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RE: Why Big XII should invite Boise State
(07-29-2021 09:30 AM)GTFletch Wrote: In my order:
1.BYU
2. Houston
3. Cincinnati
4. Memphis
should all get a call before Boise State. Why? As of 2021 Boise is the #101 TV market with only a lil over 300K watching TV.
Houston is #8 at 2.5M viewers
Cincinnati #36 at 925K viewers
Memphis is #51 at 619K viewers
(One could also make the case for UCF, however the BIG12 would have to show serious interest in traveling to Florida in all sports outside of Football. The expense may outweigh the TV market.)
So why is BYU #1 on my list....Becuase Big 12 officials have stated that they will consider fan base size as part of the criteria when examining potential expansion candidates. BYU has ranked among the top 30 nationally in football attendance nine times in 10 years, according to the NCAA. The Cougars have finished in the top 20 in attendance in men's basketball for six consecutive seasons. No other Big 12 expansion candidate can come close to those achievements.
BYU’s LaVell Edwards Stadium has a capacity of 63,470, and the Cougars have averaged 59,951 fans per game since the 2010 season. Those figures put BYU No. 3 among Big 12 member schools, only behind Texas (100,119 and 97,529, respectively) and Oklahoma (82,112 and 85,064, respectively).
Big 12 expansion candidate Memphis plays at the 61,008-seat Liberty Bowl and seen a big jump in attendance before COVID drawing 43,802 fans per game.
Seating capacity at other expansion hopefuls: Boise State (37,000), Cincinnati (40,000), Central Florida (44,206), Colorado State (34,400), Connecticut (40,642) and Houston (40,000).
BYU’s Marriott Center (19,100) is larger than any arena in the Big 12, ahead of Texas (16,540) and Kansas (16,300). Over the past six seasons (before COVID), BYU averaged 16,137 fans per men’s basketball game, slightly behind Kansas (16,429) and ahead of the rest of the Big 12, including Iowa State (13,585) and Texas (11,805).
BYU also has a reputation for drawing large crowds for road games throughout the country. BYU’s fan base size in 2011, was 710,000.( probably has grown) While not a scientific poll, an online survey — the Commoncensus Sports Map Project — reported in 2012 that BYU was the most popular college team in Utah with 28,419 votes. According to the survey, the Cougars were also the No. 2 most popular team in Tempe, Arizona; No. 3 in Tucson, Arizona; No. 3 in the Pacific Northwest; No. 4 in Los Angeles; No. 5 in Dallas-Fort Worth; No. 5 in San Diego; No. 6 in the Bay Area; and No. 9 in Houston.
Also Chip Patterson of CBS Sports covered the BYU angle from Iowa State President Steven Leath's meeting with Iowa State Daily streamed on Facebook Live in 2016. Patterson quotes Leath as saying, "It's a school of integrity. They play by the rules, quality program, and people that have been there had great experiences and we should consider BYU."
IMHO it comes down to the next TV deal(2026 and beyond), does adding 2, 4 or 6 help with the most with next TV contract! I think that is what the BIG12 has to decide especially if the BIG and ACC do not want to expand.
I’d say that if the ACC loses Clemson and FSU, UCF starts looking pretty attractive to the ACC.
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