2023 College Football Discussion

[midranger]

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As long as there's a playoff with the SEC at the end of the season I don't care what they do.

Nah. That’s the whole point.

Play nice, by our rules, or pound sand. hope your media markets of Oxford, Columbia, Athens, Tuscaloosa, and Gainesville sustain you long term.

Their media market is the entire southeast, and anyone else who cares to watch the best college football (so everywhere). They'll always have the biggest games on the biggest networks in the best TV slots because they play the football people care about.

I don’t care about them. None of my friends care about them. No one I personally knows cares about SEC football. Anyone who cares about watching the “best” football is watching the NFL.

Given the choice of watching the XFL/SEC or Step Brothers for the 300th time, I’m choosing the movie.

They die in ten years on their own.

[ReasonablySober]

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Nah. That’s the whole point.

Play nice, by our rules, or pound sand. hope your media markets of Oxford, Columbia, Athens, Tuscaloosa, and Gainesville sustain you long term.

Their media market is the entire southeast, and anyone else who cares to watch the best college football (so everywhere). They'll always have the biggest games on the biggest networks in the best TV slots because they play the football people care about.

I don’t care about them. None of my friends care about them. No one I personally knows cares about SEC football. Anyone who cares about watching the “best” football is watching the NFL.

Given the choice of watching the XFL/SEC or Step Brothers for the 300th time, I’m choosing the movie.

They die in ten years on their own.

You're the outlier.

[midranger]

Their media market is the entire southeast, and anyone else who cares to watch the best college football (so everywhere). They'll always have the biggest games on the biggest networks in the best TV slots because they play the football people care about.

I don’t care about them. None of my friends care about them. No one I personally knows cares about SEC football. Anyone who cares about watching the “best” football is watching the NFL.

Given the choice of watching the XFL/SEC or Step Brothers for the 300th time, I’m choosing the movie.

They die in ten years on their own.

You're the outlier.

You are just very wrong in this.

[ReasonablySober]

I don’t care about them. None of my friends care about them. No one I personally knows cares about SEC football. Anyone who cares about watching the “best” football is watching the NFL.

Given the choice of watching the XFL/SEC or Step Brothers for the 300th time, I’m choosing the movie.

They die in ten years on their own.

You're the outlier.

You are just very wrong in this.

Yes, because every week we see a lot of Rutgers, Syracuse, and Boston College in prime time spots.

[midranger]

You're the outlier.

You are just very wrong in this.

Yes, because every week we see a lot of Rutgers, Syracuse, and Boston College in prime time spots.

Pretty sure the “Nationwide College Football League Channel” won’t be airing that game in prime time either. Duh.

UCS vs Ohio State.

NYC, Boston, Philly, Washington DC are literally full of alumni from the coasts, Notre Dame, and Big Ten. Auburn, South Carolina, and Arkansas? Not so much.

[midranger]

The prime time schedule for SEC

1. Alabama vs Texas
2. “ vs Okalahoma
3. “ vs Florida
4. Texas vs Auburn
5. Oklahoma vs Georgia
6. “ vs Auburn
7. Florida vs Georgia
8. “ vs Auburn
9. Texas vs Oklahoma

Repeat every single year. Really compelling stuff.

[ReasonablySober]

The prime time schedule for SEC

1. Alabama vs Texas
2. “ vs Okalahoma
3. “ vs Florida
4. Texas vs Auburn
5. Oklahoma vs Georgia
6. “ vs Auburn
7. Florida vs Georgia
8. “ vs Auburn
9. Texas vs Oklahoma

Repeat every single year. Really compelling stuff.

I mean, yea, people like watching the best teams play. If the Badgers basketball team suddenly got relegated to DII I'd stop caring.

[midranger]

The prime time schedule for SEC

1. Alabama vs Texas
2. “ vs Okalahoma
3. “ vs Florida
4. Texas vs Auburn
5. Oklahoma vs Georgia
6. “ vs Auburn
7. Florida vs Georgia
8. “ vs Auburn
9. Texas vs Oklahoma

Repeat every single year. Really compelling stuff.

I mean, yea, people like watching the best teams play. If the Badgers basketball team suddenly got relegated to DII I'd stop caring.

Again, you’re just wrong. You think dudes in Bend, OR are watching Alabama over Oregon just because they’re a better team in a better conference?

When the Packers were bad, did you you preferentially watch the Patriots instead.

College football is driven by tradition, alumni, state/local affiliation with nearest large university, and regional rivalries.

If there is another, southern conference that my team will never play. I, and the vast majority of people, will never watch. I’d probably dump espn all together TBH.

