I watch very little outside B10 beyond the high profile non-conference games. I wouldn‘t watch an SEC or any other conference game except for high profile rivalries from the start but would turn it on if it’s late and close and looking like a good game.
I prefer to watch Big 10 games just to watch something.
Outside of B1G, I'll watch Iowa State (my wife's cousins went there), general Big 12, Texas A&M (family friend's kid goes there now), Florida (family friend went there), Notre Dame (if nothing else is on), and whatever high profile game looks good. I generally watch the Pac-12 and ACC before SEC.
Really. Because you don’t like the SEC? maybe me being in the south has affected me.
B1G. Any SEC game not involving Missouri. Kentucky or Vanderbilt. Little to no interest in ACC, Big 12 or PAC. NO interest in ND.
I watch the SEC games because those dudes are FAST. The depth of high level base athleticism in the south compared to the north is a real thing. And football is more a part of the culture, so I like to see people that are really into their thing. (I love watching basketball games on tv at Duke because I love the passion their fans bring, it’s part of their culture too).
Good summary amd I concur!
My ideal Saturday is an Illini bye week in which I'm flipping between every game that's on from 11AM to Midnight. My former roommate and I used to get a giant kebab platter with all the fixins (probably for something like 10 people) and just pig out all day. Heaven.
That's not the end game, that's next week.
Seven figures.
I’d expect a strong push on this in the next few years. Everything is changing.
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From what I read Fox does not always get the choice of game in a week. Basically it sounds like they get to pick which weeks they want first pick. As such they are going to always take the last week of the season because OSU-MICH is always going to be in that week and the viewership for that game is bonkers. I doubt USC-OSU, MICH-OSU get set weeks in the schedule so FOX won't be able to guarantee getting those games. This is how the B1G was able to get such a high value out of CBS and NBC. Those games are not going to be second and third tier games many weeks.
Do they just pick the weeks one time and that's how it is every season, regardless of schedule? Or do they get to re-pick their weeks every season, after the schedule comes out?
I didn't see anything real specific but it sure sounded like the week picks would be before a schedule was set hence the reason for always taking the last week because of OSU-MICH being protected to that week every year.
I'd expect that too, but it's interesting because in one sense players and schools have a quasi employer-employee relationship, but in another sense NIL has made the two competitors for fan dollars. And then of course there's the education aspect.I’d expect a strong push on this in the next few years. Everything is changing.
College Athletes Can Finally Unionize
In a landmark memo this week, the National Labor Relations Board ruled that athletes at private colleges are workers with the right to negotiate and unionize. Maybe the tide is finally turning against the NCAA's feudal-like conditions.
The way the network exec quoted described it was "quite complicated".
SEC football is a cult.
