(12-12-2018 09:55 PM)wewererebels Wrote:  

(12-11-2018 11:59 PM)rcajun91 Wrote:  

(12-11-2018 09:40 PM)wewererebels Wrote:  

(12-11-2018 07:20 PM)rcajun91 Wrote:  

(12-11-2018 04:06 PM)CW Fishman Wrote:  How so? UTA is already a league member and no one (except you) ever said anything about adding Mcneese. If UTA plays FBS football, they would be obligated to play in the SBC and the conference would be obligated to accept them as a football playing member. In fact with 41K students in a city of almost 400K in the middle of the DFW metroplex which has a population of 7.4 million, it would be an attractive add.

7.4 million people that don’t care about UTA sports. You are right, if they did create a program. The Belt would have to take them.

Actually, the enrollment has gone up since it hit 41K two years ago. It's probably around 45,000 now. I'm sure during the transition years it will feel like Southland Conference 2.0 (or more like 8.0), and it will be nice to play the likes of Lamar and Abilene Christian. We used to like going to the games against University of Slow Learners and Arkansas State as well. Not so much for LaTech and McNeese, but it's all good. Maybe we can do a "Rangers Old Stadium Bowl!"

That is a huge student population and metro area. Why did UTA drop football? That doesn’t equal interest or support. Could it be lack of interest from the students and city?

One could make that argument for Arlington and UTA in 1985, although the program did not go down without a fight and considerable controversy. But things change over a 33 year period, and as FoUTAsportscaster has ably set forth, there is every reason to be optimistic about the level of support that a reborn program will receive.

I guess then the ball really sits in UTA’s court. Make the leap or not. There’s a spot at the table. Make it happen. If it’s a good idea then it will if not then become a top 20 basketball team.