[Interesting paragraph in Athletic story on App State]

I would like to see howmany super seniors they have on their roster. I have suspicion that G5 teams that don't get the top level talent, nor do they  lose juniors to the next level will spark up through the 2024 season. I believe that is the deadline for any player to be considered affected by the pandemic year. A school that recruits players like App State would definitely benefit from that extra year of maturity. Think of BYU and their average player being 2 years older. 

Most P5 Schools need that recruit pipeline to keep moving. CUSA, Sunbelt, MWC do not. This is their one shot. 

I wonder who is next on the hit list for App State. 

  

[Worried after thinking about the AAC]

1 hour ago, UNTcrazy727 said:

I wouldn't say 7 points is getting mauled. Especially, against a top 25 SEC team on the road. 

I saw a 14 point spread with like 7 minutes to go and I never checked back in on it. Only that Arkansas won.

[Worried after thinking about the AAC]

21 hours ago, UNTcrazy727 said:

Definitely a three horse race between SMU, Houston, and Cincy. All looked very strong on Saturday. 

I thought Cincy got mauled pretty good? Houston is tough, but our dropped passes doomed us. 

[Jeff Traylor makes plea to fill up Alamodome for Houston game]

On 8/31/2022 at 6:07 PM, 97and03 said:

Literally everything they do is a copy of someone else.

I mean you're not wrong, but I retort...any other school consider "Come and Take It" racist? I'm pretty sure UTSA has been the only US college to make that claim, so we got that going for us! 😄

[Jeff Traylor makes plea to fill up Alamodome for Houston game]

There's been some hilarious posts on here. I can attest that Traylor is really always pumped up, so it's funny seeing this video. 

[Jeff Traylor makes plea to fill up Alamodome for Houston game]

On 8/31/2022 at 7:32 PM, tmjerm said:

I grew up a Coog and there was nothing more disappointing than that TEDCU opening.  Yuck.  I hope the Coogs wipe the nasty Alamodome floor wit dem.  #eatemup #beatsack 

TD! UTSA! Stadium. 😄 I live in Houston and I gotta admit, most coogs take it great because it ultimately woke up the fan base and admin that led to getting Tom Herman and bringing them back to where they were. 

[12 Team CFP Expansion Confirmed]

4 minutes ago, MeanGreen22 said:

The point was voting can (and let’s be honest, probably will) be skewed when it gets closer to the playoff. That G5 school on the fridge or the SEC school.. money starts talking. 
 

Is it better than it currently is? Yeah. Seems that way. 

It's still a selection committee at the end of the day. 

[12 Team CFP Expansion Confirmed]

5 minutes ago, DentonLurker said:

We've had too many bowl games for a while now in college football. Would I rather win the conference and have a shot at the playoffs than playing in the afterthought.com bowl game? Heck yeah!

I get your point, but being who I am, money is harder to come by when the team isn't playing. 

[12 Team CFP Expansion Confirmed]

14 minutes ago, UNT Texas Hooligan said:

This is only bad for the P5 that don't want to share any of the pie. I don't see how this can be seen as a bad thing at all for us and our conference (American).

I'm a pragmatic pessimist. I see far more negatives than positives. Most bowls are only supported through ESPN. Do you think UNT gets a bowl invite last year with an expanded 12 team playoff? I don't unless ESPN gives up the bowls and CBS or Fox swoop in. I think a G5 Playoff happening will be better than this expansion. 

[Denton Academy]

UTSA stuggled with this for a long time, but the Academy across from the school stepped up and made a UTSA section. I put it on our school, though. There are plenty of college kids who could design great tshirts on campus and school should use this as an approach to any marketing or business classes and give the kids a chance to earn some side income. Learn actual real life marketing and business skills

[I may throw up]

"The junior college that no football fan even knew existed the last time we won a conference title."

As an expert trash talker, that's a bad take. 

"Let’s check back in three weeks whence they are 0-3.  Part of why they are pressing so hard for attendance this week is they know in 3 weeks it will become very difficult." 

As a season ticket holder and donor, I can assure you they are doing their level LEAST to pump up attendance. Our AD is letting us down, big time. She got lucky with Traylor, but has really turned off A LOT of big donors. It's been two years since my "rep" has called me in the off season. 

"if they can commit some resources to their program."

See my previous comment as to why we are still struggling after 2 winning seasons in a row. We advanced too fast and our SA roots still have to overcome generational Longhorns and Aggies, whether they attended UTSA or not. 

"The road birds are the second most overrated team in college football this season after Texas."

