(12-04-2018 06:23 PM)Teamduh Wrote:  

(12-01-2018 06:46 PM)dogdangit Wrote:  

(12-01-2018 06:35 PM)NIUSox10 Wrote:  

(12-01-2018 06:27 PM)epasnoopy Wrote:  

(12-01-2018 06:07 PM)Big Red Wrote:  Yup, both of those conferences would take one look at our attendance numbers and laugh themselves silly.

They play zero defense in that league though. Everytime I see a final score its 40-something to 50-something. UConn set a record for most points given up in a season.

I think if niu had an enrollment of 30k, attendence of 25k, AD budget 2x the current one, a univ endowment of $1B, and a somewhat competitive basketball team when the AAC was formed - we would have gotten the nod.

The football team has nothing to do with not moving from the MAC.

The reason they're all able to achieve this is their local populations as well. AAC has teams scattered all throughout major population areas such as Houston, Philly, Orlando, Cinci, Dallas and Memphis. NIU needs to capture a nearby population to tab as "its own" and go all in on marketing. We all know Chicago is a waste of time at this point. Either choose Rockford or the Naperville/Aurora area and build a solid base there.

Naperville is Chicago west and Chicago is a pro town. Just ask Northwestern. They rebuilt their tiny bball gym and reduced the size. DePaul has a new arena.l and it is nice but they don't come close to filling the place.

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Depaul needs to win and get some top Chicago kids to start going there again for their attendance to be good.