(07-02-2012 09:00 AM)TOGC Wrote:  

(07-02-2012 08:57 AM)eagles09 Wrote:  

(07-02-2012 08:24 AM)TOGC Wrote:  

(07-02-2012 05:58 AM)eagles09 Wrote:  

(07-02-2012 02:13 AM)TOGC Wrote:  In other words, you're the laughingstock of college sports.....

No that Memphis football team you brought to the rock is the laughingstock of college sports. I honestly saw parents shielding their childrens eyes from the field because they didn't want them to be scarred for life from watching that Memphis football team.

We're going into a Big 6 football conference with a new coaching staff and huge new financial commitment to the football program.

You just lost your coach and AD and are going to be playing schools that haven't played a single FBS game yet.

Enjoy the minor leagues.

Big 6? Keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel better.

Keep telling yourself that you're still FBS if it makes you feel better.

Keep telling yourself that you are AQ, if that will help you sleep at night.

(07-02-2012 10:03 AM)Knights_of_UCF Wrote:  

(07-02-2012 09:45 AM)Oh Really? Wrote:  

(07-02-2012 09:13 AM)Knights_of_UCF Wrote:  

(07-02-2012 07:14 AM)AirRaid Wrote:  

(07-02-2012 02:13 AM)Oh Really? Wrote:  How many times did you apply to the Big East? 40? 50?

Three times, I believe. Once in the beginning when the league took VT. Once during the first ACC raid and once again last summer.
Which is one more time than UCF has beaten ECU out of 11 tries in football. 2-9... You guys fool no one with your brand of childish baloney and no real worth. You think you got in on merit? The whole nation knows better. They also know and agree that ECU has more than earned the right but since the Big East is no longer the same deal and there is no AQ anymore, the only reason ECU would want to join is to make a little more money. It's certainly not going to help in terms of getting in a playoff because CUSA is just as good in football as the Big East.
I could take La Tech and beat your entire league with them alone.
So you fool no one at UCF or in the Big East.
Same goes for taking death penalty teams with 12,000 in the seats.
Take whoever you want, son.
ECU will still own UCF until the day you die at 9-2.

I read ECU officially applied for membership 20+ times, but I think the number is really about 10-15 times. What do they have to lose anyway, I don't blame em.

You read some lying post from UCF. If you guys can't operate with ANY honesty or integrity, nobody will ever take UCF seriously.

I actually read it from one of the ECU beat writers during the expansion articles last year. I told you didn't believe the 20+ times, I thought it was more like 10-15. I'd wager ECU has applied nearly every year since 1999. Its clear ECU wants in the big east, im not sure why you would deny applying--its all ECU can control at this point. Can't be accepted without applying, right? Save your anti-ucf rants for the cusa board, were not ECU haters over here.

No you didn't. You read it from an ESPN writer making a joke.

(07-02-2012 11:00 AM)TOGC Wrote:  

(07-02-2012 10:43 AM)Psicosis Wrote:  Yeah, 20,000 is nothing to be remotely proud of but bear in mind we've won 3 FBS games in 3 years and that attendance number is one of the absolute worst we've put up in a long, long time.

It's hard to describe how hopeless Tiger football games felt last year, no matter what the score was. Mere mediocrity will see us pretty easily clear 30k even without all of the other improvements being undertaken.

True. In mediocre years, the Tigers would draw 25-30K. With three consecutive awful years, it dropped to 20K. In winning seasons, it will easily get back to 40K+.

I saw you guys draw 4,000. And don't even get me started on how many were at that Memhis v. SMU game last year.

(07-02-2012 11:28 PM)PirateMarv Wrote:  

(07-02-2012 11:00 AM)TOGC Wrote:  

(07-02-2012 10:43 AM)Psicosis Wrote:  Yeah, 20,000 is nothing to be remotely proud of but bear in mind we've won 3 FBS games in 3 years and that attendance number is one of the absolute worst we've put up in a long, long time.

It's hard to describe how hopeless Tiger football games felt last year, no matter what the score was. Mere mediocrity will see us pretty easily clear 30k even without all of the other improvements being undertaken.

True. In mediocre years, the Tigers would draw 25-30K. With three consecutive awful years, it dropped to 20K. In winning seasons, it will easily get back to 40K+.

I saw you guys draw 4,000. And don't even get me started on how many were at that Memhis v. SMU game last year.

Mere mediocrity in Greenville draws 50,000 in a county of 250,000 people
in a 5-6 year. Two years in a row.
I think Memphis to the Big East is fine but this is exactly WHY insulting ECU from Memphis is laughable.
They have not had to build anything there. All rented stadiums.
ECU builds over a hundred million dollars of facilities and get the stink face routine from Providence.
Just forget it..... we'll see ya down the line from right here in CUSA.
Ask Boise State what happens then.
They can attest and so can Memphis and the others.