When did we get rated? Serious question. Yeah, we're getting some love, but no ratings. There's the smart part of me that knows we'll be 7-5 or 6-6 at the end of the year provided all players stay healthy and keep their grades up. It's gonna be hard to replace the defensive rotation we lost and the RB1 we lost.

Let me ask, when y'all beat Arkansas, did you get credit for beating a terrible team or an SEC team? I know the answer. When we beat Illinois, who then beat Penn State, who also beat Auburn..."illinois was terrible", yet all the B1G teams get credit for beating Illinois. 

 

[NIL $$$]

1 minute ago, cousin oliver said:

You are right about Rice as they have a huge endowment but the word I have always heard is they are not allowed to tap into that for athletics.  

That would be tax fraud for everyone involved. Rice has very rich alumni. Would that alumni base be willing to "pay players", that remains to be seen. We know SMU has in the past. 🙂 

[SI Story with Saban and SMU]

1 hour ago, SMU2006 said:

OK I have to laugh at this.  I can't imagine any scenario where Nick Saban is actually "afraid" of SMU.  I doubt he's thought about SMU for more than five seconds in his entire coaching career.

That said he's 100% correct that no school in the country is better positioned to benefit from NIL and the transfer portal than SMU.  Between our two NIL initiatives we're already at north of $3mm fully funded annually at the grassroots level and more than double that among the high-level booster group.

Facilities are great no doubt but $100,000 is a lot more fun (especially for 18-22 year olds).  

Considering Bryce Young is the heisman and a high 6 figure NIL earner, I doubt Saban or Alabama has SMU on the radar. SMU will never out do aTm with their money AND 72K students. Media trying too hard here. 

[NIL $$$]

57 minutes ago, Wag Tag said:

How important is the NIL dollars on the ranking of importance on where a kid goes to school?  If the dollars are available I feel it could be the top reason. At this time SMU will have the most NIL money of any G5 and by a long shot in the AAC. UNT and other conference mates will not be able to compete against their dollars, the level playing field is gone. NIL money has to play into conference affiliations and for that reason I thinks SMU has a shot at a P3 conference. At a P3 level they will have more NIL dollars than a lot of those teams and be competitive with the upper level teams. I now hope SMU gets into another conference so we are playing teams with similar resources. GMG

If you go by endowment, then Rice University will have the most of the G5s. I believe NIL will help kids on the fence and the money has to be big enough to convince a kid to choose a hot garbage team over a winning team. UTSA lost a transfer QB battle to UAB due to NIL money. Something like 35K. At the same time, one of our WRs didn't transfer - even though he was offered NIL to do so. 

 

[Message from the Big12 Commissioner]

2 hours ago, Dannymacfan said:

I get all the optimism from a dude in a new gig but who really good out there could they add right now?  SMUt? 

I would think USF, Memphis, Colorado St, Colorado.  Here's a question, does adding anymore Texas school bring value? 

[SMU to PAC12?]

48 minutes ago, rcade said:

I'm having trouble seeing Rice making it to the P5 even if they hired Ed "Straight Arrow" Gennero.

I'm seeing comments that due to the Fox contract ending in 2 years and losing LA market that the PAC is extremely desperate to find big markets and they are now not caring about facilities. 

This is slim pickings for any "P5" conference and just 2 years absolute hard passes for invites, but now? Not so much for a desperate conference. Question is, "who actually makes the jump?" It's easy to see non-Big12 teams doing it, but would the other schools say no, if offered? 

I noticed they didn't list SDSU? Surely, they'd move up from the MWC and give the PAC the southern California eyeballs?

 

[So, UNT Wants to play with the Big Boys?]

47 minutes ago, SMU2006 said:

SMU has the largest athletic budget of any school left in the G5 and sits in the 5th largest media market in the country.  Ranked in football each of the last three seasons and planning a $100mm stadium renovation.

Does the small private school thing hurt?  Sure.  But if school size is a factor why isn't UNT being mentioned in these articles but SMU is mentioned in multiple realignment articles right now?

Seeing is believing. Many of these writers see the current UNT as the yesteryear UNT. It's a stigma, unfortunately, but by no means an accurate one. UCF was able to make the jump for 2 reasons; success on the field and sheer size of school.  There might be a 3rd one of no immediate market competition for UCF. TCU might be a hindrance to joining the "Big 12" for SMU or UNT.

[So, UNT Wants to play with the Big Boys?]

1 minute ago, SMU2006 said:

Not sure what this is trying to say.  SMU has spent a quarter of a billion on facilities in the last decade with another $100mm solely for Ford Stadium expansion/upgrades.  

