(02-28-2022 02:42 PM)Claw Wrote:  

(02-28-2022 02:22 PM)jsw3ent Wrote:  

(02-28-2022 11:31 AM)gusrob Wrote:  I LOL twice during the Houston/SMU game, when the broadcast team announced "Houston is having their 7th sell out of the season." They did so twice, that I caught.

1st laughable point: They built a puny bball arena on campus. I belive it holds a whopping 7,100 people.
2nd laughable point: There were open seats ALL over the the place.

Attendance is a game. The numbers presented are a complete joke. They indicate NOTHING. And having a sellout means.....nothing.


Can we stop pretending that the Liberty Bowl is why the Big12 hasn't brought us in? It's likely what Big12 officials say on-the-record. However, Memphis as a city simply doesn't align with the values of the other Big12 cities/states.

Last year I started a thread "reputation of a city"---or something like that ----days later Calkins wrote an article suggesting the same thing.------the reason we were NOT #2 on everyone's list only behind Cincinnati had 0-ZERO-ZILCH to do with MEMPHIS MEMORIAL STADIUM--or lack of an OCS----the reason we are NEVER #2 on the list is ...what is said behind closed doors by the decision makers ----the private thoughts of the decision makers

We were not #2 on the Big Least list years ago either -----we were invited in the 2nd wave later on

We (MIGHT) get invited in the 2nd wave this time --MAYBE-----we better hope that we get in the SO-CALLED club---otherwise TIGER sports as we have known it is gone------think division 2

I'm not quite as pessimistic. The NIL era is in its infancy. It will reshape things as they are today. When that movement starts gaining steam, we will have Blue Oval City relying on us to give them talent. Things will change again, and we may be in better shape for backing next time around.

I sure hope you're right---I think we (might-may) get in the next wave---judging by the BIG LEAST----we usually do ----but will the conference look close to the same----when they announced us in the BIG LEAST they all left