(12-01-2018 06:38 PM)Big Red Wrote:  

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

(12-01-2018 06:07 PM)Big Red Wrote:  

(12-01-2018 05:20 PM)bikechuck Wrote:  

(12-01-2018 04:56 PM)Boggs747474 Wrote:  Would love to move conferences, I think it’s provem we are done with the Mac and there is nothing more for NIU to accomplish.

Not going anywhere unless we can grow our fan base and somehow dramatically increase our budget for football and basketball.

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.

What does that have to do with NIU's (and the MAC's) attendance numbers? It's not like the offense is keeping people away. Yeah, the weeknight scheduling is a factor (and it's not like either of those conferences don't play weeknight games....they absolutely do), NIU has never had sustained attendance numbers like either the MW or AAC get on the regular.

And that's even before you get to the subject of budget, which isn't just going to magically grow if they changed conferences.

Most of their teams play in warm weather states. They also get to play their conference championship in the home stadium of the team with the best record. UCF has 3x as many students as NIU. Not all things are equal.

Look at these pictures of Temple vs. USF. Temple plays its games in the city of Philadelphia and their attendance is not good (despite what they claim as their attendance).

https://www.whipradiotu.com/photos-templ...-11-17-18/