Kevin Hampton

Former sports writer

[Kevin Hampton @KevinHampt74140]

@KUandUofAfan @AP_Dubya @JayhawkFocus If the ACC loses all of its top schools then no, the money won't be there for long. The next media deal probably won't be power level money.

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@RobertReb @gwar500044044 @1BroncoBeliever I agree. UNLV fans are living in a fantasy world. BTW, GIFs don't counter facts.

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@RobertReb @gwar500044044 @1BroncoBeliever In the last 3 years in the P5, OSU won 7, 10 and 8 games. It had wins over UO, at USC, UW, Utah twice, UCLA twice, Boise St., Florida. In 23 OSU had 1.74m in av. viewership. No Big 12. And you think UNLV is getting in based on the last 3 years? No way.

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@RobertReb @gwar500044044 @1BroncoBeliever Stop worrying about Oregon State and get people to the games, raise money, keep your coaches, keep winning in football and give the Big 12 real reasons to consider UNLV aside from being in Las Vegas, which doesn't matter.

[Kevin Hampton @KevinHampt74140]

@RobertReb @MrBeavv Those are facts. You want more? UNLV averaged 19,000 in actual home attendance last fall for a 10-win team. That's an average of 12,000 no-shows. OSU had athletic revenue of $104.7 million in FY25. UNLV had $77.2 million (actually decent for the G6)

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@JayhawkFocus My thinking is that if GT, Miami and Duke remain then BC, Cal, Stanford, Louisville, NC State, Pitt, Syracuse, SMU, Va. Tech and Wake all stay, give or take a school. Probably just bring in UConn, USF, Tulane and move forward

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@JayhawkFocus If all 3 stay it just makes a rebuild all the easier.

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@JayhawkFocus Miami will be taken. Most likely Georgia Tech as well. Duke isn't going to the Big 12. Most likely would lead a rebuild of the conference.

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@redraiderman1 OSU was reasonably successful in football the last 25 years of the ex-Pac-12, has been elite in baseball, women's basketball, strong in gymnastics and men's soccer. Men's bb has been mediocre but had an elite 8 run in 2021 and is looking up with a new coach

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@redraiderman1 Three G6 schools had at least $100 million in athletic revenue in FY25 and Oregon State was No. 2 at $104.7 million. USF had $106.8 million and SDSU $100m. Boise State was 4th at $95m. It drops significantly from there. Most are under $70m, often way under...

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@RobertReb @MrBeavv OSU draws from Portland and averaged 511,450 in football viewership in the last 2 years as a non-power school. WSU draws from Seattle and had 394,700. Boise State? 380k. USF had 448.9k. Memphis 328k. UNLV had 122,750 and SDSU 98k

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@sirjayfrez @CMartsCUBuffs Dude, you said OSU's history. Well, OSU's football history goes back to 1893.

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@Blain_Crain USC. Also Colorado gets high viewership but everybody is watching because of Prime and not the team. So overrated in that sense.

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@sirjayfrez @CMartsCUBuffs Two. One 11-1 season, conference co-champs, 41-9 winner over Notre Dame in Fiesta Bowl. Two 10 wins, 3 9 wins, 4 8 wins and 4 7 wins all from 99-2023. And It wasn't common to play over 10 games in a season until the 70s anyway.

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@WCCSG_ If the Big 12 wants to stay West then 1. Boise State, 2. WSU, 3. SDSU.
East then 1. South Florida, 2. Memphis, 3. Tulane

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@def_leppar20044 Probably Devin Townsend. But he's more overlooked than underrated.

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@claypanzeri @thejeffbaker It's legitimate. It's why the old Pac was not interested (mainly Stanford, Cal and USC I suspect). Same with the others. The Big 12 is the most likely to change its tune on Boise State.

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@Beavfan114 @CMartsCUBuffs Agree except OSU was not poor in football in recent decades. Men's basketball was inexcusable.

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@XReb_FanX @CMartsCUBuffs OSU averaged just over 6 wins even with the six down years. Take out those and it was an average of 7.5 wins over 19 years. OSU was unjustly given a near-death penalty by getting left out. That's the point. OSU has money, facilities, good programs