(02-09-2023 07:47 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  The top draw from the G5 are these.

Army
Navy
Boise State
Fresno State
Memphis
San Diego State
Air Force
Tulane
UTSA

SMU is struggling, and I don;t see why the PAC 12 wants them. Boise State should be the number 1 school to grab since they do bring eyeballs nationally, not just their own market. They have eaten away into the Utah, BYU, Washington State, Washington, Oregon and Oregon State tv markets, and they do get viewers from California. They get better ratings than San Diego State.

Oh Smu is struggling? - top 100 accademic university, $2B endowment, located in #5 market - projected to be #3 within the next decade, one of the top recruiting cities in the country, all football and basketball players receive $3,000 per month NIL, record the last 4 years is 32/16, this years transfer portal ranking #6 - the next closest G school is Nevada at 58, new $110,000M stadium expansion/renovation, 4 year old indoor practice facility, original cotton bowl/Jerry world for backup venues, home of Heisman winner Doak Walker, home of a presidential library and 10 minutes from major airport - I see your point, we are really struggling!

lol

(02-09-2023 08:38 PM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  

(02-09-2023 08:10 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  Never mind, didn't see the source (David State).

He actually leads all of humanity in the most correct realignment predictions and has been mentioned in a tweet by Brett McMurphy.

(02-09-2023 08:38 PM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  

(02-09-2023 08:10 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  Never mind, didn't see the source (David State).

He actually leads all of humanity in the most correct realignment predictions and has been mentioned in a tweet by Brett McMurphy.

He also is running neck and neck with Matt Brown for the open B1G Commissioner job.

(02-09-2023 04:38 PM)bryanw1995 Wrote:  

(02-09-2023 03:08 PM)GreenBison Wrote:  

(02-09-2023 02:37 PM)Barbershop Wrote:  

(02-08-2023 07:10 PM)bryanw1995 Wrote:  

(02-08-2023 06:08 PM)dbackjon Wrote:  Nevada-Reno is the flagship of Nevada Land Grant status, academically better, the original.

And even if you want to call them co-flagships, the point remains the same.

Ohio U is the "Flagship" of the State of Ohio.

Speaking as someone who hasn't spent much time in Nevada, the national profile of UNLV is much greater than that of Nevada Reno.

Again, the "higher profile" is just a result of UNLV hiring Tarkanian and their incredible run in basketball in the 80s and 90s. Nevada is better academically, the destination campus for the state, and has been better in football and basketball this century.

UNLV is just a regional commuter school. If Houston makes a couple straight final fours does that make them more attractive than Texas A&M due to a "higher profile"?

From the outside looking in... A&M and Houston are closer than you think.

You lose ONE GAME to App St...

Competitively, on the field and on the court, UH is very strong. It's no insult to be compared to them. In the things that matter for realignment, fan enthusiasm and tv ratings, UH has always really struggled. They don't struggle to get to A&M's level, they struggle to get to Baylor's level. They're roughly equivalent to UTSA in fan enthusiasm today. UH was really the 5th choice for the big 12 last year, but they took them over Boise b/c of geography. That's no knock on UH, they're working really hard to increase fan enthusiasm and support, but it's the reality and has been for at least the 30 years that I've cared about this sort of thing.

UH had 148,000 total attendance in football last year when they went 8-5 and won the Independence Bowl, 24k average. A&M last season was 3-7 going into the UMass home game, 2nd to last game of our first losing season since 2009, and we still had over 90k fans. Terrible season, terrible opponent, 90k fans. We had 5% of the total state population of West Virginia at that game.

I believe it LOL we have something like 1.7Mill and declining.