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UCF and Cincy would be 1 and 2 in the MWC west division. I don't know about the mountain division. Houston and Memphis are likely to be in the middle of the MWC mountain. We have a tendency to greatly overate ourselves on this board. Of course I do occasionally read the AAC board and the ACC board and they have similar problems.
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I look at us as a one or two bid league at most. Reno being the best team in the MWC. Would it not be nice to have Wichita State in the MWC now? Thanks Hair.
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http://www.colleyrankings.com/currank.html MWC and AAC teams in the top 25 are: UCF 6 Boise St 15 Cincy 16 Fresno 19 USU 24 Since no G5 team will make the CFP the Access Bowl is probably it for UCF unless they loose the AAC playoff. If they do lose then Boise has a good chance. However this poll is unlikely to influence the voters a great deal.
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What is your logic behind this interpretation?
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CBS Poll has 3 MWC schools in top 25 UCF 9th USU 15th Boise 22nd Fresno 23rd Cincy RV 27th Frankly I do not think USU deserves 15th but they should be above Boise at 22nd. Very good publicity for the MWC.
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What word or words in my post "I would say Fresno will return to being Fresno as will USU". triggered this emotional response?
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Fanhood is my new hero. Remember the old saying: Hope is the prerequisite of faith.
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SDSU can only improve next year. I believe they will. Looking at our opponents I would say Fresno will return to being Fresno as will USU. Boise will remain a good team with 2 or at most 3 losses per season and SJSU will, or at least may return to the status of "well below average".
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Please remember that they came from an athletically waning conference as well.
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I was informed that Kalua pig was in the process of becoming a Franciscan monk Is this not true?
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Warbow, 4 G5 in the top 10 and 5 in the top 12. Way to go. UCF, Fresno, Cincinnati, Utah St. and UAB wow.
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RSF please check my post below per the stadium and MLS issue, thanks
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RSF ....I am leaving the letter here as I could not message you. I have also left a note on your previous post. RSF ............... WHY DON'T YOU HAVE MESSAGING? Here is the article I said I would message you: PX: Why didn't Major League Soccer make an exception for FC Cincinnati? Armed with $51 million in taxpayer money for new stadium infrastructure, FC Cincinnati President Jeff Berding is set to make the club's “pick-us” pitch to Major League Soccer on Wednesday in New York. Detroit business leaders also will be there in hopes of their city being picked for one of two expansion bids that MLS will award later this month. Motor City officials didn't need to secure a dime in public money for a new stadium. Their downtown NFL stadium was good enough for MLS to name Detroit one of four finalists along with Cincinnati, Nashville and Sacramento. We get Paul Brown Stadium not working, considering it's too big and the complexity of the Bengals deal. But we're left to wonder whether Berding did absolutely everything he could to exhaust Nippert as an option before pursuing public money for a new stadium. MLS prefers soccer-specific stadiums located in the urban core, but there are enough exceptions for FC Cincinnati to make a strong case to stay at Nippert. In addition to having two viable stadiums, Cincinnati is home to the worst public stadium deal in American sports history. MLS needed to cut us some slack for that. MLS might have made an exception for Detroit because it’s a major TV market. The league also might have included Motown simply as a courtesy to billionaire owners Dan Gilbert, Tom Gores and the Ford family. MLS wants their money, but it’s possible the league will take a pass on Detroit this time and request the owners create a stadium plan for the next round of expansion. (nb That exception was not made and Detroit was not extended an invite but might be in the future.) MLS was fine with its Atlanta expansion team sharing a new stadium with the NFL franchise. Arthur Blank owns Atlanta's soccer and football teams. MLS is fine with the Seattle Sounders playing in the NFL stadium. Seattle’s teams also have the same owner. Further, the league seems cool with its Chicago, Dallas and Philadelphia teams playing in "home" stadiums way out in the suburbs. Market size is important, but it's tough seeing it being a deal breaker. The league's attendance is trending upward, but TV ratings lagged this year. Hence, the stadium grab. Mexico's top pro soccer league has higher TV ratings in the United States than MLS. In the era of cord-cutting, we've probably seen sports TV contracts already top out. Cincinnati's strong attendance figures help to make up for its smaller market size. FC Cincinnati averaged 21,199 fans per game at Nippert this year. If FC Cincinnati were in MLS, the club would've ranked eighth in attendance. Last season, FC Cincinnati's first ever, the club averaged 18,808 fans. That would've been good enough for 15th in MLS.
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This past summer the Mayor of Cincinnati and Commish of Hamilton County discussed this with the commissioner of the MLS. When the MLS commish came to town in August to grant the new franchise to Cincy he said on television that had the FCCincinnati bid been received without a promise of a new soccer only stadium there would be no franchise granted. He explained that it was MLS policy that a college or pro football or other sports team would not be granted without a separate soccer only stadium. I will attempt to look up the press conference and the interview with the Ham. County Commish in the Cincinnati Enquire. I hate to look at that pathetic leftist rag especially since they are charging a higher price now for searching them on the web. However I think it would be worth doing. Will get back to you today if I can. Years ago when I lived in San Diego we had a minor league soccer team. I can not remember the name of that team but I do remember they played in a high school stadium. Does anyone remember that teams name? They were only around 2 or 3 years. RSF, Despite statements by politico's and the soccer team officials and MLS officials I have found an article in PoliticalX which is a sort of supplement thrown into the local paper every few weeks or when ever they want to do it which basically agrees with what you have said concerning MLS and NFL stadiums. Apparently the MLS has a rule to which they will grant exceptions when they please. I am going to message you the shortened version of the article I read. It mentions Seattle, NY, NE etc. Sent 8:47 AM Eastern