(02-05-2016 03:11 PM)btiger Wrote:  

(02-05-2016 03:09 PM)HoopDreams Wrote:  I think Cincinnati and Memphis make a lot of sense, but I'm not surprised by any other schools being mentioned right now.

They all have their positives and negatives.

could you please list the positives and negatives of all the potential schools

This is why no one likes you.

(02-05-2016 12:58 PM)tigergreen Wrote:  

(02-05-2016 12:49 PM)kabluey Wrote:  School attendance creates at least minimal interest which creates opportunity. If it's a school that plans to grow enrollment (I dont know anything about those schools, wxcept that I hope WE plan to grow our enrollment),

Our enrollment has been growing slightly for the past 2 years. The ribbon cutting on the new dorm speaks to the fact that there is a plan to grow enrollment (likely of "traditional" students) by even more.

Man, I hope so. I think with the current administration, we could attract and serve a larger number of students. And I have a hope to double the number of college students in the area, through all the schools. That might require serious adjustments from CBU and Rhodes, which is why it's a hope, and not a goal...

(02-05-2016 12:52 PM)kabluey Wrote:  

(02-04-2016 10:09 PM)Sundanceuiuc Wrote:  Guys, don't sleep on UCF. 60k enrollment, number 2 in national. Every AAC event in NYC is two Memphis people, three temple fans and 1000 ucf folk...

I stand corrected. If it's 60k, then wow. We need to get to 30 or 40 at least.

Our enrollment is about the same as Ole Miss.

One of the more interesting rumors is Arizona and Arizona St to the B12.

(02-06-2016 12:40 AM)HoopDreams Wrote:  One of the more interesting rumors is Arizona and Arizona St to the B12.

Living in Tucson part time, thats not a rumor Ive heard. I'll look around...

(02-05-2016 05:37 PM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(02-05-2016 12:52 PM)kabluey Wrote:  

(02-04-2016 10:09 PM)Sundanceuiuc Wrote:  Guys, don't sleep on UCF. 60k enrollment, number 2 in national. Every AAC event in NYC is two Memphis people, three temple fans and 1000 ucf folk...

I stand corrected. If it's 60k, then wow. We need to get to 30 or 40 at least.

Our enrollment is about the same as Ole Miss.

If they destroyed the conference structure and started over, Ole Miss (and Kansas, and Wake Forest, and Iowa St) would not be sought after to repopulate the power conferences.

We're competing for promotion, not existing cartel members, no matter how weak.

(02-06-2016 01:07 AM)kabluey Wrote:  

(02-06-2016 12:40 AM)HoopDreams Wrote:  One of the more interesting rumors is Arizona and Arizona St to the B12.

Living in Tucson part time, thats not a rumor Ive heard. I'll look around...

Hoop, are you yanking chains? Not being critical, just asking. On it's surface, that sounds insane. Why leave a premier, safe, and profitable conference for the nuttiness that is the Longhorn Conference?

I mean in our case, hell yeah! B12 >>> AAC.

But Pac12 >>> B12, I think...

Still, you shoot straight, so what's the logic behind that rumor? I can't square that circle...

I think it was spawned by a writer in AZ.

B12 blogs are talking about it.

And when I say rumor I mean just that.

More fans and daydreaming than anything.

(02-06-2016 02:06 AM)Sundanceuiuc Wrote:  

(02-05-2016 05:37 PM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(02-05-2016 12:52 PM)kabluey Wrote:  

(02-04-2016 10:09 PM)Sundanceuiuc Wrote:  Guys, don't sleep on UCF. 60k enrollment, number 2 in national. Every AAC event in NYC is two Memphis people, three temple fans and 1000 ucf folk...

I stand corrected. If it's 60k, then wow. We need to get to 30 or 40 at least.

Our enrollment is about the same as Ole Miss.

If they destroyed the conference structure and started over, Ole Miss (and Kansas, and Wake Forest, and Iowa St) would not be sought after to repopulate the power conferences.

We're competing for promotion, not existing cartel members, no matter how weak.

Based on your hypothesis, Notre Dame and Miami would have less chance than we do of joining "autonomy 5" conferences. Their enrollments are about 11,800 and 16,800 respectively. .

(02-06-2016 09:40 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(02-06-2016 02:06 AM)Sundanceuiuc Wrote:  

(02-05-2016 05:37 PM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(02-05-2016 12:52 PM)kabluey Wrote:  

(02-04-2016 10:09 PM)Sundanceuiuc Wrote:  Guys, don't sleep on UCF. 60k enrollment, number 2 in national. Every AAC event in NYC is two Memphis people, three temple fans and 1000 ucf folk...

I stand corrected. If it's 60k, then wow. We need to get to 30 or 40 at least.

Our enrollment is about the same as Ole Miss.

If they destroyed the conference structure and started over, Ole Miss (and Kansas, and Wake Forest, and Iowa St) would not be sought after to repopulate the power conferences.

We're competing for promotion, not existing cartel members, no matter how weak.

Based on your hypothgion.esis, Notre Dame and Miami would have less chance than we do of joining "autonomy 5" conferences. Their enrollments are about 11,800 and 16,800 respectively. .

No. I'm saying enrollment matters, but lots of things matter. Notre Dame is the defacto team of every Catholic in America. There fan base is legion.

Miami is the strongest brand in a very important city, less obvious than Notre Dame, but still very desirable.

(02-06-2016 08:53 AM)HoopDreams Wrote:  I think it was spawned by a writer in AZ.

B12 blogs are talking about it.

And when I say rumor I mean just that.

More fans and daydreaming than anything.

Got it. Thanks mate.