Texas Longhorns (big hat, no cattle; please don’t Horns Down us)

[Muck]

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Yes, yes... don't disagree, [/quote]

 

[CHU]

I somehow keep thinking that ESPN will eventually try to acquire that 51 percent of the Big Ten Network that FOX currently owns. I think the deal was for 10 or 15 years that started in 2007 (between FOX, the Big Ten and the Big Ten Network).

The negotiations between the Big Ten and ESPN in a few years is going to be interesting, considering the money ESPN threw at the SEC and Texas.

Also considering Delany has the BTN, the most alumni, the most viewers nationally and the most television sets in the conference footprint as leverage.

The reports said the Longhorn Network was in Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma. Good luck to non-UT fans and hope they don't have to pay for something they don't want.

 

[AKAK]

I somehow keep thinking that ESPN will eventually try to acquire that 51 percent of the Big Ten Network that FOX currently owns.

Because it's actually 49%.... and that would make the B10, ESpins boss for that property.

Something, hell, freeze... etc.

 

[CHU]

Because it's actually 49%.... and that would make the B10, ESpins boss for that property.

Something, hell, freeze... etc.

Oh gosh, please say that happens then.

"Herbie, step into my office" - The Hitchhiker, Something About Mary

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

I somehow keep thinking that ESPN will eventually try to acquire that 51 percent of the Big Ten Network that FOX currently owns. I think the deal was for 10 or 15 years that started in 2007 (between FOX, the Big Ten and the Big Ten Network).

The negotiations between the Big Ten and ESPN in a few years is going to be interesting, considering the money ESPN threw at the SEC and Texas.

Also considering Delany has the BTN, the most alumni, the most viewers nationally and the most television sets in the conference footprint as leverage.

The reports said the Longhorn Network was in Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma. Good luck to non-UT fans and hope they don't have to pay for something they don't want.

The Big Ten owns 51% and Fox owns 49. I'm pretty sure that there would be some form of right of first refusal written into the bylaws should Fox choose to sell.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Think they will update their uniforms to reflect their sponser (like the MLS)?

 

[Muck]

That's some damn fine professional photoshoppin' there Script.

 

[CHU]

Think they will update their uniforms to reflect their sponser (like the MLS)?

No number on the front with football (soccer) jerseys. Just the sponsor (so a big ESPN).

College Football Talk brought up a good point about the network keeping quiet on certain things if it were to defame Texas (to an extent). ESPN has or does do it with LeBron's personal life (in regards to multiple situations).

They pretty much do it right now with the SEC and oversigning.

 

[MightbeaBuck]

How can the major news organization for NCAA sports agree to support a team? It was bad enough when they got behind the SEC

Doesn't anyone see this as a conflict of interest? I mean, how can they support both the SEC and Texas? During ESPNews, will they alternate stories between the two? and how will they decide which will be the lead story? a coin toss? This world is just completely out of whack right now!

...and of course it happens when the world needs whack more than ever.

 

[y0yoyoin]

http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsport...officially-on-like-donkey-kong-with-oklahoma/

TV arms race officially on like Donkey Kong between Texas, Oklahoma

Posted by Ben Kercheval on January 20, 2011, 9:00 AM EST

Yesterday, it was officially announced that the University of Texas had inked a $300 million deal with ESPN to officially kick start the Longhorn Network, or as it?s known around here, ?Lewis Black?s theory on greed in America coming to fruition?.
Not to be out-done by their Red River Rivals, The Tulsa World is reporting that the University of Oklahoma is in the works of creating their own television channel as well. OU senior associate athletic director Kenny Mossman said that the channel is projected to be up and broadcasting sometime this year.
In fact, you could say Mossman wants to finalize the deal Sooner, rather than later. *winkwink* *nudgenudge*
?I wish I could tell you exactly when,? Mossman said. ?But we?ve worked on it long enough and have enough of an idea of what our model will resemble that we feel confident we?ll be launching something in the not-too-distant future.?
Mossman also mentioned that OU?s channel will likely differ from Texas?. Whereas the Longhorn Network is independently run and provides all the content, Oklahoma is looking to partner with an existing network to distribute its programming.
Learfield Sports, OU?s multimedia rights holder, has reportedly reached out to FOX Sports Net, Cox Cable and ESPN for coverage. But with many Big 12 games already being shown on Fox Sports Southwest, as well as Bob Stoops? coach?s show, FSN and Cox Cable could be seen as serious front runners for the content and distribution.
OU?s channel will also feature original programming such as Olympic sporting events, coaches? shows and potentially men?s and women?s basketball games.
Amazingly ? like its burnt orange counterpart ? the channel would only broadcast a football game or two each year so as to not conflict with the Big 12′s TV contracts with ESPN and FOX.
But no matter how many football games are initially shown, the network trend is gaining momentum. Universities and major college programs are creating ? or at the very lease exploring ? their own network or channel. It?s a business move that not every program has the means to make. The gap between the ?big boys? of college football and everyone else is widening.
It is truly an arms race that goes as deep as the pockets of those who participate.

 

[Muck]

The Longhorn Network Programming Schedule

Midnight Replay of the 2006 Rose Bowl

2:00 The Most Interesting Man in the World: Mack Brown

2:30 This is Oklahoma Football: The John Blake Era!

3:00 Our Greatest American Heroes: Mario Edwards, defensive end, Denton Ryan High School

3:30 Mad Money: Have we mentioned how dang rich we are?

