OT: Realignment?

[huskymedic]

Latest Nielsen DMA Rankings | Lyons Broadcast PR

Nielsen DMA Rankings - 2017 Television Season: Below is a complete list of Designated Market Areas (DMAs) and their rankings for the 2016-2017 television season. Markets are ranked by population. Advertising campaigns benefit from analysis of TV households by region.

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Miami is woefully underweighted DMA-wise given their population.

2021 Nielson DMA Rankings:

 

[JeepCSC]

And it’s getting worse.

 

[Rufus]

Hayes: Florida game might be most important in Utah’s football history

How big is this game? Well, Utah's football future is very much undecided. A statement win at The Swamp would send a loud message. A loss? Devastating.

www.saturdaydownsouth.com

This article talks about Utah needing to make a statement so the B1G will want to add the Utes.

 

[ScottVib]

Someone should break the bad news to Utah that it’s probably too late to change their fate….

There were plenty of people saying that about the Louisville game November 24, 2012. UConn won. Warde went to the Virgin Islands with the hoops team… Louisville was added by the ACC 4 days later.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

Sure they are screwed, just as Kansas, Cal, Oregon, Washington might be screwed. If almost half the conference wants out because they can at least double their take somewhere else and the other half is clinging onto coattails, can the conference really survive for 12 more years? You gotta figure everyone in the conference will suffer over that time one way or another. And let's face it, the likes of Syracuse and Pitt aren't winning butkis in football and their basketball programs are in even worse shape. I think something has to give before the 12 years runs out.

And the definition of screwed is relative. No one needed $100 mill to be competitive up to this point. What, they line their locker rooms with gold and they will be better? There are X number of college kids who will play whether they play at Ohio State, Alabama, or NC State. Kids will still choose Pitt or Baylor over Indiana or Miss State regardless of the unversities' financials.

If UConn is losing close to $50,000,000 a year on sports with a revenue with revenue of $58,000,00
Just imagine what it cost to run a top program . Rutger lost 74,000,000 in 2021
If you don’t have well in excess of $100,000,000 your simply not in the game
At least conference like the B1G or SEC give their taxpayers relief , A program like Alabama brings enough revenue into the State to defray a huge potion of the Schools operating

 

[Slasher]

Hayes: Florida game might be most important in Utah’s football history

How big is this game? Well, Utah's football future is very much undecided. A statement win at The Swamp would send a loud message. A loss? Devastating.

www.saturdaydownsouth.com

This article talks about Utah needing to make a statement so the B1G will want to add the Utes.

Oh yes conference realignment is all about one football game in one season. Lol the delusion.

 

[billybud]

DMA's...or number of households, do not readily translate to the numbers that actually view games.

Alabama, Notre Dame, etc are watched much more than UCLA.

 

[billybud]

Analyzing College Football Television Ratings | Sports Economist

I’m obsessed with conference realignment, and the influence that big money television contracts have had on college football. Ever since the NCAA lost the

thesportseconomist.com

"The article is a guest post by Dr. Dan Kuester, the Director of Undergraduate Studies, and the Roger Trenary Chair for Excellence in Economic Instruction at Kansas State University."

 

[billybud]

The less populated SEC south does a lot better in TV viewing of college football than the DMA's would themselves indicate. Thus high ratings from SEC matchups.

 

[Tyler2Rings]

538 Analysis of which teams the B1G should add next

UConn was one of just 5 schools outside the P5 to be included

Unfortunately we came in 8th to last (but ahead of BC!)

 

[Hoophound]

538 Analysis of which teams the B1G should add next

UConn was one of just 5 schools outside the P5 to be included

Unfortunately we came in 8th to last (but ahead of BC!)

Given our team the last 12 years, is that even bad? I mean, we have been abysmal. Why would any average fan watch us?

 

[Stinger92860]

Given our team the last 12 years, is that even bad? I mean, we have been abysmal. Why would any average fan watch us?

Who watches Rutgers? To this point it’s not about watching it’s about billing.

 

[Rufus]

C-USA hoping to ‘redefine ourselves’ with new programs

ARLINGTON, Texas – Conference USA is hoping to change the perception of the league moving forward.

www.bgdailynews.com

 

[Rufus]

The Pac-12 is expected to add schools - Sports Illustrated All Cardinal News, Analysis and More

While negotiating their media rights deal, the Pac-12 may be making room for further additions down the line

www.si.com

 

[MilliniumPrince]

538 Analysis of which teams the B1G should add next

UConn was one of just 5 schools outside the P5 to be included

Unfortunately we came in 8th to last (but ahead of BC!)

Pitt has never won a single national title....not one? Pretty damned cocky fan base considering they haven't won much.

 

[billybud]

Pitt has never won a single national title....not one? Pretty damned cocky fan base considering they haven't won much.

Pitt won the Football National Championship in 1976 with Heisman winner Tony Dorsett.

Went undefeated and beat #5 Georgia in the bowl.

 

[traitor71]

Pitt has never won a single national title....not one? Pretty damned cocky fan base considering they haven't won much.

They definitely won in 76. I think they may have had a few mistakes in the championship count. I know they listed Miami with 2, when they have 5. There may be a few more in there, but it would take some time to pick through it all.

 

[Slasher]

Football "championships" are not NCAA sponsored. That's likely why it's not included.

 

[traitor71]

Football "championships" are not NCAA sponsored. That's likely why it's not included.

They must have some way of determining how they assigned points for championships won. It just seems a bit confusing to me.

 

[billybud]

Huh?

WVU had 19 National Championships for "Rifle". I'd weight differently.

UNC has 46 NC's....22 in Women's Soccer. I'd weight sports.

 

[Rufus]

Why CU Buffs, CSU Rams football brands matter, especially to TV networks reshaping landscape of college sports. “You’re not where you want to be.”

When Brock Huard thinks of Colorado football, his mind races back to a slew of boyhood memories. Those Orange Bowl tussles with Notre Dame. Games with national title implications. The “Fifth Down” …

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[Rufus]

Big Ten Expansion: Kansas Ranks as Top Fit According to 538

Statistics website FiveThirtyEight put together a list of which remaining schools from around college athletics would be the “best fit” for the Big Ten Conference as the league continues to reportedly consider expansion. While there were no Big 12 teams in the Top 10 “best fits”, as calculated...

www.heartlandcollegesports.com

 

[AZHuskiePop]

Pitt won the Football National Championship in 1976 with Heisman winner Tony Dorsett.

Went undefeated and beat #5 Georgia in the bowl.

They actually claim 9 and based on the variety of entities that crowned them unofficially as many as
15
Plus Pop Warner was once their coach , you can’t get more iconic than that .
That Jonhny Majors team 1976 was the consensus pick . i believe it was near unanimous.
i followed Pitt since the famous 1955 Sugar Bowl against Bobby Dodds Ga Tech team .
Pitt and Penn have much longer football histories than Penn State
of course Western Pennsylvania produced a ton of great players in its blue color heyday

 

[billybud]

I remember FSU playing Pitt in 1980 and giving them their only loss of the season....that Pitt team had four future NFL Hall of Famers on it, led by Marino.

The next season, Bobby played his "Octoberfest" schedule...played five consecutive game on the road...Nebraska, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Pitt, and LSU. I went to the Ohio State game.

 

[huskymedic]