Aren't the ECU fans so cute?

































No, not really. Pizz off.

Like a certain OP didn't purposely yell Beetlejuice three times to evoke them

(07-03-2012 01:02 AM)TOGC Wrote:  Aren't the ECU fans so cute?
No, not really. Pizz off.

You could put Memphis' entire football fanbase in our pressbox. You're not fooling anyone here.

ECU has done well with what they have. As for attendance, what else are you going to do in Greenville on a Saturday.

(07-03-2012 06:41 AM)goodknightfl Wrote:  ECU has done well with what they have. As for attendance, what else are you going to do in Greenville on a Saturday.

What do you think we are some charity case? The truth of the matter is we actually haven't done well with what we have. With the resources, facilities, fan base, and atmosphere we have there's no reason we shouldn't be better than we are. We haven't gotten the job done and that's on us. Only thing we can consistently do is destroy Memphis and UCF, but that's not impressive to anyone that matters.

(07-03-2012 01:34 AM)Oh Really? Wrote:  

(07-03-2012 01:02 AM)TOGC Wrote:  Aren't the ECU fans so cute?
No, not really. Pizz off.

You could put Memphis' entire football fanbase in our pressbox. You're not fooling anyone here.

And yet we still hold the record for the largest attendance at a home CUSA game. It was against Louisville. Even your precious Pirate team doesn't own that record. You're not even in second place because UCF holds that distinction.

(07-02-2012 03:10 PM)CougarTruth Wrote:  

(07-01-2012 03:24 PM)BadWillHunting Wrote:  

(07-01-2012 03:17 PM)Kruciff Wrote:  Keep in mind, the max attendance for houston's stadium is what... 32,000?

Also, Boise is at max capacity currently, and will see an increase in available seating when expansion is done (as it is currently underway)

UCF has no excuse, but between this season and next, I expect at least a 40,000 average. Max capacity at BHNS is 45,000.

ECU at this point is not an option. It's western or nothing.

Isn't UH getting a new stadium within the next 2 years? If so, zero concern from me on their attendance being "full" in the existing one.

University of Houston does indeed break ground on a brand spanking new stadium immediately follwing final home game this season, hopefully ready for 2014 season. Will play home games in Reliant Stadium, home of the NFL Texans in 2013.

Current confined capacity of Robertson Stadium (32k) will go to >40,000 in new stadium built on same site. New stadium will have capacity to expand, I believe, to 55,00 designed into the yet unnamed new digs. Renovation of Hofheinz Pavillion for basketball has also been approved and mostly funded will follow football stadium in short order.

I believe all but one UH football home game were sellouts last season.
Attendance sucks somewhat in bball, however- but upgraded facility, best 2012 signing class in state of Texas (top 10 USA) and in UH's past decade should help there.

Its possible we could average over 50,000 our first year in the NBE. We will be playing in Reliant while our stadium is being built. We will have BYU at home and if we get some good teams playing in Houston, like Boise st. We could easily lead in attendance our first year in the conference.

(07-02-2012 11:26 PM)PirateMarv Wrote:  

(07-02-2012 10:03 AM)Knights_of_UCF Wrote:  

(07-02-2012 09:45 AM)Oh Really? Wrote:  

(07-02-2012 09:13 AM)Knights_of_UCF Wrote:  

(07-02-2012 07:14 AM)AirRaid Wrote:  Three times, I believe. Once in the beginning when the league took VT. Once during the first ACC raid and once again last summer.
Which is one more time than UCF has beaten ECU out of 11 tries in football. 2-9... You guys fool no one with your brand of childish baloney and no real worth. You think you got in on merit? The whole nation knows better. They also know and agree that ECU has more than earned the right but since the Big East is no longer the same deal and there is no AQ anymore, the only reason ECU would want to join is to make a little more money. It's certainly not going to help in terms of getting in a playoff because CUSA is just as good in football as the Big East.
I could take La Tech and beat your entire league with them alone.
So you fool no one at UCF or in the Big East.
Same goes for taking death penalty teams with 12,000 in the seats.
Take whoever you want, son.
ECU will still own UCF until the day you die at 9-2.

I read ECU officially applied for membership 20+ times, but I think the number is really about 10-15 times. What do they have to lose anyway, I don't blame em.

You read some lying post from UCF. If you guys can't operate with ANY honesty or integrity, nobody will ever take UCF seriously.

I actually read it from one of the ECU beat writers during the expansion articles last year. I told you didn't believe the 20+ times, I thought it was more like 10-15. I'd wager ECU has applied nearly every year since 1999. Its clear ECU wants in the big east, im not sure why you would deny applying--its all ECU can control at this point. Can't be accepted without applying, right? Save your anti-ucf rants for the cusa board, were not ECU haters over here.