4:00 Who Stole Vince Young?s Heisman? Live Interview with Lloyd Lake

4:30 Remember the Alamo: Panel discussion on remembering the Alamo

5:00 Walker, Texas Ranger: Chuck Norris wears Mack Brown pajamas

5:30 Bevo: Our mascot will kick your mascot?s ass

6:00 Bored to Death: Lubbock

6:30 Our Greatest American Heroes: Cayleb Jones, wide receiver, Austin High School

7:00 Around the Longhorn: Panel of ESPN journalists discuss how Texas has the world?s greatest football program. The least enthusiastic gets fired

7:30 Did you know Colt McCoy and Jordan Shipley were roommates? (Hosted by Brent Musburger)

8:00 Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? Live from College Station

8:30 Football?s Greatest Minds: 5. Parcells 4. Belichick 3. Walsh 2. Lombardi 1. Mack Brown

9:00 Replay of the 2006 Rose Bowl

11:00 Fair and Balanced: ESPN Investigative Journalism

11:01 Our Greatest American Heroes: Trey Williams, running back, Spring Dekaney High School

11:30 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels: Bob Stoops, Gary Patterson, T. Boone Pickens, Jack Mildren

Noon Jersey Shore: Galveston: Sammi screams at Ronnie behind the oil refinery

12:30 The Complete Anthology of the last 20 Red River Shootouts (1991-92, 1994, 1997-1999, 2005-06, 2008-09 games only)

1:00 This is Your Life Tom Osborne: 2006 Nebraska Governor?s Race

1:30 Don?t Mess With Texas: Panel discussion on why you don?t mess with Texas

1:45 Leaders and Legends: You need an entire conference to have a network? How quaint

2:00 The Rick Barnes Show

2:01 The Mack Brown Show

4:00 Replay of the 2006 Rose Bowl

6:00 Our Greatest American Heroes: Jonathan Gray, running back, Aledo High School

6:30 Unsolved Mysteries: Wait, we let Cam Newton get out of Texas?

6:45 The Longhorn Network?s Sexiest Man Alive: Mack Brown

7:00 Today in Texas Women?s Sports

7:01 Today in Texas Football Recruiting

8:00 Last Comic Standing: Aggie Jokes

8:30 Weather Center: Do you realize how dang cold it gets in Norman?

9:00 Our Greatest American Heroes: Thomas Johnson, wide receiver, Dallas Skyline High School

9:30 Mad Men: I?m a Man! I?m 40! And other possibly mentally unstable people from Oklahoma

10:00 Mad Money II: Have we mentioned how much dang money this network is making us?

10:30 Can you believe the NCAA is going to allow us to show high school football games? Panel discussion on how great it is the NCAA is going to allow us to show high school football games.

11:00 The UT Cheerleaders: Mississippi State ain?t got nothin? on us

11:30 Replay of the 2006 Rose Bowl

 

[Cincinnatibuck]

I wonder if those 1 minutes shows will have commercials.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Sooner is deluding itself if it thinks it can match the bevovision deal. Let's see

Texas: Houston, DFW, San Antonio, Austin

Oklahoma: Oklahoma City

University of Texas: Nationally spread out alumni base
OU: Not so much

 

[jlb1705]

Michael Rosenberg of SI.com takes a closer look at the Bevovision deal.

Apparently part of the plan is for this new network to show HS sports. We all know where this is headed...

University of Texas' TV network is a lucrative web of conflicts

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...nberg/01/20/texas.tv/index.html#ixzz1CChOdRrM

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...Well, OF COURSE Texas will try to get the best high school games, featuring the best recruits, on its television network. That is what viewers want, and it's what benefits UT. Don't you think Texas will get a recruiting advantage by putting certain high school games on its network? Will high school coaches steer kids to Texas in the hopes of getting their games on TV?

This is shady territory, and I'm sure ESPN will launch a thorough investigation after it goes into its business partnership with the University of Texas. Will the NCAA have the guts to put a stop to this? Will new NCAA president Mark Emmert say "Hey, you guys can have your own network, but we have a church-and-state separation between college and high school sports, and you can't cross that line"?

Hey! Stop laughing!

As with so much of the NCAA, when money is at stake, everything else becomes irrelevant. So there is an excellent chance that, come September, the University of Texas will be promoting and televising games featuring its star recruits, with UT-approved announcers interviewing those star recruits and telling listeners how wonderful they are.

Also, kinda funny from the same article:

(Side note: If you go to www.longhornnetwork.com, you get ... a website that sells "Exception Wyoming Warpaint Future Herd Sires," which surprised me, because Wyoming is not even prime recruiting territory. Apparently that site is for longhorn cattle, not Longhorn players. On longhornnetwork.com, you can also get "Semen from Bueno Chex." I don't know who this Bueno Chex fellow is, but I look forward to finding out on Deadspin.)

 

[spit and tears]

What went wrong in 2010

Beginning with Colt McCoy's injury against 'Bama and pretty much continuing throughout the year, it felt like the football gods were taking one long dump on us Longhorn fans.

This is pretty interesting read on everything that went wrong, with a lot of insight as to why. (Hint: a lot of issues boil down to someone whose name rhymes with "Back Frown.") And given all the HS juniors on campus for Texas' junior day for 2012 recruits, the timing of the article is JUST PEACHY:

http://www.statesman.com/sports/longhorns/what-went-wrong-a-case-study-of-texas-1250376.html

This really only confirms a lot of the rumors that were appearing on Longhorn interwebs (notably http://recruitocosm.fantake.com), but still kinda amazing in a "hey that is one hell of a car wreck" kind of way.

Better hope this doesn't happen to you, Buckeye fans!