The Allstate 12?! Biggest trap games & Notre Dame vibe check with Jessica Smetana

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🗓️ 14 June 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Chris Vannini and Ari Wasserman discuss reports of the Big 12 and CUSA, among other conferences, exploring private equity investment and selling the naming rights to their conferences. Does the Allstate 12 roll off the tongue? Later, special guest Jessica Smetana, co-host of The Dan Le Betard Show and Notre Dame alumnus, hops on Until Saturday to share her takes on the vibes in South Bend. Afterward, Chris and Jessica nominate major trap games this season. From UCF-Florida to Clemson-App St., where do these look-ahead matchups rank on the "Trap Scale"? Lastly, Jessica faces a round of Notre Dame trivia unlike any other. Check out Jessica on The Dan Le Betard Show: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dan-le-batard-show-with-stugotz/id934820588 Read more on the Big 12 exploring private equity, sale of naming rights: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5562395/2024/06/13/big-12-private-equity-naming-rights/ Rundown: - Big 12 (and others) exploring private equity investment & sale of naming rights (:30) - Notre Dame vibe check with Jessica Smetana (11:30) - Trap Games & Trap Scale! -- Colorado vs NDSU (32:30) - Notre Dame-Louisville (38:30) - Florida-UCF (43:30) - Clemson-App St. (47:00) - USF-Miami (52:00) - Notre Dame trivia! (58:00) Call/text the Until Saturday phone and leave us a question for a future mailbag and/or Sunday Sound-Off podcast: (316) 462-9852 Subscribe to the Until Saturday newletter & join in answering the Question of the Day!: https://theathletic.com/newsletters/until-saturday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	At Green King, it's more than a game. It's a gathering of moments, memories, and maybe the start of new friendships.
0:07.3	Before the World Court Football Fever, we were there, pint in hand and door wide open.
0:12.3	The most experienced hands hosting the biggest hearts.
0:15.5	From party atmosphere, to the quiet nooks,
0:18.0	perfect for those nail-biting penalties.
0:20.5	Green King welcomes every kind of fan.
0:22.6	So pick your perch and raise a glass because this summer we're hosting the nation.
0:28.1	And everyone's invited. Welcome to until Saturday my name is Chris Vanini. I'm your host today with a special
0:46.1	episode. I will be joined shortly by Jessica Smetana, co-host of the Dan Leibutard show. But before we get to Jessica, we talked Notre Dame
0:56.7	Vibe Check, Trap Games, and more, we had some news come down on Thursday. I've got my buddy Ari Wasserman here now. The Big
1:06.4	12 is both considering a private equity investment from a company in Luxembourg, as well as selling the naming rights to the conference,
1:16.5	potentially to Allstate, potentially being the Allstate 12 conference. This hasn't been approved yet. The schools would
1:24.8	need to approve it. There has been pushback. It's not a done deal. But this is
1:28.8	such a fascinating new frontier in college sports. We had to talk about it. Ari Wasserman is with me in some really
1:36.4	interesting situation here. Ari, what did you think about the All State 12? Did you think it
1:40.8	should be something else? What do you think about conference names changing with a sponsor?
1:45.0	The good hands 12.
1:46.8	What, I don't, the all state 12.
1:50.4	Listen, man, I, nothing surprises me anymore because like, this is a money driven sport and we're talking about a billion dollars potentially here, like, why wouldn't they call it something else, especially considering the fact that the conference is in a position right now where
2:05.9	it's going on the outside looking in of what could be the future so anything that you can do to boost revenue and to put yourself in a position for longevity. I'm all four now. All
2:16.0	State 12 would be kind of tacky, but like anything else in life, like two years go by and it's normal.
2:21.3	I mean, the funniest thing's like they're going to be
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