Great piece! You nailed the mechanism. ESPN owns the SEC and the playoff,so the bus goes where the inventory is. I ran the numbers on what happens after the bus leaves. A schools TV audience. Predicts its roster budget at +.84. Game day isn’t a media story. It’s a balance sheet. https://t.co/PlADFlWWwK
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So why hadn’t ESPN gone to a non-P4 since 2023?
Is it because of viewership? No, the last time they did, they saw an uptick
My thoughts on the complicated decision of where Gameday should go next 👇👇👇
More than anyone you’ve ever met probably. I really like this Utah team! I think they have a chance to be in Arlington year 1 under scalley, and the Big12 needs more dominant teams in that conference. But right now body of work statistically favors byu. Utah is expected to boat race Arkansas. Who is the worst team in the sec. Beauty of college football is byu will play Utah in November. Shame on the Big12 for not scheduling both byu and Utah with tech. I understand the logic but I don’t think that’s the ultimate and deciding factor.
Dampier and co look improved from last year but want to see how they fare in the next couple of weeks. Still fairly inexperienced in the trenches. I would flip Utah and byu at this point based on body of work. Oklahoma state and West Virginia next week will tell us a lot about this conference. Shame on the big12 for not scheduling marquee matchups between both byu and Utah with tech.
@ByuSome I agree with you in that aspect. But I do think that Utah defense would give Avery Johnson a hard time. Time will tell but I don’t disagree with the thought process. Byu is far and away the best team in the big12
@CFBKings The entire game day crew thought this was a home game for Virginia in Charlottesville. They aren’t even trying to hide the fact that they don’t watch college football.