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Originally posted by WstateU View Post
Storming the field in Mancrappin... EMAW!
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Originally posted by C0|dB|00ded
Who else posts fake **** all day in order to maintain the acrimony? Wingnuts, that's who.
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Originally posted by WuShockFan View PostNo one ever talks about New Mexico in these discussions. But, it's a flagship school in a large city in a growing state and it shares a border with existing AAC states.
What about Colorado State, Air Force, New Mexico, and UAB?
They haven't won more than 3 games in a season since 2016. In 2019 they averaged fewer than 20,000 fans in a 40K-seat stadium, ninth worst in the NCAA in terms of pct. of the stadium filled. First two games of this year drew 16K and 28K -- the latter for a rivalry game v NMSU.
Also, UNM's $32M budget is not up to par with AAC ($57M avg. for football playing schools) and they've run a deficit for most of the past decade. Clearly a nonstarter.“The rebellion on the populist right against the results of the 2020 election was partly a cynical, knowing effort by political operators and their hype men in the media to steal an election or at least get rich trying. But it was also the tragic consequence of the informational malnourishment so badly afflicting the nation. ... Americans gorge themselves daily on empty informational calories, indulging their sugar fixes of self-affirming half-truths and even outright lies.'”
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Originally posted by Wuzee View Post
UNM isn't in the convo because "football."
They haven't won more than 3 games in a season since 2016. In 2019 they averaged fewer than 20,000 fans in a 40K-seat stadium, ninth worst in the NCAA in terms of pct. of the stadium filled. First two games of this year drew 16K and 28K -- the latter for a rivalry game v NMSU.
Also, UNM's $32M budget is not up to par with AAC ($57M avg. for football playing schools) and they've run a deficit for most of the past decade. Clearly a nonstarter.
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Originally posted by Dan View PostI'm leaning UNLV. Big city university, adds to the western wing, which is where we're going to have to get more schools in the future. They also have national brand recognition.Kung Wu say, man who read woman like book, prefer braille!
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Originally posted by wichshock65 View Post
Is it wise for SDSU to sit back and wait, risking being left in a heavily depleted MWC if Boise is gone (and others) with no invite to power conference? Bird in the hand kinda scenario.- 1) go to the AAC with Boise (which would maintain the AAC's current TV contract) but pray to newborn infant baby Jesus that the AAC doesn't get raided by the B12 again as then they would be out on an island with ridiculous travel costs and a lower TV contract
- 2) go to the AAC on their own, but they can't bring the TV contract $$ by themselves to justify travel, so it's not really an option
- 3) stay in the MWC and pray again to newborn infant baby Jesus that Boise doesn't get picked up by the B12, as that leaves them in a terrible MWC with nowhere to go. As it is, the MWC would take a haircut without AFA and CSU, and it would drop significantly without those two and Boise.
"It's amazing to watch Ron slide into that open area, Fred will find him and it's straight cash homie."--HCGM
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Originally posted by Kung Wu View Post
Let's be real ... NO CONFERENCE is good enough for the mother of the GREATEST basketball team of all time -- including NCAA, NBA, FIBA, and anything else you can dream up -- THE 1991 UNLV All-Galaxy, All-Universe dream team.
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Originally posted by Shock Top View PostI think people just assume VCU, since they are an urban public university like WSU.
Dayton would be a great add. Fantastic fanbase.
VCU also usually has a capacity or near capacity crowd for home games but their Arena only holds around 7,600.
I noticed Dayton also has a volleyball only facility (the Frericks Center) whose 5,000 seat capacity is reportedly the 4th biggest volleyball only facility in the country.
Either program would be a good pairing with Army football. Who know whether anything like that is seriously being considered by all parties.
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Originally posted by shock View Post
Weren’t you the one talking about storming the field at a KState game? Doesn’t that make you a sheep judge yourself?
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Originally posted by BostonWu View PostNone of the Texas schools move the needle
Basketball is worse, The average around 1,200 a game in the two pre-covid basketball seasons in a 2,650 seat arena.
This is with a student body of 35,000 and in a MSA of about 2.5 million. So lots of eyeballs available but UTSA doesn't seem to be attracting many of them.
As long as SMU is in the AAC I don't see what value North Texas brings.
Rice may be the weakest candidate of the 3 in terms of athletics and potential.
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Originally posted by Rocky Mountain Shock View Post
Do they have a choice? SDSU is in a pickle. Their options are all bad:- 1) go to the AAC with Boise (which would maintain the AAC's current TV contract) but pray to newborn infant baby Jesus that the AAC doesn't get raided by the B12 again as then they would be out on an island with ridiculous travel costs and a lower TV contract
- 2) go to the AAC on their own, but they can't bring the TV contract $$ by themselves to justify travel, so it's not really an option
- 3) stay in the MWC and pray again to newborn infant baby Jesus that Boise doesn't get picked up by the B12, as that leaves them in a terrible MWC with nowhere to go. As it is, the MWC would take a haircut without AFA and CSU, and it would drop significantly without those two and Boise.
They need to cut bait and head to the American.
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Originally posted by 1972Shocker View Post
In it's last pre-covid football season UTSA averaged around 20,000 fans per home game in the 65,000 sq. ft. Alamodome.
Basketball is worse, The average around 1,200 a game in the two pre-covid basketball seasons in a 2,650 seat arena.
This is with a student body of 35,000 and in a MSA of about 2.5 million. So lots of eyeballs available but UTSA doesn't seem to be attracting many of them.
As long as SMU is in the AAC I don't see what value North Texas brings.
Rice may be the weakest candidate of the 3 in terms of athletics and potential.
So there’s that.People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. -Isaac Asimov
Originally posted by C0|dB|00ded
Who else posts fake **** all day in order to maintain the acrimony? Wingnuts, that's who.
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