(01-20-2012 06:16 PM)MechaKnight Wrote:  

(01-20-2012 04:42 PM)panama Wrote:  

(01-20-2012 04:33 PM)MechaKnight Wrote:  

(01-20-2012 03:44 PM)randaddyminer Wrote:  

(01-20-2012 03:42 PM)MechaKnight Wrote:  How would you ECU fans feel about The Citadel or Coastal Carolina to bridge the gap? They don't have great attendance now, but that could improve with entry into CUSA. They would fit nicely into CUSA's footprint and add a new state.

UCF attendance smack???? you guys can't even get 40k for an 11-3 season

huh? Where is the smack? I was asking a real question. Oh I forgot, you guys have been chugging hatorade against UCF over here so you're going to attack anything posted by a UCF fan regardless of content. Grow up you troll.

The Citadel and Coastal Carolina average about 12,000 and 8,000 a game, respectively. The pricipal complaint I've seen by ECU fans is that the candidate programs all have poor attendance. I think those programs make a good fit geographically and was wondering if they agreed despite the attendance disparity. It had nothing to do with UCF.

The confusion probably comes from the fact that the Citadel has a budget of $12 million and 3300 students in a metro are of less than 700k while Coastal Carolina has a budget of $16 million and 8k students in a city of 16k. So...

I was mostly thinking about the athletic success of those programs. Among South Carolina schools other than USC and Clemson, those two seem to be the most interested in fielding competitive teams in football.

I had no idea how big their budgets were. The size of the city they're in might not be a deal breaker for CUSA fans because many are feeling like they're getting left out because of their small markets. They may not be too excited about building GSU up just to watch them take the next spot in a higher profile conference because of Atlanta.

Just want to note that I would like to see GSU move up as well, but they've been a common topic and I had not seen anyone mention any of the South Carolina schools so I was curious.

Please don't bring us into this as we're not candidates. My only point is putting up two tiny public schools in small towns with tiny stadiums and small budgets is preposterous. I still think you cannot be serious.