[NU Sports] More on OU

Mon Sep 5 23:54:15 CDT 2011

Anything is possible down the road but I think the BTN is pretty satisfied with the subscriber fee/advertiser model that they currently have.  As ESPN has shown, it can be incredibly lucrative and, at least in the current marketplace, more lucrative than direct subscription.  Remember, HBO doesn't show commercials so there is only one revenue stream.

I'm not a huge fan of Mizzou, although they would bring in Kansas City. Assuming Texas goes to the Pac -16 and Delaney gets off his 12 is the best number for us horse, you could of course pick up both KU and Mizzou and two of Pitt, Syracuse and Rutgers.  As someone who closely follows the Big East (Louisville, for those who may not know), i think i can speak for most Big East fans in saying forget ND, they're not worth the trouble.  
Mark

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On Sep 4, 2011, at 1:00 PM, artmiller1 at gmail.com wrote:

> So what do you guys think, should the Big Ten re-evaluate Missouri?  Personally, I'd prefer to see MU and Kansas in the conference than whatever current Big East teams we might be considering.  (OK, maybe Pitt.)
> 
> Mark, do you think BTN could ever move to a direct subscription model (like HBO) instead of being lumped in a sports package?
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> To: SjT (Stephen J. Truog)<sjtruog at yahoo.com>
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> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] More on OU
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> Okie State doesn't have to worry too much because whatever OU decides to do,
> that's what OSU will be doing - it's always been and will be a package, and
> both of them are ok with that.
> 
> Kansas, K-State, Mizzou and Iowa State had accepted bids to the Big East
> (which didn't plan on changing its name in accordance with major conference
> custom) but that went away when the Big XII decided to stay together.  The
> Big East commissioner has been unusally reticent during this recent bout of
> speculations and rumors.  Should the SEC expand beyond TAMU and one from the
> east, then all bets may be off as the ACC may find itself plundered and try
> to, what for it, merge with the Big East in some fashion.
> 
> Conference realignment is so much fun.
> Mark
> 
> On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 9:52 PM, SjT (Stephen J. Truog) <sjtruog at yahoo.com>wrote:
> 
>> I agree - Texas really brought this on itself with the way it stacked the
>> deck on the penalty payments and then announced its own network (which still
>> isn't available in most of Texas apparently).
>> 
>> I kind of liked the Horns' absolute rejection of the SEC overtures again
>> and again during last year's conference shuffle (that says something good
>> about 'em!), preferring instead to flirt with the Pac 12 and Big Ten ... but
>> this hubris seems a bit much, even in a state where hubris runs big. I mean,
>> at least Notre Dame's won a ton of national titles and Heismans ... Texas
>> seems to win a title once every 35 years or so and their Heisman case is a
>> lot less full than the one in Columbus.
>> 
>> I think Texas overreached here -- they're not Notre Dame, and some of their
>> league schools at least had other options. Nebraska and Colorado look smart
>> for bolting, as does ATM - the Horns probably should have tried to support
>> their league instead of getting greedy. They still would have been the Big
>> Fish in the Big XII and given how the league is overrated year after year,
>> they would have had a pretty easy path to a title shot. Now they're trying
>> to save a sinking ship.
>> 
>> Like I said, I feel worst for Mizzou and Kansas. Iowa State, Baylor and
>> Kansas State probably don't merit being with the big boys, but the Tigers
>> and Jayhawks are going to be left in the cold when this is all said and
>> done. And Okie State and Texas Tech had better grab on to the Sooners' and
>> Longhorns' legs tighter than Jeff Van Gundy during a Knicks-Heat melee.
>> 
>> As you said, it will be entertaining to watch. Texas could still get a
>> pretty sweet deal with Big Ten or Pac 12 money (but have to give up their
>> network). The Pac 12 especially would probably give them anything they
>> wanted as it would get the league a much better national profile for TV
>> contract time. The Big Ten can (and should) be more choosy and might prefer
>> to wait and see if Oklahoma goes the SEC's way or if the SEC poaches someone
>> from the ACC, leading to their merge with the Big East (which could leave
>> Notre Dame out in the cold).
>> 
>> Get your popcorn ready, eh?
>> GO CATS!!!
>> -SjT
>> 
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>> STEPHEN J. TRUOG
>> sjtruog at yahoo.com
>> GO CATS!!! GEAUX SAINTS!!!
>> Super Bowl XLIV Champions!
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>> 
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