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RE: OFFICIAL: Cincy, Houston, and UCF leaving July 1, 2023
(06-25-2022 03:59 PM)WageRagin Wrote:  
(06-25-2022 12:09 AM)Memphis Yankee Wrote:  It annoys me to no end that teams going to the big twelve that are nothing.. UCF started in like yesterday and they're going to big 12. It's orlando,and they have zero culture. Totally based on market size. Houston....Does anyone care? UC...They have history and culture.

Houston is nothing more than urban sprawl. Who the hell cares?

It's all about market share. Nobody gives a flip about Houston even when they're good. 7 million people and they have a 6 thousand capacity arena. Fn joke.

Your ****-talking is rich coming from a Memphis fan 03-lmfao. You want to talk about history and culture when your football team has only ever finished ranked 3 times, and only once within the top 20. You have never won a major bowl game which is laughable considering you've been playing for 60+ years. The only time you have ever had a modicum stint of success is your recent time in the American, and that was nothing special. All three teams leaving technically have a better history than Memphis, with two of them actually having experience in a power conference (UH: long and successful run in the SWC, Cincy: successful run in the Big East). While UCF's history is short, they've done much more in their 26 years of history than Memphis has in their 60+ years.

This leads me to your basketball team which has a history of cheating and only 2 legitimate final four appearances along with 1 legitimate Championship appearance. Looking at recent news, it looks like you haven't learned your lesson about cheating either.

You also want to talk about urban sprawl when Memphis, which might be one of the worst cities in the world, has a population density half that of Houston. It just doesn't make any sense.

Finally, don't talk about stadium and arena capacity until you actually own the place. Saying you're renting a big apartment isn't anything special.

What does our history have to do you having an over-inflated opinion of yourselves. Since you brought it up jerk, it took you six years to finally beat us last year. You red-shirted an entire season because you got off to a slow start. Great sportsmanship right there.

You want to talk about cheating, your basketball coach got thrown out of college sports for "cheating".

If the Pac 12 would take you, it wouldn't be because of the schools storied football program. It would be because of your market size and being in Texas. Yet you still didn't have attendance as good as Memphis while you've been in the AAC. Go figure.

Your record against us in basketball since 2000 is 11-28. Courtesy of the University of Houston: Houston vs Memphis 2000-2022

All time it's 21-35 since you were bring up comparisons.
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RE: OFFICIAL: Cincy, Houston, and UCF leaving July 1, 2023
(06-25-2022 12:09 AM)Memphis Yankee Wrote:  It annoys me to no end that teams going to the big twelve that are nothing.. UCF started in like yesterday and they're going to big 12. It's orlando,and they have zero culture. Totally based on market size. Houston....Does anyone care? UC...They have history and culture.

Houston is nothing more than urban sprawl. Who the hell cares?

It's all about market share. Nobody gives a flip about Houston even when they're good. 7 million people and they have a 6 thousand capacity arena. Fn joke.

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RE: OFFICIAL: Cincy, Houston, and UCF leaving July 1, 2023
I believe that Houston might develop into a powerhouse in the Big12 and wish them well.

Having said that, the odds of Houston being invited to the PAC are about the same as the Mars Rover discovering a valley inhabited by Dinosaurs.

Good luck on your fantasy though - everyone should have dreams.
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RE: OFFICIAL: Cincy, Houston, and UCF leaving July 1, 2023
(06-25-2022 07:29 PM)Memphis Yankee Wrote:  What does our history have to do you having an over-inflated opinion of yourselves. Since you brought it up jerk, it took you six years to finally beat us last year. You red-shirted an entire season because you got off to a slow start. Great sportsmanship right there.

You want to talk about cheating, your basketball coach got thrown out of college sports for "cheating".

If the Pac 12 would take you, it wouldn't be because of the schools storied football program. It would be because of your market size and being in Texas. Yet you still didn't have attendance as good as Memphis while you've been in the AAC. Go figure.

