Daily Bullets (Mar. 10): OSU’s Viewership Size, Big 12 Payouts vs. Pac-12 Payouts

Enjoy reading what Gundy had to say after day one of spring ball. Spoiler: the new quarterback doesn’t talk much. 

Bullets Rundown

• OSU’s viewership size
• Big 12 payouts in context
• Spring ball q’s

OSU Bullets

• In a fascinating article looking at Big 12 expansion chatter, seeing OSU’s viewership in context was enlightening. 

While OSU’s non-OSU Texas viewership is down the list (fifth-place behind OU, Texas, Baylor, and West Virginia), people love to watch the Pokes big game hunt making that average number rise to third place.

• As some realignment chatter popped up last week – here are the relevant numbers to know:

The Big 12 is hanging in there with a potential $40 million-per-school payout coming as soon as fiscal year 2019, compared to a reported $45 million for SEC schools and $55 million for the Big Ten. The Pac-12’s 2019 distribution should come in at $33 million, according to the San Jose Mercury News. [TulsaWorld]

It drives me nuts when the above quotes aren’t compared appropriately – the Big Ten, SEC, and Pac-12 numbers all include the third-tier rights payout from conference networks while the Big 12’s number doesn’t. Texas gets to $50m with their number and OU sniffs it.

• Two pieces for conversation – Ten Q’s for Spring Ball + How OSU can make the NCAAs

• This power ranking has Boynton’s Pokes at fifth in the Big 12

• J.W. Walsh followed Mike Yurcich to Austin and shows up on the Longhorn coaching staff

• This all-walk-on piece from the Oklahoman over the weekend was good

Non-OSU Bullets

• This was hilarious – national park pictures with their worst online review
• Fascinating idea – make the middle seat on planes wider (from WSJ $$$)
• Liked this faith-based take in “train hard, fight easy”