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When May a Georgia Bulldogs Fan Root for Another Conference Against the SEC?
I have no idea whether college football fans on the Pacific Coast chant "Pac-10! Pac-12!" or fans in the Lone Star State chant "Big 12! Big 12 [sic]!" or fans in the Midwest chant "Big Ten! Big Ten [sic]!" I know, however, that fans in the South are famous infamous for chanting "SEC!" This leads me...
THE CFB BUYERS' GUIDE: CONFERENCES
Once again, EDSBS and Consumers Union have teamed up to ensure that you get the absolute best value for your college football dollar. This week we brought some entire conferences into our state-of-the-art testing lab, and the results may surprise you -- unless you caught the last five minutes of...
What You Need to Know About the ACC's New TV Deal
Well, it's finished, and even though it's not quite as exciting as we had hoped, it's not bad: the ACC's TV rights will be headed to ESPN, and in entirety. Details are starting to trickle out, even though a deal hasn't been finalized. I have to say, I'm feeling a lot better about this whole thing...
The ACC and TV Talk: ESPN Bound Again?
Y'know what's really behind the conference expansion stuff, right? It's all about money. And one of the biggest money producers for athletics? Television. And the ACC, of course, has just begun to negotiate for a new television deal, seeing how the current one runs out in 2011. Perhaps that...
The ACC Atlantic Is, Well, a Mess
What a conference, huh? <!-- BEGIN WIDGET --> Maryland is on top of the ACCA with a 1-0 record, despite being tied for the worst record overall. They're followed by BC, 2-1, and Wake Forest, 1-1. Then it's Clemson, NCSt, and Florida State. Funnily enough, that's exactly the order most...
More Proof The ACC Needs a New TV Deal
I wrote about this topic earlier, and brought up possibilities ranging from their own ACC Network, ala the Big Televen, to seeing if FOX or NBC wanted to expand into college football. But we I didn't really realize how bad it would get until it's started. And it's clear that 2011 (the year the ACC...
Is This the ACC's Year?
The SEC is still the king of football conferences, despite the Big 12's challenge to the throne last season. Another year or two of abject failure on offense for half the SEC's teams might knock the league from its perch, but down years are inevitable and the league should bounce back nicely this...
The ACC & TV - How To Catch Up to the SEC
In case you haven't been paying attention the past few days, the TV storm is brewing. Ironically, one of the bigger stories out of the ACC media days was the SEC TV deal, and it's ACC implications. It was the first question asked to ACC commish John Swofford during his interview. Basically every...
Big Ten v. SEC: Are Our Fans Crazier Than Theirs?
There are, in life, certain timeless questions. "Did President Obama borrow his ‘Yes, we can!’ mantra from Bob the Builder?" "Will it be possible for ‘Saturday Night Live’ to get Mike Myers back to play Andrew W.K. in a sketch spoofing ‘Destroy Build Destroy’?" "Is Erin Andrews all right?" "Do SEC...
BlogPoll Roundtable: Conference Wars, B.C.S. Bowls, and Who's Really No. 1
As you know, there’s more to being a BlogPoll voter than just distinguishing oneself through one’s carefully considered and reconsidered ballot (sometimes even in a good way!); occasionally, BlogPollsters are called upon to answer questions in roundtable discussions as part of the ongoing...
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