Your record against us in basketball since 2000 is 11-28. Courtesy of the University of Houston: Houston vs Memphis 2000-2022

All time it's 21-35 since you were bring up comparisons.

Yes, the Cougars have struggled with Memphis in football over the past 5 years, and historically Houston's record in basketball against Memphis is bad too (that's changing though). Yes, Kelvin Sampson did get caught cheating at Indiana/Oklahoma, I'm not going to throw out that excuse that what he did is legal now because it would make me a hypocrite. I do disagree with you about the schools having an over-inflated ego, since most of it is just a select few fans doing that talking.

The reason I talked about history was your mentioning of UCF's young program, and Cincy's history and culture. I never really meant that as a statement for "over-inflated opinion of yourselves", I meant it as a rebuttal of the previously stated along with this sentence "It annoys me to no end that teams going to the big twelve that are nothing". Meaning if UC, UH, and UCF are nothing then what is Memphis?

Quote:If the Pac 12 would take you, it wouldn't be because of the schools storied football program. It would be because of your market size and being in Texas.
If the PAC-12 takes Houston just because of their market size and location then ok... that just means Houston is a favorable program for them to acquire, really isn't a knock stating that Houston is in a really good market.

Quote: Yet you still didn't have attendance as good as Memphis while you've been in the AAC. Go figure.
Also going over your point about attendance. Isn't the Liberty Bowl a 58k seat stadium? If I'm looking at this correctly you're struggling to fill that thing up, seems like attendance is a big problem over there.

Lets look at your attendance percentages with your time in the AAC (excluding 2020 for obvious reasons).
2013: 48.2%, 28573/59308
2014: 57.1%, 33851/59308
2015: 73.9%, 43801/59308
2016: 64%, 37345/58325
2017: 62.2%, 36302/58325
2018: 51.8%, 30178/58325
2019: 66.6%, 38815/58325
2021: 53.7%, 31295/58325

Seems like not being able to fill up "your" stadium isn't only a UH problem.

Hell, let's compare the best years attendance-wise for each in the AAC.
Houston: 2016, 97.2%, 38,888/40000 (also doesn't include the home game against Oklahoma which had 71,016 people in NRG)
Memphis: 2015, 73.9%, 43801/59308

Ya, you outdrew Houston in a much bigger stadium, so what. They could probably go in NRG and spew out a good 45,000-50,000 each game at a minimum. Still doesn't change the fact you can't fill the Liberty Bowl.

UCF, UH, and UC isn't "nothing" and they don't have an "over-inflated opinion of yourselves". They got into the Big-12 for a multitude of reasons and they're happy about it, along with them being able to look into their future with a less pessimistic light.
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RE: OFFICIAL: Cincy, Houston, and UCF leaving July 1, 2023
(06-25-2022 09:32 PM)WageRagin Wrote:  
(06-25-2022 07:29 PM)Memphis Yankee Wrote:  What does our history have to do you having an over-inflated opinion of yourselves. Since you brought it up jerk, it took you six years to finally beat us last year. You red-shirted an entire season because you got off to a slow start. Great sportsmanship right there.

You want to talk about cheating, your basketball coach got thrown out of college sports for "cheating".

If the Pac 12 would take you, it wouldn't be because of the schools storied football program. It would be because of your market size and being in Texas. Yet you still didn't have attendance as good as Memphis while you've been in the AAC. Go figure.

Your record against us in basketball since 2000 is 11-28. Courtesy of the University of Houston: Houston vs Memphis 2000-2022

All time it's 21-35 since you were bring up comparisons.

Yes, the Cougars have struggled with Memphis in football over the past 5 years, and historically Houston's record in basketball against Memphis is bad too (that's changing though). Yes, Kelvin Sampson did get caught cheating at Indiana/Oklahoma, I'm not going to throw out that excuse that what he did is legal now because it would make me a hypocrite. I do disagree with you about the schools having an over-inflated ego, since most of it is just a select few fans doing that talking.

