****The Official NEW (new)^3 conference realignment & shit talk thread****

[Pitt Gorilla]

in memory of Saul Good. He will be missed.

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla

Reminds me of these:

Why are you posting a picture of a mock up?

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Not seeing a network covering t he big bevo or the pilgrims anywhere and I have all the sports networks. ..

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by Pasta Giant Meatball

Not seeing a network covering t he big bevo or the pilgrims anywhere and I have all the sports networks. ..

Here you go, enjoy some KU Softball all night long!

http://jayhawks.kuathletics.com/espn/

[Sully]

I'm confused.
The University of Oklahoma suspended a player for the season, today, for assault.

They are simultaneously trying to make sure a player Mizzou released for assault doesn't have to sit out a year after transferring there.

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by Sully

I'm confused.
The University of Oklahoma suspended a player for the season, today, for assault.

They are simultaneously trying to make sure a player Mizzou released for assault doesn't have to sit out a year after transferring there.

DGB wasn't arrested or charged with a crime was he?

I def think it's a bit shady that OU is trying to get DGB eligible but I give them credit for suspending Mixon. Sounds like they aren't going to let him practice or anything so it's not like they're just "redshirting" him.

[WhawhaWhat]

Ohio State QB Braxton Miller is out for the season. https://t.co/ezvNhAkRdU

— Sporting News (@sportingnews) August 19, 2014

[Prison Bitch]

Fascinating realignment news

[WilliamTheIrish]

Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat

Ohio State QB Braxton Miller is out for the season. https://t.co/ezvNhAkRdU

— Sporting News (@sportingnews) August 19, 2014

Thats going to realign the Leaders and jr. Legends divisions.

[WhawhaWhat]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

Fascinating realignment news

Was there a college football thread I missed?

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat

Was there a college football thread I missed?

Ignore him. Ku wasn't wanted in realignment, so I have no idea what he's doing here anyway other than stalking mizzou.

[RustShack]

Originally Posted by Cochise

Wouldn't the "least appreciated player" in America probably be one of the worst?

Umm no. He means a good player that no one talks about.

[KChiefs1]

Another story about the biggest failure in sports history:

www.rantsports.com


SEC Network Launch a Colossal Success

The SEC Network launch is the most successful launch of a cable network in history.

According to Disney CEO Bob Iger and SEC Commissioner Mike Slive, the statement above is absolutely true. Although dollar amounts and ratings numbers have not been released, the media mogul and the leader of the country’s most powerful sports conference are not likely to sugarcoat what the country will know in just a few short days. The date of Aug. 14, 2014 will be bookmarked in conference history.

For the past five days, televisions across the country have been witness to nonstop discussion about the upcoming 2014 season, insider reports from practices all over the south, prognostications and analysis about every SEC football squad. It has been the answer to the prayers of many southerners who would forego any professional sporting event to affix their posteriors in a stadium seat on a Saturday afternoon. The fans’ fixation on college football is being appeased on levels that will keep them glued to the SEC Network all year.

It has been a week of nostalgia. Replays of past glories have whet the appetite of lifelong SEC loyalists as well as young fans wanting a glimpse of what the league was like prior to the BCS days. Images of Herschel Walker and Bo Jackson decimating defenses or Alabama holding strong on the goal line against Penn State in 1979 brought a sense of pride to many who had forgotten what those gameslooked and felt like.

It has also been a week of newness. Announcers have been introduced and they will be the lifeblood of the program for the next four months. Personalities like Paul Finebaum, Tony Barnhart, Jesse Palmer, Tim Tebow and Brent Musberger will draw even more viewers when the season kicks off on Aug. 28. Nobody knows how the coverage will be, but with this lineup, it is hard to imagine anything less than superb.

The south’s greatest tradition, other than sweet tea, is now on display for the world to see. Many fans of other conferences are probably sick of it already, but the successful launch of the network will line all of the right pockets and ensure the network’s existence for years to come.

Brad Stephens is an SEC Football writer. Feel free to follow on Twitter @bradstephens320 or add to your Google network.

[KChiefs1]

Originally Posted by Bambi

Finebaums fair. He calls people out when they aren't at the top if their game including mike Francesca and the Jamies Winston case.

Another Finebaum story for Bambi.

www.redcuprebellion.com


Ole Misc.: I read a Book by Paul Finebaum, and was Rather Entertained by it


It's the offseason, which means we're reading about football as opposed to, you know, watching it.

