(02-09-2018 08:24 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote:  

(02-09-2018 08:00 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(02-09-2018 06:43 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  I disagree and we're talking long term not short term. The majority are long shots, which is better than no shot.

The only school with an attendance over 36,000 was B.Y.U. at 57,000. Cincinnati had 28,000, UConn 20,000, and a favorite discussed on Big 12 talk sites is Tulane 16,000. Houston did 32, UCF did 37, USF did 31, and Memphis did 36. ECU did about 36. That's miles away from compensating for academic ratings with stellar support numbers.

But if any of those teams were to be elevated to a power conference, one would expect their attendance numbers to increase significantly.

Cart before the horse.

A school has to be able to generate great numbers organically otherwise there's really no reason to add them.

Consider though that Vanderbilt plays quality SEC competition week in and week out and has done so for decades. Even with those advantages, their attendance is pretty paltry. So it's really not necessarily true that a school's attendance would increase significantly just because of Power membership.