Football Conference Rankings 2010-2011

[The Source]

_ Even with the BCS pay-day, the WAC paid the following amounts to member schools for the 2007-08 fiscal year:
1. Hawaii $4,922,062
2. Boise State $1,672,056
3. Nevada $1,380,377
4. Fresno State $1,308,608
5. San Jose State $971,747
6. Louisiana Tech $855,015
7. Utah State $800,247
8. Idaho $800,247
9. New Mexico St. 432,197 (although they paid $40k x 8 to each school to host the B-ball tourney)

The Western Athletic Conference and ESPN have agreed to a seven-year contract extension that will give the network multi-platform rights through the 2016-17 academic year.

Idaho benfited tremendously from WAC TV revenue. My point being, the new teams joining the WAC will make a whole lot more money and besides the ESPN contract makes it more attractive for the exposure. Bosie ST. benefited big time from this. _

Dude the top 4 on your list that is 3 years old are gone, the WAC is dead, just like your ignorant rhetoric.

[CajunRed]

_ Even with the BCS pay-day, the WAC paid the following amounts to member schools for the 2007-08 fiscal year:
1. Hawaii $4,922,062
2. Boise State $1,672,056
3. Nevada $1,380,377
4. Fresno State $1,308,608
5. San Jose State $971,747
6. Louisiana Tech $855,015
7. Utah State $800,247
8. Idaho $800,247
9. New Mexico St. 432,197 (although they paid $40k x 8 to each school to host the B-ball tourney)

The Western Athletic Conference and ESPN have agreed to a seven-year contract extension that will give the network multi-platform rights through the 2016-17 academic year.

Idaho benfited tremendously from WAC TV revenue. My point being, the new teams joining the WAC will make a whole lot more money and besides the ESPN contract makes it more attractive for the exposure. Bosie ST. benefited big time from this. _

You need to change the word "have"... as in "have agreed"... to "had"... which is what the discussion with ESPN will be from now moving forward. Yes, they "had" agreed to that contract you mentioned... but that was with a conference of teams that no longer exists. That will not happen.

[Just1More]

Turbine,

This BayouTeche character has no game but has forum diarrhea that seems to have no end. Is there any chance you can shove a facilitator suppository up his username ass and shut him up?

J1M

PS I know you like "polls". Please take a poll of people that will pay to limit him to one post per week. This may be the greatest fund-raising event in the history of RaginPagin.

[BayouTeche]

_ Turbine,

This BayouTeche character has no game but has forum diarrhea that seems to have no end. Is there any chance you can shove a facilitator suppository up his username ass and shut him up?

PS I know you like "polls". Please take a poll of people that will pay to limit him to one post per week. This may be the greatest fund-raising event in the history of RaginPagin. _

The WAC signed a new seven year contract with ESPN Networks with increases in the number of games available for ESPN/ESPN2 to select, plus games available for ESPNU. The contract starts with the 2010-11 athletic year and includes increased exposure for other sports
I guess you don't know that the contract hasd been signed. ESPN is fully aware that Boise St. and others are moving on. What I am trying to say is the new schools will benfit from the ESPN contract. The contract with the Sunbelt is through next year and have have to be reaccessed. Lets see if ESPN will sign a long term deal like they did with the WAC. Remember, ESPN made Boise St. what it is today from the exposure. I do what a signed contract means , ESPN is not backing out of the signed deal with the WAC.

[AstroCajun]

_ The WAC signed a new seven year contract with ESPN Networks with increases in the number of games available for ESPN/ESPN2 to select, plus games available for ESPNU. The contract starts with the 2010-11 athletic year and includes increased exposure for other sports
I guess you don't know that the contract hasd been signed. ESPN is fully aware that Boise St. and others are moving on. What I am trying to say is the new schools will benfit from the ESPN contract. The contract with the Sunbelt is through next year and have have to be reaccessed. Lets see if ESPN will sign a long term deal like they did with the WAC. Remember, ESPN made Boise St. what it is today from the exposure. I do what a signed contract means , ESPN is not backing out of the signed deal with the WAC. _

The deal was signed in 2008 and I wouldn't be surprised if ESPN has an out clause in it because it knew that the top half of the conference was too big for the WAC britches.

There's absolutely no way that ESPN will honor the deal once BSU, FSU, Nevada and Hawaii are gone.

[SlappyCajun]

_ The WAC signed a new seven year contract with ESPN Networks with increases in the number of games available for ESPN/ESPN2 to select, plus games available for ESPNU. The contract starts with the 2010-11 athletic year and includes increased exposure for other sports
I guess you don't know that the contract hasd been signed. ESPN is fully aware that Boise St. and others are moving on. What I am trying to say is the new schools will benfit from the ESPN contract. The contract with the Sunbelt is through next year and have have to be reaccessed. Lets see if ESPN will sign a long term deal like they did with the WAC. Remember, ESPN made Boise St. what it is today from the exposure. I do what a signed contract means , ESPN is not backing out of the signed deal with the WAC. _

Is this the contract you are referring to?