No you didn't. You read it from an ESPN writer making a joke.

No I recall it being an ECU beat writer and I don't think it was much of a laughing matter.

That's a flat out bold faced lie. That didn't come from our guys nor is it the truth. You can't apply when there are no openings and there have only been openings 3 or 4 times all along the way. In the very beginning, again when VT joined, once when the ACC raided the Big East the first time and this go round. These attempts to embarass ECU will not go unansered when October gets here.

Taa ta....

(07-03-2012 09:25 AM)Oh Really? Wrote:  That's a flat out bold faced lie. That didn't come from our guys nor is it the truth. You can't apply when there are no openings and there have only been openings 3 or 4 times all along the way. In the very beginning, again when VT joined, once when the ACC raided the Big East the first time and this go round. These attempts to embarass ECU will not go unansered when October gets here.

Taa ta....

An 8 team league had no openings? Im not sure you know what you are talking about.

(07-02-2012 12:42 PM)Delin Wrote:  I've never seen that much rain. I honestly, wasn't sure if there would be a game that night.

I've been through HURRICANES that didn't drop that much water.

(07-02-2012 12:42 PM)Delin Wrote:  The absolute best thing GoL can do for UCF right now is to resign/retire at the end of the year. I think he's burned quite a few bridges in the community, the fan base is getting sick of the up-down nature of the team, their inability to play on the road, combined with their tradition of taking the 3rd quarter off. And considering that this has been systemic throughout his tenure, I've got to blame the coaching. It's time for a change.

O'Leary is an excellent administrator of a D-1 program. He knows is stuff and he knows how to operate a program. But his actual coaching abilities are questionable for sure. I have only my gut feeling to go on, but if given his own choice, I think he'll coach a year in the Big East, then call it quits.

(07-03-2012 09:31 AM)Knights_of_UCF Wrote:  

(07-03-2012 09:25 AM)Oh Really? Wrote:  That's a flat out bold faced lie. That didn't come from our guys nor is it the truth. You can't apply when there are no openings and there have only been openings 3 or 4 times all along the way. In the very beginning, again when VT joined, once when the ACC raided the Big East the first time and this go round. These attempts to embarass ECU will not go unansered when October gets here.

Taa ta....

An 8 team league had no openings? Im not sure you know what you are talking about.

In 2008, it was reported that ECU was willing to play for free as a football only member.

http://articles.courant.com/2008-05-11/s...all-member

(07-03-2012 09:33 AM)Knightshift Wrote:  O'Leary is an excellent administrator of a D-1 program. He knows is stuff and he knows how to operate a program. But his actual coaching abilities are questionable for sure. I have only my gut feeling to go on, but if given his own choice, I think he'll coach a year in the Big East, then call it quits.

I'm going to have to agree with you on all these points.

(07-03-2012 09:44 AM)Delin Wrote:  

(07-03-2012 09:33 AM)Knightshift Wrote:  O'Leary is an excellent administrator of a D-1 program. He knows is stuff and he knows how to operate a program. But his actual coaching abilities are questionable for sure. I have only my gut feeling to go on, but if given his own choice, I think he'll coach a year in the Big East, then call it quits.

I'm going to have to agree with you on all these points.

Second.

(07-03-2012 09:44 AM)Delin Wrote:  

(07-03-2012 09:33 AM)Knightshift Wrote:  O'Leary is an excellent administrator of a D-1 program. He knows is stuff and he knows how to operate a program. But his actual coaching abilities are questionable for sure. I have only my gut feeling to go on, but if given his own choice, I think he'll coach a year in the Big East, then call it quits.

I'm going to have to agree with you on all these points.

UCF has been averaging between 39-44k since 2007 and I expect that to be much better this season and especially in 2013. Our schedule in 2013 has South Carolina coming to UCF and the first BE home schedule. Last year we had 24k announced for the Marshall game that was basically played in this and killed our average.

(07-03-2012 09:44 AM)Delin Wrote:  

(07-03-2012 09:33 AM)Knightshift Wrote:  O'Leary is an excellent administrator of a D-1 program. He knows is stuff and he knows how to operate a program. But his actual coaching abilities are questionable for sure. I have only my gut feeling to go on, but if given his own choice, I think he'll coach a year in the Big East, then call it quits.

I'm going to have to agree with you on all these points.

Add to that GOL seems to have UPGRADED his coaching staff immensely, as his new Asst Coaches are tearing it up on the recruiting trail...and that's after they've only been on the staff for a few months. Imagine the enroads they could make after another 1-2 years together?

Some UCF fans wanted GOL to "change" his coaching staff...and he did...and even this early those moves certainly seem to be paying off. (More GREAT recruiting news today too!!!)