SMU will never be looking in the rearview mirror at UNT/UTSA in terms of fundraising and financial program support.  Its not even close.

And yet, we are in the same conference. That's what I thought I was saying. I also thought I was saying Rice's and SMU's "money" won't make any conference more money than UTSA or UNT. 

[So, UNT Wants to play with the Big Boys?]

On 7/7/2022 at 3:22 PM, Green Crazy said:

This is by far the worst part of our school. The lack of donors/people that care about the school, let alone sports after they leave.   It's embarrassing frankly. 

 

This is the biggest reason we'll never maintain a level of success. 

 

 

UTSA's first trip to Rice was their homecoming in 2012. The class of 1962 donated 12 million dollars at halftime. Our endowment at that time was only like 80 million. I believe schools like SMU, Rice are dinosaurs, but they just don't know it. Both were in the SWC for decades and they're now in the same conference as UNT. It isn't about the big donations, of course that helps, but it's about the constant donations. 

Do you believe when it comes to dollars and sense that conferences are really looking for small schools like SMU and Rice or that future potential in UNT, UAB, and UTSA? I'm not being disrespectful with this statement, but for years UNT/UAB was the doormat game for big programs while Rice and SMU were considered "premier". Tides have turned and I believe for forever.

 

[NCAA Conference Realignment Got You Down? Blame Texas.]

28 minutes ago, NT80 said:

It wasn't Texas, per se, that caused other big schools to leave.  It was more revenue available joining other conferences, plus the Longhorn Network, that did it.  Like the writer mentions, Texas prevented a Big12 Network from happening, so no wealth sharing.  The fat cat was despised, but still liked enough by the smaller programs because a game filled away stadiums.

It's amazing and really an odd flex to be in a conference and pull this stunt. I understand not saying no because that's a lot of scratch, but SEC and B1G have their networks and it works perfectly for them. Of course, it didn't help the PAC, but I remember a lot of PAC football games not being shown. I do remember all the other non-revenue sports being shown though. 

[NCAA Conference Realignment Got You Down? Blame Texas.]

Well, how far off is the writer? Is the writer off because of angle or because of how UT has influenced any conference they've been in? Hear me out. There's a reason Arkansas left the SWC. There's a reason Colorado, Nebraska, aTm, and Missouri left the Big 12. 

What is the recurring statement? "because UT" 

Premier programs aren't joining UT's conference, they are leaving it. Yes, the Big 8 and SWC merged, but that is different than other programs saying, "hey, I want to join the SWC" 

Texas and OU leaving the Big 12 was just a logical step in all of this "Super NIL" conferences being formed nonsense. 

 

[Former CUSAs and the New AAC]

5 minutes ago, golfingomez said:

If there is going to be a full split, Clemson and UNC would get scooped up for sure... and that's when you start seeing how the other schools values start dropping significantly... 

What will be really interesting is if some of the schools get voted off the Big Ten/SEC island... (looking at you Rutgers, Purdue, Vandy and Mizzou)

So, just heard that Clemson, FSU, UNC, and Virginia are reaching out to the SEC. So, yeah, you may be a soothsayer of sorts. LOL

 

[Former CUSAs and the New AAC]

3 hours ago, golfingomez said:

i kind of disagree with the original post... make no mistake... if the Big 10 and SEC fully split... everyone below them is Tier 3... there will be no Tier 2, sorry Big 12, ACC and Pac 12(10?)

It's hard to sell me on the ACC being a Tier 3, but I see what you're saying. I'm not saying the entire conference because we all know WF or Duke are strugglebus most years, but Va Tech, Clemson, UNC, FSU, Miami are not Tier 3. We'd(UNT or UTSA) take being in that conference over being in the new Big 12, if offered. that' show I see it. 

[Top G5 Expansion Candidates]

On 7/5/2022 at 10:44 AM, greenminer said:

I get mixed messages about a program's facility.  Some people care that you own it, some people don't.

Miami won many national titles in a rental Orange Bowl.  Our lease is far cheaper than a stadium and it's a good location for travelling fans. We also don't have space on campus for anything more than a new additional basketball arena. Any other upgrades will be in their current space. Any football stadium will be off campus anyway.

That 72 degrees is pretty darned nice!

As far as the article, UTSA is not financially ready. We are at our limit currently. It's a pipe dream.

[Former CUSAs and the New AAC]

1 minute ago, El Paso Eagle said:

That's what we said when we left the Sun Belt

I was one of the few after the 1st year in the CUSA wanting to bolt for the Sunbelt. I was warned by a few UH Cougar friends.