Your true test is the conference game today on ESPN in the ratings game.
Last Thursday the MW matchup of Boise St vs New Mexico had a 0.7 and 1.053 million viewers.
Curious to see how this game rates with USF ranked.

(09-21-2017 01:01 PM)C0|db|00ded Wrote:  

(09-21-2017 12:42 AM)TU4ever Wrote:  

(09-20-2017 11:46 PM)fishpro1098 Wrote:  

(09-20-2017 04:29 PM)TripleA Wrote:  You guys got me curious. Here is Wichita State's all-time football record against current AAC teams:

Against:

Cincinnati: 7-14-2

Houston: 3-6

Memphis: 0-10

SMU: 0-1

Tulane: 1-0

Tulsa: 13-28-1

TOTAL: 24-59-3

https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/sch...-head.html

I can see why they dropped the sport.

That isnt why. They had a plane crash.

Plane crash was 1970, disbanding football was 1986.


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I had shocker fan explain it to me as they never recovered from the crash and that the seperation between fbs (div 1) and the fcs (div 1AA) finished it. Essentially the plane crash was the stabbing, the split was pulling the blade out and your program then bled out. Maybe i got it wrong though.

(09-20-2017 12:43 AM)fishpro1098 Wrote:  

(09-19-2017 06:15 PM)BigHouston Wrote:  

(09-19-2017 03:34 PM)CougarRed Wrote:  Through 3 weeks:

Total Viewers:

SEC - 61M
Big 10 - 56M
ACC - 53M
Big 12 - 29M
Pac 12 - 25M

American - 12M
MWC - 9M

I expect AAC ratings to jump much much more this coming weekend and even more when conference games kick to higher gear.

Remember, we had to cancel some games, so I wonder how that would have affected out total.

Yeah...UCF losing their big Saturday Night Primetime Game vs Ga Tech on ESPN2 certainly didn't help...nor did their rescheduled game for Friday Night on ESPNU vs Memphis (was originally going to be Saturday Night on ESPNews).

(09-20-2017 09:19 PM)MonsterTigerBlue Wrote:  

(09-20-2017 04:01 PM)TU4ever Wrote:  

(09-20-2017 02:45 PM)oldtiger Wrote:  

(09-20-2017 11:26 AM)C0|db|00ded Wrote:  

(09-19-2017 11:39 PM)MonsterTigerBlue Wrote:  Have you guys thought about getting back a fooball team ever,,, ? just wondering not being snarky . I swear i remember the 70's and 80's football...

(08-31-2017 01:34 PM)WstateU Wrote:  One of the few games I left early. Unfortunately missed the excitement, but did hear it live on my transistor radio...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZshtfhTXHY

(08-31-2017 03:30 PM)WstateU Wrote:  This might interest some of our younger Shocker fans and maybe a few AAC fans…

I’ve always been in the “bring back Shocker football” camp and if it’s ever going to happen again at WSU, it will likely be on President Bardo’s watch or a successor with similar vision; he’s a huge football fan and knows the impact football can have on a university, i.e alumni support, enrollment, etc. We had questionable leadership at the university before and after the tragic 1970 plane crash; we never recovered from that horrible disaster. It’s one of those events that you never forget and stays with you for life. We dropped football in 1986 (Lew ‘hatchet’ Perkins brought out the ax) and it wasn’t long before basketball (14-17 - 1990-1991) headed in the same direction (yes, NCAA probation was a factor, but university leadership was weak and lacked vision); during that span, baseball was our saving grace (National Championship in 1989). We slowly dug ourselves out of a deep hole with new leadership; hired a new President and athletic director in 1999 and the arrow has continued to point upward since.

Shocker Summer: Jim Schaus arrives in Wichita

“I want to build this program back to prominence. And we’re going to get there. There’s no doubt in my mind.
http://www.kansas.com/sports/college/wic...47000.html

Moving to the AAC is a good start. The City of Wichita and region has grown significantly since football was dropped in 1986. I hope AAC football fans keep shoving football talk down our throats. Many of our fans are too young to remember football at WSU; yes, we had more lows than highs, but there’s something special about a fall afternoon football game on campus. I feel sorry for Shocker fans that haven’t experienced it or may never get the chance. I dream someday they will…

For those still reading… :)

Study: Bringing football back to Wichita State could cost tens of millions
http://www.kwch.com/content/news/Wichita...95961.html

Wichita State president talks about the possibility of bringing back football.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJJHmb6nDSk

AAC members show Wichita State the price of playing big-time football
http://www.kansas.com/sports/college/wic...03132.html



http://www.kansas.com/sports/college/wic...04563.html

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Some of us that have been around awhile remember Tiger VS WheatShocker football games in the Missouri Valley. Bearcat fans should recall Shocker games also.

Tulsa does too.

Thanks I thought maybe i had dreamed it up...or was losing my memory !!lol

I was at several of the affairs