The reason I talked about history was your mentioning of UCF's young program, and Cincy's history and culture. I never really meant that as a statement for "over-inflated opinion of yourselves", I meant it as a rebuttal of the previously stated along with this sentence "It annoys me to no end that teams going to the big twelve that are nothing". Meaning if UC, UH, and UCF are nothing then what is Memphis?

Quote:If the Pac 12 would take you, it wouldn't be because of the schools storied football program. It would be because of your market size and being in Texas.
If the PAC-12 takes Houston just because of their market size and location then ok... that just means Houston is a favorable program for them to acquire, really isn't a knock stating that Houston is in a really good market.

Quote: Yet you still didn't have attendance as good as Memphis while you've been in the AAC. Go figure.
Also going over your point about attendance. Isn't the Liberty Bowl a 58k seat stadium? If I'm looking at this correctly you're struggling to fill that thing up, seems like attendance is a big problem over there.

Lets look at your attendance percentages with your time in the AAC (excluding 2020 for obvious reasons).
2013: 48.2%, 28573/59308
2014: 57.1%, 33851/59308
2015: 73.9%, 43801/59308
2016: 64%, 37345/58325
2017: 62.2%, 36302/58325
2018: 51.8%, 30178/58325
2019: 66.6%, 38815/58325
2021: 53.7%, 31295/58325

Seems like not being able to fill up "your" stadium isn't only a UH problem.

Hell, let's compare the best years attendance-wise for each in the AAC.
Houston: 2016, 97.2%, 38,888/40000 (also doesn't include the home game against Oklahoma which had 71,016 people in NRG)
Memphis: 2015, 73.9%, 43801/59308

Ya, you outdrew Houston in a much bigger stadium, so what. They could probably go in NRG and spew out a good 45,000-50,000 each game at a minimum. Still doesn't change the fact you can't fill the Liberty Bowl.

UCF, UH, and UC isn't "nothing" and they don't have an "over-inflated opinion of yourselves". They got into the Big-12 for a multitude of reasons and they're happy about it, along with them being able to look into their future with a less pessimistic light.

I wasn't trying to get into a Houston vs Memphis thing. I shouldn't have said some things and for that I apologize. I was mainly focusing on you guys complaining about the AAC, and now you want out of the B12 for the Pac? makes no sense.
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RE: OFFICIAL: Cincy, Houston, and UCF leaving July 1, 2023
(06-25-2022 10:02 PM)Memphis Yankee Wrote:  I wasn't trying to get into a Houston vs Memphis thing. I shouldn't have said some things and for that I apologize. I was mainly focusing on you guys complaining about the AAC, and now you want out of the B12 for the Pac? makes no sense.

It's alright, I'm sorry about pushing that subject further than it should have been pushed.

For some reason, this PAC-12 stuff started popping up when a "leaked statement" from TCU said that UH and TCU were most likely getting offers from the PAC-12. This most likely isn't true, but as you know the usual suspects took that "leak" and ran away with it.

The sane fans of UH wouldn't want to leave the big-12 for the pac anyway, especially right after they just got an offer from the big-12. It doesn't make sense to me too; but hey, rabid fans gonna rabid.
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clt supports Memphis, jordan brand is stupid.
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RE: OFFICIAL: Cincy, Houston, and UCF leaving July 1, 2023
(06-25-2022 11:30 AM)Memphis Yankee Wrote:  
(06-25-2022 09:49 AM)Coog Engineer Wrote:  
(06-25-2022 12:09 AM)Memphis Yankee Wrote:  It annoys me to no end that teams going to the big twelve that are nothing.. UCF started in like yesterday and they're going to big 12. It's orlando,and they have zero culture. Totally based on market size. Houston....Does anyone care? UC...They have history and culture.

Houston is nothing more than urban sprawl. Who the hell cares?

It's all about market share. Nobody gives a flip about Houston even when they're good. 7 million people and they have a 6 thousand capacity arena. Fn joke.


Boy, that was one salty AF post. Mind if I use some of that salt to coat the rim of my new B12 margarita glass so it doesn't all go to waste?

