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Maybe a half share to start then more later? They tried to low-ball Memphis and Tulane too and were turned down last year. More clarity once the media offer to them is made, and the Pac mediation with the MWC is settled over poaching fees. Both conferences need $$ to feed hungry schools they are trying to keep happy.

I like the AD being open and communicating with fans. Money and NIL, however, are not a guarantee of success...and won't buy a spot in the Sweet 16.

Vito doing Vito things?

Coaches are not giving their money away.... it's fake salary from the school meant to be given by the coach to inspire fans to do likewise. Like the President of the company pretending to take a pay cut so paid workers will stop demanding raises, to keep the company afloat.

They drew more when the Pirate was in charge. But to your point, both WSU and Oregon St were the Rice of the SWC/Pac12. Nobody wanted them when the re-distribution happened. Attendance at football home games averaged around 30,000 fans per game while Mike Leach was head coach, 2012-2019. Some hotels in Pullman resorted to a lottery system for rooms, because demand was so strong. That was not the case last season.

The PAC has more potential of being the top G5 conference in football and basketball. They want to tap into the Texas markets. You really want to hand that opportunity over to TXST and UTSA?

What was the connection to his visit to DC and the PAC conference? Maybe he is referring to budget funding? Unequal conference shares are going to become more the norm. They are already trending toward becoming more performance based or brand based. As I mentioned in another thread, Boise was given more revenue in the MWC because of their brand importance. The same will happen with UNLV and AF in the future MWC. Fla St and Clemson settled their ACC lawsuit with the promise of performance based revenue being started in that conference.

Ok, we kidnap $mut's big donors and hold them for NIL ransom.....?

I didn't know we had fashion police on here. The second post says their attire changed in flight, geez... "When he got to Denton he had on a black MG shirt and she was wearing green."

It's more about what Hodge didn't say, than about why he left or what he said. If you read between the lines, I don't think it's too difficult to see the "no thanks" to UNT for the opportunity to become a D1 HC, nor to the fans for supporting his team, home and away, after losing an even better coach. He did what he was paid for, but the haste to leave and manner it happened didn't fall on deaf ears.

Blue and gold looks too corporate on him....

Yes, basically missed a wide open layup to win in OT. Irvine will remember this ending for a long time. Chattanooga also made a 3-pt half-court shot at the halftime buzzer. Our loss was tough for our fans; this will be very difficult for the Irvine fans not to think "what if".

I think Newell improved greatly on the defensive side and toughness at the rim side, from where he started the season. His downfall is being out of control with the ball, lack of scoring down low and missed free throws. But 6-9 gets a scholarship most places, including UNT. I'm fine with him back on the roster, but would like to compare 6-9 options for being a starter.

UTA is already in this situation.....no football and the WAC may disband, leaving them on the hunt again for another conference that doesn't require members to have football.

Yes, UNT Athletics also calls him "Coach D Rob"...

No to Newell, sorry. Yes to the others.

Fastest growing Flagship Universities (year to year basis): RANK SCHOOL Y-O-Y CHANGE 2022 FALL ENROLLMENT 2023 FALL ENROLLMENT PROJECTED FIVE-YEAR CHANGE 1 University of Cincinnati 3,007 47,914 50,921 2.7% 2 Texas A&M University 2,666 68,461 71,127 3.7% 3 Georgia Institute of Technology 2,650 45,296 47,946 7.2% 4 University of North Texas 2,604 44,336 46,940 5.6% 5 University of Tennessee 2,499 33,805 36,304 5.7% ................................................................................................................ SUPPLY AND DEMAND VARIATION | TOP 50 SCHOOL 2023 FALL ENROLLMENT , 2023 TOTAL SUPPLY (BEDS) 1 Florida International University 56,732 21,388 2 Utah Valley University 44,653 16,512 3 University of Central Florida 69,320 41,656 4 University of Cincinnati 50,921 24,120 5 University of California - Berkeley 45,699 20,680 6 University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign 56,403 33,693 7 Oregon State University 36,636 14,176 8 California State University - Northridge 36,123 14,907 9 University of California - Davis 40,850 22,150 10 University of Colorado - Boulder 37,153 18,917 11 George Mason University 40,000 21,977 12 University of North Texas 46,940 29,352

With McCasland NT won the: 2018 CBI Championship 2020 CUSA regular season title 2021 CUSA tourney title 2022 CUSA regular season title 2023 NIT Championship With Hodge....none. Attendance was down this season over last. Marketability?.....the AD does not know the meaning of the word.

He never felt heat over a loss from NT fans. He will at WVU.

It makes sense. Most conference realignment today is driven by football, and it's value as a program. Other sports get dragged across the country because Cal football was wanted in the ACC. It would be better to just send football only and keep their other sports in a west coast conference.

We are just as attractive as TXST and UTSA as a stand-alone. We have more major-college level football history than they do combined!

Good question. The article didn't mention the $5 mil and I'm not sure when it is payable. If I had to guess, probably not until they have met all the criteria and given permission to move up officially. That's why I think this is, as you said just steps to show they will, if an invite comes, before they fully commit.

That is their motivation....to make themselves available to the PAC or MWC as a emergency expansion candidate. I guess they could always go back to FCS is they fail to get an invite.

Yes, it was on the super-secret VIP board.