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Re: Conference Realignment..?

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2023 10:11 am
by Arjhawk
And the shot at the Apple+ deal being like selling candy bars.

I saw somewhere (wish I could attribute) that in the Pac-10 ASU's average road trip - playing all other 9 teams - was 919 miles (ish). In the Big 12+4 it would be like 1,140 if playing all teams, but if just WVU and UCF taken out - which is possible given divisions - it would be 990ish. Not that big a difference really.

Re: Conference Realignment..?

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2023 10:29 am
by KUTradition
and obviously, it’s unlikely the west schools are going to be making a ton of trips to wv or fla

Re: Conference Realignment..?

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2023 11:02 am
by ChicagoHawk
pdub wrote: Sun Aug 06, 2023 7:00 pm I don't really have that much an issue if someone wants pro sports with a college sports halloween costume -- but it's more a problem for me, if we ( the people who don't like it ) complain, the crew that does like it saying stuff like, you're old, out of touch, get over it it was inevitable, you're racist.

I'm watching less and complaining more. Eventually i'll just keep watching less and complaining less. Hang on everyone.
I don't think I've called you old or racist. Probably out of touch or curmudgeonly. I've certainly felt it was inevitable for a long time. You got me there.

Re: Conference Realignment..?

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2023 12:00 pm
by Sparko
PDub: the seasons will be more entertaining, so I expect you will actually watch more. I am excited to break out of the SWC syndrome +OU.

Re: Conference Realignment..?

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2023 12:05 pm
by surly
Arjhawk wrote: Tue Aug 08, 2023 10:11 am And the shot at the Apple+ deal being like selling candy bars.

I saw somewhere (wish I could attribute) that in the Pac-10 ASU's average road trip - playing all other 9 teams - was 919 miles (ish). In the Big 12+4 it would be like 1,140 if playing all teams, but if just WVU and UCF taken out - which is possible given divisions - it would be 990ish. Not that big a difference really.
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Here’s the distances & air travel times for Arizona State in Big 12 compared w/Pac-12. Arizona’s would be similar & there’s not that much difference

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Re: Conference Realignment..?

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2023 12:13 pm
by pdub
Sparko wrote: Tue Aug 08, 2023 12:00 pm PDub: the seasons will be more entertaining, so I expect you will actually watch more. I am excited to break out of the SWC syndrome +OU.
I watched more football last year for sure -- but I think there's a good reason why.
I watched less basketball than I have in 15 or so years, skipping multiple games ( unheard of ).

Re: Conference Realignment..?

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2023 2:47 pm
by Arjhawk
Whoa!, my memory was almost spot on (from this morning). I'm taking a win!

Re: Conference Realignment..?

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2023 5:53 pm
by ChalkRocker
InfiniteJ wrote: Tue Aug 08, 2023 9:42 am The more I read about Arizona State...the more I wish they would have been stranded along with Cal, Stanford, Oregon State, and Wazzu.

Kinda how I'm feeling, too. Seems pretty trailer-parky. I think we shoulda snatched one of the others, though.

Re: Conference Realignment..?

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2023 6:26 pm
by MICHHAWK
I think they routinely rank pretty high on the hottest coeds lists.

that counts for something.

Re: Conference Realignment..?

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2023 7:39 pm
by TDub
yea I know the Pac decently well the last 25 years.

Arizona st is a trash school. But it sounds like the Zona board of regents wasn't liking the idea of splitting the schools and it may have been a necessity to get Zona. Considering the current situation it was probably the right move.

Re: Conference Realignment..?

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2023 8:43 am
by ramjet
ASU is a big time party school, always has been. I was a season ticket holder for football before the NFL moved into Phx. Great tailgate parties.

Re: Conference Realignment..?

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2023 9:40 am
by Arjhawk
I think I read they actually were AAU now, so not as trashy as, say, the entire SEC. Oh, and they have The Library, so things are good.

Re: Conference Realignment..?

Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2023 10:52 am
by KUTradition
"It's really, really sad to see," said Erickson from his home in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. "The thing that upsets me the most, besides the conference falling apart, the reasons for it. You got all these presidents that talk about academics and talk about loyalty and the bottom line is they move because of one thing … money.

"It had nothing to do with education. It had nothing to do with players. It had nothing to do with the school. It had to do with money."


per espn

Re: Conference Realignment..?

Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2023 11:24 am
by surly
at some point this will rationalize itself because, for example, the b10 is just woefully structured going forward. either we go back to regionalization or this becomes one big league with divisions. i'm not sure which, only that this model as currently configured is not sustainable on multiple levels: travel, revenue, cost, rivalries, and so on.

Re: Conference Realignment..?

Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2023 12:20 pm
by Sparko
This all started in 1984 with the court ruling and the idea of limiting top-tier schools to maximize money for those who remained in the top tier. Slow roll almost 40-years.

Re: Conference Realignment..?

Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2023 10:32 am
by surly
with OuT out, stadium capacities are all circling the 50k mark, a few above and below, byu being the largest at 63k, uh the smallest at 40k.


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Re: Conference Realignment..?

Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2023 11:10 am
by TDub
cool?

Re: Conference Realignment..?

Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2023 12:36 pm
by pdub
I recall many a ksu game where they were sold out but there were thousands of empty seats

Re: Conference Realignment..?

Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2023 12:38 pm
by AlOerter
As far as I'm concerned the revamped/rebuilt Memorial needs to be 2 things - Nice & full regardless of final capacity.

Re: Conference Realignment..?

Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2023 2:24 pm
by surly
pdub wrote: Sat Aug 12, 2023 12:36 pm I recall many a ksu game where they were sold out but there were thousands of empty seats
i was in "the bill" for every game and don't recall any with "thousands of empty seats." you may have confused k-state with your brother rival, missouri.