(08-22-2019 08:50 PM)bearcatlawjd2 Wrote: It makes me wonder how much more value there is on playing on a Saturday and playing a regional team that actually buys tickets in visitors section.
There are time I wonder if UConn had it right to some degree. Would UC be better off if itreconstituted Big East football with this group and had access to Big East basketball.
Cincinnati, Marshall, UConn, Temple, Buffalo, Army, Navy, and UMass.
Dude, don't fall for the UConn propaganda machine. 2 + 2 is never going to =5 .
We are MUCH better off running with Houston, Memphis, UCF, Navy, and heck, even the SMU's of the world. These are all legit programs with the resources and history to hang in the college football world.
The AAC has a decent core of schools that could make this P6 thing work if there is no more realignment.
Just because our filler teams aren't real... palatable... doesn't mean the good teams can't advance their cause. There just weren't enough of the "best of the rest" to fill out a conference, so we end up with the Tulsa's and Tulane's.
However, I'd still rather have Tulane than UMass or Buffalo.
We don't need a filled visitor's section. Just get 40K UC fans in there.
I would rather have Buffalo and Marshall over Tulane and Tulsa. That would be two road games that you can drive too. Still miss the regional nature of the Big East and the lack of exposure on the east coast. I hate that UC is a southern conference. Go national or give us a few more northern teams.
(08-22-2019 08:50 PM)bearcatlawjd2 Wrote: It makes me wonder how much more value there is on playing on a Saturday and playing a regional team that actually buys tickets in visitors section.
There are time I wonder if UConn had it right to some degree. Would UC be better off if itreconstituted Big East football with this group and had access to Big East basketball.
Cincinnati, Marshall, UConn, Temple, Buffalo, Army, Navy, and UMass.
Dude, don't fall for the UConn propaganda machine. 2 + 2 is never going to =5 .
We are MUCH better off running with Houston, Memphis, UCF, Navy, and heck, even the SMU's of the world. These are all legit programs with the resources and history to hang in the college football world.
The AAC has a decent core of schools that could make this P6 thing work if there is no more realignment.
Just because our filler teams aren't real... palatable... doesn't mean the good teams can't advance their cause. There just weren't enough of the "best of the rest" to fill out a conference, so we end up with the Tulsa's and Tulane's.
However, I'd still rather have Tulane than UMass or Buffalo.
We don't need a filled visitor's section. Just get 40K UC fans in there.
I would rather have Buffalo and Marshall over Tulane and Tulsa. That would be two road games that you can drive too. Still miss the regional nature of the Big East and the lack of exposure on the east coast. I hate that UC is a southern conference. Go national or give us a few more northern teams.
Well I think we all miss the days of being in a conference with Pitt, Louisville and WVU. That was ideal.
But right now I think we have to stick with the people who can also get to where we want to go with us, rather than just get with the people who are located around us.
To Marshall and Buffalo, I would have to quote U.N. Jefferson in saying that we cant let you in our conference because... you're nerds.
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I have to admit, with the way they took the Big East from us, I feel like Louis from this clip in the movie. Of course, we need a Gilbert to lead us to the promised land.
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(08-23-2019 11:06 AM)CliftonAve Wrote: I have to admit, with the way they took the Big East from us, I feel like Louis from this clip in the movie. Of course, we need a Gilbert to lead us to the promised land.
I didn't realize Eli Manning was an actor in this movie.
(08-23-2019 08:13 AM)OKIcat Wrote: ^^^ Often discussed here, CliftonAve, and I agree. Less than 50 miles from campus we have the Dayton metro of 800,000 people and a substantial alumni base. And no D-I football closer than Cincy.
How about a spring game at Welcome Stadium? An entire evening of engagement activities around that--food trucks from Cincy and Dayton; tasting competition from each city's best microbreweries? Player visits to Dayton Children's Hospital? A free football day clinic for kids from Dayton Public Schools?
Turn 40,000 seats into a competitive advantage. We only need a few thousand folks to be full every night. I don't think Duke regrets having 9,314 seats for basketball because it's always full beyond capacity. UC Athletics shouldn't stop pushing until Nippert becomes the toughest ticket in town. We're closer than ever. But it remains a job that needs to get done.
We'll never have the largest stadium among schools that aspire to be P5, but we can have the most historic, most beautiful campus venue with the highest percentage of seats sold among all the contenders. TV loves that. I can think of at least two P5 conferences that would value that passionate fanbase too.
This is a great idea! Have a Reds Caravan-type series of events throughout the Tri-State and even into other Ohio cities like Columbus and Cleveland for alumni to attend. Bring The Bearcat, have some fun events and some free Bearcats swag and you'll get kids asking their parents to come to some UC events. It really can't hurt to give something like this a try!
