1. Boren now sounds like OU is staying put (if things continue as they are now). Can we believe him? see below.
"I feel much more confident about where we are than I did even two or three years ago or this time last year. ... I think there's a lot of sticking power to this conference, and the best days are ahead."
2. Tilman Fertitta did not like what happened between the Big 12 and UH one bit.
"What they did was extremely unprofessional," Fertitta said. "You're going to waste my time like that?
3. The University of Houston has strong political support.
"Big 12 expansion is a non-starter unless it includes University of Houston," Abbott wrote.
4. The data used to make statement below about UH/Cincy tv is now obsolete. UH killed it in the ratings again last year. How much would this second year of excellent ratings help? Don't know but it definitely would have some positive impact. The Big 12 still wants a network.
During league meetings last June, the expansion push lost almost all momentum, especially after Boren was informed that adding the likes of Houston or BYU or Cincinnati would not deliver the lucrative conference network for the Big 12 he so desired.
5.If OU/UT are going to stay put that answers the question of where they might go. Other conferences will now turn to the next level of candidates to help them drive up their own tv network's numbers. This is year number three for UH's tv ratings that bears watching closely. For that and the many other qualities already mentioned elsewhere that could and should include UH in my opinion.
6. The non-Texas schools used recruiting as the reason for not supporting UH's membership. While UH probably would get more of the higher ranked recruits if it were in the Big 12, I have seen UH's 2018 class currently ranked as high as the 20s.
Houston, meanwhile, failed to generate enough support among the non-Texas schools, which feared having to recruit against another Texas school for precious Texas talent.
7. Article failed to mention that it was the team that other Big 12 teams voted no on (Houston) that defeated their champion.
That was a big reason why Oklahoma was unable to seriously factor into the playoff discussion, despite becoming the first team since 2009 to run the table in Big 12 play.
8. The article touched on how streaming might be a difference maker in a third-tier agreement. (Hope Aresco is up to speed)
Beside the traditional players such as Fox and ESPN, whose parent company, Disney, is investing $1 billion in the over-the-top streaming service BAMTech, the Big 12 is banking that Netflix, Google, Hulu and Amazon could soon join the marketplace as well.
http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/19752184/remember-big-12-was-going-expand
"I feel much more confident about where we are than I did even two or three years ago or this time last year. ... I think there's a lot of sticking power to this conference, and the best days are ahead."
2. Tilman Fertitta did not like what happened between the Big 12 and UH one bit.
"What they did was extremely unprofessional," Fertitta said. "You're going to waste my time like that?
3. The University of Houston has strong political support.
"Big 12 expansion is a non-starter unless it includes University of Houston," Abbott wrote.
4. The data used to make statement below about UH/Cincy tv is now obsolete. UH killed it in the ratings again last year. How much would this second year of excellent ratings help? Don't know but it definitely would have some positive impact. The Big 12 still wants a network.
During league meetings last June, the expansion push lost almost all momentum, especially after Boren was informed that adding the likes of Houston or BYU or Cincinnati would not deliver the lucrative conference network for the Big 12 he so desired.
5.If OU/UT are going to stay put that answers the question of where they might go. Other conferences will now turn to the next level of candidates to help them drive up their own tv network's numbers. This is year number three for UH's tv ratings that bears watching closely. For that and the many other qualities already mentioned elsewhere that could and should include UH in my opinion.
6. The non-Texas schools used recruiting as the reason for not supporting UH's membership. While UH probably would get more of the higher ranked recruits if it were in the Big 12, I have seen UH's 2018 class currently ranked as high as the 20s.
Houston, meanwhile, failed to generate enough support among the non-Texas schools, which feared having to recruit against another Texas school for precious Texas talent.
7. Article failed to mention that it was the team that other Big 12 teams voted no on (Houston) that defeated their champion.
That was a big reason why Oklahoma was unable to seriously factor into the playoff discussion, despite becoming the first team since 2009 to run the table in Big 12 play.
8. The article touched on how streaming might be a difference maker in a third-tier agreement. (Hope Aresco is up to speed)
Beside the traditional players such as Fox and ESPN, whose parent company, Disney, is investing $1 billion in the over-the-top streaming service BAMTech, the Big 12 is banking that Netflix, Google, Hulu and Amazon could soon join the marketplace as well.
http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/19752184/remember-big-12-was-going-expand
