For our situation, they are just not helpful to grow your fanbase. Obviously, there are exceptions, as SFA is a decent OOC game because they bring people and UNT fans know SFA friends. But playing Nicholls State, Portland State, Bethune-Cookman, Grambling, Texas Southern, Prairie View, incarnate Word, Abilene Christian, or Tarleton State just don't bring enough eyeballs to the stadium. And while everyone wishes that people would come to games to watch us play as the only reason, the reality is that Denton doesn't work like that. They show up for games we play teams that they have heard of or care about. Otherwise, they don't care.
You are not even close to being correct. The anti-trust lawsuit you are talking about would have already been tried if it could even come close to working. Hint, it can't. The legislatures and justices are dominated by the grads/fans of these power schools, which fund a ton of stuff in their states. That ain't SMU, pal.
There are 24 major CFB brands: USC, UCLA, Oregon, Washington, Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State, Notre Dame, North Carolina, Clemson, FSU, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee, and LSU.
Add in any of these brands that you want: Stanford, Arizona, Arizona State, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Kansas State, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Arkansas, Mizzou, Iowa State, Indiana, Purdue, Illinois, Minnesota, Kentucky, Louisville, WVU, Pitt, Maryland, Virginia, Va Tech, NC State, South Carolina, Georgia Tech, Miami, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Syracuse, BC, and Rutgers. All 32 of these brands will not make the cut. So, add in anywhere between 0 to 24 teams to that final list. My guess is that its 48, just to be able to get the major institutions with lots of eyeballs.
Outgoing:
Edge Victor Alobwede commits to Memphis.
S Harold West commits to ACU
WR Jordan Smart commits to Ole Miss
DT Marcus Moore commits to Sam Houston
DL Rodney Green commits to Northern Iowa
QB Reese Mooney commits to ULM
RB Oscar Adaway commits to South Carolina
WR Trey Cleveland to ACU
CB Patrick Smith-YOuong to ODU
S Dillion Williams to UTEP
TE Sifa Leota to LA Tech
QB Chandler Rogers to Cal
OL Febechi Nwaiwu to OU
TE Joshua Smith to Morgan St.
OL Samora Ezekiel to Montana St
WR Detraveon Brown to Southern U.
OT Howard Sampson to North Carolina
RB BK Jackson to A&M Commerce
LB Jax Van Zandt to UAB
DE Chris Wright to ACU
IOL Dameon Smallwood to Lamar
S Robert Johnson to UT-Martin
RB Ayo Adeyi to JMU
RB Isaiah Johnson to ACU
S Logan Wilson to Cincy
WR Ja'Mori Maclin to Kentucky
IOL Ethan Miner to MS St.
Outgoing/Unsigned:
CB Dorian Morris
TE Christian Lee
S Nick Nakwaasah
QB Dylan Gebbia
S Corey Swiney
LB Dietrich Moore
RB Tre Bradford
RB Qualon Farrar
Incoming:
RB Juwaun Price (Syracuse)
S Harold Nash III (Memphis)
LB Shane Whitter (OU)
DL Treviance Bronson (AR St.)
DL Terrell Dawkins (South Carolina)
K Blake Ford (AR)
Edge Blake Shipley (Oregon)
QB Chandler Morris (TCU)
OT Ma'Kyi Lee (Missouri)
S David Spruiells (Northern AZ)
S BJ Allen Jr. (TX)
IOL Johnny Dickson (VA Tech)
CB X'Avion Brice (UT)
IOL Justice Guillory (SFA)
TE Oscar Hammond (Central OK)
IOL Jasper Lott (TCU)
LB JJ Jean-Louis (Iowa St)
RB Zach Evans (MN)
WR Dalton Carnes (UH)
WR DT Sheffield (WA St)
S Isheem Young (Ole Miss)
WR Jeremiah Aaron (West Virginia)
IOL Landon Peterson (TX Tech)
CB Jayden Hill (Ohio Dominican)
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