UAB to the MVC?

[TheAsianSensation]

That damn TV deal is the biggest thing holding the MVC back right now. Then again, how many people actually watched AAC games on CBSSports last year? Does someone have those numbers?

My understanding is that there are no ratings for CBS Sports Network because CBS doesn't pay for them. If it's anything like FOX Sports 1 or NBCSN, it is terribad.

The CBS network is to FS1 and NBCSN what FS1 and NBCSN are to ESPN. They're not even trying to compete and seem happy to use the channel as a backup for sports programming that won't fit on CBS proper.

[Aargh]

If the Sun Belt is charging $2 mill to join, we're stuck with MSU forever.

[MSUDuo]

If the Sun Belt is charging $2 mill to join, we're stuck with MSU forever.

Bazinga!

[squirrel]

That damn TV deal is the biggest thing holding the MVC back right now. Then again, how many people actually watched AAC games on CBSSports last year? Does someone have those numbers?

My understanding is that there are no ratings for CBS Sports Network because CBS doesn't pay for them. If it's anything like FOX Sports 1 or NBCSN, it is terribad.

The CBS network is to FS1 and NBCSN what FS1 and NBCSN are to ESPN. They're not even trying to compete and seem happy to use the channel as a backup for sports programming that won't fit on CBS proper.

Which is odd, since CBS was the first direct competitor to ESPN when they acquired and rebranded CSTV, although they did go solely with the college niche before the NCAA realized that the could get reliable streaming from most of its membership. At least FS1 and NBCSN have platforms and programming now, so they are well-positioned to grow rapidly in the next few years.

[isumvc1]

we'll know Monday

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2015 ... _index.ssf

[RoyalShock]

Alan Collins ‏@fox6alancollins · 28s29 seconds ago  Birmingham, AL
BREAKING source says Watts prepared to file notice with NCAA football coming back.

[unipanther99]

Well, it was a nice discussion while it lasted.

[lime]

any dreams that might have still lingered about MSU and the Sun Belt are dead, they picked Coastal Carolina (over Eastern Kentucky, FWIW)

[Cdizzle]

any dreams that might have still lingered about MSU and the Sun Belt are dead, they picked Coastal Carolina (over Eastern Kentucky, FWIW)

I assume there will be a tremendous bonfire visible from my porch in Kansas, as they burn all those sealed envelopes in Springfield.

[MSUDuo]

any dreams that might have still lingered about MSU and the Sun Belt are dead, they picked Coastal Carolina (over Eastern Kentucky, FWIW)

Hardly. Idaho and NMSU are still in the Sun Belt and the Belt has made no bones about it that they would like to get teams closer than those two. I have no doubt that if MSU wanted and was ready to go, they would replace Idaho