New Conference Realignment Shenanigans
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New Conference Realignment Shenanigans
Big12 gets their foot into the Florida media and recruiting markets (take that SEC for stealing A&M - they should have considered USF or UCF to me!)) and they like their patsies too! ;)
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Wise Owl
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My two favorite teams are FAU, and who ever is beating FIU!
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I just want to go if they go, or stay if they stay, or go and leave them here
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Wise Owl
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TeamBeer said
I'm more worried that CUSA decides that only one team will suffice in the S. Florida market and it becomes a fight between FAU and FIU!
I just want to go if they go, or stay if they stay, or go and leave them here
That to me is the worst case scenario. If for some reason they do decide on 1 South Florida team who does everyone think goes? I believe outside of the last two years we beat them in most categories but obviously I looked at it with rose colored glasses.
What does everyone think?
GO OWLS!
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Wise Owl
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However, on the last televised FIU game the commentators kept playing up the stadium and how it could easily be expanded to 45,000 and how beautiful the campus was. I don't know how much this matters, but it does seem that FIU has momentum on their side even though we have the brand new stadium and have been the dominant team historically.
GO OWLS!!!
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FIU has us beat in many categories. Education is rated higher, they have a greater endowment, larget alumni base and support, larger student base.
FAU wins in facilities, track record, potentially location as we're not right next to UM so we have a different media market.
I hpoe it doesn't come down to it because I don't know what drives those decisions. FAU has unbelieveable potential but so does FIU.
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Wise Owl
Member since 2006
Re: New Conference Realignment Shenanigans
My two favorite teams are FAU, and who ever is beating FIU!
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TeamBeer said
I wouldn't be nervous about it if it were a home run.
FIU has us beat in many categories. Education is rated higher, they have a greater endowment, larget alumni base and support, larger student base.
FAU wins in facilities, track record, potentially location as we're not right next to UM so we have a different media market.
I hpoe it doesn't come down to it because I don't know what drives those decisions. FAU has unbelieveable potential but so does FIU.
So we are comparing who is more well endowed now?
Teambeer is the most knowledgeable FAU sports fan I know, way smarter than me.
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Wise Owl
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Let's say CUSA loses UCF, SMU, and UH. That leaves them with Southern Miss, Tulane, ECU, Marshall, Rice, UTEP, Memphis, Tulsa, and UAB. So do you really think they'd add in just FAU or just FIU and have a team in Florida who's closest conference opponent is, what? 800+ miles away in UAB and Southern Miss, and over a thousand miles away from everyone else? No. If they are smart, they'll add the two Florida schools and maybe UNT.
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I'm just playing devil's advocate, we shouldn't assume we're locked in.
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