Forever Saturday

Episode 22: B1G Decisions and Bo Rants

Episode Summary

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.

Episode Notes

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