To get myself excited for the SEC football season, I thought I'd read something very stereotypically - almost annoyingly stereogypically - SEC. I got my hands on a copy of Paul Finebaum's "My Conference Can Beat Up Your Conference," a several-hundred page fluff piece of the Southeastern Conference written by a man who is both simultaneously the pride and ire of the conference's media image, Paul Finebaum.

Written with the jabbing sense of humor you'd come to expect from listening to his show, the book is an autobiography of sorts, chronicling Finebaum's becoming a sports journalist and radio host, eventually becoming one of the more recognizable names in Southern sports media after toiling through miserable work at a handful of now-defunct regional newspapers. It also details his transformation from an avid baseball fan - one who grew up in SEC-country but didn't care much for SEC football - to perhaps the league's most ardent and public champions.

It also details his experiences covering the conference as a part of ESPN's College Gameday and, eventually, the SEC Network as a part of last season. Given that last season culminated in a Florida State BCS title - over Auburn, no less - to end the conference's unprecedented streak of national titles, the book comes off as a response piece of sorts. Maybe it should be titled "My Conference Can STILL Beat Up Your Conference," but either way his point is well made. Florida State might have hoisted the crystal football last year, but Jimbo Fisher used the SEC formula to get there, and that one game doesn't invalidate the facts that the SEC recruits the best players, puts the most players in the NFL, earns the most revenue, has a gigantic media footprint, and has established itself as an international brad of college football excellence.

Nobody can say the same. So Paul Finebaum, while annoying to many as being too pro-SEC/Alabama/Auburn/whomeveryoudislike, isn't exactly wrong at all. The SEC is the best conference in college football, and he's not at all shy about that.

Other Links:

Pick Six Previews has Ole Miss finishing second in the SEC West this year. I'm sure that'll upset a lot of people.

ESPN.com's Edward Aschoff has two stories you'd probably be interested in. The first is a look at the Rebels' super sophomores, and what they'll mean to this program. The second is a more in-depth look at one of those sophomores, Robert Nkemdiche. Nkemdiche, it seems, is a bit of a character in his own right. He's particularly interested in skateboarding, which is cool and all, but I don't want our star defensive tackle missing an SEC contest or two because he sprained an ankle trying to pull off a sick ollie (bro) at the Oxford skate park.

Ole Miss gets just over $2M from Nike as an equipment allowance. Why does that seem low to me?

And, Finally, Some Video:

Fins up, y'all. We're less than two weeks away from actual Ole Miss Rebel football. Get excited.

[KChiefs1]

http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/201...rel-contracts/

Ever wonder how much footwear giants pay SEC schools to wear their apparel?

BizJournals.com did a feature on Nike, Adidas and Under Armour and how much they pay every school, and you can read about the study here.

RELATED: SEC football uniforms by these apparel companies

You can also view specific details of each school in the details link column below, and if the schools aren’t included, the university likely didn’t respond to the request.

Nike, Adidas and Under Armour will pour more than $250 million into athletic departments this year. Michigan has the largest account in the database with Adidas, which pays the university $4.4 million and another $3.8 million in cash annually.

As you can see below, LSU gets the most from the apparel allowance with $3.1 million with Nike, while Auburn gets the most cash from Under Armour at $1.75 million.

Arkansas, Mississippi State, Tennessee or Vanderbilt weren’t included in the database.

University Company Equipment & apparel allowance Cash Details link
LSU Nike $3,100,000 $1,000,000 View Details
Alabama Nike $2,690,000 $780,000 View Details
Auburn Under Armour $2,500,000 $1,750,000 View Details
Texas A&M Adidas $2,300,000 $1,417,249 View Details
Missouri Nike $2,200,000 $150,000 View Details
Florida Nike $2,085,600 View Details
Ole Miss Nike $2,050,000 View Details
USC Under Armour $2,050,000 $1,050,000 View Details
Georgia Nike $1,770,000 $600,000 View Details
Kentucky Nike $1,600,000 $1,800,000 View Details

[Prison Bitch]

Thank you for posting that article from January.


Unfortunately, it was already discussed back then because Kansas has the 2nd or 3rd biggest apparel deal in the country, twice the amount Alabama gets and (like always) far outpacing Mizzery. #moneyDoesn'tMatter