(08-26-2019 02:04 PM)Hilldog Wrote: (08-25-2019 12:07 PM)edinburger Wrote: (08-24-2019 08:20 PM)Hilldog Wrote: Of the D1 schools without football in Texas- UTRGV, Arlington, Corpus Christi; who is most likely to bring back/start football?
All three are very unlikely; if you're talking ultra long shots then maybe UTA.
1. UTRGV: We've already discussed this one in detail.
2. TAMUCC: Everyone in TX is still horrified and tramautized by the cruel shotgun marriage between UTPA and UTB into UTRGV, and deathly afraid it will happen to them. There is already football at TAMUK 40 miles away. The very last thing TAMUCC wants is to have some genius in the legislature say "hey, why don't we save money and bring D1 football to the area by merging them?".
Even though TAMUCC is our mortal enemy, I would not wish such a thing on them. TAMUCC will keep their heads down on this issue.
3. UTA: The DFW area already has two college teams and a pro team so no one is starved for games to go to. Unlike SMU and UNT, it's mainly a commuter school. However, maybe those aren't complete killers.
PS: In case you're wondering, why doesn't UTA have to worry about a sadistic forced marriage? Because they have more legislators, and more of those in the majority.
What are the issues with the combining of Pan American & Brownsville?
If CC and Kingsville combined, that would be bad logistics or a ton of money for facilities! If they keep football at Kingsville, since I assume CC doesn't have a stadium or other facilities, but keep the rest of the sports at CC, that's bad logistics for students and fans.
If they wanted to move sports to one campus, unless CC has a football ready stadium, it would cost a ton of money to build.
The two campuses are about 35 miles apart as the crow flies and about 45 miles driving distance; a short drive in Houston.
On a more serious note, the distance between the two campuses would be a concern.
If using TAMU-CC as home:
Instead of building a football stadium in Corpus Christi, another option would be to use Buccaneer Stadium, an 18,000 seat high school stadium, at least temporarily. It is 9 miles from the TAMU-CC campus.
https://texasbob.com/stadium/stadium.php?id=203 It's record capacity is 23,000. Based on this year's schedule, it looks like the stadium is open on all but 2 Saturdays during football season.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi plays basketball off campus at the American Bank Center (8,400 seats) or on campus at the Dugan Wellness Center (1,200 seats). The baseball stadium seats 750 while the softball stadium seats 250. The Islanders play a few games at the off-campus Whataburger Field (7,050 seats). They played 4 games there last season. In addition, the Islanders have a really nice soccer / track complex.
If using TAMU-Kingsville as home:
Another option would be to use existing facilities at Texas A&M-Kingsville. All facilities are on campus and are university owned. The Javelinas have a 12,500-15,000 seat football / track stadium, a 4,000 seat basketball arena, a 4,000 seat baseball stadium, and a 750 seat softball stadium.
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To get this back to UTRGV, I thought the Vaqueros could have used one of the local Valley high school stadiums to at least get a football program started. Richard R. Flores Stadium (9,500 seats) is about 2 miles from the UTRGV Edinburg campus. McAllen Memorial Stadium (13,500 seats) is about 9 miles from campus.