The FloSports deal, per the CAA's release is "eight-figures" - so, congrats on the bag, maybe? How that is broken down by team/sport etc. would be interesting. Given the league wasn't forthright with the numbers exactly it's hard to say.
Some of you will be happy to know that the CAA fell below the AE in KenPom. This is what happens when you have absolutely putrid teams (Monmouth, Elon, Hampton mixed in with some regular bad ones like Northeastern and William & Mary). The CAA's top 4 title race though should be a good one; whether anyone here wants to admit it or not, those teams are very good.
Surprised some of you aren't posting about the news that Texas and Oklahoma did agree to a Big 12 separation for 2024. Then, Big 12 commish Yormark went off again to his his media guys saying he wants to aggressively expand. Cue the Twitterati saying it's the death of the Pac 12.
Matt Brown had a good piece on the Pac 12 stuff, which you should read.
www.extrapointsmb.com
- Notes that conventional wisdom was Pac 12 would wait to get TV numbers then think expansion. Talks not going as well as they thought, so they're moving to discuss expansion now.
- San Diego State makes lots of sense, Brown notes new football stadium, and academically, its research rep is growing/got some help from California's legislature with a few new rule passages to allow for the CSU system to come up to par with the UC system.
- Interesting points on SMU as a Pac 12 candidate. Pac commish met with SMU president...school has a budget that is more than some current Pac 12 schools, also renovating their football field...SMU has a stated goal of reaching R1 status, so that helps, and one thing I didn't know was in 2019 the school officially moved to become independent of the Methodist church in 2019, which probably helps given the Pac 12's desire to not get all in on religious schools. Brown points out lack of success for SMU sports also its small enrollment relative to other Pac 12 schools, but also how valuable is the DFW area really to the Pac 12? He did an unscientific search of LinkedIn to find ~27,000 Pac 12 alums in the area
- Mentions the other schools bandied about are Fresno State, UNLV, Boise State, but we'll see. As for Gonzaga. Pac 12, Big 12 and Big East all have talked to them. Gonzaga officials said Big 12 approach much more "forward thinking" than Pac 12.
- Brown also says doesn't see Oregon/Washington/Cal Stanford in Big 10 discussions right now. They have to sort out the commish stuff, plus a lot of Big 10 schools in process of getting new presidents. Logistics right now might not be worth the headache, particularly when you're in a position of strength at the moment. Says senior leaders at Utah, Colorado, Arizona and Arizona State want to be committed to the Pac 12 because of value with Cal/Stanford, travel concerns going to Orlando and stuff.
Of course, this is only at this moment. Shit changes.
And, Hoops Weiss stirring the pot:
I don't buy it, I think UMass can have a go at being Independent for the time being...to me if the AAC loses SMU and maybe others like Tulane/Memphis leave (if the Big 12 strikes out on whatever else they're after), and the AAC invites UMass, but also the like of Delaware, or Buffalo, or dare I say Stony Brook(?), and does an actually eastern/western divisional split, I could see it working.
There's no value in the AAC outside having fixed games for football...but is anyone really giving a shit if they are playing what's left of the American? At least as an Independent they've been able to arrange an okay schedule that likely has the same amount of appeal as the 2023 and beyond AAC would.
Some of you will be happy to know that the CAA fell below the AE in KenPom. This is what happens when you have absolutely putrid teams (Monmouth, Elon, Hampton mixed in with some regular bad ones like Northeastern and William & Mary). The CAA's top 4 title race though should be a good one; whether anyone here wants to admit it or not, those teams are very good.
Surprised some of you aren't posting about the news that Texas and Oklahoma did agree to a Big 12 separation for 2024. Then, Big 12 commish Yormark went off again to his his media guys saying he wants to aggressively expand. Cue the Twitterati saying it's the death of the Pac 12.
Matt Brown had a good piece on the Pac 12 stuff, which you should read.
What I think, and know, about Pac-12 expansion right now | Extra Points
Coverage of the off-the-field forces that shape college sports
www.extrapointsmb.com
- Notes that conventional wisdom was Pac 12 would wait to get TV numbers then think expansion. Talks not going as well as they thought, so they're moving to discuss expansion now.
- San Diego State makes lots of sense, Brown notes new football stadium, and academically, its research rep is growing/got some help from California's legislature with a few new rule passages to allow for the CSU system to come up to par with the UC system.
- Interesting points on SMU as a Pac 12 candidate. Pac commish met with SMU president...school has a budget that is more than some current Pac 12 schools, also renovating their football field...SMU has a stated goal of reaching R1 status, so that helps, and one thing I didn't know was in 2019 the school officially moved to become independent of the Methodist church in 2019, which probably helps given the Pac 12's desire to not get all in on religious schools. Brown points out lack of success for SMU sports also its small enrollment relative to other Pac 12 schools, but also how valuable is the DFW area really to the Pac 12? He did an unscientific search of LinkedIn to find ~27,000 Pac 12 alums in the area
- Mentions the other schools bandied about are Fresno State, UNLV, Boise State, but we'll see. As for Gonzaga. Pac 12, Big 12 and Big East all have talked to them. Gonzaga officials said Big 12 approach much more "forward thinking" than Pac 12.
- Brown also says doesn't see Oregon/Washington/Cal Stanford in Big 10 discussions right now. They have to sort out the commish stuff, plus a lot of Big 10 schools in process of getting new presidents. Logistics right now might not be worth the headache, particularly when you're in a position of strength at the moment. Says senior leaders at Utah, Colorado, Arizona and Arizona State want to be committed to the Pac 12 because of value with Cal/Stanford, travel concerns going to Orlando and stuff.
Of course, this is only at this moment. Shit changes.
And, Hoops Weiss stirring the pot:
I don't buy it, I think UMass can have a go at being Independent for the time being...to me if the AAC loses SMU and maybe others like Tulane/Memphis leave (if the Big 12 strikes out on whatever else they're after), and the AAC invites UMass, but also the like of Delaware, or Buffalo, or dare I say Stony Brook(?), and does an actually eastern/western divisional split, I could see it working.
There's no value in the AAC outside having fixed games for football...but is anyone really giving a shit if they are playing what's left of the American? At least as an Independent they've been able to arrange an okay schedule that likely has the same amount of appeal as the 2023 and beyond AAC would.
