(08-26-2022 06:49 AM)dgrace4cards Wrote:  Yeah, that was an interesting/entertaining pod given the times we're in for sure. They spent a good bit of time unpacking why/why not ESPN and B10 are not together anymore, also spent a good bit of time how they're going to wrap their arms around the SEC even more with time slots, especially primetime spots. With the ACC, I heard looking into different ways to expose revenue, but not necessarily adding more investment $ to the conference just yet....More about trying to lift up the ACCN and then also monitoring the division-less format in games scheduling, and what kind of ratings they pull in...I suspect those 2 areas will be the main focus next 2-3 years before adding $ to the conference. In the meantime they're going to really pour themselves into the SEC more, also get B12 and Pac deals done first.

Hopefully with the division-less set up they give us some favorable time slots to try to get maximum ratings...and not just try to hype the ACC premiere games as noon on ESPN and 3:30/7pm on the other family of channels. We do have to do our part and win the OOC games...thats on us the next few years as a conference...and frankly we need to cheer each other on and show it as fans....thats part of the participation tv is looking for...If FSU beats LSU, conference wide cheerleading should commence.

Also with basketball they may look to make sure all of tv ratings drivers play each other 2x...We're kind of 1 foot/1 foot out with that right now with scheduling. He mentioned Duke, UNC, Cuse, Ville as schools to headline as many times as possible.

Mentioned that non rev sports do well too, I think we may see some more experimentation with getting non rev sports in more ideal time slots/channels to see if they get ratings.

I just didn't hear an urgency to sit down and redo the deal or touch the GOR yet.

Also, UL and WVU certainly developed into a good rivalry those few years together, and my 2 cents, UC/UL in basketball had a decent rivalry, but it wasn't anything like UL/Memphis State

Those Denny Crum / Dana Kirk games were a war. I was worried players, fans and anyone else in the Mid-South Coliseum or Freedom Hall wasn’t going to survive.

Now that was a rivalry. In over 40 years I’ve never seen anything like it.
Even our dance teams competed.

Those Louisville/Memphis games were great and will be great again...

(09-02-2022 06:35 PM)tigerscane Wrote:  Those Louisville/Memphis games were great and will be great again...

Memphis is the kind of dual-threat school (football + basketball) that seems to thrive in the ACC.

(09-02-2022 07:05 PM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  

(09-02-2022 06:35 PM)tigerscane Wrote:  Those Louisville/Memphis games were great and will be great again...

Memphis is the kind of dual-threat school (football + basketball) that seems to thrive in the ACC.

A Memphis story:

A woman in my Sunday school class has 4 sons. Her husband went to Duke.
2 of her sons went to Duke. One played football, one played baseball.
1 of her sons went to Carolina ( played football, NFL 16 years)
1 son went to Memphis State and played basketball, he is now an attorney in Memphis.
As a freshman not one single player in the three classes in front of him graduated, when he became a senior not one single player in the three classes behind him graduated. He was the only basketball player in a 7 year span that graduated. Not ACC material.

(09-02-2022 09:29 PM)XLance Wrote:  

(09-02-2022 07:05 PM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  

(09-02-2022 06:35 PM)tigerscane Wrote:  Those Louisville/Memphis games were great and will be great again...

Memphis is the kind of dual-threat school (football + basketball) that seems to thrive in the ACC.

A Memphis story:

A woman in my Sunday school class has 4 sons. Her husband went to Duke.
2 of her sons went to Duke. One played football, one played baseball.
1 of her sons went to Carolina ( played football, NFL 16 years)
1 son went to Memphis State and played basketball, he is now an attorney in Memphis.
As a freshman not one single player in the three classes in front of him graduated, when he became a senior not one single player in the three classes behind him graduated. He was the only basketball player in a 7 year span that graduated. Not ACC material.

Nice story but no context. Was this 30 or 40 years ago, or in the last decade?

Would Memphis be ACC material if they offered African-American Studies?

(09-02-2022 10:25 PM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  

(09-02-2022 09:29 PM)XLance Wrote:  

(09-02-2022 07:05 PM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  

(09-02-2022 06:35 PM)tigerscane Wrote:  Those Louisville/Memphis games were great and will be great again...

Memphis is the kind of dual-threat school (football + basketball) that seems to thrive in the ACC.

A Memphis story:

A woman in my Sunday school class has 4 sons. Her husband went to Duke.
2 of her sons went to Duke. One played football, one played baseball.
1 of her sons went to Carolina ( played football, NFL 16 years)
1 son went to Memphis State and played basketball, he is now an attorney in Memphis.
As a freshman not one single player in the three classes in front of him graduated, when he became a senior not one single player in the three classes behind him graduated. He was the only basketball player in a 7 year span that graduated. Not ACC material.

Nice story but no context. Was this 30 or 40 years ago, or in the last decade?

Would Memphis be ACC material if they offered African-American Studies?

I don’t care too much about the academics, but the B12 picked Cincy, Houston, and UCF over Memphis. Why should the ACC take Memphis?

(09-02-2022 09:29 PM)XLance Wrote:  A Memphis story:
....
1 son went to Memphis State and played basketball, he is now an attorney in Memphis.
....

(09-02-2022 10:25 PM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  Nice story but no context. Was this 30 or 40 years ago, or in the last decade?
....

The school hasn't been 'Memphis State' since 1994.

(09-02-2022 09:29 PM)XLance Wrote:  

(09-02-2022 07:05 PM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  

(09-02-2022 06:35 PM)tigerscane Wrote:  Those Louisville/Memphis games were great and will be great again...

Memphis is the kind of dual-threat school (football + basketball) that seems to thrive in the ACC.

A Memphis story:

A woman in my Sunday school class has 4 sons. Her husband went to Duke.
2 of her sons went to Duke. One played football, one played baseball.
1 of her sons went to Carolina ( played football, NFL 16 years)
1 son went to Memphis State and played basketball, he is now an attorney in Memphis.
As a freshman not one single player in the three classes in front of him graduated, when he became a senior not one single player in the three classes behind him graduated. He was the only basketball player in a 7 year span that graduated. Not ACC material.

You could say the same thing about Kentucky. They don’t graduate many. Most UK basketball players leave early for the NBA draft. They usually don’t finish the first year.

(09-03-2022 06:58 PM)CardinalJim Wrote:  

(09-02-2022 09:29 PM)XLance Wrote:  

(09-02-2022 07:05 PM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  

(09-02-2022 06:35 PM)tigerscane Wrote:  Those Louisville/Memphis games were great and will be great again...

Memphis is the kind of dual-threat school (football + basketball) that seems to thrive in the ACC.

A Memphis story:

A woman in my Sunday school class has 4 sons. Her husband went to Duke.
2 of her sons went to Duke. One played football, one played baseball.
1 of her sons went to Carolina ( played football, NFL 16 years)
1 son went to Memphis State and played basketball, he is now an attorney in Memphis.
As a freshman not one single player in the three classes in front of him graduated, when he became a senior not one single player in the three classes behind him graduated. He was the only basketball player in a 7 year span that graduated. Not ACC material.

You could say the same thing about Kentucky. They don’t graduate many. Most UK basketball players leave early for the NBA draft. They usually don’t finish the first year.

I think he is referring to the overall academic profile of Memphis while telling a funny aside. Memphis is like Radford, UNC-G, UNC-Charlotte, or Georgia State.