All you guys do is moan and groan. You got into the B12 and you're still moaning and groaning. Why would you want to be in the Pac 12? Houston doesn't fit into the west coast culture.


LOL

You literally took a few posts from some claiming that UH was being considered by the PAC and how may still be, and twisted that into "moaning and groaning" about being in the b12? Apparently you twisted your panties all up in a wad in the process too.

I dunno but maybe your inner webz speed might be slow, but all i'm getting from the UH athletic department is emails asking me to up my donations as we're getting read to join the "B12". Not getting anything resembling moaning and groaning, not even from the couple Coog message boards I peruse.

Now I might have missed it in this thread where someone said we are definitely planning on joining the PAC now, but that probably just reinforces my point of how few are saying that, so I'm not sure what prompted this latest "F*ck Houston" style post of your, but its becoming a habit evidently.

LOL, you know I get it, alkiehall gets you to say/type weird things, but it's much better being a fun drunk than a mean drunk. Just sayin'.
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RE: OFFICIAL: Cincy, Houston, and UCF leaving July 1, 2023
(06-25-2022 09:32 PM)WageRagin Wrote:  
(06-25-2022 07:29 PM)Memphis Yankee Wrote:  What does our history have to do you having an over-inflated opinion of yourselves. Since you brought it up jerk, it took you six years to finally beat us last year. You red-shirted an entire season because you got off to a slow start. Great sportsmanship right there.

You want to talk about cheating, your basketball coach got thrown out of college sports for "cheating".

If the Pac 12 would take you, it wouldn't be because of the schools storied football program. It would be because of your market size and being in Texas. Yet you still didn't have attendance as good as Memphis while you've been in the AAC. Go figure.

Your record against us in basketball since 2000 is 11-28. Courtesy of the University of Houston: Houston vs Memphis 2000-2022

All time it's 21-35 since you were bring up comparisons.

Yes, the Cougars have struggled with Memphis in football over the past 5 years, and historically Houston's record in basketball against Memphis is bad too (that's changing though). Yes, Kelvin Sampson did get caught cheating at Indiana/Oklahoma, I'm not going to throw out that excuse that what he did is legal now because it would make me a hypocrite. I do disagree with you about the schools having an over-inflated ego, since most of it is just a select few fans doing that talking.

The reason I talked about history was your mentioning of UCF's young program, and Cincy's history and culture. I never really meant that as a statement for "over-inflated opinion of yourselves", I meant it as a rebuttal of the previously stated along with this sentence "It annoys me to no end that teams going to the big twelve that are nothing". Meaning if UC, UH, and UCF are nothing then what is Memphis?

Quote:If the Pac 12 would take you, it wouldn't be because of the schools storied football program. It would be because of your market size and being in Texas.
If the PAC-12 takes Houston just because of their market size and location then ok... that just means Houston is a favorable program for them to acquire, really isn't a knock stating that Houston is in a really good market.

Quote: Yet you still didn't have attendance as good as Memphis while you've been in the AAC. Go figure.
Also going over your point about attendance. Isn't the Liberty Bowl a 58k seat stadium? If I'm looking at this correctly you're struggling to fill that thing up, seems like attendance is a big problem over there.

Lets look at your attendance percentages with your time in the AAC (excluding 2020 for obvious reasons).
2013: 48.2%, 28573/59308
2014: 57.1%, 33851/59308
2015: 73.9%, 43801/59308
2016: 64%, 37345/58325
2017: 62.2%, 36302/58325
2018: 51.8%, 30178/58325
2019: 66.6%, 38815/58325
2021: 53.7%, 31295/58325

Seems like not being able to fill up "your" stadium isn't only a UH problem.

Hell, let's compare the best years attendance-wise for each in the AAC.
Houston: 2016, 97.2%, 38,888/40000 (also doesn't include the home game against Oklahoma which had 71,016 people in NRG)
Memphis: 2015, 73.9%, 43801/59308

Ya, you outdrew Houston in a much bigger stadium, so what. They could probably go in NRG and spew out a good 45,000-50,000 each game at a minimum. Still doesn't change the fact you can't fill the Liberty Bowl.

