The Big 12 expansion groundswell

[U-Ute]

Indeed. Quite the roller coaster ride.

[U-Ute]

Oh, and 11,000 bitches!

[Hot Lunch]

Back to: BYU

You need to go to the Beast expansion thread for that.

[SeattleUte]

Back to: BYU

This article is not about BYU.

[TripletDaddy]

You need to go to the Beast expansion thread for that.

It is hard to keep track of all the updates when 2 BCS conferences continue to pursue BYU, even after BYU has rejected both in the past several months! :rockon1:

[Hot Lunch]

It is hard to keep track of all the updates when 2 BCS conferences continue to pursue BYU, even after BYU has rejected both in the past several months! :rockon1:

Did I miss something? When did BYU reject BCS conferences?

[TripletDaddy]

Did I miss something? When did BYU reject BCS conferences?

Over the summer, BYU said no to Big East inquiries and recently a deal with the Big 12 fell through because BYU did not want to give up its powerful deal with ESPN.

I found it fascinating that ESPN recently confirmed BYUs TV ratings dominance in the SLC market this season. Did you know that the rebroadcast of BYU Oregon State drew higher ratings than the live broadcast of the Utah Pitt game?

[SeattleUte]

Did I miss something? When did BYU reject BCS conferences?

There have been no offers. NONE. This place is becoming more like Cougarboard by the day.

[Hot Lunch]

Over the summer, BYU said no to Big East inquiries and recently a deal with the Big 12 fell through because BYU did not want to give up its powerful deal with ESPN.

I found it fascinating that ESPN recently confirmed BYUs TV ratings dominance in the SLC market this season. Did you know that the rebroadcast of BYU Oregon State drew higher ratings than the live broadcast of the Utah Pitt game?

Hearsay.

[TripletDaddy]

Hearsay.

[Guest]

BYU football: Collaboration kept TV streak alive



It sounds like this was probably the major hang-up with BYU to the Big 12. Not being able to broadcast BYU's third tier games on BYUtv was probably too much for Fox to ask.

This was great:

I have a hard time believing this, mostly because of the Longhorn Network, which is working to be added to DirecTV and Dish. Are you really going to argue that ESPN is going to pay Texas $15 million per year and not have it allowed to be national?

[ERCougar]

I have a hard time believing this, mostly because of the Longhorn Network, which is working to be added to DirecTV and Dish. Are you really going to argue that ESPN is going to pay Texas $15 million per year and not have it allowed to be national?

The distribution of BYUTV is national without a subscription. I wonder if that is the hangup.

[Guest]

The distribution of BYUTV is national without a subscription. I wonder if that is the hangup.

That seems like a pretty subtle distinction since it is arguably not true, as it still requires a "subscription" to a pay TV service. In any case, I would suspect that "national" means available nationally with no regard as to specifying the tier or package you need to subscribe to.

[ERCougar]

That seems like a pretty subtle distinction since it is arguably not true, as it still requires a "subscription" to a pay TV service. In any case, I would suspect that "national" means available nationally with no regard as to specifying the tier or package you need to subscribe to.

Yeah, I don't know--I'm guessing. But I would suspect that the difference lies in the fact that only Texas fans would bypass a Fox broadcast game for something on the Longhorn Network (because they would be the only ones to have paid extra money for it), whereas a BYUTV broadcast game would potentially compete with their broadcast in a much higher number of households.

[Viking]

Just beyond bizarre. We balk over entering a BCS league over a not-for-profit channel that has exactly one live broadcast of BYU football to its record.

Stupid.