Episode 22: B1G Decisions and Bo Rants

In a grab-bag/mailbag episode, Serena and Matt discuss the Big Ten's likely move to a division-less structure, assess the options for TV partners (what would it mean to cut off ESPN? what about some streaming-only games?), briefly touch on Michigan's kind-of-fake budget, and share their thoughts on what Michigan should do about Bo and the continued embarrassing remarks from within the athletic department.

• Matt and Serena pat themselves on the back for being generally right about how it appears the Big Ten is going to handle re-alignment 
  • No word on the Championship Game structure yet 
• What's the Big Ten going to do with the TV contract? 
  • Would you lock the conference in for decades right now? Probably not
  • CBS might be desperate to retain college football now that it lost the SEC, if it outbids ESPN, do you close the door on ESPN entirely? 
    • Does that hurt you for the CFP?
    • Do you lose out a lot on highlights, College Gameday appearances, etc.? 
• The Michigan Athletic Department's budget is fake, because all athletic department budgets are fake 
• Warde Manuel's recent comments about Bo: yikes 
  • Take down the statute and re-name the hall (obviously) 
  • If we won't get rid of all the Bo stans, the least they can do is shut up and stop valorizing the guy 
  • How do we work through our continued support of Michigan and Michigan athletics? 
  • Michigan is so much more to us than football or athletics 
  • Now more than ever we can support the players directly, so withdrawing our support mostly harms innocent people 
    • Is that maybe rationalization? Sure, but it's probably still true