Saturday, December 31, 2022

FSU Transfer/Portal success with ALL ACC Transfers

 


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Bowl Game win % All time (pre 2022) & Other Bowl factoids

 






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FSU Golf Course rated #15 in state

 


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Saturday, December 17, 2022

FSU Breaks Ground on new Football Only Facilty

 


Quick look at FSU’s football only facility


Florida State Football operations building described by Architect and Contractor


Florida State to break ground today on new standalone football facility -- including all videos

There will remain one 100 yard outdoor field and 100 yard indoor field (IPF). The second 100 yard outdoor field will be cut down to 50+, think I heard 60, to accommodate the new facility. They never use the full 200 yards of outdoor field anyway, so space will not be lost from a utilization perspective. There will also be a new turf area inside the new football facility for walkthroughs.



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Friday, December 16, 2022

ACC Football RX research: ACC CG TV Trend, 2012 - 2022

 

ACC CG TV Trend, 2012 - 2022

The ACC CG had the lowest TV ratings of the five P5 Conference Championships. Is that indicative of a trend, or is something else at work? To find out, let's analyze some historical data...

Here are the viewership numbers for the last 11 ACC Championship Games:

YearWinnerLoserNat'l
Stakes?		Viewers(M)
2012#13 Florida StGa Tech*No1.97====
2013#1 Florida St#20 DukeYes5.7============
2014#2 Florida St#12 Ga TechYes10.1====================
2015#1 Clemson#8 N CarolinaYes7.9================
2016#3 Clemson#19 Va TechYes5.34==========
2017#1 Clemson#7 MiamiYes5.43===========
2018#2 ClemsonPittYes4.24========
2019#3 Clemson#22 VirginiaYes3.97========
2020#3 Clemson#2 Notre DameYes11.65=======================
2021#15 Pitt#16 Wake ForestNo2.66=====
2022#9 Clemson#23 N CarolinaNo3.47=======

From this, I think we see two things at work:

1. When there are national championship stakes, the ACC CG gets higher TV ratings. This bodes well for the new 12-team playoff, where the top 6 conference champs get auto-bids (and the top 4 get first round byes). I think we can assume that the ACC will be in that mix more often than not.

2. From 2016 to 2019, the ACC was fairly dominated by Clemson - and there was a downward trend during that time period. Call it "Tiger fatigue" if it needs a name.

One more thing, and it's in the theory stage at the moment: Florida State draws more viewers than Clemson. All things being equal, the ACC gets better ratings when FSU is in the CCG. I have a hunch we'll be able to test that theory next season.

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The ACC is making more money than ever. So why is the league's future so uncertain?

 

The ACC is making more money than ever. So why is the league's future so uncertain?


A WRAL News analysis of two decades of tax records from the top five NCAA athletic conferences reveals a revenue gap that is likely to grow significantly and could ultimately threaten the future of the North Carolina-based Atlantic Coast Conference.

The financial and power chasm between the top two conferences and everyone else poses big questions and foretells big changes for college athletes, fans and academic institutions.

“If you think about what these distributions were, five or 10 or 20 years ago, the idea that we need more is mind boggling at this point,” Wake Forest athletic director John Currie told WRAL News.


What is the revenue gap?

Over two decades, the ACC has seen its revenues soar as television rights have increased exponentially, not only directly for the conference-held rights to regular-season games but for postseason games in football and men’s basketball.

The ACC brought in about $84 million in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, distributing almost $8 million to each of its then-nine league members. Twenty years later, the league reported making $578.3 million in revenue during the 2020-21 fiscal year and distributed an average of $36.1 million to its 15 members, which included Notre Dame as a full member during the pandemic football season of 2020.

Two of its competitors, however, have grown even quicker.

The Southeastern Conference, with football powerhouses such as Alabama, Georgia and Florida, generated $833.3 million and distributed an average of $54.6 million to its 14 members in the 2020-21 fiscal year, the last year for which financial data is available.

The Big Ten, with football stalwarts Ohio State and Michigan and huge numbers of alumni from large Midwestern state schools, generated $679.8 million and distributed an average of $48.7 million to its 14 members in the 2020-21 fiscal year, even as the conference played an abbreviated football schedule.
The differences in those annual payouts, starting small and growing larger each year, is the revenue gap. About 37% of athletic department revenue across the FBS comes from conference distributions. The ACC is at 36%, but the Big Ten is at 50% and the SEC is at 61%, according to 2021 data from the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics. Donor contributions make up 28% of ACC athletic department revenue.

The money is seen as critical for long-term financial health of the conferences, a key to stabilizing membership and keeping the most successful schools in the league. As the gap widens, at a minimum, it could mean better facilities, more recruiting muscle and more national exposure for the universities across their athletics programs. At a maximum, it could create a class of schools with huge influence over the future of college athletics.

And the chasm is only going to get bigger due to changes in membership: the SEC is adding powers Oklahoma and Texas from the Big 12 by 2025, and the Big Ten is expanding to California with the additions of USC and UCLA by 2024. Each league will have 16 members and, in the Big Ten’s case, television rights deals that could exceed $1 billion annually.
The moves, particularly the Los Angeles schools’ departure for the Big Ten announced this summer, set off a flurry of speculation about further consolidation involving marquee ACC teams and pushed the league’s revenue gap to the forefront.

“It’s economically impossible to address it,” said Karl Benson, who served as commissioner of the Mid-American, Western Athletic and Sun Belt conferences between 1990 and 2019. “When conferences don’t meet membership expectations, you get movement. What causes USC or UCLA or what causes Texas and Oklahoma to leave? When they recognize it ain’t going to get any better.”

The ACC is locked into its current rights agreement with ESPN until 2036 and, barring an unlikely move from Notre Dame to join the league in football, it lacks a clear addition to significantly alter its position.

It’s left the ACC member schools to ponder: Will it get any better?

