ESPN helping cushion financial blow of Texas and Oklahoma leaving Big 12
Texas and Oklahoma stood to each lose $160 million for leaving the Big 12. That no longer appears to be the case.
Texas and Oklahoma stood to each lose $160 million for leaving the Big 12. That no longer appears to be the case.
"GOOD! A WALK-OFF WINNER FROM 61! HARRISON MEVIS SENDS THE MIZZOU STUDENTS RUNNING ONTO THE TURF!"
Longtime radio voice of the Alabama Crimson Tide Eli Gold is 'excited' and 'nervous' to return after missing last year.
"I think, yes, you have to."
The ACC/SEC Challenge will replace both the ACC/Big Ten Challenge and the Big 12/SEC Challenge.
"Money follows. It doesn't lead."
"Of course its the late game."
Now the early move by the college football powerhouses seems to be back on.
Texas has home and homes with Michigan and Ohio State from 2024 to 2027.
"There's no formal timeline or brink from which you can't come back. But this is where things are right now -- a deal is unlikely."
"I've never seen it before. We'll probably never see it again."
"It's likely that they're leaving early."
"At this point, we would look to the first months of 2023 as the opportunity to re-focus."
The fallout from Big Ten media deals without ESPN has now extended to the end of two existing interconference basketball challenges, and the launch of a new one.
"It will take a couple of steps, but we’re going to take a step towards closing that gap. Then we’re going to be looking at expansion. We’re going to be looking at schools that make sense for us."
"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."
"All that content that you find on the Longhorn Network is sometimes called third-tier, sometimes called institutional. It is the content that, like any other SEC institution, would be expressed through the SEC Network."
"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."