(08-11-2014 11:12 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  If we are demoted to some FCS like mini-me division I will not be watching much college football anymore. I will continue to watch Houston games (if they are even on TV anymore) and I might go to an occasional home game. Beyond that, Ill get into pro-football and find other ways to occupy my Saturdays. I wont even really care much about who wins the new G5 mini-me division. Why would I?

Because that's where YOUR SCHOOL's football program is at, fighting and striving to overcome whatever adversity comes and trying to be the best it can be.

I pledged when I graduated 22 years ago to support UH football (plus basketball and baseball) by buying season tickets. As long as UH Football/Athletics fights on, I will never turn my back and quit supporting them.

I don't watch any p5. I would watch ucf and switch to nfl primarily. There is a reason the sec net isn't doing well here


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(08-11-2014 09:53 AM)balanced_view Wrote:  First, there are 65 P-5 schools and 64 G-5 schools, if there was a scheduling change/cut, would the fan bases of the G-5 stop following their teams and still have interest in the P-5 games?

I imagine the 64 fan bases make up a large amount of TV viewership for networks, and IMO these fans would not have the same or much interest at all in the p-5 outside of playoff games.

Second, if G-5 TV viewers are removed from the current pool of TV viewers the p-5 currently has, how big of a difference do you think it will make on TV deals going forward? and would it give the G-5 real negotiation power with the TV networks? what do ya'll think about this?

It will never happen. The reason is the middle to lower tier P5 teams would never have winning records if they had to play exclusively P5 teams. It is all bravado they will never do it. Those schools don't want losing records every year and neither do their alums and fans.