USC, UCLA exits may have cost Pac-12 $200-plus million annually in new media rights deal: report
A new Los Angeles Times report throws out some notable figures on just what the exits of the Bruins and Trojans may have meant to the Pac-12.
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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)."
Adding USC and UCLA could give Big Ten Network a huge revenue boost
Going from out-of-footprint to in-footprint in the Los Angeles market alone appears like it would get BTN at least $17.9 million more in per-subscriber fees annually.
USC-Cal game postponed over Bears’ positive COVID tests, the first FBS game so affected this season
This postponement has several Cal players upset. The game has now reportedly been rescheduled for Dec. 4.
Someone in Virginia changed the USC Football Wikipedia page to list Marvin Lewis as head coach instead of Donte Williams
An anonymous Wikipedia user in Virginia changed the USC Football page Tuesday to list Marvin Lewis (seen at left above) as interim head coach instead of actual interim head coach Donte Williams (seen at right above).
Latest college basketball postponements include USC-Stanford, Seton Hall-Butler, Cincinnati-Houston
USC shut down team activities in December after a positive COVID-19 test. But they now have another "suspected COVID-19 related issue" in their program.
ESPN’s USC-UCLA game promo had Bill Walton reprising his role as a bear
This is one of many times Walton has done bear growls on air.
ESPN loses USC-Utah cameras for several minutes while announcers are working remotely
Dave Flemming still did some play-by-play... going by the gamecast.
Review: HBO’s Women of Troy is a compelling look at the story of Cheryl Miller, USC, and women’s basketball overall
Women of Troy tells a wide story of the impact of Cheryl Miller and the USC team of the 1980s on women's basketball as a whole, and it does so very well.
HBO Sports and Ringer Films pick up Women of Troy documentary on 1980s Cheryl Miller-led USC women’s basketball team
"These women were trailblazers whose talent and charisma created new possibilities for women in basketball and in countless other pursuits. Cheryl Miller, Cynthia Cooper and their teammates left the game of the past behind and created the game we know and love today."
Sports Illustrated updates “USC to dismiss Helton” story three days later with apology and retraction from Maven author
Three days after the initial "Sources: USC to dismiss Clay Helton" story hit Sports Illustrated channels, that story has been removed and replaced with an apology from the Maven author.
Pac-12 general counsel inadvertently overturned a targeting call, was snarked in official’s report, Yahoo report led to process shakeup
Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott said general counsel Woodie Dixon, who is not a trained official, thought he was only giving his opinion. Officials interpreted that as a directive.
