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HERE WE GOOOOO! 💯

Good way to close the half. I feel like those 3 points will be critical.

105 yd kick return. FML 🤦🏻‍♂️

Our defense will find a way to make them look good.

Club Lit is going to be dead tonight.

Navy looking like world-beaters. 49-30 over Memphis with 8:22 left in the 4th.

TCU settling in now, 14-17

Navy up 35-17 vs Memphis early in the 3rd.

0-3 Temple about to get their first win vs Utah State.

I’m watching Washington State vs San Jose State on The CW right now and I have no complaints. Quality HD cameras, knowledgeable commentators, yellow first down line, replays from multiple angles, 100% professional.

UConn was previously in the American and paid $17M to leave the AAC in 2020.

If you ask Charles Barkley he’d say churros and big ole women.

Yeah I remember Mike Aresco talking about this couple years back. I’m curious if this will last though as we enter into the era of super-conferences.

I'm sure some are thinking, but 16 members are too many mouths to feed, and there needs to be more TV dollars to distribute to new members. Tim Pernetti has been vocal about bringing in additional revenue streams for conference members like private equity, league naming sponsorship deals, and corporate jersey patches like the NBA has implemented in recent years. In the near future, I expect all CFB conferences to negotiate naming rights like we currently do with stadiums and arenas. The American Athletic Conference could soon become the American Airlines Conference. Memphis jerseys will soon have FEDEX logos on them and so on. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/40342941/sources-big-12-explores-selling-naming-rights-title-sponsor

Today's YahooSports article from Ross Dellenger contains a sentence that jumped off the screen when I read it, and it's worth discussing. Up to this point, I thought the discussions with Air Force were to replace a departing member like Memphis; however, from the quote above and how quickly he engaged with AF, Pernetti seems open to expanding the AAC beyond the current 14 football schools. Does Pernetti have a vision for a 15 or 16-team AAC? If the answer is yes, seeing how conferences typically like to keep things equal, a 16-team league seems more attractive, with eight teams in the East and eight in the West. WEST: Air Force, Tulsa, UNT, UTSA, Rice, Tulane, Memphis, UAB EAST: Army, Temple, Navy, Charlotte, ECU, USF, FAU, and a SunBelt school like Liberty, App State, or Georgia State with the Atlanta market? Divisions like this would tighten the travel footprint for all sports, saving everyone money. What do y'all think?

LMAO. Vito got fooled earlier this week with a fake Pete Thamel account saying Memphis was headed to the PAC. I'm glad our local journalist takes time to double check breaking news before passing it along.

I sure hope you're right.

Here's an exciting thought: move the student section and DJ ADHD into the wing section and call them the WingNuts. This section will be exclusive for students, creating a festive environment that's sure to attract attention. Run a ribbon of LED lights around the wing that flash and pulsate to the music, and have t-shirt canons fire t-shirts into the wing after every score. Put our dance team up there grooving to the music to help create a party-like atmosphere that keeps everyone engaged and excited. If you watched last night's App State broadcast, you'll recall that their endzone section was wild, with students sliding down a muddy hill all game long. The ESPN sideline reporter and the camera guy even joined in on the fun, and the TV booth discussed it at length. It created energy and excitement, and the cameras loved it. Next, replace the current student section with our massive band. Seriously, put the band directly behind our opponent's bench and beat them down with the sweet sound of Fly Like an Eagle. Make it impossible for them to communicate on the sidelines and watch as they scream at one another in confusion. We're a music school damnit, so let's feature our band front and center on TV, harassing and frustrating our opponents relentlessly. Keep the opposing fans section next to Boomer so they'll continue to leave games with Grade 1 concussions and PTSD.

Sigh. At the very least I hope we’re able to renegotiate full-share distribution after Memphis, Tulane, and UTSA leave for the PAC.

Dope! I bet you pull Max Koochie with that van. Alright, I'll see myself out.

Sure the building is 31 years old but it's not like the city of San Antonio has left it for dead. SA continues to pump millions of dollars into the facility for improvements. The Alamodome just completed a $20 million dollar facelift for the 2025 Final Four. I haven't been this year but I hear from those who have that it looks great. https://marmonmok.com/projects/alamodome-2025-final-four-renovations/

It's beginning to feel that way. The thought of UTSA passing us by to the PAC and making double the TV revenue dollars than us makes me sick. Not to mention the recruiting advantage UTSA would have moving forward. Then watching Air Force join the AAC as full-share member while we chill here making half-share. 🤮

Exactly. Personally I think Amazon is the way to go because millions of people already subscribe to Amazon Prime for the online shopping and free two day delivery service. The new streaming football content is just an added perk at this point for Amazon Prime subscribers.

I expect the new PAC 12 TV deal to be a 3-pronged approach of a national broadcast network, a cable network, and a streaming service. The groundwork has already been established for a sizable media deal. Who's the national broadcast partner? The CW https://pac-12.com/news/2024/5/14/pac-12-football-be-featured-nationally-across-cw-network-fox-sports-2024.aspx Who's the cable network? TNT https://www.dailylobo.com/article/2024/07/breaking-down-the-mountain-west-broadcast-deal-with-tnt And the streaming service? Either Amazon or Apple Seattle-based Amazon already has Thursday Night NFL football so why not add Saturday PAC 12 games to their live sports inventory? I'm sure California-based Apple will also want a bite of the action too since they were already involved in the last round of failed PAC 12 negotiations. It wouldn't surprise me if a competitive bidding war developed between the two streaming giants.