There are 32 NCAA Division I conferences. Ten of them compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision, the top football level. Five of the conferences have the autonomy to set some of their own rules. The ACC is No. 3 in terms of revenue. That could be a badge of honor. But as the Power 5 becomes a Super 2, is No. 3 good enough?
“When you think about where we're at right now, we're probably in the gated community as one of five,” ACC commissioner Jim Phillips said during his address at the league’s annual football kickoff event in Charlotte last month. The league’s current position in the changing landscape of college football was the dominant theme of the event. “Maybe people have a different line of demarcation about who is in there. It really doesn't take away from: We're going to continue to try to find new ways to generate revenue for our conference.”


How did we get here?

In the fiscal year ending in 2002, the first year for which tax documents are easily accessible for all five power leagues, the conferences were living in the same neighborhood. At the high end, the ACC distributed an average of $9.7 million to its nine members. At the low end, the Big 12’s 12 member schools received an average of $5.7 million from the conference. The SEC paid out $8.4 million to its members; the Big Ten $8.8 million.

The ACC led the way in average payouts, in part because it was the smallest league, for the first half of the 2000s. The league distributed slightly more revenue to its member schools than the SEC throughout the 2000s. In 2005-06, the ACC, SEC and Big Ten were relatively equal in terms of revenue and distribution.

Then television turned on the spigots.
In a time of hundreds of channels, cord-cutting and, now, streaming services, live sporting events—football especially—still draw American eyeballs. Of the top 40 most-watched primetime shows in 2021, 37 were sporting events and one was a show that aired after the Super Bowl.

The Big Ten increased its total revenue from $126 million in 2005-06 to $217 million two years later in 2007-08. That was the first year of the Big Ten Network, which the league created with Fox. The Big Ten does not include a breakdown of its revenue sources, including television, on its 990 form.
The SEC would make a big jump in 2009-10, moving from $148 million to $244 million, largely on the strength of its television contract which jumped from $60 million to $153 million. In 2008, the SEC—in the midst of seven consecutive national titles in football—signed a 15-year, $2.25 billion deal with ESPN to begin in 2009. In 2014, they expanded it 20 more years and created the SEC Network, which led to another dramatic jump in revenue. In 2020, the entities agreed to a 10-year, $3 billion deal for additional content beginning in 2024.

“At the end of the day, it comes down to ratings and viewership,” said Tag Garson, senior vice president of properties at Wasserman and former programming director at ABC Sports and ESPN.

The ACC, even with its large East Coast markets, has been playing catch up with the Super 2 ever since.

Benson credited former SEC commissioners Roy Kramer and Mike Slive and former Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany with being “on the cutting edge of turning their conference into revenue producers.”

Said Garson: “You also have to win. They have programs that have been very successful and raised the awareness of college football beyond where it was. The interest level and the consistency they’ve had and the big games that take place between the schools in the conference are ones people are waiting for every year. Success has also helped. But I think they were also thinking ahead as to what could make a difference for their conferences.”

Under Kramer, the SEC expanded to 12 teams in the early 1990s to take advantage of an NCAA rule allowing leagues of 12 or more to hold conference championship games in football. That game alone was worth nearly $15 million in revenue in 2007 up from less than $7 million in 2000, according to tax documents. The league stopped reporting “football championship game” revenue separately in subsequent years.

The Big Ten generated $4.7 million in operating revenue in 2001. That number steadily grew to a high of $37.4 million in 2019-20, according to the tax documents.

“Conference offices went from being service organizations to being business enterprises,” Benson said. “It didn’t just happen with the big boys. Every membership was expecting them to generate new money, and every conference office, down to the [Ivy League schools], had marketing departments and sponsorship attempts and development people. It changed the entire face of what the role of conferences and, thus, the role of the commissioner was.”
The ACC hasn’t stood still. It grabbed Florida State 30 years ago and, for a time, the Seminoles carried the league’s banner in football. It acquired the football side of the Big East in stages, swiping Miami, Virginia Tech and Boston College in the early 2000s. A decade later, Syracuse and Pittsburgh joined the ACC to secure the conference’s position as the lone power conference on the East Coast.
In 2004, the ACC announced a seven-year, $258-million deal with ABC and ESPN. In 2010, the conference signed a 12-year, $1.86-billion agreement. In 2016, the deal was extended for 20 years to launch the ACC Network, a key to keeping up with the SEC and Big Ten, which also had networks.

The network has been a success, but the long-term contract has come to be an anchor for the ACC, as the other leagues get multiple opportunities to renegotiate television deals in an escalating market. The ACC can’t.

“When the deal was done most recently to extend as far out as was done, it allowed for a network to be created,” Garson said. “It allowed for stability to be maintained. At the time, those were two important goals for the conference. Those that want to look back are forgetting how important those two factors were at the time. I can defend that deal eight days out of seven for when it was done. If the extension wasn’t done for the length of time, the network doesn’t exist.”

It has worked. The ACC has seen a jump in revenue, and it has provided membership stability—for now.

Like the ACC, the Big 12 and the Pac-12 conferences have fallen behind their Power 5 peers in revenue, leading to member movement. Eight schools from the ACC, Big 12 and Pac-12 have left for or announced their departure for the SEC and Big Ten in the past decade. During the same time, the three other conferences have taken a single school—Colorado from the Big 12 to the Pac-12—from another Power 5 member.
After losing founding member Maryland to the Big Ten, the ACC had its schools sign a grant of rights agreement that now runs through 2036, perhaps the only thing keeping its league together at the moment. The grant of rights says schools’ media rights remain with the ACC even if the school changes conferences.

Each time the ACC narrows the television revenue gap, the other leagues cash in with another huge television rights increase. The percentage of total revenue that comes from television rights is growing in the SEC, too, now edging toward 70% up from about 60% at the time of its first big deal with ESPN.

