Not sure there are 40 teams...I'm sure I missed some with large fan bases,

Jun 5, 2018
2:53:14pm

Nat Gas Man All-American

but many schools actually have pretty small fan bases. And what is the number 3-5M?

PAC
UW
OR
UCLA
USC
ASU

B10
OSU
Mich
MState
Wiscy
NB
Iowa
Penn State

ACC
Clemson
ND
VTech
UNC
Miami
FSU

SEC
FL
Bama
Tenn
Auburn
A&M
LSU

B12
OK
TX

Indy
BYU?

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"Conference re-alignment will come - shaped by tech, not TV"

ordinatuer

6/5/18 1:43pm

This is the only thing that makes sense. It would be stupid for them to continue to pay big $ for Kansas football.

jaromp

6/5/18 1:47pm

Will be interesting to see how bball is affected by this kind of realignment

MwangoleCoug9

6/5/18 8:48pm

rights could be sold by sport.... this is getting interesting

Pretorian

6/6/18 10:49am

And that is a landscape in which BYU may have a good opportunity - not bound by

Hoopster

6/5/18 1:58pm

yes, if they start winning again anyway

teancum

6/5/18 2:51pm

Well, yes, there is that minor detail 🙂

Hoopster

6/5/18 2:56pm

Meh. BYU had 3 bad months of football. We'll be fine.

mulletino

6/5/18 9:43pm

For BYU it comes down to one word: Win.

TheLoneCougar

6/6/18 7:10am

Yep - blowing everything up and starting from scratch is BYU's best chance.

cougfanblue

6/6/18 10:35am

Only hope for BYU to get a seat at the table at this point.

rggee

6/5/18 2:29pm

BYU has been sitting at that table all by themselves for a few years now...

jaromp

6/5/18 2:33pm

Patiently waiting for the 2024/25 shakeup.

rggee

6/5/18 2:47pm

Let's hope that BYU football is good again by then

mncstr

6/5/18 2:51pm

They will. College football is cyclical.

rggee

6/5/18 2:52pm

Not sure there are 40 teams...I'm sure I missed some with large fan bases,

Nat Gas Man

6/5/18 2:53pm

We need BamaCoug to run the numbers. See if we make the cut on top 40 🙂

ordinatuer

6/5/18 3:06pm

If you are going to make a list like this, UGA sould be on it

pistol12

6/5/18 7:16pm

True and there are others I'm sure I missed.

Nat Gas Man

6/5/18 10:36pm

South Carolina, Syracuse,maryland, ,UCF,USF,

CarolinaCoug

6/5/18 11:38pm

Even if BYU doesn't fit their 40 dynamic

byukarl

6/6/18 9:17am

It better be before that. Negotiations will begin in 2023

Nat Gas Man

6/6/18 10:10am

ASU? LOL!!!

UNHuskerCoug

6/6/18 10:16am

only because of the TV market size, but the NFL now rules AZ like it does CO

Nat Gas Man

6/6/18 11:19am

The article says TV Market will not matter as much

dratax

6/6/18 5:31pm

Stanford > ASU

baldcoug74

6/6/18 5:51pm

They don't have a fan base

Nat Gas Man

6/6/18 6:07pm

Defined as what? What matters is how many eyeballs will teams draw. Stanford

Kerbouchard

6/7/18 11:10am

Take this prediction with a grain of salt, based on a casual, 2016 dinner conversation with a guy at Amazon

ColoSpgs

6/5/18 4:49pm

I've thought for a long time that the BYU administrators know more than we do

rockyrd

6/5/18 11:05pm

So what exactly is he getting wrong? A company like Amazon or Apple could

Kerbouchard

6/7/18 11:12am

Please come true. Please come true.

BeefNoodleSoup

6/5/18 6:03pm

...and somehow, someway, BYU will be found wanting...at number 41.

Iman23

6/5/18 6:52pm

TV money wasn't efficiently reaching it's targeted revenue producers, so it's just a matter of time

ocmyhome

6/5/18 7:30pm

If you think about it, BYU could be the initiator of all this

Gigo

6/6/18 6:45am

Yup. You feel like it's just a matter of time and there's only so much money to go around. Elite programs and

ocmyhome

6/6/18 10:54am

I would love to see the current power structure fall and see how people feel

D.T. Survivor

6/5/18 9:02pm

Yup. Looking at you Iowa State.

che flaco

6/5/18 9:22pm

Really important for BYU to not completely fall off the map in the next 5-10

che flaco

6/5/18 9:20pm

Which is why I'm very glad we have brought in Grimes

AntiSNOT

6/7/18 12:17am

Here's what I gathered...

CougarTail

6/5/18 9:49pm

Are we one of the top 40?

coolblue

6/6/18 7:19am

depends what the metrics are

Kerbouchard

6/7/18 11:13am

True. I hope that the coaching staff rights the BYU football ship. Would be

Benfica1

6/6/18 8:38am

What a novel concept: each team stands or falls on its own merit and value

ordinatuer

6/6/18 1:13pm

Will be a tug-of-war between tech and TV... hopefully a bunch of teams go indy

Hill4Heisman

6/6/18 2:39pm

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