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Oct 8, 2024
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Estimated 60 million viewers Thanksgiving Day 1953 BYU vs. Utah was one of the

first national CFB broadcasts on NBC. It was unusual at that time for Utah and BYU to play in November. It was a 1 point loss for BYU, 33-32, closer than most games against Utah in that era. According to the recently published 100 Years of BYU Football or whatever it is titled.

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A Super League is coming. It's only a matter of time

RockyBalboa

Oct 8, 7:51am

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TCuz

Oct 8, 7:56am

“We’re going to have a relegation system, except for these 8 schools. They can never be relegated, no matter what.”

Jimo Dashen

Oct 8, 7:56am

The only way to prevent that is for every other school to not sign on unless EVERY school can be relegated.

byujacob

Oct 8, 8:11am

If history is any guide, the masses will sign on for the scraps.

Oct 8, 1:40pm

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benny1982

Oct 8, 7:57am

I can see a super league being good for the programs that make it in.

rtNelson

Oct 8, 7:58am

With that tier structure I don't know why any team that is at the bottom would

HonestTakes

Oct 8, 8:55am

I think Congress will kill it and I hope they do.

Iman23

Oct 8, 8:06am

They will. Too many alma maters with influence. They'll intervene until...

jrifkin48

Oct 8, 8:23am

They didn’t make a move when the P5 demanded and were given autonomy.

Everyman

Oct 8, 9:46am

If it were about maximizing profit for all schools, this would happen

Oct 8, 8:06am

With revenue sharing about to begin, they realize that much of their money is

thewaterboy

Oct 8, 8:30am

Like what was said in article, the ones who don't want to see change are the

Schrodizzy

Oct 8, 9:40am

SEC commissioner was clear his only job is maximize SEC revenue and dominance

NYC and Japan

Oct 8, 11:30am

This will kill G5 and FCS Programs

coventry94

Oct 8, 12:51pm

The best thing BYU can do for future positioning - bring in eyeballs. Winning

fbguru

Oct 8, 8:24am

....I'm not sure we've ever gotten 4M viewers and Saturday will not be the day

krindorr

Oct 8, 9:38am

Estimated 60 million viewers Thanksgiving Day 1953 BYU vs. Utah was one of the

NYC and Japan

Oct 8, 2:38pm

Yeah, numbers get weird back in the day

krindorr

Oct 8, 3:29pm

Yeah..: breaking 2M when going up against OU/TX RRR, Penn St/USC, Stanford/ND…

BamaCoug

Oct 8, 10:32am

It's more than just the number of eyeballs

slatecoug

Oct 8, 12:02pm

Great. So many better things to do on Saturday than watch minor league football.

YOHONOMOTO

Oct 8, 8:51am

I don't trust SEC/B1G. If they threaten to leave if they don't get their way,

Schrodizzy

Oct 8, 9:38am

The saddest part to me is not playing anyone at all from G5 or FCS

MrSandman

Oct 8, 11:03am

If true, we are peaking at the right time.

SausageKing

Oct 8, 11:05am

not this one. It will be the big 10 and SEC powers All others will be left out

KYU

Oct 8, 11:09am

That's not likely to happen without legislators stepping in to prevent it.

slatecoug

Oct 8, 12:01pm

That’s funny

KYU

Oct 8, 2:52pm

That's not even a good apples to apples comparison.

slatecoug

Oct 8, 11:09pm

There's still so many questions left to be answered.

slatecoug

Oct 8, 12:00pm

It wouldn’t be bad if it was:

Heath Squashwell

Oct 8, 12:29pm

NCAA Football needs a commissioner, not sure about bringing in Private Equity

Projectoor

Oct 8, 1:26pm

If BYU wins the championship this year (very unlikely!) - the superleague would

ryebrye

Oct 8, 2:11pm

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