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by **Nacho** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 8:18 am

That's what I'm talkin' 'bout.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/o ... 0183.story

by **couch 'em** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 8:27 am

We need to get good NOW NOW NOW so we don't get screwed on conferences again.

by **mr. pony** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 8:46 am

The Big 16?

by **Nacho** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 8:53 am

Not to put any additional pressure on anyone but we sure could use a bowl game this year. The b-ball team needs to improve but football drives this thing.

by **RednBlue11** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:11 am

well the big east has eclipsed that number already so i dont see why it would be so hard for other conferences to just absorb teams with potential and there would be nowhere to go but up with the additional revenue and pub...people on the board tend to be thinking way too short term and not the positive effects 6-10 years down the road from a merger when things really get kicked off.

by **StallionsModelT** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:22 am

I don't think I'll ever see SMU in a major conference again. Even if we acheive rediculous success here with JJ, I don't think we're going to see it.

by **d_pony** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:30 am

were the 4th largest TV market - TV advertising drives the ship

by **jtstang** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:33 am

d_pony wrote:were the 4th largest TV market - TV advertising drives the ship

That is so overrated as a point for SMU. You think the Big 12 and SEC don't play in the Dallas TV market already?

by **RednBlue11** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:34 am

jtstang wrote:
d_pony wrote:were the 4th largest TV market - TV advertising drives the ship

That is so overrated as a point for SMU. You think the Big 12 and SEC don't play in the Dallas TV market already?

once maybe twice a year...not 6 to seven times

by **jtstang** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:36 am

Maybe I was unclear. I did not mean play games in Dallas. I meant play on TV with big ratings in Dallas. SMU does not offer the Dallas TV market to anyone.

by **RednBlue11** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:38 am

id like to see home many games get picked up nationally in 4 years...i bet its 3 or more

by **CalallenStang** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:40 am

RednBlue11 wrote:id like to see home many games get picked up nationally in 4 years...i bet its 3 or more

We have 5 this year if you count CBS-CS.

If you don't count them, we have one this year...and we had two last year.

by **SMU Football Blog** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:40 am

jtstang wrote:Maybe I was unclear. I did not mean play games in Dallas. I meant play on TV with big ratings in Dallas. SMU does not offer the Dallas TV market to anyone.

We offer it; we don't deliver it. There is a difference.

by **jtstang** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:46 am

SMU Football Blog wrote:
jtstang wrote:Maybe I was unclear. I did not mean play games in Dallas. I meant play on TV with big ratings in Dallas. SMU does not offer the Dallas TV market to anyone.

We offer it; we don't deliver it. There is a difference.

Maybe so, but I don't see how the difference makes us more attractive to any conference that already sees a big share of the DFW TV market....

by **SMU Football Blog** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:47 am

I don't see it; it doesn't work. With 16 team conferences, assuming 4 nonconference games per year, you basically would have seven division games, one cross divisional game and four nonconference games. The divisions would have no common cross divisional opponents.

By way of example, you could basically have the SWC as a division and the Big 8 as a division; the winner of each division plays in a conference championship and the winner gets the auto. berth in the BCS.

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