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[kreed5120]

13 hours ago, GP1 said:

It isn't supply and demand. It's a simple question. How much are P4 schools willing to pay for one tune up game a year that almost guarantees a win?  

 

$5 million is a lot to Akron, but considering TV money it's a drop in the bucket for P5 schools. I would bet schools like Alabama and OSU could get a sponsor to pay the $5 million. 

 

What they can afford is irrelevant to the conversation. Why pay Akron $5 million when they can just pay Youngstown State $500k? They can still get that $5 million sponsorship you speak of, but instead pocket the $4.5 million difference. Perhaps use it to sign a heisman contending QB.

[GP1]

1 hour ago, kreed5120 said:

 

What they can afford is irrelevant to the conversation. Why pay Akron $5 million when they can just pay Youngstown State $500k? They can still get that $5 million sponsorship you speak of, but instead pocket the $4.5 million difference. Perhaps use it to sign a heisman contending QB.

If G5 schools started their own division, even OSU wouldn't be shameless enough to schedule a school two divisions below them. 

 

But then again, I did see the Surviving Ohio State documentary. There seems to be no limit to their shamelessness. 

[Let'sGoZips94]

https://x.com/TheMSCPodcast/status/1943078884183818703?t=70iC9uGdjWgk3X6gtu6xCA&s=19

 

https://x.com/Shane_DNRSports/status/1943038481942327426?s=19

 

[clarkwgriswold]

OU in conversations with the Sun Belt Conference?

 

Reports: Ohio Bobcats have “preliminary” discussions with Sun Belt Conference regarding affiliation - Hustle Belt https://share.google/rs23RD6neeiniYjVq

[Spin]

5 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said:

OU in conversations with the Sun Belt Conference?

 

Reports: Ohio Bobcats have “preliminary” discussions with Sun Belt Conference regarding affiliation - Hustle Belt https://share.google/rs23RD6neeiniYjVq

We’re in the wrong business. We should be driving team busses to away games. 

[GP1]

OU's reasoning is sound. Weeknight games are killing the MAC. I hope the other schools reach out to see if there is room for the rest of the league. Maybe this is the start of a meaningful run towards sanity. 

[clarkwgriswold]

OU in the Sun Belt Conference sounds almost as bad as Cal and Stanford in the Atlantic Coast Conference!

[egregiousbob]

Zero truth to this rumor. 

[Let'sGoZips94]

2 hours ago, clarkwgriswold said:

OU in the Sun Belt Conference sounds almost as bad as Cal and Stanford in the Atlantic Coast Conference!

 

My dad and I were talking about this earlier today. The Sun Belt's footprint actually isn't bad for OU with Marshall, App State, JMU, ODU, etc. With the MAC adding UMass, the MAC's footprint is no longer as friendly to OU, and I'd imagine the MAC is looking to expand around UMass a bit more as well. The next TV deal will probably see the Sun Belt jump the MAC in value, so I wouldn't be surprised if Ohio is indeed exploring the Sun Belt.

 

20 minutes ago, egregiousbob said:

Zero truth to this rumor. 

 

Wasn't the same said about NIU to the MW initially?

[kreed5120]

The MAC added UMass, which is an 11 hour drive from Athens, but lost NIU which is an 8 hour drive. It's further travel, but not enough to validate leaving a conference for. Especially considering they would have to fly to most of the SunBelt conference schools. The TV deal would need to be substantially better than the MAC's for them to make that move.

[egregiousbob]

OU's faculty senate wields a lot of power. They fight every new investment in intercollegiate athletics. Heads would explode. 

[egregiousbob]

Ohio already flies to NIU and Buffalo.  Flying to UMASS might be less expensive than flying to NIU.

 

 

[ZippyRulz]

6 hours ago, egregiousbob said:

OU's faculty senate wields a lot of power. They fight every new investment in intercollegiate athletics. Heads would explode. 

 

Not gonna lie, that warms my heart a little..

 

[Let'sGoZips94]

 

Inaccurate probably means the exploration is true. 

[GP1]

11 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

Inaccurate probably means the exploration is true. 

I'd be interested to know if they were only exploring for themselves.