(08-23-2019 08:13 AM)OKIcat Wrote: ^^^ Often discussed here, CliftonAve, and I agree. Less than 50 miles from campus we have the Dayton metro of 800,000 people and a substantial alumni base. And no D-I football closer than Cincy.
How about a spring game at Welcome Stadium? An entire evening of engagement activities around that--food trucks from Cincy and Dayton; tasting competition from each city's best microbreweries? Player visits to Dayton Children's Hospital? A free football day clinic for kids from Dayton Public Schools?
Turn 40,000 seats into a competitive advantage. We only need a few thousand folks to be full every night. I don't think Duke regrets having 9,314 seats for basketball because it's always full beyond capacity. UC Athletics shouldn't stop pushing until Nippert becomes the toughest ticket in town. We're closer than ever. But it remains a job that needs to get done.
We'll never have the largest stadium among schools that aspire to be P5, but we can have the most historic, most beautiful campus venue with the highest percentage of seats sold among all the contenders. TV loves that. I can think of at least two P5 conferences that would value that passionate fanbase too.
This is a great idea! Have a Reds Caravan-type series of events throughout the Tri-State and even into other Ohio cities like Columbus and Cleveland for alumni to attend. Bring The Bearcat, have some fun events and some free Bearcats swag and you'll get kids asking their parents to come to some UC events. It really can't hurt to give something like this a try.
(08-23-2019 08:13 AM)OKIcat Wrote: ^^^ Often discussed here, CliftonAve, and I agree. Less than 50 miles from campus we have the Dayton metro of 800,000 people and a substantial alumni base. And no D-I football closer than Cincy.
How about a spring game at Welcome Stadium? An entire evening of engagement activities around that--food trucks from Cincy and Dayton; tasting competition from each city's best microbreweries? Player visits to Dayton Children's Hospital? A free football day clinic for kids from Dayton Public Schools?
Turn 40,000 seats into a competitive advantage. We only need a few thousand folks to be full every night. I don't think Duke regrets having 9,314 seats for basketball because it's always full beyond capacity. UC Athletics shouldn't stop pushing until Nippert becomes the toughest ticket in town. We're closer than ever. But it remains a job that needs to get done.
We'll never have the largest stadium among schools that aspire to be P5, but we can have the most historic, most beautiful campus venue with the highest percentage of seats sold among all the contenders. TV loves that. I can think of at least two P5 conferences that would value that passionate fanbase too.
This is a great idea! Have a Reds Caravan-type series of events throughout the Tri-State and even into other Ohio cities like Columbus and Cleveland for alumni to attend. Bring The Bearcat, have some fun events and some free Bearcats swag and you'll get kids asking their parents to come to some UC events. It really can't hurt to give something like this a try.
I think I remember a couple years ago that the NCAA severely restricted where practices are conducted because teams could use it as a recruiting tool.
(08-23-2019 08:13 AM)OKIcat Wrote: ^^^ Often discussed here, CliftonAve, and I agree. Less than 50 miles from campus we have the Dayton metro of 800,000 people and a substantial alumni base. And no D-I football closer than Cincy.
How about a spring game at Welcome Stadium? An entire evening of engagement activities around that--food trucks from Cincy and Dayton; tasting competition from each city's best microbreweries? Player visits to Dayton Children's Hospital? A free football day clinic for kids from Dayton Public Schools?
Turn 40,000 seats into a competitive advantage. We only need a few thousand folks to be full every night. I don't think Duke regrets having 9,314 seats for basketball because it's always full beyond capacity. UC Athletics shouldn't stop pushing until Nippert becomes the toughest ticket in town. We're closer than ever. But it remains a job that needs to get done.
We'll never have the largest stadium among schools that aspire to be P5, but we can have the most historic, most beautiful campus venue with the highest percentage of seats sold among all the contenders. TV loves that. I can think of at least two P5 conferences that would value that passionate fanbase too.
This is a great idea! Have a Reds Caravan-type series of events throughout the Tri-State and even into other Ohio cities like Columbus and Cleveland for alumni to attend. Bring The Bearcat, have some fun events and some free Bearcats swag and you'll get kids asking their parents to come to some UC events. It really can't hurt to give something like this a try.
I think I remember a couple years ago that the NCAA severely restricted where practices are conducted because teams could use it as a recruiting tool.
That could be the case. I guess they should hurry up and merge the Cincinnati and Dayton metro areas so we could say the events were held in our metro area?