In 2013-14, the ACC trailed the SEC by $23 million and the Big Ten by $36 million in total revenue. The next year, the ACC made $45 million less than the Big Ten and $124 million less than the SEC. The ACC has trailed the SEC in total revenue by more than $200 million each year since. The ACC has trailed the Big Ten in total revenue by at least $90 million and by as much as $326 million each year since.

“The ACC is a terrific conference led by a really good commissioner with so many strong athletic directors,” Garson said. “I think people need to focus on that and how good they are and what they have and try to make that better.”

With the huge brands coming to the Super 2, those leagues could create an annual revenue gap for ACC schools larger than the payout they receive from the league. The Big Ten, whose primary rightsholder is Fox, will receive $350 million from CBS for a package of 13 football games, according to multiple reports. The ACC received less than that for its entire television rights package in 2019-20. The Big Ten may eclipse $1 billion in annual television rights fees.

Since 2014, the SEC has made $3.1 billion in television rights fees. The ACC has made $1.7 billion. That difference accounts for the bulk of the $1.57 billion gap in the conferences’ earnings over that time period.

“Nobody ever used to report their end-of-year distribution,” Benson said. “You didn’t issue a press release on June 30 to report it. Now those are bragging rights.”


Closing the gap

The leagues break down their revenue differently on their tax forms, but much of every leagues’ revenue comes from television through league rights, postseason football bowl games and the NCAA Tournament. A new College Football Playoff format and contract, expected to be in place in the later half of the decade, should bring a windfall. But that will help each conference, and likely give the SEC and Big Ten even more of an edge.

Any hope to close the revenue gap starts—and likely ends—with television, which in the ACC’s case means ESPN. The SEC earned $588 million from television rights, more than the ACC’s entire revenue, in 2020-21, according to tax documents. The ACC earned $397 million from television, in a year where it got to fold Notre Dame's NBC contract into its conference pool.

Given the power of television rights holders, ESPN, which is a partner in the ACC Network and owns all the league’s rights, is the one entity that could help the league cut into that deficit.

“We have an eager partner, ESPN,” Phillips said. “They also understand they want a healthy ACC. They need a healthy ACC. We’re all in with them, and they’re all in with us so those continue to be some conversations.”
In the weeks since the Big Ten announced its expansion, there have been reports of a possible ACC partnership with the remnants of the Pac-12 to generate additional revenue. ESPN will not have any part of the Big Ten’s soon-to-be-announced next agreement, the Associated Press reported. That could free up better game times for the ACC and, for the dreamers, more money. It would behoove ESPN, the thinking goes, to keep the ACC together and successful.

“If I’m sitting in that chair today and I know I have an agreement that allows for stability and also a revenue stream that is consistent, I don’t know that I’m thinking, ‘Oh, I now need to change this.’ Because a contract is a contract,” Garson said. “I would certainly be willing to work with the conference on how to better monetize rights if there are certain areas that aren’t making as much money as they could on behalf of both the conference and the network.”
The ACC announced Wednesday it is working with FishBait Solutions as its chief revenue and business innovation consultant “to assist the conference in the areas of revenue generation.” FishBait, whose top executives have deep ties to ESPN and ACC schools, will meet with individual schools and work to “drive value.” An agreement with cable company Comcast to carry the ACC Network in November 2021, perhaps the biggest accomplishment of Phillips’ short tenure as commissioner, will increase revenue distribution to the schools, he said. The league is also considering moving its headquarters from Greensboro, where the ACC was founded in 1953.

The ACC is working to raise money “not only with sponsorship and championships and how do you generate the most revenue you can through ticketing, etc., but television. Television, first and foremost,” Phillips said.

The additional money around the edges won’t fully close the gap, not with the Big Ten and SEC deals getting larger.

“We can develop, with FishBait’s help, a really comprehensive strategy about how we continue to maximize and articulate the advantages we have in our league,” said Currie, a Chapel Hill native who graduated from Wake Forest.

Phillips and the ACC may have some time. No one has yet challenged a grant of rights agreement, including Oklahoma, Texas, USC or UCLA, which, as of now, have chosen to wait until the agreements with their current leagues end.

“I don't have any concern that we're not going to continue to grow and prosper,” Currie said. “In a lot of ways, it can be a bit of a crisis of confidence when you start just comparing newspaper headlines versus the actual content, so to speak. And so I think we have a tremendous opportunity.”

But each year moves the ACC closer to the end of its grant of rights agreement and each year may bring a larger revenue gap, changing the calculus for schools.

Several ACC schools could be coveted by the SEC or Big Ten, including Notre Dame, North Carolina, Florida State and Clemson. Other schools may be of interest to one or the other for different reasons. Some schools, perhaps more than half of the league, could end up remaining in a diminished ACC. The schools that help drive the revenue could push for unequal revenue distribution within the league.

“All options are on the table,” said Phillips, who was considered the favorite to replace Delany as Big Ten commissioner in 2019 before Kevin Warren got the job. “When you look at revenue, you look at closing the gap, you look at generating more, you look at distribution, it all is part of a similar conversation.”


Why does it matter?

Fans still primarily cheer for schools and teams, not conference offices. They celebrate victories, conference titles and national titles, not balance sheets.

On that front, the ACC is holding its own.

“Having the most money doesn't always mean you win the most,” said Currie, who previously served as athletic director at Kansas State in the Big 12 and Tennessee in the SEC. “And we got to continue to figure out ways to generate more revenue for our schools in our conference. But that's not going to be the differentiator whether we're successful or not.”

The ACC has the second-most appearances in the College Football Playoff with eight. Two teams reached the men’s basketball Final Four in 2021. The league won seven team national titles in the 2021-22 academic year: men’s soccer (Clemson) and tennis (Virginia), women’s cross country (N.C. State), lacrosse (North Carolina), soccer (Florida State), swimming and diving (Virginia) and the co-ed sport of fencing (Notre Dame). Three ACC schools finished second in the nation.

