Never too early for the first Heisman Watch of the year....
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Typical and non-surprising. Full of big name players from top name schools. No love for the little guy.
After a 5-7 season, this is exactly what Texas fans want to hear:
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Mack Brown: Longhorn Network a "second full-time job"
Mack talked about how the Longhorn Network had become a "second full-time job" and said "no question it's a whole lot of work."
He said it's constant from the time he gets to the office to which coaches should be miked at practice - if those coaches even want to be miked at practice.
Mack called it a second full-time job. So I asked him if it was just more work or a distraction.
"Both," Mack said. "I mean we're not going to let it be a distraction. But anytime you've got added work - to put it in the best place, a year from now we'll all know what it means.
"We will have worked together. But obviously the Longhorn Network objectives, like your (the media's) objectives, are different from mine. So it would be no different from one of you coming to practice every day and us negotiating what you can say and what you see.
"It's never been done before. So everything that happens, we have to go over. John sits down with me, then I sit down with the coaches and say, 'Stacy (Searels), you mind if they mike you today for your meeting?' That takes time, extra time. And Stacy says, 'I don't want to talk to anybody except my players.' Then I say to John, 'Not Stacy.'
"'What about you Darrell (Wyatt)?' So it's different. A year from now we'll be able to say here's who we are and here's the format. But it happened so quickly, and the network isn't even up yet. We are all wondering if they show practice, what does that mean?
"How can you show practice without formations or defensive alignment? So there's still a lot of things we have to work out before the week of the Rice game to be fair to the network that we can help them with what Texas felt like it could help them with football.
"And at the same time not be a distraction and not take too much time from our day-to-day routine and not distract our players. It is constant. Steve and I have become really good friends. He walks in with me and walks out with me.
"The thing I want us to get out of it as a program and the only thing it seems to me we can get out of it is exposure for players and young coaches. If I'm Major Applewhite's age, or Bryan Harsin's age or Manny Diaz's age or Stacy, if I'm those guys, it's great exposure for them.
"If I'm an athletic director and I'm interested in one of these coaches, I'm going to turn on the Longhorn Network and watch them. We'll have an hour show on Monday that reviews the previous game. The radio show will now be on air. And then you've got a 30-minute show on Thursday night.
"Those coaches are going to be on there a whole lot. I have to make sure it doesn't change the responsibilities I have in this program. But I'm going to be doing more things than I've done. And I'm on TV enough.
"But I think it's an advantage for a player. If he wants exposure nationally, he'll get it daily. And I think it's a good thing."
But it's exactly what Nebraska fans want to hear :nod:Quote:
Originally Posted by cdj
Schnellenberger officially done after this season. Early rumored candidates include Mike Leach, Randy Shannon, and Butch Davis who all have ties to the current AD.
Rumor coming out of College State is A&M to SEC decision could come as early as two weeks, and happen as early as next year.
The A&M Rivals site is reporting it as fact.Quote:
Originally Posted by JBHuskers
i hope so.....everything was set to happen for the pac16 before boobe and texas had to eff things up and create the longhorn network.
At this rate, they may have to go back to the Big 8 moniker.
No, at this rate they may wish to consider the BIG WAC. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by cdj
Rumors now saying Florida State in discussions with SEC. That makes sense if A&M is a done deal to get conference to 14 teams.
That is better exposure for FSU. And makes their bball program a bit more competitive in-conf versus getting beat up by ACC conf teams.
If the SEC is looking to add 2 schools and FSU is one of them, I'd think they would be better off going after Miami than A&M.
SEC already has lots of ties to FL, so maybe they want exposure to Texas for recruiting and wider audience (more TV money).
I'm not sure how much I believe that those discussion are serious. It's never been a secret that Florida and South Carolina would do anything to try and block any chances for Florida State or Clemson to ever join.
True, I guess looking at it from a business aspect that would make more senseQuote:
Originally Posted by AustinWolv
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Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes
No way FSU or Miami goes to the SEC. Florida already has their hands full trying to recruit against them in separate conferences with the better conference prestige being lauded over FSU and Miami's heads. No way they allow FSU into the SEC.
WVU will go to the SEC before FSU or Miami does.
Yeah, Florida is perfectly happy having the advantage of the prestige of the SEC over that of the ACC when recruiting against FSU and Miami. Same thing with South Carolina and Clemson. I just don't see any way Florida and SC would agree to let any of those three into the SEC.Quote:
Originally Posted by morsdraconis
What do y'all mean "let them in?" Does it have to be a unanimous vote or something? It's not like Florida or South Carolina are going to bail if Clemson or FSU gets in so they can kick and scream all they want. Unless it has to be unanimous, they're just 1 vote.
