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BCS leagues expanding - yeah?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Moderator1, Apr 19, 2010.

  1. LanceyHoward

    LanceyHoward Well-Known Member

    The basketball tournaments make about a billion dollars a year and are split between about 360 member schools, though I don't think equally . If the SEC and Big 10 started their own national tournament it would be worth a lot less, but the SEC/Big 10 conference schools could probably make at least as much per school.
     
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  2. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    NCAA Tournament money is doled out in "units" to conferences and is based how far teams advance in the tournament. It was a point of contention for Washington State and Oregon State to get those funds when the other traitors jumped off the Pac-12 ship.
     
  3. Twirling Time

    Twirling Time Well-Known Member

  4. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    Most notable alum - Jerry Lee Lewis - expelled for playing a boogie woogie version of "My God is Real" (allegedly per Wikipedia, no citation). Now they toss students for being gay.

    On the other hand - you can get in with a 2.0 GPA!

    Seen a lot of private small religious liberal arts schools dump the religious parts of their names and go with something more "opaque" - for marketing purposes I guess. Total undergrad enrollment is 1,500 so I'm guessing things aren't going great.
     
  5. maumann

    maumann Well-Known Member

  6. TigerVols

    TigerVols Well-Known Member

    Boy does that bring back memories! Youngsters might think Beyonce's recent foray into country music is an odd pairing; however, I had the great fortune of being involved in the shitshow that was Gunnar and Mathew's initial foray into country music. They started by renting an absolute Antebellum palace off Franklin Road in Brentwood and proceeded to throw some hair-metal-worthy parties that must have made that old gal of a house feel like she was back in 1864 -- they were that loud and destructive.
    That said, the boys were flat-out fantastic to be around -- funny, kind, generous and very very polite.
     
  7. tapintoamerica

    tapintoamerica Well-Known Member

    Whole Lotta Grade Inflation Goin’ On.
     
  8. PCLoadLetter

    PCLoadLetter Well-Known Member

    They were guests on a show I produced probably 15 years ago. I was kind of expecting them to be clowns. They absolutely could not have been any nicer. I was totally impressed.
     
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  9. BitterYoungMatador2

    BitterYoungMatador2 Well-Known Member

    Thirty-four years ago, i thought that this song was cheesy.

    Today, I still think it is but concede it’s catchy AF too.

    “After the Rain” wasn’t bad either.
     
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  10. BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo

    BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo Well-Known Member

    This will surprise no one but I think "After the Rain" is a great fucking album. I loved driving around with that in the tape deck during senior year of high school. Those guys could write songs and harmonize. Of course, the image and hair metal tint ensured their shelf life was that of a fruit fly and I also had zero interest in their super dark super serious follow up "Imaginator," so I'm guilty of not taking them seriously. Don't care, still want After The Rain on CD, bitches!
     
  11. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    I'm sure you were first in line for Extreme's albums too?

    What a simpler time. The music sucked but the politicians weren't batshit crazy.
     
  12. BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo

    BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo Well-Known Member

    Extreme's new album rips and I'll make you listen to it after we fight at Grand Central Station!
     
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