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Message: [QUOTE="UConnNick, post: 1763595, member: 1526"] Nobody in Houston cares about Rice anymore, except for their baseball program, which is nationally prominent. They get crowds of less than 5,000 for football in a 75,000 seat stadium. Their BB arena is a 1950's era glorified HS gym. They have one of the best stadiums in all of college baseball. UH has some major donors. John Moores, who used to own the SD Padres, donated 51 million to UH, part of which for construction of their athletics building. Tillman Fertitta is worth about 3.5 billion and can write them a check anytime he wants. They aren't lacking for financial support from big donors. As for their fanbase, they've always lagged behind the other Texas schools locally because it's a gigantic commuter school. They're trying to change that by building more dorms on campus, but I think they only have about four big ones. Most UH students graduate and are never seen again on campus or attending games. In the old SWC days, crowds for games in Houston vs A&M or UT would result in 50/50 crowds, and they'd jack up the ticket prices for those games. Even Arkansas would have a lot of their fans at games in Houston. Houston is like Boston and NYC. It's a pro sports city. [/QUOTE]