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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 1788658, member: 1414"] [USER=162]@BrassBonanza[/USER] covered it pretty well. It has lots of potential down the road. Fan base will always be split, and Philly is as much a pro-sports city as any. Penn State/ND carries whatever college football support Philly has, and college hoops is fragmented between Nova, Temple and St. Joes, all of which are competitive. They are all lucky Penn State sucks at basketball (as is Pitt). Culturally it's a much less of a fit than UConn. UConn is a land grant school in a rural town, with a solid Ag program and its own herd of cows. Temple is a gritty inner-city school. Cinci is a "city school", but aside from a small downtown, Cincinnati is about as urban as Overland Park. I'd be surprised if they chose Temple over either USF or UCF. All three have big markets but weak market penetration. [/QUOTE]