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I miss Football...when does spring ball start?

scowley61
This is the worst time of year for football. Can hardly wait for spring practice so we at least get some news about the team. Afterwards we also get a glimpse of who stays and how transfers.

News drought is killing me.

BTW - so tired of all the speculation on PAC12 demise and the fact we will never get a TV contract worth anything. Lots of speculation from lots of us that know absolutely nothing about what is actually going on. (Flame away!)
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Runnin’ Utes: How is everyone feeling about them?

Alex Markham
They started off the season and Pac-12 play great. Although, coming off of four straight losses — and two crucial injuries to Madsen and Worster — are you still locked in and watching or have you hit the point where your over the season?

I hope they get a nice following in Vegas for the tournament because this group deserves it. I do however think that they’re season is coming to an end ASAP if Madsen and a Worster can’t return. The team is just too beat up, right now.
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ARTICLE- NFL Combine: Goal-Setting Helped Utah's Phillips Prepare

Sean Davenport
Clark Phillip III got off to a good start at the NFL Combine with his interview on Thursday. Here's Halie's and Alex's recap:

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UteNation - NFL Combine: Goal-Setting Helped Utah's Phillips Prepare

It’s that time of year again, where the best college players head to the NFL Combine to display their skills on the
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Why is the media rights a big, hand wringing deal?

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Let’s dispense with the obvious…. More money is greater than less money. With that out of the way, what is the big deal between 60m dollar deal and a 45m deal and a 35m dollar deal?

Football and basketball coaches will be well compensated. So too with gymnastics. The extra $ or not will impact the lesser sports.

Money becomes a huge issue if we have to pay players. Absent that then maybe we don’t have the best locker room? Maybe we don’t have all the ancillary “stuff” that is given in lieu of payment. But the teams can still be incredibly competitive.

What we want is good distribution and ability to see games across the country at times that are not past midnight est.

What am I missing?
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ARTICLE - TAKEAWAYS: USC Spoils Senior Night For Runnin'Utes

Sean Davenport
The Runnin' Utes injuries are really starting to impact the team, which is obviously not great this late in the season, especially as they have exceeded most expectations:

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UteNation - TAKEAWAYS: USC Spoils Senior Night For Runnin' Utes

The Runnin’ Utes never could get things going on Senior Night, falling to the USC Trojans 62-49. The offense never got
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The Apple+ Rumor Smells Like a Rat Started It

kllws55
This really smells like a rat (Big12) trying to put more pressure on Pac 12 teams so that one or more of them jumps to the Big12 and the Pac 12 conference start crumbling. Then the Pac 12 teams start to panic and the four corner schools end up being absorbed by the Big 12.

What happens to Oregon and Washington? The Big Ten may not be ready to add two more team from out west until they see how UCLA and Southern Cal handle the transition to the Big Ten. Oregon & Wash are in limbo.

What would happen to Stanford, Cal, WSU and OSU? The MWC? Independent? A mini Pac 12 ( with SDS and SMU) joining?

Are you confident that George Kliavkoff can save the Pac-12 conference? It sure looks like he’s in over his head and he’s already been beaten by the big 12 commissioner at getting a media contract. Can poaching of a few Pac 12 teams be next?

In all likelihood the Apple TV rumor has its roots in the Big 12 conference office. This is their dream scenario.
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Pac-12 media deal likely to be less than expected

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Wilner has an article out today that basically says the Big 12 jumping at their first rights deal essentially locked the Pac-12 into a lower-than-expected deal due to setting the market value.

How low? I don't know.

But certainly not a great position for the conference. Expect the possibility that Pac-12 teams make less overall than the Big 12, even if they go the streaming route. I only say this because, despite largely being optimistic the last year in regards to the Pac-12's position vs the Big 12, Wilner's tone has become decidedly more negative.

Here's a bit from behind the paywall:
Which brings us back to the art of negotiating and risk recognition.
Waiting creates a void, a standing invitation for the unknown to alter the trajectory of the negotiations and the future of the conference.
Perhaps the marketplace will shift in favor of higher valuations — after all, the Pac-12 is the only Power Five conference with inventory available. (Everyone else is locked up until the 2030s.) Perhaps new suitors will enter the fray.
Or, maybe, the economy will deteriorate. Maybe current bidders will grow weary of the Pac-12’s stance and either reduce their offers substantially or walk away altogether.
Had ESPN, Amazon, Fox, Apple, CBS — or a combination therein — made a killer offer, the Pac-12 board would have authorized Kliavkoff to accept.
The Pac-12 could keep pushing, it could keep attempting to draft off the Big Ten’s deal, but the Big 12’s valuation is the reality.
The market is set.
Any maneuverability is on the margins.
We expect the process to conclude by the middle of March. If that window comes and goes with no deal imminent, our outlook will take a turn for the worse.
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