Conference realignment "Rumors" "tweets" "etc"

[hm101]

2 hours ago, BDYZR said:

IMO if any P4 suggested that was a prerequisite we would not be even thinking about a 35k stadium. 

Northwestern's new stadium will have a 35k capacity 

[jmbull]

8 minutes ago, hm101 said:

Northwestern's new stadium will have a 35k capacity 

Yeah but northwestern stadium is a real $800 mil stadium.  Not a 2.0 ucf stadium. 

[USF_Bullsharks]

29 minutes ago, jmbull said:

Yeah but northwestern stadium is a real $800 mil stadium.  Not a 2.0 ucf stadium. 

Who has that? SDSU? 

[Triple B]

2 hours ago, Triple B said:

My thoughts exactly .... however, may be a good sign that all of a sudden we're seeing 40K pop up in various conversations, although don't remember where and if those involved matter.

 

55 minutes ago, Bear said:

We should have always sought for 40k... It's just a solid round number.

I've always thought they were sacrificing seats for amenities. This is going to be a tough sell for some used to RayJay ...

 

Edited July 26 by Triple B

[Triple B]

35 minutes ago, jmbull said:

Yeah but northwestern stadium is a real $800 mil stadium.  Not a 2.0 ucf stadium. 

 

6 minutes ago, USF_Bullsharks said:

Who has that? SDSU? 

Jesuit High School

[M50_BULL]

46 minutes ago, jmbull said:

Yeah but northwestern stadium is a real $800 mil stadium.  Not a 2.0 ucf stadium. 

Every time I come back and open this thread  

[Brad]

1 hour ago, Ricky the Bull said:

My own, unverified opinion is that the delay in final renderings are due to expansion considerations due to a pending conference realignment.  I'll hold onto that until I hear something official.

I think you're at least part right, but you're more in the know than me.  

It's not hard to take that leap, much like the bank loan as opposed debt that would need servicing.  A lot of pointers point to us waiting so painfully for something...It has been over 1000 days.  

[Cat941]

I sought to look out who the best remaining Group of 5 schools are for power conference expansion---and I failed! There are so many holes in my research and methodology that it's harder to see where it works than where it doesn't. But the whole purpose of this video is to spur conversation about expansion, so leave a comment down below if you think I could have done something better.

 

This is fun!  USF finishes third out of the schools that were researched.  Also, it looks at recently added schools which also was interesting.  

 

Edited July 26 by Cat941
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[Cat941]

20 minutes ago, Cat941 said:

I sought to look out who the best remaining Group of 5 schools are for power conference expansion---and I failed! There are so many holes in my research and methodology that it's harder to see where it works than where it doesn't. But the whole purpose of this video is to spur conversation about expansion, so leave a comment down below if you think I could have done something better.

 

This is fun!  USF finishes third out of the schools that were researched.  Also, it looks at recently added schools which also was interesting.  

 

Top three expansion schools from this formula were determined to be:  Rice, SDSU and then USF.  It was based on factors like FB success, endowment, academics, market (location) and alumni numbers.  Some of the things not factored in were potential, other sports success and facilities.   Thought it was intriguing.  

[Cat941]

Pray tell.