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All Signs Point to March Madness Expanding to 96 Teams

Posted by srr50 on March 15th, 2010 under Basketball

Perhaps as soon as next year. The NCAA has an "opt out" clause in its $6 Billion contract with CBS this summer and they have already asked for a Request For Proposal from any and all networks interested. The current contract with CBS is backloaded -- the network owes the NCAA $2.3 Billion over the next three years. CBS kept the contract last time around by bidding up the rights to all platforms --including video
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Nick Saban to the SEC: WTF?

Posted by srr50 on March 12th, 2010 under Football

Alabama took a look at their 2010 football schedule, and what do you know? The last six SEC teams on their schedule all get a bye week before playing the Crimson Tide. 'Bama's schedule is as follows: 10/9 at South Carolina 10/16 Mississippi 10/23 at Tennessee 10.30 Open Date 11/06 at LSU 11/13 Mississippi State 11/20 Georgia State./Open Date 11/26 Auburn. The league says they will look into "tweaking" the schedule over the
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Notre Dame Ready For A Seismic Shakup?

Posted by srr50 on March 9th, 2010 under Football

All the recent talk about proposed conference expansion has centered around Texas being a prime target for either the Pac 10 or Big 10. Now the biggest domino in the BCS is indicating that maybe they are ready to look to make a safe fall. Touchdown Jesus may send the signal that Notre Dame is willing to play nice with others. The talk of the Big East basketball tournament is that the Fighting Irish
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Guy Morriss: “No News is Good News.”

Posted by srr50 on March 3rd, 2010 under Football

Guy Morris has coached in the SEC (Kentucky) and the Big 12 (Baylor). Lately he has taken a step down from those days -- he is the head coach of the Div. II Texas A&M-Commerce Lions. While the spotlight isn't as bright in Commerce as it was in Lexington, or even Waco, Morris has at least found an effective method to deal with the press when they have a negative story about his team --
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The Fight For Houston Astros TV Rights: Why It Matters To Texas

Posted by srr50 on February 26th, 2010 under Baseball

Since reaching the World Series in 2005, the Houston Astros have played losing baseball (315-332), but Fox Sports Houston is in a battle to keep the regional rights to Astros broadcasts, and the competition is coming from cable providers. Comcast and AT&T have been attempting to lure the Astros -- and the Houston Rockets -- away from FSN to start their own Regional Sports Networks. The Astros have an out clause in their long-term
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Tiger Woods Press Statement Open Thread

Posted by srr50 on February 19th, 2010 under Uncategorized

If he can stop Rachel Uchitel he has a chance.
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Tiger Woods Statement To Be Carried Live By All Major Networks

Posted by srr50 on February 18th, 2010 under Uncategorized

As hard as Tiger Woods and Nike try to contain and control the spin on Woods' return to golf, the tighter the controls, the more rabid the media will become. Woods will "speak to a small group of friends, colleagues and close associates," Friday morning at 10:00 central time, and it will be carried live by every broadcast network with the possible exception of The Soap Opera Network. Woods won't take any questions, won't
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For Texas, It’s All About Protecting The Brand Name

Posted by srr50 on February 18th, 2010 under Baseball

That is what the talk of Conference Realignment is about. Protecting the brand name that has led to a revenue stream that is the envy of College Athletics. As recently as last December, Forbes Magazine listed the Texas football program as the most valuable college football team/business in the nation. Forbes ranked the programs on three basic after-expenses "dividends": what's left to help fund other athletic department sports, what's left to help the University,
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Tiger Woods To Hold Press Conference

Posted by srr50 on February 17th, 2010 under Uncategorized

sort of. Woods, who has spent his entire career carefully shaping his image while restricting personal access, has announced that he will will meet with some members of the press. On Friday Woods will meet with "small group of friends, colleagues and close associates" as well as hand-picked media members about his past transgressions. Woods' agent says the golfer will end his three months of silence in front of selected representatives of
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Big 10 Getting Serious About Expansion

Posted by srr50 on February 12th, 2010 under Baseball