Seriously though, those other engagement events could all be explored to cultivate some young Bearcats--and convert a few "Wal-Mart t-shirt only Buckeye fans". Great college football is accessible for these folks less than an hour from home and once they visit Nippert, they're going to want to come back.
(08-22-2019 08:50 PM)bearcatlawjd2 Wrote: It makes me wonder how much more value there is on playing on a Saturday and playing a regional team that actually buys tickets in visitors section.
There are time I wonder if UConn had it right to some degree. Would UC be better off if itreconstituted Big East football with this group and had access to Big East basketball.
Cincinnati, Marshall, UConn, Temple, Buffalo, Army, Navy, and UMass.
Dude, don't fall for the UConn propaganda machine. 2 + 2 is never going to =5 .
We are MUCH better off running with Houston, Memphis, UCF, Navy, and heck, even the SMU's of the world. These are all legit programs with the resources and history to hang in the college football world.
The AAC has a decent core of schools that could make this P6 thing work if there is no more realignment.
Just because our filler teams aren't real... palatable... doesn't mean the good teams can't advance their cause. There just weren't enough of the "best of the rest" to fill out a conference, so we end up with the Tulsa's and Tulane's.
However, I'd still rather have Tulane than UMass or Buffalo.
We don't need a filled visitor's section. Just get 40K UC fans in there.
I would rather have Buffalo and Marshall over Tulane and Tulsa. That would be two road games that you can drive too. Still miss the regional nature of the Big East and the lack of exposure on the east coast. I hate that UC is a southern conference. Go national or give us a few more northern teams.
Do I miss the "regional nature" of the (old) Big East? Oh hell yes. But let's not kid ourselves here:
1) That's gone and it's never coming back. The nearest "Regional" conferences we could join would be (a) The MAC (a step back), (b) the Big Ten (a pipe dream). The ACC would have ***SOME*** regional teams but also stretches from Boston to Miami...with a lot of teams out of the "driveable" category.
2) The Old Big East teams were not known for "good traveling" fan-bases in football. The only original BE teams known for actually "bringing fans" to road games were West Virginia and Virginia Tech. Pitt, Rutgers, Syracuse, Boston College (when they were in the Conference), UConn, and Temple were all known as "poor traveling" programs...which cost the Conference Bowl bids. Miami was so far away from everybody else, that they never were expected to have travel fans but people would come out to see the spectacle that was "The U."
3) Only one of the teams mentioned above actually "brings fans" to Cincinnati: Marshall. And their reputation in academic circles is...ah...dubious.
If you wanted a team that would "Bring Fans" to Nippert, realistically we'd have to look at BYU. BYU would likely draw a fairly good crowd of Mormons in Ohio that cannot routinely make trips to Provo. But, of course, the reality is that is a road game UC fans could rarely make.
Yes, I miss the "driveable" destinations of the Old BE, but lets not over-romanticize the "old days." We brought more fans to Pitt than Pittsburgh ever brought here.
Yes, I miss the "driveable" destinations of the Old BE, but lets not over-romanticize the "old days." We brought more fans to Pitt IN 2009 than Pittsburgh ever brought here IN ALL THE BE GAMES.
(08-23-2019 07:25 PM)Nobones Wrote: Here fix that last sentence for you.
Yes, I miss the "driveable" destinations of the Old BE, but lets not over-romanticize the "old days." We brought more fans to Pitt IN 2009 than Pittsburgh ever brought here IN ALL THE BE GAMES.
I have no objections to the amendment/correction...
Did prices for this game go up? I bought mine earlier in the month for $26 a pop and now those same tickets are going for $34 on Cats Tix...I didn't know prices surged the week of the game.
Student tickets sold out earlier today, we are now in the $15 overflow. Reportedly, Mike Bohn purchased 500 of those $15 tickets to hand out to students and it was just reported on twitter that those are nearly gone.
Looks like there will be a lot of students in the seats Thursday night.
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(08-26-2019 12:38 PM)DownOnRohs Wrote: Did prices for this game go up? I bought mine earlier in the month for $26 a pop and now those same tickets are going for $34 on Cats Tix...I didn't know prices surged the week of the game.
They ran an early bird promotion the weekend before single games officially went on sale , otherwise prices have remained the same.
Students sold out. Bearcat Lair sold out . Only a handful of Varsity View $34 seats left. They have a couple thousand in the $44-$67 price range to move.
Student tickets sold out earlier today, we are now in the $15 overflow. Reportedly, Mike Bohn purchased 500 of those $15 tickets to hand out to students and it was just reported on twitter that those are nearly gone.
Looks like there will be a lot of students in the seats Thursday night.
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