Go Cowboys!*
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You have to watch OU games with the volume turned off. That band babble every 30 seconds drives me nuts
I root for the conference. An OU win is a spot in the playoffs. Besides I don't think OK State deserves a spot with a win given their OOC being soooo weak. I don't think they played 1 P5. OU went to Rockytop and won.
SOS matters! Advantage OU.
SOS matters! Advantage OU.
every big 12 school needs to root for Oklahoma. It means more money for conference if a big 12 school makes playoff. Which means more for WVU.
Yeah you go with that idea. Meanwhile the rest of us with a brain will show good sense.
Have a good day.
What is good for the conference is good for it's members. If it wasn't for the Big 12, we would be another Marshall begging for scraps, never on TV, playing an awful schedule, terrible bowl options, no facility improvements, and the attendance numbers today would be a season high instead of a season low.
And without a championship game, OU is in the playoff. Very exciting!
Glad you are excited. I am happy for the OU fans. I think the the "cheer for my conference " thing is silly, but that's just me. I cheer for wVu.
OU getting in has a lot to do with OU and very little to do with the Big 12. Had OU not somehow bungled the Texas game it would be a clear cut choice for #1, and it's a huge name. It making the playoff as a 1 loss team means little or nothing as far as setting a precedent for the Big 12 generally. OU being picked this year will have no bearing on whether we or one of the other lesser lights would ever get in with a loss.
The money difference is relatively insignificant. Most of the money is distributed without regard to who is in and out. The "bonus" is limited to $6 million for each conference with a team in the semis. That would only be $600,000 per Big 12 team if all of that was evenly distributed (I assume the conference probably keeps a little for administration). In reality, though, it not usually going to be even that much of a windfall because the conferences also get $4 million for each team that makes a major bowl that is not hosting a playoff that year. Usually a team that just missed the playoff would land in one of those bowls. Thus, the real difference is usually only going to be $ 2 million per conference. We couldn't even pay 1 assistant coach with a $200,000 "bonus," so some other team making it actually means little financially for us.
The money difference is relatively insignificant. Most of the money is distributed without regard to who is in and out. The "bonus" is limited to $6 million for each conference with a team in the semis. That would only be $600,000 per Big 12 team if all of that was evenly distributed (I assume the conference probably keeps a little for administration). In reality, though, it not usually going to be even that much of a windfall because the conferences also get $4 million for each team that makes a major bowl that is not hosting a playoff that year. Usually a team that just missed the playoff would land in one of those bowls. Thus, the real difference is usually only going to be $ 2 million per conference. We couldn't even pay 1 assistant coach with a $200,000 "bonus," so some other team making it actually means little financially for us.
Approximately, if we get 1 playoff and 1 other major, the Big 12 will get:
Not dependent on placement:
1. $3,000,000 for 10 teams at $300,000 apiece (only contingent on teams meeting Academic Performance requirements).
2. Each individual team also gets $300,000 directly from the pool also contingent only on it meeting APR.
3. The Power 5 conferences will also get approximately $50-55 million apiece that has nothing to do with placement.
So the Power 5 take is about $56-61 million per conference without regard to who is in or out, with only $6 million more paid for a team making the playoff.
As I said above, the real difference for playoff placement is usually only going to be $2 million per conference because the teams close but not making the playoff will land in one of the other majors which pay $ 4 million.
IOW, the bigger money by far comes without regard to the selections.
(The teams that get in the playoff or one of the other major bowls also get about $2 million to cover expenses for the games.)
Personally, say with a team like Baylor which I actively dislike, the $200,000 or so loss it would actually mean for WVU if it got snubbed, would not be near enough for me to root for Baylor to make it.
Not dependent on placement:
1. $3,000,000 for 10 teams at $300,000 apiece (only contingent on teams meeting Academic Performance requirements).
2. Each individual team also gets $300,000 directly from the pool also contingent only on it meeting APR.
3. The Power 5 conferences will also get approximately $50-55 million apiece that has nothing to do with placement.
So the Power 5 take is about $56-61 million per conference without regard to who is in or out, with only $6 million more paid for a team making the playoff.
As I said above, the real difference for playoff placement is usually only going to be $2 million per conference because the teams close but not making the playoff will land in one of the other majors which pay $ 4 million.
IOW, the bigger money by far comes without regard to the selections.
(The teams that get in the playoff or one of the other major bowls also get about $2 million to cover expenses for the games.)
Personally, say with a team like Baylor which I actively dislike, the $200,000 or so loss it would actually mean for WVU if it got snubbed, would not be near enough for me to root for Baylor to make it.
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that reminds me of when a 6-5 Ole Miss team defeated Marshall with Randy Moss in a bowl game..Ole Miss players were jumping up and down chanting.."SEC, SEC, SEC." I thought that was less than pathetic..
No. I wonder how close to $30,000,000 the Big 12 payout will be this time just for WVU. Maybe it will be over that amount.
So?
Is the fact we generate a lot of revenue somehow part of your explanation for subpar performances?
Is the fact we generate a lot of revenue somehow part of your explanation for subpar performances?
