Little crunched on time today. So how about some expaniopocolypse links to pass the time:
Great, detailed piece on how the Maryland to the Big 10 went down.
Confirmation bias is a dangerous thing. I happen to like and agree with this Nate Silver piece on how the Big 10 exapansion may not pay off in the long-term. But I have my own biases, and they definitely color how I look at the whole thing.
Barry Alvarez continues his bluntness in all things related to expansiopocloypse. While not saying Penn State would have really tried to leave for the ACC (never would have happened) he does admit that the Big 10 needed to do something to make them feel better. From the general PSU fan perspective, they have hated their isolation. And weren’t terribly pleased that the Big 10 went west rather than east last time. They also have their conspiracy bit going from the Sandusky scandal. A lot of ranting about how the Big 10 crapped on them as much as the NCAA did.
Fantastic summation by Nunes Magician on the steps to surviving the expansiopocolypse when you actually get out of the conference you hated.
Meanwhile Casual Hoya makes the reasonable argument that eventually expansiopocolypse will implode on itself. He lays out the factors. The only issue is when does it happen. And for the b-ball schools: when it does, will it already be too late for them?
At some point like all bubbles it wil burst.
Majority of people don’t realize how they are indirectly paying for all of these sports contracts (tv and players) through their cable company.
My neighbor who has basic cable but never watches ESPN or any sports will roll his eyes when he sees a baseball player make millions a year but doesn’t realize that he is indirectly paying that salary.
I love sports but if they would charge me directly $70 bucks a year just for the Big Ten network I would pass..and if somebody like me isn’t buying it…who will? …No way they would continue to make money on the network on the very few who would.
O’Brien pulled the rabbit from the hat that they needed to jump start them after the Sandusky crap.
Sorry, I hate when people bring up PSU on this blog.
My other thought is if/when other colleges will ramp up the piecemealing their sports out to different conferences to get the biggest bang for the buck. ND has essentially done this for years. I could see some Big 10 colleges wanting to get their basketball program in the ACC while keeping football in the Big 10. I liken it to how corporations will spin off business units into subsidiaries to maximize the parent company’s position.
This article from Forbes Mag suggests, not anytime soon. As the more popular channels insist on bundling.
That’s what rivals are for. Always there with the needle…..
I was going to say, always there with the needle poking & probing. But I didn’t want to get anyone excited in Creepy Valley or those that troll our blog. lol
Albeit with the caveat of ND playing 5 ACC teams per season. I know Swofford was competing with the Big 12 for ND, but I’m hoping he got some other commitment from the Domers. Although you think he would have announced that to solidify the conf.
He did manage to get all the ACC Presidents to sign an agreement of solidarity recently.
Hopefully he had the temerity to have them sign it in blood. 🙂
When the PSU faithful see what Pitt is doing I am sure they will want to stage similar events at Beaver Stadium because we all know how they despise pedophiles. And they’ll be inspired to extend the series indefinitely for the benefit of abused kids everywhere.
Turning lemons into lemonade so to speak! Most of all it’s an “in your face” moment to all the pond skum at PSU.
I have an idea, the fronts of the T-shirt with Ped State’s logo could be colored in either black & white vertical stripes or jumpsuit Orange. Kinda of a nice touch, don’t ya think.
While the backs of the T’s could be BLue or Gold or some combination thereof. Maybe with Pitt script, as a commemorative to the way things were when JS coached and was out there recruiting in people’s homes (yikes !)
The helmet or uniform patch could be the 2nd Mile logo, cause we don’t want to forget them and all the unfortunate kids who got recruited to go there.
Maybe it could be the start of a National Day or something. Say……Pedophile Awareness Day
I also think it’s going to prove to be a big mistake for conferences like the Big Ten to just add teams just based on tv sets and market sizes. Adding teams like Rutgers and Maryland just further dilutes what’s already a devalued brand (Big Ten football). Joining the Big Ten is not going to make Rutgers into Ohio State. In the end, all it’s going to do is decrease the percentage of games on Penn State’s schedule that their fans actually look forward to watching. Basically, they’re locking in a mediocre opponent long term. The long term results will likely be more apathy on the part of both Rutgers and PSU fans.
Don’t think the Creepy Valley Zombies are going to get any more apathetic if the Child Molestation of Uncle Jerry and Uncle Joe didn’t make them that by now.
Pathetic yes, apathetic no.
Just clearing things up.
P.S. wow don’t know if I can keep up this hatred till 2016, but I’ll give it a whirl.
Must be the glasses. haha
file Dino’s post in your tickler file, a create a post around it maybe 6 weeks before the Pedo State game. There needs to be lead time to get the t-shirts printed (just right) and get the Student Section “on board”.
B1G is looking to lockup major Eastern markets. The ACC should have been more aggressive in keeping and inviting major Eastern football schools. I worry that GA Tech will go to B1G to lockup Atlanta. The only thing that may keep Tech from getting an invite is that Atlanta is Georgia and SEC country.
the big name head coach that he thinks he will.
reason 1 he wants to tell the coach how to coach and what offence to run.
reason 2 he has said he wont pay top dollar for
asst coachs.
No big time coach will put up with that today
maybe 10 years ago but not now.
I think he might get a head coach from a small
school or a DC or a OC.
But not a big time head coach.
i think some facts of the football world of today have passed Alvarez bye
look at tenn 3 coachs turned them down before one said yes wisconsin may have the same problem if they set there sights to high.
i think there next coach comes from a mac school
or some smaller conference.
unless he goes for a DC orOC but he said he wants a head coach.
from iowa i wonder if PITT will have a chance to get him he is from pa he was a freshmen last year.
Garmon would be interesting. Reeeeally interesting.
Hell of a football talent and could definitely do some damage for us at RB, but he really needs to keep his head on straight. He seemed to struggle off the field with the move away from home, so maybe getting back closer to Erie would be good for him. Plus, he was high school teammates with James Connor.
You know, I was initially thrilled with the Graham hire because I thought it was a move towards a spread-based offense, which seemed to be a step towards the modern era of college football. But I’m a little too much of a traditionalist. I’m too much of a believer in the value of having a couple of good RBs behind a giant offensive line, and then building an aggressive passing attack around the fact that you can always to hand the ball to those RBs and just beat another team into submission.
After watching Chryst’s offense operate this year, the idea of an offensive backfield showcasing the likes of Shell, Connor (if he moves to RB like he suggested he may) and possibly Garmon (if he’s interested), all with Giubilato or Dunham leading the way…well, this just absolutely warms my football traditionalist heart.
UM sports are bad in part because the state of Maryland does not have good high school sports, outside of boys basketball and lacrosse. Given the long tradition of pro football in Baltimore, a metro area with a similar population in numbers to Pittsburgh, one would think that high school football would be better there than it is. I think Aliquippa and or Clairton would wipe up the field with most Maryland HS football teams.
UM will regret the move. I guarantee it. They will travel, not to Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, but to Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska. Watch their costs for travel skyrocket.
