(04-03-2021 12:22 PM)panama Wrote:  

(04-03-2021 11:39 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(04-03-2021 10:38 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(04-03-2021 06:57 AM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  

(04-01-2021 03:27 PM)JHS55 Wrote:  i would like to see texas st bobcats join the AAC...

Now there's thinking big right there.

To be fair, that was not long after some were pushing ULL for AAC number 12. This thread has occasionally delved into some prospects that check very few of the boxes that would attract AAC interest in the real world. That said, any school can always develop into a school that checks all the boxes—- but that is going to take a substantial chunk of time. The reality is any prospect that doesn’t check virtually all the boxes has no chance. Thus, if we are limited to only prospects that are east of the Rocky Mountains, we are likely to be an 11 team football conference for quite some time.

That's why I content that no matter the market attraction of Atlanta, UGA easily controls 75-80% or more of the market, GT most of the remaining audience & then all of the transplant loyalties from around the country residing in the Atlanta metro. There is simply no room or desire for another local market team in Atlanta metro. It would be much easier for an App St, CC or Liberty type school to grow market share where area fans don't already have entrenched loyalties to more establish programs. But even so it's likely a decade type growth for any eastern US program to gain AAC attention.

P5s own 90% of market share of EVERY state they are in including NC and VA. LOL

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There's different levels of commitment and engagement though. UNC or UVA football fans are nowhere near as committed to their brand as UGA football fans. I bet if Old Dominion started winning big consistently, that they could grow market share from UVA t-shirt fans in the Norfolk region significantly.

BTW, polling shows UCF with a 12% market share of Florida, and that was before the 2017 season. I'm sure it's up over 15% easily now if not higher.

That polling had UF 29%, FSU 19%, UCF 12%, Miami 10%, USF 5%, FAU 3%, FIU 1%. Totals up to 79% with out of state teams making up the remainder. That 21% remainder is higher in Florida with all of the out of state transplants than in a lot of other states, though I imagine Georgia's would be decent with all the Auburn fans that are from Georgia plus Atlanta being the capital of the SEC where every SEC school has a large fan base in residence.