Dan Patrick’s annual November college football report that gets quickly debunked is here
"If "as early as this week" really means "sometime after Nov. 17 and perhaps not ever," then the report is 100% accurate."
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Report says Fox is blocking early Texas-Oklahoma move to SEC, Big 12 plans they’ll be there through 2024-25 (updated)
"Sources told Dodd that Fox would likely have demanded a return to make its future programming whole, including a top-tier selection of games years into the future given the marquee programs would have left its airwaves early."
Big 12 to start media rights talks with Fox and ESPN 18 months early
This comes a year and a half ahead of the contractually-mandated window for extension talks in February 2024.
Florida State president says Seminoles will be “very aggressive” in realignment: “We’re getting a lot of help.”
"We're trying to do anything we can to think about how we remain competitive. Florida State is expected to win. We're going to be very aggressive."
Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren talks expansion, player pay, and more on Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
"I could see perpetual and future growth."
Big Ten reportedly “not done” expanding after $1.1 billion/year rights deals, which include escalator clause
Pac-12’s George Kliavkoff says on Big 12 “We haven’t decided if we’re going shopping there yet or not.”
"That remark was a reflection of the fact that I've been spending four weeks trying to defend against grenades lobbed in from every corner of the Big 12, trying to destabilize our remaining conference."
Despite success, conference realignment leaves Mountain West & Group of Five in uncertain media landscape
The pursuit of growing, yet limited TV revenue has left much of college football in an uncertain place where winning guarantees nothing.
Big 12, Pac-12 partnership talks break down, per ESPN
"Because the Big 12 media rights can't be negotiated until 2024, Pac-12 schools have no motivation to join the Big 12."
FBS AD says Fox and ESPN are “quietly” driving realignment by relaying valuations: “We’re not picking random schools.”
"They really don’t like to be known as deciding who is in what league, but don’t think there aren’t conversations of, ‘If we take this property, how much value are they going to bring?’ We’re not picking random schools. … They just don’t want the optics of them deciding, but the money is coming from them. They have to tell the league or someone (the TV value of schools)."
With Southern Miss joining the Sun Belt and others expected to follow, what’s next for Conference USA?
Conference USA reportedly already has some replacements in mind, but will they actually join?
The case of ESPN’s involvement in conference realignment has suddenly (and intentionally) gone cold
Texas and Oklahoma joining the SEC might lead to a nine-game conference schedule, further boosting SEC TV rights
Many have long pushed for a nine-game SEC conference schedule, and the conference adding Texas and Oklahoma might lead to that.
