(08-12-2017 06:35 AM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  

(08-11-2017 02:26 PM)XLance Wrote:  

(08-11-2017 01:54 PM)AllTideUp Wrote:  

(08-11-2017 12:20 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(08-11-2017 11:55 AM)AllTideUp Wrote:  I know TV is better than it's ever been, but everyone's dealing with that. That's not a good sign if the numbers are steadily declining.

Did you check their overall attendance?

There are several key pieces of information in the OP.

1. Perhaps the most revealing is the price of a season ticket book. It is almost $200 a book cheaper than the average SEC ticket book. So Eer fans would have to essentially double their ticket investment if the joined the SEC. They would be roughly in line at most ACC venues.

2. As a state West Virginia continues to bleed population and mostly because of a lack of jobs and the Federal Governments curtailments for coal mining.

3. West Virginia is one of the poorer states which means that non alums would have a more difficult time affording tickets.

4. Not mentioned is the fact that most ticket packages in the SEC are required purchases if you want away tickets. Since W.V.U. is an outlier in the Big 12 I seriously doubt the demand for away tickets is that great. Flying automatically makes an away game too pricey for most fans.

5. The shine is definitely off of the Big 12 for the Eers. I would have to think that being in a conference that is constantly rumored to be breaking apart takes a toll on paying big dollars to participate and stay interested.

I was thinking that sounded pretty cheap. I've never actually bought season tickets before though so I wasn't sure how to compare.

I do think the interest of WVU fans would be higher in the SEC as they would have some regional rivals, but that would be more a function of the SEC improving the stats at WVU than the other way around.

The ACC would probably do about the same for them as far as interest goes and they would have more schools that they have a tradition of playing.

BTW JR, the only non-BE ACC team that has any history with West Virginia is UVa (22 games). The other original ACC teams all average fewer than 4 games, and that's only that high because State has played them 10 times.

These days saying WVU has no rivalry with "non BE" ACC is like saying Texas would have none with SEC teams that were never in the Big XII or SWC - technically true, but there's the #1 rival (A&M) and another former rival (Arkansas).

WVU's 2 biggest rivals are both in the ACC.

sPitt and VT are wvu's biggest rivals. I'm still surprised UVA played as many games against the errs as they did considering the states' histories.

No a side note: I hope all UVA students remain safe this weekend as nazi protests take over their town. Could y'all imagine the public image hit the SEC would take if that event occurred around a sec campus?