[ReasonablySober]

The prime time schedule for SEC

1. Alabama vs Texas
2. “ vs Okalahoma
3. “ vs Florida
4. Texas vs Auburn
5. Oklahoma vs Georgia
6. “ vs Auburn
7. Florida vs Georgia
8. “ vs Auburn
9. Texas vs Oklahoma

Repeat every single year. Really compelling stuff.

I mean, yea, people like watching the best teams play. If the Badgers basketball team suddenly got relegated to DII I'd stop caring.

Again, you’re just wrong. You think dudes in Bend, OR are watching Alabama over Oregon just because they’re a better team in a better conference?

When the Packers were bad, did you you preferentially watch the Patriots instead.

College football is driven by tradition, alumni, state/local affiliation with nearest large university, and regional rivalries.

If there is another, southern conference that my team will never play. I, and the vast majority of people, will never watch. I’d probably dump espn all together TBH.

I can tell you if it's between Penn State vs Oregon or Alabama vs Oklahoma it's not even a choice. But I like the sport and watch the games with national implications.

[midranger]

I mean, yea, people like watching the best teams play. If the Badgers basketball team suddenly got relegated to DII I'd stop caring.

Again, you’re just wrong. You think dudes in Bend, OR are watching Alabama over Oregon just because they’re a better team in a better conference?

When the Packers were bad, did you you preferentially watch the Patriots instead.

College football is driven by tradition, alumni, state/local affiliation with nearest large university, and regional rivalries.

If there is another, southern conference that my team will never play. I, and the vast majority of people, will never watch. I’d probably dump espn all together TBH.

I can tell you if it's between Penn State vs Oregon or Alabama vs Oklahoma it's not even a choice. But I like the sport and watch the games with national implications.

But, you see, the SEC game would have no national implications. That’s the point. It would have only isolated, regional implications irrelevant to my team.

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no one pays attention to media market size in cfb

[ReasonablySober]

Again, you’re just wrong. You think dudes in Bend, OR are watching Alabama over Oregon just because they’re a better team in a better conference?

When the Packers were bad, did you you preferentially watch the Patriots instead.

College football is driven by tradition, alumni, state/local affiliation with nearest large university, and regional rivalries.

If there is another, southern conference that my team will never play. I, and the vast majority of people, will never watch. I’d probably dump espn all together TBH.

I can tell you if it's between Penn State vs Oregon or Alabama vs Oklahoma it's not even a choice. But I like the sport and watch the games with national implications.

But, you see, the SEC game would have no national implications. That’s the point. It would have only isolated, regional implications irrelevant to my team.

No one gives a **** about college football in the regions you seem to think matter. There's the Southeast, Texas, Ohio, and then literally everything else.

Saying the SEC would have no national implications is so weird.

[midranger]

no one pays attention to media market size in cfb

Money is what’s driving it right now. SEC is giving half of theirs to ESPN.

The Alliance needs to control their own revenue stream.

[midranger]

I can tell you if it's between Penn State vs Oregon or Alabama vs Oklahoma it's not even a choice. But I like the sport and watch the games with national implications.

But, you see, the SEC game would have no national implications. That’s the point. It would have only isolated, regional implications irrelevant to my team.

No one gives a **** about college football in the regions you seem to think matter. There's the Southeast, Texas, Ohio, and then literally everything else.

Saying the SEC would have no national implications is so weird.

I guess, we seem to care.

[ReasonablySober]

But, you see, the SEC game would have no national implications. That’s the point. It would have only isolated, regional implications irrelevant to my team.

No one gives a **** about college football in the regions you seem to think matter. There's the Southeast, Texas, Ohio, and then literally everything else.

Saying the SEC would have no national implications is so weird.

I guess, we seem to care.

We're message board dorks.

[humanrefutation]

It's kind of a symbiotic relationship between the SEC and the major national networks - the networks want them because they get a lot of eyeballs from a region of the country that cares about college football far more than anything else. In turn, the SEC's brand recognition and revenue is higher because they get national games on the biggest networks. That also helps drive top tier athletes to their programs (along with the fringe benefits that come from local boosters), which ends up making those programs nationally relevant in the title picture.

Of course, fans in Bend, OR won't have a lot invested in what's happening in an Alabama-Oklahoma matchup. But some will watch it because it's on national TV in prime time.

[midranger]

No one gives a **** about college football in the regions you seem to think matter. There's the Southeast, Texas, Ohio, and then literally everything else.

Saying the SEC would have no national implications is so weird.

I guess, we seem to care.

We're message board dorks.

Facts.

[ReasonablySober]

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Legit one of the funniest press conferences ever.

[midranger]

Definitely premature press conference.

Basically, we’re working on something, so yeah…

[ReasonablySober]

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Incredible.