UCF, UH, and UC isn't "nothing" and they don't have an "over-inflated opinion of yourselves". They got into the Big-12 for a multitude of reasons and they're happy about it, along with them being able to look into their future with a less pessimistic light.

If I may point out, while you're correct in stating that Memphis has trouble filling the Liberty Bowl, we have to take into account that it was originally built to draw SEC neutral site games, not necessarily to house the local University. I, like many, are upset that the school would fund a $200 million upgrade in lieu of building a University owned facilities. No matter what conference affiliation, year in and year out we're a 35k-40k attendance draw, and continuing to play in an "oversized" stadium will make it look the local appeal just isn't there.
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RE: OFFICIAL: Cincy, Houston, and UCF leaving July 1, 2023
(06-27-2022 08:22 AM)TigerFan38134 Wrote:  
(06-25-2022 09:32 PM)WageRagin Wrote:  
(06-25-2022 07:29 PM)Memphis Yankee Wrote:  What does our history have to do you having an over-inflated opinion of yourselves. Since you brought it up jerk, it took you six years to finally beat us last year. You red-shirted an entire season because you got off to a slow start. Great sportsmanship right there.

You want to talk about cheating, your basketball coach got thrown out of college sports for "cheating".

If the Pac 12 would take you, it wouldn't be because of the schools storied football program. It would be because of your market size and being in Texas. Yet you still didn't have attendance as good as Memphis while you've been in the AAC. Go figure.

Your record against us in basketball since 2000 is 11-28. Courtesy of the University of Houston: Houston vs Memphis 2000-2022

All time it's 21-35 since you were bring up comparisons.

Yes, the Cougars have struggled with Memphis in football over the past 5 years, and historically Houston's record in basketball against Memphis is bad too (that's changing though). Yes, Kelvin Sampson did get caught cheating at Indiana/Oklahoma, I'm not going to throw out that excuse that what he did is legal now because it would make me a hypocrite. I do disagree with you about the schools having an over-inflated ego, since most of it is just a select few fans doing that talking.

The reason I talked about history was your mentioning of UCF's young program, and Cincy's history and culture. I never really meant that as a statement for "over-inflated opinion of yourselves", I meant it as a rebuttal of the previously stated along with this sentence "It annoys me to no end that teams going to the big twelve that are nothing". Meaning if UC, UH, and UCF are nothing then what is Memphis?

Quote:If the Pac 12 would take you, it wouldn't be because of the schools storied football program. It would be because of your market size and being in Texas.
If the PAC-12 takes Houston just because of their market size and location then ok... that just means Houston is a favorable program for them to acquire, really isn't a knock stating that Houston is in a really good market.

Quote: Yet you still didn't have attendance as good as Memphis while you've been in the AAC. Go figure.
Also going over your point about attendance. Isn't the Liberty Bowl a 58k seat stadium? If I'm looking at this correctly you're struggling to fill that thing up, seems like attendance is a big problem over there.

Lets look at your attendance percentages with your time in the AAC (excluding 2020 for obvious reasons).
2013: 48.2%, 28573/59308
2014: 57.1%, 33851/59308
2015: 73.9%, 43801/59308
2016: 64%, 37345/58325
2017: 62.2%, 36302/58325
2018: 51.8%, 30178/58325
2019: 66.6%, 38815/58325
2021: 53.7%, 31295/58325

Seems like not being able to fill up "your" stadium isn't only a UH problem.

Hell, let's compare the best years attendance-wise for each in the AAC.
Houston: 2016, 97.2%, 38,888/40000 (also doesn't include the home game against Oklahoma which had 71,016 people in NRG)
Memphis: 2015, 73.9%, 43801/59308

Ya, you outdrew Houston in a much bigger stadium, so what. They could probably go in NRG and spew out a good 45,000-50,000 each game at a minimum. Still doesn't change the fact you can't fill the Liberty Bowl.

