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A Wake Before The Funeral

Posted by Scipio Tex on March 14th, 2010 under Basketball

What happens when a stoppable force meets a movable object? We'll find out on March 18th. Meet Wake Forest.
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Pressure Building on Bobby Bowden

Posted by srr50 on October 4th, 2009 under Football

From 1987-2000 Florida State was 152-19-1, finishing in the Top 5 for a incredible 14 years in a row. Since 2006, the Seminoles are 24-19, and even the hometown media thinks it is time for Bowden to step down. With the 28-21 loss to Boston College on Saturday, the Seminoles have now lost two straight since moving to No. 18 in The Associated Press Top 25, including last week's 17-7 victory by South Florida.
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Preseason roundup

Posted by Huckleberry on August 24th, 2009 under Football

Former Nebraska RB Thunder Collins convicted of murder - Suddenly Lawrence Phillips really is a good kid. Florida Gator safety Dorian Munroe underwent knee surgery - The story says he was fighting for a starting spot but some of the more informed Barkers will have to let us know how serious this is. Auburn backup running back Eric Smith knocked a guy out - He hit the guy in the back of the head.
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The SEC TV Contract – What it Means to The Big 12

Posted by srr50 on August 4th, 2009 under Football

the ACC, Big 10, Big East and the Pac 10. Heading into the 2009 football season, the Southeastern Conference is begining a 15-year deal with ESPN and CBS that makes the conference "A First Among Equals" in the BCS. While the numbers are staggering in terms of money flowing to SEC schools, the ramifactions of the contracts reach beyond the bottom line. But first and foremost, it is the money that catches your attention. REVENUE "Timing Is
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ESPN, SEC to reach into Big 12 Territory…

Posted by srr50 on July 22nd, 2009 under Basketball

...and the ACC, Big 10, the Big East and the Pac 10 with their new TV contract. ESPN Regional Television, the new over-the-air syndication home for some Southeastern Conference programming , announced a regionally syndicated college sports package that will air in more than 73 television markets including Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston and San Antonio. The regional package will be branded as the SEC network, and it will broadcast 13 SEC football games across the
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Pac 10: “Getting our own network is inevitable.”

Posted by srr50 on May 15th, 2009 under Football

Out of the six BCS conferences, only the Big East has a worse overall regional TV package than the Pac 10 (The Big 12 is barely better). Thanks to the current economic climate the Pac 10 is looking to add to its revenue stream by starting its own regional network. According to 2007 Internal Revenue Data, the Pac 10 was trailing the other major conferences in gross receipts (game day revenue) -- by a wide
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BCS Conferences as Road Warriors

Posted by srr50 on December 16th, 2008 under Football

As long as we are stuck with the BCS system we are stuck with a beauty contest where style points matter. And that means people’s opinions of the relative strengths of the BCS conferences also matters. We already have a look at how the six BCS conferences did in non-conference action in 2008. Is there anyway to look at the BCS conferences over the length of the BCS? I decided one factor to concentrate on
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A Look at BCS Non-Conference Results

Posted by srr50 on December 9th, 2008 under Football

 With all the talk of "style points" and strength of schedule being bandied about this week, and with the bowl season about to be unleashed, there no doubt will be more talk about the relative strengths of the BCS conferences. Before the bowl matchups between leagues get started, here are some basics                                                   Overall                            BCS Opponents Conference                                 W-L                                           W-L Big 12                                        38-10     79%                               7-8    47% ACC                                           37-11     77%                             15-8    65% SEC                                           37-11     77%                               6-9    40% Big 10                                        32-12     73%                               6-7     46% Big East                                     28-12     70%                              9-7     56% Pac 10                                       14-17     45%                               6-8    43% Yes,