Metaphor of the day

With 11:30 left to go in the game, Uga VII celebrates his first day on the job with a nap in his house.

White punks on dope

Make it stop.  Please.

More on those SEC TV deals

So, just how big are those new TV contracts?  Per Tim Stephens of the Orlando Sentinel, pretty damned big indeed, thank you very much.

… Every SEC team reportedly would be guaranteed at least $15 million annually from TV. Which means Vanderbilt, which hasn’t been to a bowl game since 1982, now would pocket more from TV than Notre Dame, which has its own deal with NBC at a reported $9 million a year for football. Add in the local contracts and a team like Florida (10 years, $100 million from Sun Sports) could pocket an average of as much as $25 million per year for the life of the deals. Translation: Florida could earn more yearly in TV revenue alone — before it sells the first ticket, collects the first booster dollar or sells the first t-shirt or wins the first game — than the vast majority of non-BCS teams have to work with, even being heavily subsidised.

Best of all, they don’t have to share with anyone outside of the conference.

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