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=3569332

The one signed in September of 2008. Here is the deal brother. When those other teams leave. The WAC will technically be in breach of that contract, because they will not be able to provide the same teams to ESPN. Therefore, the contract will simply dissolve. So, no the new teams will not benefit from the contract.

The conference is just a shell for the schools. ESPN signed that contract for the Bosie, Reno, Fresno, Hawaii, etc. Not Utah St. vs. San Jose State. Once the conference dismantles, the TV contract will be no more.

[SlappyCajun]

Or maybe this...

The specific article about ESPN having an "out clause" in case realignment effected the WAC.

http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/po...the-wac-expand

[Cajunpride101]

_ NCAA Men's Football - Conference Rankings (2010-2011)


Rank Conference (Teams) All Non-Conf Index Sos Sos Rk
1 Big 12 12 89-57 (61%) 40-8 (83%) 47.13 45.71 1
2 Southeastern 12 90-56 (62%) 41-7 (85%) 47.10 45.14 2
3 Big Ten 11 78-52 (60%) 35-9 (80%) 45.79 43.65 4
4 Independents 3 22-14 (61%) 19-11 (63%) 45.57 42.25 7
5 Pacific-10 10 66-55 (55%) 21-10 (68%) 43.65 43.70 3
6 Atlantic Coast 12 79-67 (54%) 30-18 (63%) 43.27 43.51 5
7 Big East 8 52-44 (54%) 24-16 (60%) 42.79 42.26 6
8 Western Athletic 9 59-54 (52%) 23-18 (56%) 41.42 41.25 9
9 Mountain West 9 54-56 (49%) 18-20 (47%) 40.47 41.45 8
10 Conference USA 12 69-78 (47%) 20-29 (41%) 38.06 38.77 10

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11 Mid-American 13 69-91 (43%) 16-38 (30%) 35.73 37.55 11
12 Sun Belt 9 41-69 (37%) 5-33 (13%) 32.27 34.80 12

Since 2004, the Sunbelt has been in last place every year. There should be a push to get out and join any other conference. Nothing good can happen staying in the Sunbelt for football. _

Interesting that we are behind the MAC. Two MAC teams lost to FCS opponents i.e. Akron lost to Gardner-Webb in OT, Ball State lost to Liberty.

That might have been offset by a Northern Illinois victory over Minnesota & a Toledo victory over Purdue.

[SlappyCajun]

_ Interesting that we are behind the MAC. Two MAC teams lost to FCS opponents i.e. Akron lost to Gardner-Webb in OT, Ball State lost to Liberty.

That might have been offset by a Northern Illinois victory over Minnesota & a Toledo victory over Purdue. _

I think slowly perception is changing. Troy trouncing Ohio helps. As a league we need to schedule out of conference smarter.

[BayouTeche]

Point of the topic is for Cajuns to get the hell out of the Sunbelt. I do not believe the WAC will ever be rated below the sunbelt. The Sunbelt has been the worst even before teams starting jumping ship and moving around. If WAC ever falls below Sunbelt, it won't be from the Sunbelt improving its status. The Mountain West conference will jump ahead of others anyway so then you are back to square one. Mountain will just replace WAC on the chart. The goal for Sunbelt is too first pass the MAC and hope WAC doesn't fall below them.

[NOCajun]

_ Even with the BCS pay-day, the WAC paid the following amounts to member schools for the 2007-08 fiscal year:
1. Hawaii $4,922,062
2. Boise State $1,672,056
3. Nevada $1,380,377
4. Fresno State $1,308,608
5. San Jose State $971,747
6. Louisiana Tech $855,015
7. Utah State $800,247
8. Idaho $800,247
9. New Mexico St. 432,197 (although they paid $40k x 8 to each school to host the B-ball tourney)

The Western Athletic Conference and ESPN have agreed to a seven-year contract extension that will give the network multi-platform rights through the 2016-17 academic year.

Idaho benfited tremendously from WAC TV revenue. My point being, the new teams joining the WAC will make a whole lot more money and besides the ESPN contract makes it more attractive for the exposure. Bosie ST. benefited big time from this. _

Uh, MCFLY!!!! Not with Boise, Fresno, Nevada, and Hawaii GONE!!!! ESPN will be looking to get out of this contract, sooner rather than later. At the very least, the remaining member schools will be lucky to see a 1/3 of the revenue they've been getting because there won't be a single school that will EVER come close to the BCS again and the Conference will be lucky to have 2 schools even bowl eligible for the foreseeable future.

[MetryCajun]

_ Point of the topic is for Cajuns to get the hell out of the Sunbelt. I do not believe the WAC will ever be rated below the sunbelt. The Sunbelt has been the worst even before teams starting jumping ship and moving around. If WAC ever falls below Sunbelt, it won't be from the Sunbelt improving its status. The Mountain West conference will jump ahead of others anyway so then you are back to square one. Mountain will just replace WAC on the chart. The goal for Sunbelt is too first pass the MAC and hope WAC doesn't fall below them. _

Lets decode this post.
Damn, I am dead wrong again. Why do these poeple keep bringing up hard fact to refute my half-maked assertions. Oh well, let me just change the subject slightly and move on.