I would say the responses here haven't affirmed this as "cool".
We have a student side "entrance" that even has bathrooms, concessions and a small store. There is a tree covered "Hill" for them to tailgate with stages for bands, etc. There is a lake they can go sit by and feed the ducks if they need a safe space, and the walk from campus is a breeze.
Sidewalks on Bonnie Brae will do nothing for the students and acting like the students don't go because there is no other reason other than football games is crazy. Why else do people go to stadiums? North Texas has so many more dorms and student living options than when I was on campus that the term "commuter" school is just an excuse.
The students turn out great for the SFA game. Let's see if they will duplicate it Saturday night.
The extra revenue should ease the travel concerns, but everything else I agree with. Unfortunately, in the current landscape, it doesn't even have to make sense. UTSA must have god tier PR folks because their name pops up into these conservations by casuals without a second thought. Their facilities are atrocious, they have no real college game day experience in either football (off-campus aging facility), or basketball (high school gym). Their ratings aren't any better than ours and neither is their attendance. You can be sure as shit that once they start losing again, and they will, the alamo dome will go back to feeling like a dystopian nightmare.
Part of me hopes they move to be honest, they will be the doormat of their conference for years to come if they have to compete with programs with much larger budgets and resources.
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