Strictly Market Driven...
1. Charlotte
2. UAB
3. ODU
4. UNT (would be higher if not for SMU already near)
5. UTSA
6. MTSU
7. FIU
8. FAU
9. Rice (same issue as UNT)
10. UTEP
11. WKU
12. Marshall
13. Southern Miss
14. La Tech
Overall Brand, Budget, Academics and Athletics Fit...
1. UAB (history, recent success, market)
2. Southern Miss (history and brand ++)
3. Marshall (history and brand ++)
4. Rice (history and academics ++)
5. ODU (market and budget ++)
6. Charlotte (market++)
7. North Texas (market)
The rest in no order
La Tech
UTSA
UTEP
FIU
FAU
WKU
MTSU
(06-23-2019 07:46 PM)herdfan129 Wrote: What made you rank MTSU, UTEP, and WKU ahead of Marshall in terms of market?
Huntington-Charleston media market is bigger than all 3 of theirs. Please don't try to add MTSU in with Nashville.
MTSU is in the Nashville market. If you're going to lump Huntington and Charleston together then you need to also add MTSU in Nashville considering Nashville's actually closer to Murfreesboro then Huntington is to Charleston.
Further, I'm looking at this with a completely unbiased view.
Obviously, I would love to have Marshall in the conversation, but I'm looking at things objectively,
(This post was last modified: 06-23-2019 07:52 PM by rileylives.)
If I wanted someone that would win football games, I'd go:
1) Southern Miss
2) Marshall
3) Louisiana Tech
4) North Texas
If I wanted to continue whatever the phuck it is the AAC has been doing, most of which I don't understand, I'd go:
1) FIU (enrollment, recruiting, market,academics)
2) UAB (academics, market)
3) North Texas (market, academics, music department, actual football)
4) Rice (academics, makes as much sense as Tulsa)
5) Charlotte (market, academics, makes as much sense as Tulane)
6) Old Dominion (budget, recruiting)
(This post was last modified: 06-23-2019 07:53 PM by Noodles.)
(06-23-2019 07:46 PM)herdfan129 Wrote: What made you rank MTSU, UTEP, and WKU ahead of Marshall in terms of market?
Huntington-Charleston media market is bigger than all 3 of theirs. Please don't try to add MTSU in with Nashville.
Middle Tennessee state is in the Nashville market. If you're going to lump Huntington and Charleston together then you need to also add MTSU in Nashville considering Nashville's actually closer to Murfreesboro then Huntington is to Charleston.
Further, I'm looking at this with a completely unbiased view.
Obviously, I would love to have Marshall in the conversation, but I'm looking at things objectively,
You're right. I just looked. Murfreesboro is included in the Nashville market.
Huntington-Charleston is ranked #70
El Paso #85
Bowling Green, KY #181
Tell me again who those two are ranked ahead of us?
(06-23-2019 07:46 PM)herdfan129 Wrote: What made you rank MTSU, UTEP, and WKU ahead of Marshall in terms of market?
Huntington-Charleston media market is bigger than all 3 of theirs. Please don't try to add MTSU in with Nashville.
MTSU is in the Nashville market. If you're going to lump Huntington and Charleston together then you need to also add MTSU in Nashville considering Nashville's actually closer to Murfreesboro then Huntington is to Charleston.
Further, I'm looking at this with a completely unbiased view.
Obviously, I would love to have Marshall in the conversation, but I'm looking at things objectively,
Murfreesboro is most certainly in the Nashville MSA.
(06-23-2019 07:46 PM)herdfan129 Wrote: What made you rank MTSU, UTEP, and WKU ahead of Marshall in terms of market?
Huntington-Charleston media market is bigger than all 3 of theirs. Please don't try to add MTSU in with Nashville.
Middle Tennessee state is in the Nashville market. If you're going to lump Huntington and Charleston together then you need to also add MTSU in Nashville considering Nashville's actually closer to Murfreesboro then Huntington is to Charleston.
Further, I'm looking at this with a completely unbiased view.
Obviously, I would love to have Marshall in the conversation, but I'm looking at things objectively,
You're right. I just looked. Murfreesboro is included in the Nashville market.
Huntington-Charleston is ranked #70
El Paso #85
Bowling Green, KY #181
Tell me again who those two are ranked ahead of us?
Yeah, I don't know it's close. We're all kinda splitting hairs down at the bottom.
If the AAC wants a market, none of us are an option.
I have to believe they want more than just a market, however.
(06-23-2019 07:52 PM)Noodles Wrote: If I wanted someone that would win football games, I'd go:
1) Southern Miss
2) Marshall
3) Louisiana Tech
4) North Texas
If I wanted to continue whatever the phuck it is the AAC has been doing, most of which I don't understand, I'd go:
1) FIU (enrollment, recruiting, market,academics)
2) UAB (academics, market)
3) North Texas (market, academics, music department, actual football)
4) Rice (academics, makes as much sense as Tulsa)
5) Charlotte (market, academics, makes as much sense as Tulane)
6) Old Dominion (budget, recruiting)
(06-23-2019 07:52 PM)Noodles Wrote: If I wanted someone that would win football games, I'd go:
1) Southern Miss
2) Marshall
3) Louisiana Tech
4) North Texas
If I wanted to continue whatever the phuck it is the AAC has been doing, most of which I don't understand, I'd go:
1) FIU (enrollment, recruiting, market,academics)
2) UAB (academics, market)
3) North Texas (market, academics, music department, actual football)
4) Rice (academics, makes as much sense as Tulsa)
5) Charlotte (market, academics, makes as much sense as Tulane)
6) Old Dominion (budget, recruiting)
What football games has Southern Miss won lately?
I will defer this question to Louisiana Tech and Marshall.
