Joel Klatt & Matt Leinart essentially confirm Alabama vs. Texas set for noon EST, triggering fan outrage
The backlash to Big Noon is growing and, we assure you, Fox doesn't care
The backlash to Big Noon is growing and, we assure you, Fox doesn't care
Chris Del Conte provided the most confirmation yet that Longhorn Network will end with Texas' move to the SEC.
Going with the remote broadcast here may not have been the best choice.
"I was making a statement that this question is going to be positive and I’m going to try to balance out the negative."
"I realized that, of all the coaches who could be standing at that podium right now in those shoes, you are that extraordinary person."
Many have long pushed for a nine-game SEC conference schedule, and the conference adding Texas and Oklahoma might lead to that.
"I would not assume that this is just happening, that one day the Texas and Oklahoma guys woke up, I would guess that it’s a logical sequence of events that ESPN now has all of the SEC, now they bring Texas and Oklahoma in."
As per a CBS report from Dennis Dodd, Big 12 officials are considering offering Oklahoma and Texas an even larger percentage of conference revenues. But it's unclear if that will actually become a proposal, and if it would actually be enough to retain them.
Projections from May have the SEC paying its schools $66.9 million annually from 2024-25 on. To stay at that level after adding Texas and Oklahoma, it would need at least $134 million more in central revenue. But there's quite a good chance it can get that, likely mostly from ESPN.
Many Texas fans were unable to watch a lot of the game while ABC covered the election call
Herman says he was telling coaches a joke about the welcome he received before his first Red River Showdown.
The Longhorns haven't had a home game in ABC's Saturday Night Football slot since Mack Brown was their head coach.
With the Big Ten, Pac-12 and Big 12 media rights and the SEC Tier 1 rights all coming up between 2023 and 2025, conference realignment talk is back, and LHN, ACCN and Pac-12 Networks may play a significant role.