The SEC, Pac-12 and Big 12 also won seven team titles, though six of the Big 12’s seven were won by soon-to-be SEC members Texas and Oklahoma. The Big Ten won five.

Still, it is football that drives the fortunes of so many athletic departments and the fates of most conferences. And there one league stands head and shoulders above the rest.

The SEC has won 12 of the past 16 national titles in football. The league has had two of its teams play for the championship three times in that span, nearly as many times as another league has captured the crown. Five different SEC schools—Georgia, Alabama, LSU, Auburn and Florida—have won the title in that span. The ACC has won three titles—Clemson twice, Florida State—in that time, and the Big Ten one: Ohio State.
Of the 10 public schools that spend the most on football, five are SEC schools, two are Big Ten schools and two are Texas and Oklahoma, according to a Sportico database. Clemson is the only ACC school in the top 10. Expand it to the top 20 highest-spenders and the SEC has nine, the Big Ten has seven, the ACC two plus Texas and Oklahoma.

“It's really easy to get swept away into a comparative thing,” Currie said. “It really comes down to what do you do with the resources you're allocated? And how do you maximize? How do you maximize your advantages and capitalize on the advantages? You have to build a great program that serves student athletes and serves your community.”

Take Clemson, which has built a powerhouse right next to an SEC at its height.
Clemson, the ACC’s best football program over the last decade, had $129.9 million in athletic department revenue in 2020, according to data compiled by the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics. The Tigers spent $55.9 million on football. Alabama, the SEC’s football titan, had $189.2 million in athletic department revenue in 2020. The Crimson Tide spent $58.5 million on football.

“Nobody’s asked me a question about our league,” said Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney, who has led the Tigers to six appearances in the College Football Playoff. “We’ve always talked about our program. … That really should be what it’s about.”

More widespread football success, specifically from its name-brand programs and particularly against other Power 5 conference schools, might be the most impactful thing the league can do to improve its position. The ACC placed five teams in the preseason Top 25 coaches’ football poll, including Wake Forest and Pittsburgh, the two teams that played for the ACC championship a year ago. Clemson, Miami and N.C. State are also ranked.

If the ACC schools had another $20 million or, gasp, $40 million annually in their conference distribution, where would it go? Would it impact wins and losses, the things fans actually care about? Would it improve the student-athlete experience?

Coaching and administrative salaries are on the rise with the highest-paid coaches now over $10 million. Loosened NCAA rules have increased what schools can provide in academic grants, school-related expenses and food. The schools have made commitments around mental health and diversity, equity and inclusion in recent years.

Currie said that at resource-rich Tennessee, some of the athletic department revenue went to paying for two university-run parking garages. Facility improvement projects are often funded by donors, as was $100 million in football projects over the last seven years at Wake Forest.

No matter how much you spend, someone has to finish last in the SEC and the Big Ten, too. What the money does, however, is allow schools to have more priorities. One example is women's basketball.
Among public schools, the SEC has four of the top 10 spenders in women’s basketball, plus Texas and Oklahoma, according to a Sportico database. The Big Ten has two. The ACC one. And then there’s powerhouse Connecticut at No. 1, an illustration of Currie’s point that schools do have a choice in what sports they want to excel in. SEC member South Carolina has won two national titles and Mississippi State has finished second twice in the past five tournaments.

“Money matters and the ability to attract great talent and have great sports medicine, support and athletic trainers for all your teams and all that kind of stuff that does matter,” Currie said. “I think the question is more when you talk about an overall conference distribution revenue number, how does that actually translate to the field, right?”

The difference for individual schools in the ACC versus individual members of the SEC and Big Ten is about $100 million over the last seven years. Since 2014, North Carolina has received $204 million from the ACC. SEC member Kentucky, like the Tar Heels a basketball powerhouse with intermittent football success, has made $301 million in conference distribution.

Since 2014, North Carolina State has received $202.8 million from the ACC. Big Ten member Minnesota, which has gone 58-39 in football compared to the Wolfpack’s 61-40, has gotten $317 million in distribution from its league.

“It’s a concern,” N.C. State football coach Dave Doeren said. “Obviously, if one school is getting $30 million more than another school, they can do more things with that money. So it’s been that way for a while though and if you look at what’s happened, we’ve still had a team in the playoffs eight out of the last nine years. So we’ve overcome it. But you wouldn’t like to overcome it, if you didn’t have to.”

The ramifications are not just financial. The ACC’s power could be diminished. The concentration of football powers in two leagues will allow the SEC and Big Ten to set the agenda at the highest level of college athletics at a time of massive disruptions. Everything from the structure of the college football playoff to the number of scholarships, from the shape of the NCAA Tournament to revenue sharing with athletes is on the table, and the Super 2 will be able to shape those discussions.

“We understand where those two leagues are,” Phillips said. “No one is ignoring that. We're all trying to find ways to close that gap.”


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Thursday, December 15, 2022

AP Poll points by conference for 1968-1977:

 

https://csnbbs.com/thread-961132-page-3.html


Well you've admitted yourself that the ACC de-emphasized football from the 60s-80s.
I have the AP Poll points by conference for 1968-1977:
1. SEC 379 (40 teams ranked)
2. Ind. 366 (37 teams)
3. Big 8 357 (30 teams)
4. Big 10 305 (22 teams)
5. SWC 274 (23 teams)
6. Pac 10 231 (24 teams)
7. WAC 74 (8 teams)
8. ACC 63 (10 teams)
9. MAC 43 (6 teams)
10. Ivy 7 (1 team)
11. MVC 3 (1 team)

And 1978-1987
1. Ind. 429 (40 teams)
2. SEC 364 (31)
3. Big 8 307 (23)
4. Pac 10 269 (27)
5. Big 10 265 (29)
6. SWC 258 (25)
7. ACC 123 (17)
8. WAC 85 (8)
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FSU in the 1st and last BCS Title game. Why not the first and last 4 team playoff?

