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A good kid and a solid WR that I wish was coming back to UH. Don't know if his scholarship offer was removed or just didn't want to stay without Dana, but you got a good player that you'll enjoy watching.

And a big reason UH could return it to the 43 quickly was due to WVU's celebration penalty after their TD

Agreed. They like to have games in TX for recruiting (not athletes). And you'd have to make Air Force a permanent cross division rival (if those happen) because they're not giving up a military academy game.

ECU fans try to say it's Touchdown ECU stadium. Its lame when they do it and more lame for this witer with DATCU

Remember when Aresco attempted to lure Big 12 teams to the AAC after OU/UT announced they were leaving?

In Houston history, while winning can have an attendance impact on the current season, the big impact is on the next season due to season ticket increase. That may be consitional though. A 7 win season may not have an impact, but a 9-10 win season with a bowl win should. Also a minimum % of capacity may be required. If there is a threat of sell outs, even if only for the big games, season ticket increase is more likely

It was a settlement and they did waive the notification period

TCU had to pay $5 million exit fee to the Big East although they didn't spend a day in the conference

Instead of P5, you could use A5 for the autonomy conferences which is spelled out in NCAA rules and not a media made up term

Don't think that TCU doesn't have near unlimited funds too. When they wanted their stadium renovation, 6 donors gave $15 million each.

I think it is a minimum threshold for some players. Without them, you aren't even considered. For others it can be a tie breaker. But I don't think its ever the primary consideration unlike NIL

Haven't since UConn left. Don't think you can have divisions with <12 teams

The gossip is that Navy asked to be in the West because there are more southern schools especially Texas. More Navy recruits (military, not just academy) come from the South than the Northeast. Playing in TX is a military recruiting tool. The academies see a bigger picture than most schools.

I think there's a talent gap between UNT and the top of the AAC. I don't think there's one with the bottom of the AAC which is horrible so far this year. The question is how far down in the middle tier does UNT fall

UAB, UTSA, and FAU have never finished ranked. ECU has finished top 10 in 1991. Only other time they finished ranked was 1983. SMU hasn't finished ranked since 1984 Temple finished ranked once in 1979. Memphis, USF, and Navy have finished ranked multiple times recently. USF for the 1st times in 2016 and 2017. Memphis also for the 1st times in 2014, 2017, and 2019. Not mentioned Tulsa finished ranked in 2010 and was ranked multiple times in the 2000s Also not mentioned Tulane finished ranked more recently than most of the teams mentioned ending top 10 in 1998. So USF and Memphis show it can be done even if it had never been done before