Overall they are much better adds. Honestly you are arguing game day attendance,

Sep 30, 2024
11:57:33am

IceBlue All-American

but they offer nothing as a destination, media markets (not as big a deal as before) and history. Overall upside is much better in Cincy, Houston and UCF. I'll take those 3 all day long and twice on sundays.

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Honest question: do UCF, Cincy, UH bring more to a league as overall sports

Mitty

11:47am

Long term yes. Short term, clearly not. Although, you could have said the same

Sparkling Delirium

11:50am

Or St and Wazzu are sub .500 all time. were only P5 by association.

molodyets

11:52am

Yes on UCF, huge alumni base, big growth market. Cincy/UH are more speculative.

tacallaway

11:55am

The ACC teams available are going to be similar.

molodyets

12:09pm

Really depends which teams you think are bound for the P2

tacallaway

12:17pm

perhaps the decision would have been different if OSU and WSU had been available

cwilke1

11:56am

Oh yes definitely, the question is more about if you did an eval now and had an

Mitty

12:16pm

Overall they are much better adds. Honestly you are arguing game day attendance,

IceBlue

11:57am

Yes. They're in TX, FL, and OH.

Doogal McCougar

12:02pm

Just so you know, those UH and Cincy attendance numbers have been shown to be

Mitty

12:19pm

I think every school in the country (except Navy) uses tickets sold and not

cwilke1

12:24pm

Probably so, and the numbers will be closely aligned in cases like BYU where the

Mitty

12:28pm

I don't thin kyou realize how few schools in are BYU's ballpark for attendance.

molodyets

12:35pm

Hmm, I feel like that's what I'm saying, that a lot of these numbers are fake.

Mitty

1:17pm

The way you phrase it put Cincy in a lower tier as if BYU was the norm. We

molodyets

1:28pm

I'm not convinced that OSU or Wazzu should be taken ahead of SDSU or Fresno...

Doogal McCougar

12:58pm

The easy travel and population density is certainly a plus, but that's the

Mitty

12:26pm

I think so. Power conference programs are usually better than non-power

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