UCF, UH, and UC isn't "nothing" and they don't have an "over-inflated opinion of yourselves". They got into the Big-12 for a multitude of reasons and they're happy about it, along with them being able to look into their future with a less pessimistic light.

If I may point out, while you're correct in stating that Memphis has trouble filling the Liberty Bowl, we have to take into account that it was originally built to draw SEC neutral site games, not necessarily to house the local University. I, like many, are upset that the school would fund a $200 million upgrade in lieu of building a University owned facilities. No matter what conference affiliation, year in and year out we're a 35k-40k attendance draw, and continuing to play in an "oversized" stadium will make it look the local appeal just isn't there.

I have been to the LB two times to watch Navy play Memphis. Not sure what the issues are of people complaining about the Tigers playing there. I loved the atmosphere at the LB and the host fans were fantastic. 40,000 fans in attendance or there about's made for a terrific time.
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(06-27-2022 09:13 AM)USNA 77 Wrote:  
(06-27-2022 08:22 AM)TigerFan38134 Wrote:  
(06-25-2022 09:32 PM)WageRagin Wrote:  
(06-25-2022 07:29 PM)Memphis Yankee Wrote:  What does our history have to do you having an over-inflated opinion of yourselves. Since you brought it up jerk, it took you six years to finally beat us last year. You red-shirted an entire season because you got off to a slow start. Great sportsmanship right there.

You want to talk about cheating, your basketball coach got thrown out of college sports for "cheating".

If the Pac 12 would take you, it wouldn't be because of the schools storied football program. It would be because of your market size and being in Texas. Yet you still didn't have attendance as good as Memphis while you've been in the AAC. Go figure.

Your record against us in basketball since 2000 is 11-28. Courtesy of the University of Houston: Houston vs Memphis 2000-2022

All time it's 21-35 since you were bring up comparisons.

Yes, the Cougars have struggled with Memphis in football over the past 5 years, and historically Houston's record in basketball against Memphis is bad too (that's changing though). Yes, Kelvin Sampson did get caught cheating at Indiana/Oklahoma, I'm not going to throw out that excuse that what he did is legal now because it would make me a hypocrite. I do disagree with you about the schools having an over-inflated ego, since most of it is just a select few fans doing that talking.

The reason I talked about history was your mentioning of UCF's young program, and Cincy's history and culture. I never really meant that as a statement for "over-inflated opinion of yourselves", I meant it as a rebuttal of the previously stated along with this sentence "It annoys me to no end that teams going to the big twelve that are nothing". Meaning if UC, UH, and UCF are nothing then what is Memphis?

Quote:If the Pac 12 would take you, it wouldn't be because of the schools storied football program. It would be because of your market size and being in Texas.
If the PAC-12 takes Houston just because of their market size and location then ok... that just means Houston is a favorable program for them to acquire, really isn't a knock stating that Houston is in a really good market.

Quote: Yet you still didn't have attendance as good as Memphis while you've been in the AAC. Go figure.
Also going over your point about attendance. Isn't the Liberty Bowl a 58k seat stadium? If I'm looking at this correctly you're struggling to fill that thing up, seems like attendance is a big problem over there.

Lets look at your attendance percentages with your time in the AAC (excluding 2020 for obvious reasons).
2013: 48.2%, 28573/59308
2014: 57.1%, 33851/59308
2015: 73.9%, 43801/59308
2016: 64%, 37345/58325
2017: 62.2%, 36302/58325
2018: 51.8%, 30178/58325
2019: 66.6%, 38815/58325
2021: 53.7%, 31295/58325

Seems like not being able to fill up "your" stadium isn't only a UH problem.

Hell, let's compare the best years attendance-wise for each in the AAC.
Houston: 2016, 97.2%, 38,888/40000 (also doesn't include the home game against Oklahoma which had 71,016 people in NRG)
Memphis: 2015, 73.9%, 43801/59308

Ya, you outdrew Houston in a much bigger stadium, so what. They could probably go in NRG and spew out a good 45,000-50,000 each game at a minimum. Still doesn't change the fact you can't fill the Liberty Bowl.

