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Topic: The Death of College Football - Realignment, NIL, Portal, Etc.

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MrNubbz

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« Reply #2296 on: May 17, 2025, 01:24:12 PM »
Quote from: bayareabadger on May 17, 2025, 01:04:28 PM
Hmmm. If cities matter, why can’t Houston fill a stadium?

The University of Houston is a big public school in a big Texan city. Maybe Houstonians just don’t like football very much. Or maybe all of this is a question about schools, not local populations.
Same as PITT-Pittsburgh easier to draw from a whole state/region than a municipality
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« Reply #2297 on: May 17, 2025, 01:35:12 PM »
Quote from: MrNubbz on May 17, 2025, 01:24:12 PM
Same as PITT-Pittsburgh easier to draw from a whole state/region than a municipality
Houston is a commuter school.

USC is the most popular brand in a massive state, a college blueblood, located in one of the largest cities in the USA.

These are not even remotely comparable.

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« Reply #2298 on: May 17, 2025, 01:47:31 PM »
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« Reply #2299 on: May 17, 2025, 01:53:23 PM »
Quote from: Gigem on May 17, 2025, 01:11:31 PM
UH is a commuter school. Their own alumni don’t even care about UH.
It's like UI-Chicago then.
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« Reply #2300 on: May 17, 2025, 01:54:06 PM »
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« Reply #2301 on: May 17, 2025, 01:55:23 PM »
I'm not sure I agree with Kirby on the first point.  Within the same position group, if a senior is better than the incoming freshman, he'll be paid accordingly.  If he isn't paid accordingly, then he'll leave for someplace that will pay him.

On his second point, he's absolutely right.  A lot of schools are likely to start cutting sports in order to make payroll.
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« Reply #2302 on: May 17, 2025, 02:02:27 PM »
I'm guessing entering freshmen are getting lucrative offers to sign at some university, while the seniors already there might never have had an NIL deal when he was a frosh.

But, generally speaking, NIL has some issues.  So does the portal.  So does football.
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« Reply #2303 on: May 17, 2025, 07:30:35 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on May 17, 2025, 01:47:31 PM

Newsflash…Kirby Smart doesn’t like free markets. 
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« Reply #2304 on: May 17, 2025, 10:52:45 PM »
I'm flabbergasted that the Dallas Cowboys weren't once mentioned in that whole conversation.

It's not just about Saturday, it's about a weekend.  SMU and TCU are 'other' programs for several reasons, one big one being the Cowboys own most football fans' wallets in the DFW area and far and wide around Texas itself.

The LA teams have had NFL teams off and on, which isn't "good" for pulling fans/$$$ away.  So USC and UCLA don't have that excuse. 

But again, I find it odd for the CA teams to build huge stadiums 100 years ago, even if they sold out for a game, season, or even a decade.  None of them have had sustained sellout crowds, a la a Nebraska (no one has), Texas, Florida, OSU, or even a South Carolina.

Sure, Stanford had 94,000 in 1935 for their game against Cal, but the very next season, averaged 25,000 per game.  That's A LOT of empty seats for a lot of years.  Perhaps that's why they eventually demolished it and build a stadium with half the capacity.
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« Reply #2305 on: May 17, 2025, 11:56:00 PM »
The Texans are keeping the Cougars down. 
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« Reply #2306 on: Today at 07:35:20 AM »
well, Nebraska didn't build a 100,000 seat stadium
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« Reply #2307 on: Today at 08:41:58 AM »


I'm all for removing seats with views like this. 




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« Reply #2308 on: Today at 09:09:45 AM »
Quote from: bayareabadger on May 17, 2025, 01:04:28 PM
Hmmm. If cities matter, why can’t Houston fill a stadium?

The University of Houston is a big public school in a big Texan city. Maybe Houstonians just don’t like football very much. Or maybe all of this is a question about schools, not local populations.

Quote from: MrNubbz on May 17, 2025, 01:24:12 PM

Same as PITT-Pittsburgh easier to draw from a whole state/region than a municipality
Quote from: utee94 on May 17, 2025, 01:35:12 PM

Houston is a commuter school.

USC is the most popular brand in a massive state, a college blueblood, located in one of the largest cities in the USA.

These are not even remotely comparable.
I was comparing Pitt to Houston and talking to BAB I didn't mention USC or compare them dern sensitive Texican. Stay in your lane and on topic - go sit with Mdot,no Yuengling for you - 1 year




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Re: The Death of College Football - Realignment, NIL, Portal, Etc.
« Reply #2309 on: Today at 09:11:11 AM »
USC is a directional school.
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