New Conference Realignment Shenanigans
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Wise Owl
Member since 2008
Re: New Conference Realignment Shenanigans
New Conference Realignment Shenanigans
walty12 said
NCowl said
this was on the CUSA message board…
not that their vote means anything to the CUSA Board & ADs involved, but it shows what people are looking at… the now! and 49 votes for FIU to replace UCF vs FAU's 12 votes (and 2 of those are me and Owlfamily).
FIU might have had plenty of bad seasons, but they are on the up and up, beating teams or giving AQ teams close games… they are the team now.
Obviously, CUSA will need several teams to replace the missing ones, but just be ready because we could be left behind this alignment too!
The average fan doesn't think of generating revenue through TV dollars, the board members do and the understand that concept.
You know Ball State almost went to the SEC after thier 12-0 season in 2006?
SERIOUSLY!!!!! what good is TV dollars if people are NOT watching… we have no fan base. Just because there are millions of TVs in our area, they are watching "Everyone Loves Raymond" reruns and not FAU football, so it means squat if you don't have the fan base!!!!
Point and case… NY has the biggest TV market, but NOT the most fans…
http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/19/the-geography-of-college-football-fans-and-realignment-chaos/
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Wise Owl
Member since 2009
Re: New Conference Realignment Shenanigans
East Conference
ECU
Marshall
FAU
FIU
MTSU
Memphis
UAB
ASU
West Conference
SMU
Houston
UTEP
Tulane
Tulsa
Rice
Southern Miss
Troy
Posted
VIP DONOR
Member since 2006
Re: New Conference Realignment Shenanigans
NCowl said
walty12 said
NCowl said
this was on the CUSA message board…
not that their vote means anything to the CUSA Board & ADs involved, but it shows what people are looking at… the now! and 49 votes for FIU to replace UCF vs FAU's 12 votes (and 2 of those are me and Owlfamily).
FIU might have had plenty of bad seasons, but they are on the up and up, beating teams or giving AQ teams close games… they are the team now.
Obviously, CUSA will need several teams to replace the missing ones, but just be ready because we could be left behind this alignment too!
The average fan doesn't think of generating revenue through TV dollars, the board members do and the understand that concept.
You know Ball State almost went to the SEC after thier 12-0 season in 2006?
SERIOUSLY!!!!! what good is TV dollars if people are NOT watching… we have no fan base. Just because there are millions of TVs in our area, they are watching "Everyone Loves Raymond" reruns and not FAU football, so it means squat if you don't have the fan base!!!!
Point and case… NY has the biggest TV market, but NOT the most fans…
http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/19/the-geography-of-college-football-fans-and-realignment-chaos/
Show me the TV numbers for before and after USF went to the Big East…that would be an accurate comparison.
Teambeer is the most knowledgeable FAU sports fan I know, way smarter than me.
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Wise Owl
Member since 2008
Re: New Conference Realignment Shenanigans
All I'm saying is it's not just about TVs… but more about the fans viewing those TVs. The bottom line is we have to get back to winning to build our fans, basketball is doing well because of that. Improve our facilities and the rest will come….. that's all it is!
GO OWLS!
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Wise Owl
Member since 2005
Re: New Conference Realignment Shenanigans
Hopefully never again, let it go! You are coming across as quite the jerk now.owlcountry40 said
OK lets clear one thing up here basketball does not matter in any of this as Pitt. and the Cuse proved but year like i have said many times on this broad it is about who is winning now FIU is way ahead of now. Howard should have been gone last year we needed to stop the downward spiral and we didn't. I do not know how many more times i will have to say this.
GO OWLS!
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VIP DONOR
Member since 2006
Re: New Conference Realignment Shenanigans
NCowl said
yeah. moving to a AQ big east sure your numbers will go up, but we are looking at CUSA, how many more fans we going to have jump on the owl bandwagon to see a Marshall or Rice?
All I'm saying is it's not just about TVs… but more about the fans viewing those TVs. The bottom line is we have to get back to winning to build our fans, basketball is doing well because of that. Improve our facilities and the rest will come….. that's all it is!
GO OWLS!
Of course I agree that winning will help. No doubt. But beating Arkansas State isn't drawing large numbers of fans, beating West Virginia and Pitt on TV is.
Teambeer is the most knowledgeable FAU sports fan I know, way smarter than me.
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VIP DONOR
Member since 2006
Re: New Conference Realignment Shenanigans
dusky256fc said
Hopefully never again, let it go! You are coming across as quite the jerk now.owlcountry40 said
OK lets clear one thing up here basketball does not matter in any of this as Pitt. and the Cuse proved but year like i have said many times on this broad it is about who is winning now FIU is way ahead of now. Howard should have been gone last year we needed to stop the downward spiral and we didn't. I do not know how many more times i will have to say this.
Let him go, he makes me look like I have a halo above my head. ;D
Teambeer is the most knowledgeable FAU sports fan I know, way smarter than me.
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Wise Owl
Member since 2008
Re: New Conference Realignment Shenanigans
walty12 said
NCowl said
yeah. moving to a AQ big east sure your numbers will go up, but we are looking at CUSA, how many more fans we going to have jump on the owl bandwagon to see a Marshall or Rice?
All I'm saying is it's not just about TVs… but more about the fans viewing those TVs. The bottom line is we have to get back to winning to build our fans, basketball is doing well because of that. Improve our facilities and the rest will come….. that's all it is!
GO OWLS!
Of course I agree that winning will help. No doubt. But beating Arkansas State isn't drawing large numbers of fans, beating West Virginia and Pitt on TV is.
Well we can't even beat a terrible NT team so we have a long way to go. And there is no chance of us going to the BE right now… like I said, we are going to be playing Marshall, UAB & Rice etc… not much better than the SB teams IMHO.
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Wise Owl
Member since 2008
Re: New Conference Realignment Shenanigans
Captain said
walty12 said
2) FIU has a higher home attendance than FAU
The word going around is that superconferences will bring back the minimum seating capacity requirements tht the NCAA used to have. It used to be 30k, which means FIU would have to build out. They're a little short.
"What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
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VIP DONOR
Member since 2008
Re: New Conference Realignment Shenanigans
They just need the overall numbers in the market to sell advertising to whomever and the bigger the overall market the bigger the number they can charge for.
Why did the BigEast take S. Florida a few years back and select a program MANY HUNDREDS of miles form its closest new conference member?
Great football tradition - NO, great football program - NO, great on-campus Stadium - NO, great local rivalry - NO!
Good media market as opposed to Marshall or East Carolina - YES.
If we are not trying to get in the game (or even keep in the game) now than we may just be shut-out FOREVER into a new DII level. NOT the way to sell 30,000 seats or het decent recruits. If we get left behind and UCF gets into the BigEast and FIU gets into CUSA, our recruiting (Coach and players)and ticket sales will go right down the toilet FOREVER. LOBBY hard for the Best FAU, NOW is not only the time, it may be the ONLY time left!
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