Sure but the Big Televen has no other teams that are cardinal and gold. That is why ISU offers a huge upside to the Big Televen.
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Sure but the Big Televen has no other teams that are cardinal and gold. That is why ISU offers a huge upside to the Big Televen.
Nebraska's population has been mentioned often here. Yes, the state of Iowa has a little more than 1 1/2 times the people that NE has. But which figure do marketeers go by, the total number of people or the number of people interested in watching? While they may not have as many people, if 90% of them watch football games and only 30% of Iowa cares to watch ISU, Nebraska has more viewers, despite a smaller population base.
Now, ahem, as to the number of "academic all-americans" that Nebby is so proud of. Where is it easier to get good grades to qualify for such an honor, Cal Tech, or uofnebraska? (this mentioned to equalize the tv thing)
Now, ahem, as to the number of "academic all-americans" that Nebby is so proud of. Where is it easier to get good grades to qualify for such an honor, Cal Tech, or uofnebraska? (this mentioned to equalize the tv thing)
You are saying that ISU would take over all of Iowa's fans and turn them into potential viewers? That my friend looks like a failed attempt at logic.
So you're saying that Iowans only have the time available to watch one team? Wow, with ISU fans like this I can see why we never move forward.
Do you think many people in STL watch MU? How about the Buffs in Denver?
Better luck next time.
No. I'm saying fans on both fanbases can be so stubborn as to not want to watch the other team. ISU hasnt cannot regularly pack Jack Trice, but you think they could bring in 3million fans? While Iowa packs Kinnick regularly, I'm pretty positive the other 2,920,000 people in Iowa arent ALL watching their game. It's not logical.
The money grab has less to do with the number of viewers and more to do with how many cable subscribers can be added to basic cable packages.
If the Big Ten network is forced onto basic cable in the State of Nebraska, there isn't much of a windfall to the Big Ten. Missouri on the other hand has 5.6m people if you force the Big Ten network on that population you can see where there is a pay-off to the Big Ten. ISU has no appeal to the Big Ten because the Big Ten network has already been forced onto the state of Iowa.
It is all cyclical. If ISU starts winning consistently, you will see the same thing at ISU that you do at Iowa. If Paul Rhoads can do at ISU what Hayden Fry did at Iowa then you will see the support,. A large portion of those 3m people will jump on the bandwagon.
Volatile? That is an understatement for sure. You get a bunch of good football programs crammed into a power conference and some of the better programs will find their way to the bottom. Take Michigan & Tennessee for example. They have both slid down the pecking order in the Big 10 and SEC and what did they do? They started cheating and cheated their ***** off. Then you get a program like USC out in the PAC 10 that is already on top and they cheat their *** off already. When some other program towards the bottom starts cheating and winning and gaining ground on USC then USC will just simply start cheating more then they already were to protect their spot at the top. Combine that with the fact that there has been talk of these super conferences basically shunning the NCAA and closing them down then things will be left in total chaos.
Welcome to the new minor leagues of the NFL.... players being paid, recruiting scandals at every University, nobody left to put them on probation and nobody willing to do that because it will hurt the super conferences bottom line..... Uh oh!!
Realignment of any major proportion will be a freaking disaster on an epic level. College football will go straight down the crapper.