 

in the 1st and last BCS Title game. Why not the first and last 4 team playoff?

I was trying to recall if the 1996 Sugar (loss to UF), or the 1998 Fiesta (loss to Tennessee) was the first BCS game.

Turns out the 1996 was a "Bowl Alliance" game, of which we ALSO did the first and last (although the 1996 was the middle game of the 3 game contract)

For reference here are games of note, except my prediction for 2023 which is TBD

First Bowl Alliance game:
1995 (FSU over ND Orange)

Last Bowl Alliance game:
1997 (FSU over Ohio State Sugar)

First BCS game:
1998 (Tennessee over FSU Fiesta)

Last BCS game::
2013 (FSU over Auburn Rose stadium)

First CFP game:
2014 (Oregon over FSU Rose)

Final CFP game:
2023 (FSU over Ohio State Sugar)

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Tuesday, December 6, 2022

What if a 12-team CFP existed dating back to the start of the BCS era in 1998?


https://csnbbs.com/thread-962802.html

The future 12-school CFP configuration for each BCS/CFP season per that season's final BCS/CFP ranking, ACC bids:

1998 - Florida St
1999 - Florida St
2000 - Florida St
2001 - Maryland
2002 - Florida St
2003 - Florida St
2004 - Virginia Tech
2005 - Miami, Virginia Tech
2006 - (none)
2007 - Virginia Tech
2008 - (none)
2009 - Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech
2010 - Virginia Tech
2011 - Clemson
2012 - Florida St
2013 - Florida St
2014 - Florida St
2015 - Clemson, Florida St, North Carolina
2016 - Clemson, Florida St
2017 - Clemson, Miami
2018 - Clemson
2019 - Clemson
2020 - Clemson, Notre Dame
2021 - Pittsburgh
2022 - Clemson

Schools Per Year:
3 - 1
2 - 4
1 - 17
0 - 2

The trend was slightly higher after each round of expansion (from 9 to 12 and from 12 to 14). If I were the ACC, I'd look to expand. Assuming no B1G or SEC schools were interested and if Notre Dame was not willing to jump all-in, I'd invite Cincinnati and West Virginia for 16.

 https://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2021/06/alt-history-12-team-playoff-2014-20.html

  

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Thursday, December 1, 2022

'Supreme optimism': FSU President Richard McCullough delivers 2nd State of the University address


FSU State of the University Address - November 30, 2022

 'Supreme optimism': FSU President Richard McCullough delivers 2nd State of the University address


“I can tell you now that after being here for 15 months, I come before you with supreme optimism about the ability of Florida State to move to even greater heights,” McCullough said. “We’re already ahead of the game.”

A brief video clip steered the audience’s attention to some of FSU's highlights from the past year, which includes having the best six-year graduation rate in the university’s history, having a record-breaking number of about 80,00 applications for 6,000 slots, opening the Student Union Building as a “community-driven centerpiece,” breaking ground on the College of Business’s Legacy Hall and securing $125 million from the Florida Legislature for a new health center.


Many new hires have been made throughout the year in McCullough’s leadership team, including Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs James Clark and Vice President for Research Stacey Patterson. There are more to come within the realms of the faculty following 150 new members who joined the FSU family this fall.

The upcoming new hires include the appointment of a new dean for the College of Medicine in the coming days, McCullough said, telling the audience to stay tuned for the announcement.


The search for the College of Medicine’s next dean comes after John P. Fogarty’s retirement from the position this year, which has led to three finalists being chosen — Leon McDougle from Ohio State University, Nicholas Verne from the University of Tennessee and Terry Steyer from the University of South Carolina.

With additional faculty members joining the university, expanding FSU’s research portfolio and funding is a goal on McCullough’s checklist that he hopes will be met by doing a better job of promoting faculty to help them secure awards and grants.


“There's a new sheriff in town, and we're going to take care of you," McCullough told the faculty members. "We want to make sure that you're rewarded, and we're going to do it in ways to make sure that you don't leave this great university.”

He added that this year’s salary increase has been the most significant one for faculty and staff in FSU’s history. A new three-year contract agreement resulted in an increase of 4%, plus a .75% merit increase decided by departments and a .50% merit increase decided by deans.

Chicken said that overall, the faculty is “really happy with Dr. McCullough” and likes the direction the university is headed in.

“We’re excited about all the goals that he discussed, and we’re really eager to engage him and work with him to make sure that we can attain them,” Chicken told the Tallahassee Democrat. “I wouldn’t change anything. I think the goals are quite comprehensive.”

While addressing student success at the university, McCullough proudly stated the university’s is seeing an 84% graduation rate and 95% freshman retention rate. He also heralded athletic achievements that include FSU’s women’s soccer team advancing to the College Cup and the football team climbing in the playoff polls after winning their nail-biting game against the University of Florida.

“We are in relentless pursuit of excellence, and we continue to gain national attention by our efforts,” McCullough said.

The big achievements come along with McCullough’s fundraising goals that include redoubling the university’s efforts to get 10,000 new undergraduate alumni donors by June after losing thousands of donors last year, which he says was greatly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I think it's very clear that our time is now,” McCullough said. “We have a lot of work to do, but I promise you, the first lady and I will work tirelessly to make sure that this great university is even better tomorrow than it is today.”


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MagCorp, Philips partner to bring power of MagLab research to MRI tech

 MagCorp, Philips partner to bring power of MagLab research to MRI tech

A formal agreement between Tallahassee-based MagCorp and Royal Philips, a leading healthcare technology company, is designed to improve the future of magnetic resonance imaging, better known as MRI.

MagCorp serves as the go-between for Philips and the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory or MagLab at Innovation Park. The partnership creates a direct path for researchers and scientists to offer consultations and develop a report on the future landscape for MRI magnets.

