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All sports require $$$$. Without football, and men's basketball to a smaller degree. You'll lose the money needed to keep all those scholarship sports. It's not hating on the other sports, but it's just basic economics. It's what WNBA players fail to realize when they think they are being cheated in pay, when in reality the NBA helps keep the WNBA afloat. There's no such thing as a free lunch kiddos. Sometime, someplace, someone is working to put together the ingredients for your sandwich. I miss the old conferences as well. But the Big East, and Pac 12 are gone as we know it. The Big East is now a great basketball league with small private schools, but with rich histories. The Pac 12 is a bunch of Mountain West, WAC, and the two programs from the old Pac 12 that nobody wanted. Memphis was willing to pay a hundred million dollars, and forgo any revenue shares to get into the Big 12. This was after the Pac 12 had tried to get Memphis, UNLV, and USF to join. So don't give me the whole Pac 12 is staying true to it's geographical footprint. Memphis and USF elected to stay in the American. If they hadn't, you'd have all these lower revenue earning schools in the west, having to travel to Memphis and Tampa. Is it any wonder that Memphis would rather pay through the nose to get into the lowest P4 conference, than join whatever the Pac 12 is? Anybody foolish enough to believe a member of the most powerful league would leave for a league that Memphis and USF turned down,should probably stop staring at the sun all day.

Would an ACC title equal Brady's seventh ring? 🤣

Duke won the ACC last year. How many playoff games have they won this decade? I think it's three, and they all came this past year by one team. The ACC is more likely to become the next league to crumble, rather than to win a National Title.

I heard Benedict Arnold saw George in the Colonial changing cabins and realized that he would never become a varsity athlete. So he switched sides.

Football fitness compared to soccer fitness is like comparing a sprinter to a marathon runner. One thing the USA, and Mexico have over every other country right now is the ability to play in the heat. I heard people asking why there are water breaks being used in this world cup, those questions stopped after many soccer stars had to stop practicing due to heat related issues. They haven't even been playing outdoors in Texas, Arizona, or Florida in the summertime. It's just now getting hot, they were complaining back in April-May in places like Virginia, Maryland and New York.

For the first time in seventy years the US has won it's first two games in the World Cup ,to make it to the knockout round. They actually won Group D and will play the third place team from another group on July 1st in Santa Clara. We saw the hockey team win the gold for the first time since 'The Miracle on Ice". Could we see an even more improbable victory on home turf this year? I don't follow European Futball ,or what we call Soccer, but it's been interesting to see them bring their unique sports culture here. It's been awesome seeing them experience our country. It's too bad FIFA didn't allow tailgating, it's what makes our sporting events really stand out. People can celebrate sports and not be jerks about it. Just like all the great folks on this board(unless you are a Beaver fan🤣) . But, maybe one day one will cross the line and have a civil discussion here, instead of a civil war of words elsewhere.

How about we start holding people accountable for their actions? Sorsby isn't a victim, he is an addict that broke the rules a hundred times over. He sued his old school when they told him he had to pay out the one million dollar NIL to take a five million dollar NIL at another program. I'm all for player rights, but with those rights come responsibilities.

I remember hearing some members of the golf team discussing the difference in athletic prowess between those down south, and those in the north. I wouldn't put it past ol Greg to really think that's a worthwhile argument. As far as ESPN covering niche events, well....

It's that oil money Jon. The whole athletic department is being funded to a point where it doesn't matter if it's Lubbock Texas, there's gonna be a championship for every sport. Makes you question what the going rate for a top softball athlete is these days. When is badminton going to be on an ESPN affiliate?

Well there's always the supplemental draft for Mr. Sorsby. Unlike Pete Rose, who got a lifetime ban, and still hasn't gotten into the baseball hall of fame.

It's June!!! That means in just a little over fifty plus days we will be getting Summer camps. But at Big Twelve media days, Texas Tech coach Joey Maguire publicly said Texas Tech would buy out of their week one game vs Cheerios University, to play Texas in a week one showcase. Apparently this is a response to some leaked meetings where Texas officials were denigrating the Big 12 prior to the CFP selection show. Of course this isn't going to happen. But it's good drama during sleepy season. Texas has a nine game SEC season and Ohio State. I wouldn't call that an easy slate, but it's always good to see Texas get some jabs thrown at them. Oh, and don't let the fact that each SEC program will get an additional five million dollars for playing an extra conference game get swept under the rug.

Well if the playoff expands, I'll pick Ohio State to win the first year of expansion. Past that? I'll say Vanderbilt, Texas Tech, North Dakota State, and finally the biggest shocker of the bunch outside Ohio State.......Oregon.

What frustrates me with Sankey is his seemingly blind statements that make the SEC look stupid. As a fan of an SEC program, I get lumped in with all the 'SEC, SEC!!" crowd. No other league has that tribal type mentality. It's like I should be wanting to see Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, or Texas win because they have the SEC patch on. Do Oregon fans ever want to see Washington or USC win playoff games? Do Ohio State fans rejoice that Michigan and Indiana have sandwiched their National Title? I kind of get Mississippi State, South Carolina, or Arkansas. They are similar to Oregon State, and Washington State in the old Pac Twelve days. Just happy to get a revenue check, and wear the patch of something that has won. But it's foolish for any Gator fan to be wanting Georgia to win anything, just because they wear the same patch. Ya hoo, now they can come get more recruits from Florida. Sankey is the commissioner, not a fan. He represents the league. But the basic facts are that in two years, you've had four different B1G programs make the semifinals. You've had two teams win the whole thing. The SEC has had two participants, one lost to a B1G team in their own backyard. The other got there by beating a G5 team, and a fellow SEC team. The SEC has had two members get blown out by two B1G members. The SEC has five total playoff wins the past two years. Two are against fellow SEC programs. One is against a G5 program, one is against a three loss ACC team, and the other is against a two loss Big Twelve program. Can we just admit the results? Three separate B1G programs have won National Titles. One is an anomaly, two is a possible hiccup in the hierarchy, but three is a trend you can't ignore. It's also not like Clemson winning two, and the rest of the ACC not even coming close. We all were loud after Florida, LSU, Alabama, and Auburn all won consecutive titles.' Look at that depth of dominance '. Nobody was saying the B1G might be better because Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska Michigan State, or Illinois were showing out in the Outback or Holiday Bowls. I was proud of being a fan of a program that started the run of SEC dominance. But I'm embarrassed about the thin skin of the league now that the tide has shifted.

When one attempts to use a straw man argument, your point fails faster than an Alabama claim of 18 legitimate titles.

I think the state of Oregon wants this game to help Oregon State financially. We all know who benefits most from this, and it's not the program in the B1G. I remember the foolish anger from Oregon State and Washington State fans saying they didn't want to ever play another road game against their traitorous in State rivals. They were saying the schools should only do a renewal if it was a 3 for 1 in their favor. It's like FSU fans complaining about Florida blocking them from SEC membership. I won't get into that whole mess, but FSU turned down the SEC four times under Bowden, and now they want in because their boat is sinking. Oregon State was content being bottom feeders, while Oregon became a national brand. Yet the lazy little brother who slept in every Saturday while big brother hit the weights, went running and built themselves up got the scholarship. Now little brother is crying how it's not fair, when they decided to just sleep in and watch Spongebob, and eat hohos.Completely irrational.