How realistic is it that we could even get our T3 rights back?
USF should start with having somebody, anybody show up for games.
vs. Memphis 3840
vs. SMU 2857
vs. Cincinnati 3062
Houston is actually decent and they don't draw for squat either.
vs. Temple 4466
vs. UConn 4672
vs. SMU 6195 (only decent number for an in-state rival)
Compare that to "real" expansion candidates
UConn vs. SMU 15,564
vs. Cincinnati 13,342
vs. Temple 11,319
Cincinnati vs. UConn 13,176
vs. Memphis 10,320
vs. ECU 12,513 (how Cincy got more vs ECU than vs Memphis is a bit of a mystery)
It sucks that everyone keeps selling this league so short especially when no one seems to consider it's relative youth. Just over half way through it's first TV contract and already it can rightfully brag about National Championships in Men's & Women's basketball, multiple Top 20 final rankings in football that include major bowl wins, top 10 rankings in baseball, soccer and golf and half the league gets invited to the softball national playoffs. The schools involved are upgrading facilities, shoring up their academics and increasing their enrollments. But lets just keep crapping on this conference because you can't play Syracuse for about the 75th time or BC for close to that.
Do you understand that this is a fairly accurate picture of the major members of our conference?It sucks that everyone keeps selling this league so short especially when no one seems to consider it's relative youth. Just over half way through it's first TV contract and already it can rightfully brag about National Championships in Men's & Women's basketball, multiple Top 20 final rankings in football that include major bowl wins, top 10 rankings in baseball, soccer and golf and half the league gets invited to the softball national playoffs. The schools involved are upgrading facilities, shoring up their academics and increasing their enrollments. But lets just keep crapping on this conference because you can't play Syracuse for about the 75th time or BC for close to that.
Without Cincinnati and/or UConn, I'm not sure why they'd leave the MWC for the American. I doubt the AAC could pay them more. Lateral move at best, and right now they're contained in a relatively small area.