“This is an incredibly exciting frontier because MRIs have changed modern medicine through the use of magnets. They’ve essentially replaced exploratory surgery in most cases,” said Greg Boebinger, the MagLab’s director.


Every magnet used for clinical purposes has been grounded in materials discovered in the 1960s, Boebinger said. New materials are now available that can completely change the medical landscape.

These materials could take MRIs to high definition and reveal new insights inside the body.

When asked what his long-term hope is with the Philips partnership, Boebinger said the company is one of the country’s leading MRI magnet manufacturers. The Mag Lab specializes in magnetic research, writing the textbooks that will be used by the next generation of scientists and engineers.

“There’s always been this gulf that’s difficult to bridge between basic research and the marketplace,” Boebinger said. “This represents a huge step forward in an area of mutual interest where we’re building that bridge.”


Roughly four years ago, members of the Magnetic Task Force, Mag Lab staffers and others were trying to court companies to Tallahassee. The specialized committee wanted to attract companies with magnetic enablement in their products, services or operations.

Those involved began asking more targeted questions to get at the root of what Philips needed. They got an answer: MRI technology.

It was an aha moment for Tallahassee, considering an MRI is a giant magnet and the capital city was home to the world’s largest magnets.

The connection was clear, and soon a mutually beneficial relationship was forged through site visits and regular communication.

MagCorp was tagged to “seal the deal.” The private company, made up of former MagLab employees, was created to connect the MagLab with the private sector.


Confidentiality clauses were activated, and, over time, Tallahassee officials, researchers and others had a better understanding of how the company and the city could partner.

The goal of the partnership will be to achieve the betterment of MRI technology, including a smaller carbon footprint and fewer environmental impacts from manufacturing, recycling and operating MRIs. It could also be building them at a lower cost or making them faster and smaller.

“They were really open with us about the fact that they viewed this partnership as a multi-year, multi-million-dollar relationship,” Whalen said. “This was not going to be a flash in the pan.”





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2022 TV Rating comparisons





Remaining Ratings have released:

SEC Champ: Georgia-LSU 10.89M
B1G Champ: Michigan-Purdue 10.7M
Big 12 Champ: KSU-TCU 9.41M
PAC Champ: USC-Utah 5.97M
ACC Champ: Clemson-UNC 3.47M
AAC Champ: Tulane-UCF 2.7M
MWC Champ: Fresno-Boise 1.94M
MAC Champ: Toledo-Ohio 721K
SWAC Champ: Southern-JSU 391K
Sun Belt Champ: Coastal-Troy 332K
   

https://medium.com/run-it-back-with-zach/which-college-football-programs-were-the-most-watched-in-2022-94eca4f6acbd

The 2022 “4 million club”

Here are all of the games that broke 4 million viewers this season:

  1. Michigan at Ohio State — 17.14M
  2. Tennessee at Georgia — 13.06M
  3. Alabama at Tennessee — 11.56M
  4. Alabama at Texas — 10.60M
  5. Notre Dame vs. Ohio State — 10.53M
  6. Alabama at Mississippi — 8.71M
  7. Ohio State at Penn State — 8.27M
  8. Alabama at LSU — 7.58M
  9. Florida State vs. LSU — 7.55M
  10. Texas A&M at Alabama — 7.15M
  11. Florida at Florida State — 6.71M
  12. Notre Dame at Southern Cal, 6.68M
  13. Ohio State at Maryland — 6.60M
  14. Penn State at Michigan — 6.45M
  15. Auburn at Alabama — 6.27M
  16. Oregon vs. Georgia — 6.20M
  17. Alabama at Arkansas — 5.83M
  18. Florida at Georgia — 5.62M
  19. Michigan at Michigan State — 5.58M
  20. Florida at Tennessee — 5.57M
  21. Illinois at Michigan — 5.47M
  22. TCU at Texas — 5.03M
  23. NC State at Clemson — 4.98M
  24. Tennessee at South Carolina — 4.87M
  25. Clemson at Georgia Tech — 4.86M
  26. Ohio State at Northwestern — 4.76M
  27. Syracuse at Clemson — 4.75M
  28. Wisconsin at Ohio State — 4.59M
  29. Southern Cal at UCLA — 4.53M
  30. Georgia at Kentucky — 4.48M
  31. Tennessee at Pittsburgh — 4.46M
  32. Texas at Oklahoma State — 4.46M
  33. Ohio State at Michigan State — 4.44M
  34. Nebraska vs. Northwestern — 4.42M
  35. Maryland at Michigan — 4.38M
  36. Iowa at Ohio State — 4.38M
  37. TCU at Baylor — 4.35M
  38. Iowa State at TCU — 4.34M
  39. Kentucky at Florida — 4.33M
  40. Auburn at Georgia — 4.24M
  41. Michigan at Iowa — 4.20M
  42. Penn State at Auburn — 4.05M
  43. Kentucky at Tennessee — 4.04M
  44. Michigan at Indiana — 4.01M

There were 37 teams that played in at least one game that cracked 4 million viewers:

8 — Ohio State

7 — Alabama, Michigan

6 — Tennessee

5 — Georgia

4 — Florida

3 — Auburn, Clemson, Kentucky, Penn State, TCU, Texas

2 — Florida State, Iowa, LSU, Maryland, Michigan State, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Southern Cal

1 — Arkansas, Baylor, Georgia Tech, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa State, Mississippi, NC State, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Pittsburgh, South Carolina, Syracuse, Texas A&M, UCLA, Wisconsin

Looking for data from previous years? Here is 2021, and here is 2015–19.

Ranking the most-watched college football programs in 2022

The numbers next to each school indicate the average number of viewers per week for a 12-week season.

Streaming numbers are included when available. Games that do not have available data are counted as zero.

