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Ketch's 10 Thoughts From the Weekend (Hello, 40. Hello, memories.)

I can't believe I posted a comment regarding Ketch's birthday that said,

"Today, El Ketcho is... Tirty tree years old!" :D

And nobody picked up on that Three Amigos reference? What a disappointing thread! :mad:
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Nonetheless, if I have a vote we're in the PAC. We'd end up w/the AZ schools, maybe Utah, Colorado and the two LA schools. Nice academics and athletics. As you said "Better media markets, better road trips and better overall platform for the Longhorns." Let's ride!
I'll believe the California schools splitting into separate divisions when I see it. There will be a strong lobby to keep the original Pac 8 together with the "newer" schools in the other division. Texas definitely needs to have a couple of California schools in their division to make the deal.
 
I can't believe I posted a comment regarding Ketch's birthday that said,

"Today, El Ketcho is... Tirty tree years old!" :D

And nobody picked up on that Three Amigos reference? What a disappointing thread! :mad:
I'm here! Me and de boys got together and got Ketch dis geeft. It's a sweater!
 
I'll believe the California schools splitting into separate divisions when I see it. There will be a strong lobby to keep the original Pac 8 together with the "newer" schools in the other division. Texas definitely needs to have a couple of California schools in their division to make the deal.
No dispute. That realignment might be tough. Nonetheless, most anything would be an improvement over the Big XII as it now exists. (Oh and I don't want the Big XII to expand) Of course if we brought some "friends" along with us then the alignment changes dramatically. Oh shut up (to self), even if we realigned it's years off and I'm not sure my wife even cares about my opinion. Cheers
 
Top American TV markets in a Pac-16 Conference. Let's count'em.

Rank Metropolitan Market Regions / Areas
1 New York
2 Los Angeles
3 Chicago
4 Philadelphia
5 Dallas-Ft. Worth
6 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose

7 Boston
8 Atlanta
9 Washington, DC
10 Houston
11 Detroit
12 Phoenix
13 Tampa-St. Petersburg
14 Seattle-Tacoma
15 Minneapolis-St. Paul
16 Miami-Ft.Lauderdale
17 Cleveland-Akron
18 Denver
19 Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne
20 Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto
21 St. Louis
22 Portland, OR
23 Pittsburgh
24 Charlotte, NC
25 Indianapolis
26 Baltimore
27 Raleigh-Durham
28 San Diego

Four of the top 10.
Six of the top 14
Eight of the top 20.
10 of the top 28.


No one else can match that.
But the SEC can't match it, and it's a pretty good conference. I don't like the SEC, but I just think you're using the wrong analysis to pick an ideal conference.
 
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Fantastic Ketch! Count me as a vote very much in favor of continuing the walk down memory lane.
Also- the Redding story is great anyway. However, if the wireless mic on the collar was placed there unknown to Redding, then you Sir are a steely-eyed missile man!
 
Great stuff Ketch. Especially the 2 year old boogie. Have a 4 and 2 year old now, girl and a boy. It's the absolute best time of my life. Exhausting. But the best time.
 
But the SEC can't match it, and it's a pretty good conference. I don't like the SEC, but I just think you're using the wrong analysis to pick an ideal conference.
That's just one piece of the puzzle, but I've been told that yearly TV revenue would push anything we're seeing right now in TV rights annual revenue.
 
Fantastic Ketch! Count me as a vote very much in favor of continuing the walk down memory lane.
Also- the Redding story is great anyway. However, if the wireless mic on the collar was placed there unknown to Redding, then you Sir are a steely-eyed missile man!
Cory knew. Months later at the Texas Relays, we joked about it. He had an idea that it had happened.
 
That's just one piece of the puzzle, but I've been told that yearly TV revenue would push anything we're seeing right now in TV rights annual revenue.

TV revenue with Texas in either the SEC or BIG would surpass the PAC with Texas in it.
 
TV revenue with Texas in either the SEC or BIG would surpass the PAC with Texas in it.
I'm not so sure, but the discussion of the Pac-16's value goes beyond this layer of the discussion alone.
 
That's just one piece of the puzzle, but I've been told that yearly TV revenue would push anything we're seeing right now in TV rights annual revenue.
Again, you're focusing on tv revenue ants not what makes a great conference. You make an outstanding product and the tv revenue will follow. I don't discount the value of big markets but that's not the key. Otherwise, the Raiders would have stayed and flourished in LA. Once the Clippers began to win, they became popular but before that they were laughable.
 
In addition to saying Happy Birthday, I forgot to mention...good luck on your fitness journey. I did the same thing the last couple years leading up to 40. Almost where I want to be.
 
Again, you're focusing on tv revenue ants not what makes a great conference. You make an outstanding product and the tv revenue will follow. I don't discount the value of big markets but that's not the key. Otherwise, the Raiders would have stayed and flourished in LA. Once the Clippers began to win, they became popular but before that they were laughable.
I just few the Big 10 as a dud. I view the Pac-16 as sexy.

Sorry.
 
lay it out for us.. we can handle the truth !!! .:)
I feel a very long post ahead of me.

Maybe better served as content in next week's column. You cool with serving as inspiration for next week's lede?
 
I feel a very long post ahead of me.

Maybe better served as content in next week's column. You cool with serving as inspiration for next week's lede?

There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.
Jean-Paul Sartre
 
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