets, perhaps even more. The SEC network wouldn't just be available in the St. Louis market in Missouri, or the Gainesville market in Florida or the Tuscaloosa and Auburn markets in Alabama, etc.. It'd be available in all of Missouri, Florida, and Alabama and in all the states of the SEC schools since these are state schools. If you are going strictly by population then SEC still has the B1G beat:

    B1G School States: Illinois 12,869,257 Pennsylvania 12,742,886 Ohio 11,544,951 Michigan 9,876,187 New Jersey 8,821,155 Indiana 6,516,922 Maryland 5,828,289 Wisconsin 5,711,767 Minnesota 5,344,861 Iowa 3,062,309 Nebraska 1,842,641 Total 84,161,225

    SEC School States: Texas 25,674,681 Florida 19,057,542 Georgia 9,815,210 Tennessee 6,403,353 Missouri 6,010,688 Alabama 4,802,740 South Carolina 4,679,230 Louisiana 4,574,836 Kentucky 4,369,356 Mississippi 2,978,512 Arkansas 2,937,979 Total 91,304,127

    You forgot to add the NYC and the DC areas to the Big Ten. And get ready, because we are likely to add Georgia and either VA or NC to the mix.

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  • SkullyMaroo said...

    What conference school is in New York City again?...

    If you re-read my post, I was posting the population of the states from which teams reside. I was not getting into additional markets that could be captured. Rutgers is in New Jersey, not New York, so I didn't include New York.

    You should have because northern NJ shares the NYC TV market. So effectively, NYC is in the Big Ten's footprint. Same thing with MD and DC.

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  • SkullyMaroo said...

    What conference school is in New York City again?...

    If you re-read my post, I was posting the population of the states from which teams reside. I was not getting into additional markets that could be captured. Rutgers is in New Jersey, not New York, so I didn't include New York.

    The NYC market will be included. It doesn't matter if you included it or not.

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  • devidee said...

    The NYC market will be included. It doesn't matter if you included it or not.

    How is what I posted untruthful though? I posted the population of the states in which teams reside. Like I said, I wasn't getting into markets. It's widely known Rutgers was valued for the NYC market. I'm not saying they don't bring that with them.

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