  1. Ohio State — 5.80M
  2. Alabama — 5.11M
  3. Michigan — 4.37M
  4. Tennessee — 4.13M
  5. Georgia — 3.50M
  6. Notre Dame — 3.30M
  7. LSU — 3.22M
  8. Texas — 3.06M
  9. Penn State — 3.05M
  10. Clemson — 2.59M
  11. Florida — 2.57M
  12. Oregon — 2.21M
  13. TCU — 2.20M
  14. Southern Cal — 2.07M
  15. Florida State — 2.03M
  16. Nebraska — 1.98M
  17. Michigan State — 1.91M
  18. Texas A&M — 1.87M
  19. Maryland — 1.864M
  20. Auburn — 1.863M
  21. Arkansas — 1.80M
  22. Mississippi — 1.753M
  23. Oklahoma — 1.748M
  24. Oklahoma State — 1.68M
  25. UCLA — 1.591M
  26. Wisconsin — 1.587M
  27. Iowa — 1.50M
  28. Kentucky — 1.35M
  29. Baylor — 1.32M
  30. Kansas State — 1.23M
  31. Indiana — 1.19M
  32. Illinois — 1.17M
  33. Utah — 1.16M
  34. Washington — 1.15M
  35. Northwestern — 1.13M
  36. Mississippi State — 1.10M
  37. Minnesota — 1.05M
  38. BYU — 997K
  39. South Carolina — 990K
  40. Washington State — 907K
  41. Iowa State — 882K
  42. NC State — 881K
  43. Purdue -870K
  44. California — 857K
  45. North Carolina — 849K
  46. Stanford — 846K
  47. Syracuse — 841K
  48. Georgia Tech — 837K
  49. Missouri — 793K
  50. West Virginia — 774K
  51. Kansas — 732K
  52. Texas Tech — 680K
  53. Cincinnati — 653K
  54. Pittsburgh — 650K
  55. Oregon State — 625K
  56. Rutgers — 618K
  57. Miami FL— 608K
  58. Wake Forest — 523K
  59. UCF — 510K
  60. Arizona — 506K
  61. Louisville — 496K
  62. Navy — 397K*
  63. Colorado State — 386K
  64. Tulane — 354K
  65. Boise State — 353K
  66. Colorado — 352.9K
  67. Air Force — 326K
  68. Utah State — 324K
  69. Boston College — 322K
  70. Arizona State — 314K
  71. SMU — 312K
  72. Toledo — 306K
  73. East Carolina — 305K
  74. Appalachian State — 298K
  75. Virginia Tech — 264K
  76. Marshall — 262K
  77. Houston — 242K
  78. Virginia — 237K
  79. Fresno State — 220K
  80. Ohio — 214K
  81. Connecticut — 212K
  82. San Diego State — 198K
  83. Western Michigan — 174K
  84. Memphis — 165K
  85. Tulsa — 162K
  86. Wyoming — 154K
  87. Central Michigan — 130K
  88. Georgia Southern — 125K
  89. Nevada — 116.4K
  90. Duke — 115.7K
  91. Army — 103K*
  92. UTEP — 102K
  93. Temple — 92K
  94. New Mexico State — 86K
  95. South Florida — 80.8K
  96. Coastal Carolina — 80.6K







 In a bit of an upset, Florida-FSU took second place on Thanksgiving weekend in its special Black Friday primetime slot on ABC.

week 13 college football tv ratings


"This is the first time I remember ABC broadcasting in prime time on Black Friday and it paid off big time. Florida at Florida State got 6.711 million (courtesy of ShowBuzzDaily). The Arkansas-Missouri game wasn't posted yet. UCLA-California got 3.271 on FOX (boost from USA-England World Cup).

Next year, the rights for Florida State-Florida go to CBS. I'd have to believe their ratings will be higher than Missouri-Arkansas on Black Friday assuming the schools are willing to play on Black Friday again and considering their ratings on Black Friday it would be a good idea for them to do it. The last time Florida State-Florida aired on CBS was 2009. Normally the Iron Bowl airs on CBS on the Saturday of Rivalry weekend, that year the Iron Bowl aired on Black Friday. These days, you aren't going to tell Alabama to move so if Florida State-Florida wants to be on CBS they will have to be the ones to move. Once the SEC moves to ABC, they can air both games on Saturday again, especially with no Big Ten commitments. I think for next year it is a good move for the Florida schools to get on CBS and save us from getting stuck with Missouri-Arkansas again. The one issue for 2023 and future years is the Amazon Black Friday game, will that ruin ratings for games in the 3:30pm CBS slot?

Maybe it is the matchup (Florida-Florida State) but if I'm NBC I'm signing up for Black Friday prime time in 2023 and future years. They do have to get a good matchup though. Once CBS gets the Big Ten full time in 2024, will they program their Black Friday game for noon or 3:30pm? In 2023, I expect them to air a double header (they are contractually committed to the 3:30pm on Black Friday with the SEC and they might as well give the noon slot to the Big Ten although they also owe the MWC three slots as well). ABC can't air Florida State-Florida in 2023 but I'd imagine they'll be talking to schools (Texas?) to play in prime time in 2023. I'd do noon and prime time and give up the 3:30pm slot."


"Other tidbits from the SMW link (thank you TerryD).

"On a weekend dominated by Michigan-Ohio State, the second-biggest rivalry game was somewhat of a surprise.

Airing in a special primetime Black Friday timeslot, Florida-FSU averaged a 3.4 rating and 6.71 million viewers on ABC over the holiday weekend — the highest rated and most-watched college football game on the day after Thanksgiving since 2011, and ABC’s most-watched game on the date since 2005.

FSU’s win, which peaked with 7.1 million viewers, ranks as the most-watched game between the rivals in a decade (2012: 8.5M) and trailed only Michigan-Ohio State on FOX Saturday (17.14M) as the most-watched college football game of the weekend.