UCF, UH, and UC isn't "nothing" and they don't have an "over-inflated opinion of yourselves". They got into the Big-12 for a multitude of reasons and they're happy about it, along with them being able to look into their future with a less pessimistic light.

If I may point out, while you're correct in stating that Memphis has trouble filling the Liberty Bowl, we have to take into account that it was originally built to draw SEC neutral site games, not necessarily to house the local University. I, like many, are upset that the school would fund a $200 million upgrade in lieu of building a University owned facilities. No matter what conference affiliation, year in and year out we're a 35k-40k attendance draw, and continuing to play in an "oversized" stadium will make it look the local appeal just isn't there.

I have been to the LB two times to watch Navy play Memphis. Not sure what the issues are of people complaining about the Tigers playing there. I loved the atmosphere at the LB and the host fans were fantastic. 40,000 fans in attendance or there about's made for a terrific time.

Having been to a few campuses with OCS, it lacks from the overall "experience" aspect of college football, and there's no PHYSICAL tie to the university. Once the newly proposed renovations are completed, assuming they get funded, it will likely be one of the best G5 stadiums, but it will still be lacking from the experience aspect. It's hard to beat walking across a campus flooded with people to get to a stadium. It's something everyone needs to experience, whether it's on their campus or at an away game.
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RE: OFFICIAL: Cincy, Houston, and UCF leaving July 1, 2023
(06-17-2022 11:05 PM)pesik Wrote:  
(06-17-2022 10:58 PM)vick mike Wrote:  
(06-17-2022 06:49 PM)ghostofclt! Wrote:  clt is hearing that Houston may get a NFL team!

I hope Houston does leave the B12 for the PAC. Its a slap in the face to the first and the ruin of the second.

ruin?? so adding houston to a 14 member pac 12 would single handedly ruin the pac 12???? houston who has had more basketball success than any pac 12 team the last 5 years, and would be top 4 in the league in football, in a mega market would "ruin" the pac 12...

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this is an abnormally salty post from you...

Lol you are right, I took an easy cheap shot at Houston, who didn’t deserve it, my apologies. Can’t even remember what I was thinking.
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Well, Houston to the PAC just became a more interesting theory. (With the PAC getting raided today)

Avoid Big 12 exit fees if the PAC has space available in 2024.
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(06-25-2022 12:09 AM)Memphis Yankee Wrote:  It annoys me to no end that teams going to the big twelve that are nothing.. UCF started in like yesterday and they're going to big 12. It's orlando,and they have zero culture. Totally based on market size. Houston....Does anyone care? UC...They have history and culture.

Houston is nothing more than urban sprawl. Who the hell cares?

It's all about market share. Nobody gives a flip about Houston even when they're good. 7 million people and they have a 6 thousand capacity arena. Fn joke.

Man, this post is hilarious.

Have you not been paying attention over the past few years?
Why do memphis fans like you seem so angry like the step child that isn't getting attention? So many angry memphis fans on your board too.

There's a reason why you're stuck in the AAC and not moving on to bigger and better things.
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(06-25-2022 08:13 PM)RockyMTNTiger Wrote:  I believe that Houston might develop into a powerhouse in the Big12 and wish them well.

Having said that, the odds of Houston being invited to the PAC are about the same as the Mars Rover discovering a valley inhabited by Dinosaurs.

Good luck on your fantasy though - everyone should have dreams.

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(07-01-2022 02:50 PM)pesik Wrote:  
(06-25-2022 08:13 PM)RockyMTNTiger Wrote:  I believe that Houston might develop into a powerhouse in the Big12 and wish them well.

Having said that, the odds of Houston being invited to the PAC are about the same as the Mars Rover discovering a valley inhabited by Dinosaurs.

Good luck on your fantasy though - everyone should have dreams.

note to self; don't take gambling advice from RockyMTNTiger

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Thats really good advice - which is probably why I quit gambling. On the other hand - much to early for Houston to count any chickens just yet - but, hats off and congrats if it works out for you.
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