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Yeah, but they can do their damnedest to get enough schools in the rest of the SEC to vote to reject and block entry. And they will do their damnedest. Florida and South Carolina would possibly ally up regarding votes on FSU and Clemson, so right there's two schools voting against them. Then it's just a matter of getting 4-5 more to officially block their chances of entry.
Really don't want to see the SEC get any better..
ESPN is saying A&M is in and Clemson, FSU, and Missouri are probably getting in too. Here comes the super-conferences.
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According to a Breaking News scroll on ESPN, Doug Gottlieb's sources tell him that Texas A&M will indeed be joining the SEC. Clemson, Florida State and Missouri are also likely to join.
Not entirely sure if I buy that. Since when has Missouri become a school of SEC football quality? And I still think Florida and South Carolina would do whatever it takes to block any chances of entry for Florida State and Clemson.
Damn, got beat. :D
Missouri is probably in to get to the league to 16 and gain access to the St. Louis TV market.
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Yeah, maybe. At least for me when it comes to teams I'd look at to accept in, Missouri wouldn't be one of them. They could do better than Missouri. You're already raiding the ACC, why not try to pick up Virginia Tech along the way? Sure, there's the Virginia-VT rivalry, but they could always play it as an OOC game like many other rivalries. Missouri, the TV market is about the only thing that would make sense about that addition.
Besides TV, Missouri also helps with symmetry. Clemson and FSU would add 2 more eastern teams (and 2 more rivalry games). A&M is obviously in the West so they needed 1 more Western school. Missouri owns that state the same way LSU owns LA and Arkansas owns AR (sorry Tommy). I could see Arkansas-Missouri becoming a rivalry game as well as LSU-A&M. Also, if I'm correct, Missouri is high academic school so it could "help" the conference in that regard.
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Super conference!
I'm interested how the scheduling would work in a 16-team conference. You have 7 division games. Do they play 1 or 2 cross-divisional games and will they still have a protected rivalry game (LSU plays Florida every year for example)?
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True. I suppose from that angle it makes sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by souljahbill
So now the real questions start. Now that the SEC has made the first move in the Super Conference arms race, what next for the ACC, Big 10 and Pac-12. The ACC, I have a feeling, is going to raid either the Big East (again) or Conference USA to either make up for losing Clemson and Florida State, or a combination to jump to 16 teams. The Big Ten will probably seriously look at raiding the Big East (if Notre Dame again refuses to join), and the Pac-12 will finish raiding the Big 12. Because of their refusal to give up the Longhorn Network, and the Pac-12's desire to have all teams on board with the Pac-12 Network, Texas ends up going independent.
What are the chances Texas AND ND go to the B10?
Texas in the Big 10 is just as gross to me as TCU in the Big East. As long as custom conferences are in the NCAA games, I'll always be free of that filth.
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If we get the super conferences, will we see a play off system?
Not likely. With a playoff system, 2-16 teams can say they had a successful season. With bowls, 60+ teams can say they had a successful season by saying they went to the ______________ Bowl. Now, going to the Capital One Bowl may be a "consolation prize" for an SEC team, going to the New Orleans Bowl is a big deal for a Sun Belt team. That's why bowls aren't going away anytime soon. When your athletic department is trying to raise money, saying you played in a bowl game after a 6-6 season is a more positive sales pitch then we went 6-6 and watched the top 2-16 teams play each other on tv with everybody else.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cody
missouri's AD has told the St Louis paper that the school will not leave for the SEC.
If not Mizou, then who?
IF FSU and Clemson leave the ACC they are both stupid. You are already in an automatic qualifier and there is really no real reason to leave the conference.
Because they'd be leaving the 2nd lowest regarded BCS conference for the one of the highest regarded BCS conferences.Quote:
Originally Posted by oweb26
If I only I could +1 with repQuote:
Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes
While that sounds good in theory (and is true at the same time), you are still an auto qualifier let one of them be undefeated (ACC) and you have a one loss SEC team the ACC team will still get in, over that one loss SEC team, especially if it FSU. So if they go to the SEC then you will in essence have to fight every week and you might not ever go undefeated to play in the BCS. Outside of money I cant see a reason to do it is all I am saying, you arent gaining anything but money and your stature as a team will not necessarily improve anyway, because the way things are you will still play an SEC team in the title game and not have the week in and out headaches.Quote:
Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes