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  1. Thanks for detecting my error. I meant to write "A University of Houston student".
  2. One issue rarely considered about a university is wealth. wealth is allowing some universitys to increase majors while others are reducing them because of the lack of it. The future is not bright for Tulsa which might cause some conferences to be reluctant to add it. Another is it pays coaches very low salaries. "Jul 27, 2023 At the University of Tulsa, a 2019 proposal aimed to reduce degree programs by 40 percent and restructure" https://www.chronicle.com/article/heres-what-happened-after-3-colleges-announced-cuts-to-the-liberal-arts ‘We’re all grieving’ Program cuts, faculty layoffs push students off course https://www.thedaonline.com/news/wvucuts/we-re-all-grieving/article_92319650-8d55-11ee-b36a-0f42a29d76c6.html syracuse and ISU drop out of AAU while USF joins it. A community's wealth will play a major role in NIL. A University of Houston has a NIL contract with ExxonMobil. The amount has not been released. It's safe to say entities in a poor state or community will not keep up.
  3. It's not the Mountain. It's not the Pacific. It's the "Great Western Conference".
  4. If SDSU had joined the PAC last year it would receive nothing for its run.
  5. B1G and SEC cannot implement play-off plans without votes from others. Big-12, ACC, and G5 should resist. Will they vote to kill themselves? An effort was made to kill the Big-12 using the AAC to take Big-12 schools. ESPN was to provide money as part of that effort. Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby stopped that by quickly offering UC, UCF, UH, and BYU. B1G and Big12 killed the PAC. ESPN facilitated it by low-balling the money for a new PAC contract and providing money to the Big-12 when taking the 4-corner schools. The Big-12 or ACC may be next. B1G and SEC do not have to exit anything. They and ESPN can get what they want by killing first one and then the other of the B-12 and ACC.
  6. "I don't recall Houston EVER having a decent following..." Aug 26, 2023 The Cougars have surpassed 5,000 new season tickets sold, setting a TDECU Stadium record since the facility's opening. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=university+of+houston+season+tickets+up+5000&t=ftsa&ia=web UH's attendance and viewers will rise when playing against old SWC foes. There are plenty Baylor, TCU, and TT fans in Houston. I am really looking forward to some new matches like UCF-Utah. Long term, UH and UCF are capable of consistently ranking high in the Big-12 because of enrollments, interests in sports, and support. Not many universities will double their endowments this year.
  7. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/ranking-the-greatest-college-basketball-programs-of-all-time/ss-BB1ibfMN?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=38828d3c115c40739335aa8c96d392d4&ei=11#image=2
  8. This board has been a lot more active on Conference Realignment than many others. Realignment affects everyone.
  9. "Are you telling us you weren’t aware that Historically Black & Native American universities have been shamefully under funded, as compared to predominantly white public schools???" Nothing like that. It's just that some people use land-grant as though it is a ranking. It is not. Noting that a huge university and a school that most people know little about was intended to show that. I simply chose a small school which is not a university for illustration. The fact that one school is a university and the other is not should make that point. Continue boasting "Oh, we're land-grant" if that makes you feel good. With the history of land grants and how the U.S. got those lands, it's nothing to be proud of. Sorry for the distraction.
  10. "Land grant" is a classification. It is composed of schools that have received grants from the U.S. Government, particularly land. AAU universities are ranked with specified metrics such as "Competitively funded federal research", "Membership in the National Academies (NAS, NAE, IOM)", and "Undergraduate education" As for significance, what is it when "Ohio State" and "Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College" are "Land grant" schools? https://www.aau.edu/who-we-are/membership-policy
  11. "I think it's a little nuts to think that AAU membership, research dollars, UNWR rankings, etc. really matter any more in conference expansion. " A school has to be AAU to join the SEC or B1G. The only exception in modern times is OU and it would not have been invited without UT. OU had previously been rejected by the B1G and the PAC. It seems to be a solid rule.
  12. Non-P5/P4 football teams have shown they can beat some of the best P5 teams. Boise, Cincinnati, Central Florida, Houston have beaten top-25 P5 teams. What they cannot beat is P5 money. These G5 teams did not lose on the field of play. They lost at the cash register. Boise had a tremendous run. That run would have continued as long as Petersen stayed. Houston lost 3 successful HCs over a period of 8 years due to more P5 $. With a record like that, it finally found a dud. Then, P5 fans said "See they cannot compete". Neither can 95% of the P5 teams. P5 fans like to say "G5 do not have the depth to play a full schedule of P5 teams. That will be true as long as the robbery via $ continues.
  13. As the flagship university for the state of Utah, UU should be compared to the flagship of Texas. Comparing UU to a much younger city university says a lot about both.
  14. If UCF is to be compared to Utah it should be on something pertinent like recruiting: Utah 69 UCF 33 and they are just getting started https://247sports.com/Season/2024-Football/TeamRankings/
  15. "why UCF was a terrible addition to the B12?" UCF is a great addition to the Big-12. It will beat Utah in: Enrollment Attendance Viewers Recruiting On-field performance Supporters Revenue Fear is the reason for concentration on the school.
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