Notably, FSU played in the two most-watched games this season to include an ACC team, with their season opener against LSU holding the top spot (7.55M). No other game involving an ACC team cracked the five million mark."

I think if you're a neutral party in the ACC, you would rather Florida State go 12-0 than Clemson go 12-0. They'd have way more fans. It's certainly better to have a good Clemson than not (see 2021) but if the ACC really wants to become the "third football conference", they need Florida State to be back contending."




https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2022/11/sec-dominates-ratings-tennessee-georgia-alabama-lsu-college-football/

"Excluding bowl games, the Tigers’ win delivered college football’s largest cable audience since ESPN drew 8.35 million for Mississippi-FSU on Labor Day 2016 (8.35M)."

"ABC also drew a 1.3 and 2.23 million for Penn State-Indiana — also about half of what Michigan State-Purdue drew last year (2.5, ~4.4M) — and a mere 0.8 and 1.5 million for FSU-Miami in primetime. The audience for FSU-Miami, which aired in a crowded primetime slot opposite the World Series, Alabama-LSU and Clemson-Notre Dame, is the lowest for the rivalry in at least 20 seasons."

https://floridastate.forums.rivals.com/threads/six-million-viewers-for-fsu-uf.343029/

Huge numbers for our Friday night national spotlight game. It held the #1 slot in every age demographic for every half hour it was measured, from start to finish. Viewership peaked at 6 million (well, 5.99 million) at 10 PM with the low being 5.33 million at the 9:30 half hour.

https://programminginsider.com/friday-ratings-fox-sports-on-thanksgiving-weekend-continues-to-thrive-with-england-usa-world-cup-soccer-match/

8:00 PM ABC — Friday Night College Football Florida at Florida State Households: 3.1/9 (#1) Viewers: 5.43 million (#1), Adults 18-49: 1.0/9 (#1), Adults 18-34: 0.7/9 (#1), Adults 25-54: 1.4/9 (#1)


Read more: https://programminginsider.com/friday-ratings-fox-sports-on-thanksgiving-weekend-continues-to-thrive-with-england-usa-world-cup-soccer-match/



11/5 FSU Miami .8 rating 1.5 million viewers

ACC Game was #1 on TV Last Saturday

ADDENDUM:

CSNBBS user "OrangeDude" (a Syracuse fan) added this research:

It isn't very often an ACC Conference match-up was the Number One rated game of the week.

Excluding 2020 when ND was a member of the conference for that year and of course only two conferences played on a regular basis week-in and week-out these are the ACC match-ups that were #1.

2016 - Week 5 - Louisville/Clemson - 9.294M

2016 - Week 9 - Clemson/FSU - 5.380M

2017 - Week 5 - Clemson/VT - 4.693M


Even #2 is rare for the ACC

2014 - Week 2 - FSU/Miami - 8.74M

2014 - Week 4 - Clemson/FSU - 7.34M

2015 - Week 10 - FSU/Clemson - 7.513M

2016 - Week 3 - FSU/Louisville - 9.294M

2016 - Week 6 - FSU/Miami - 5.540M

2017 - Week 3 - Clemson/Louisville - 5.206M

2018 - Week 5 - Syracuse/Clemson - 4.617M

2019 - Week 3 - Clemson/Syracuse - 3.62M

2019 - Week 5 - Clemson/UNC - 4.40M



2022 TV Ratings - the P3

Best ACC TV Match-ups (2015-21)

On 2nd Thought: P3 Conference Games Only

https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/college-football-tv-ratings/

Week 4

FSU played BC in Tallahassee at 8PM on the ESPN ACCN.  Important note regarding ACCN from sportsmediawatch.com:

"ACC Network is not Nielsen rated, so none of those games have any data for them (same with SEC Network)."




 https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/college-football-tv-ratings/











https://csnbbs.com/thread-954731.html

Notable Week 1 TV numbers:

ND-OSU on ABC (10.5M)
LSU-FSU on ABC (7.55M)
Oregon-Georgia on ABC (6.2M)
Colorado St-Michigan on ABC (3.9M)
Penn St-Purdue on FOX (3.5M)
WVU-Pitt on ESPN (3.2M)
Utah-Florida on ESPN (3.0M)


"Facts is facts"

1. NFL
(gap)
2. College Football
(gap)
3. other sports

https://www.on3.com/teams/notre-dame-fighting-irish/news/notre-dame-ohio-state-tv-viewership-espn-abc-irish-buckeyes-record-horseshow-ratings/

An average of 10.53 million viewers tuned in for the Irish’s 21-10 loss to the Buckeyes.

It was the most watched game of the weekend and the most watched game on ESPN’s networks since 2017. The viewership amounted to more than that of any 2021 regular season games outside of the 15.9 million viewers who watched Michigan beat Ohio State for the first time since 2011.

https://csnbbs.com/thread-954743.html

Tracking most watched games of the season and any ratings news.

Updated 9/7/22

Games with 5 Million or More Viewers:
Notre Dame at Ohio State, 9/3, 7:30pm, ABC, 10.531M
Florida State vs. LSU in New Orleans, 9/4, 7:30pm, ABC, 7.554M
Oregon vs. Georgia in Atlanta, 9/3, 3:30pm, 6.199M


https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2018-college-football-tv-ratings/

https://www.onefootdown.com/2020/11/10/21559547/notre-dame-vs-clemson-was-most-watched-college-football-game-of-the-year-irish-tigers-acc-market-nd

In NBC Sports’ 30-year history of broadcasting Notre Dame Football games, Clemson-Notre Dame now ranks behind only the “Game of the Century” between No. 2 Notre Dame and No. 1 Florida State in 1993 (22.02 million viewers). The Fighting Irish’s 47-40 double-overtime victory over the nation’s top-ranked team is also the most-watched ND on NBC primetime game on record.

Following are the top-five ND on NBC games:







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