(11-11-2017 10:40 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(11-09-2017 03:55 PM)FIUFan Wrote:  

(11-09-2017 03:08 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  It's a homer read, as CyberBull says, it reads more like a rant. Proof? He refers to SMU as a "good" team. SMU is not a good team. They are a decent team, but Sagarin has them ranked #64 right now. That's just not all that good.

He also says that UCF's schedule is almost exactly the same as Wisconsin's. But that's not true either. E.g, Sagarin has UCF's schedule at 92, Wisconsin's at 68. That's a big gap, not a small one.

Bottom line is that UCF just hasn't proved itself against top-flight competition. Being ranked #18 out of 120 teams isn't a bad thing, it means the CFP thinks you are better than more than 100 of those 120 teams. But the standard for playoffs is just way higher than that.

And how do you propose a G-5 prove itself against "top-flight competition"?

Boise is all ears.

TCU and Utah and Louisville did it well enough, apparently.

I can't speak for TCU and Utah as much because I didn't follow them but I can speak a little about Louisville.

Louisville kept expanding their stadium, partially due to higher fan interest and a bigger following. Planning for stadium expansion began in 2006 with over 13k seats added in 2010. Almost half the funding was from the state with apparent taxpayer approval. I guess Louisville made their case to the public very well.

Is it any surprise that Louisville was serious about their program and that helped them mightily to get the invite to the ACC?

IMO, if the AAC can't get buy in and support from the the public AND gain a substantial following with high interest from locals, P6 goals will never come to fruition.

For example, look at the Cincy game last night. Sure it was cold, I get that. Sure Cincy is having a bad year, I get that too. The crowd was sparse and that's not good. But I never remember the biggest P5 team, PSU, having less than 90K show up to see a bad football teams, Rutgers for example, even on cold day games, even on years when PSU was bad. Much of PSU crowds travel up to 2 hours to get to the games.

The moral, gain high interest and good thing will follow.