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Seeing these threads on here make me more and more greatful for our AD and the OOC schedule he has provided us.

These same threads used to be on Coogfans and whatever it was called before that. we cried about playing in the astrodome. more fans will come if we play on campus. moved to campus, slight increase. Well, it's the schedule. cant sell season tickets because of the schedule. Cried about 2 for 1s...Cried about bodybag games.So Houston brought in a ranked Tech at home and beat them. momentum lasted a few weeks. still no sell outs in a 30K stadium. So it was the conference...New conference, no change. It was the stadium...new stadium, no change...UH is better than UNT because they care about athletics a little more and has been caring longer than UNT has, but the complaints are still the same. Now UH has increased on campus housing to lose the commuter school rep.

Houston has had more success on the field, so the numbers are not as bad as UNT, but considering UH has been ranked, had Case Keenum, was flirting with busting the BCS, new conference, new stadium...attendance is horrible.

Both UH and UNT have the same problems. A surrounding community that does not care about the local team. Distracted by loyalties to other schools, high school football, pro sports, etc. Both schools need to realize that you have to build die hard fans with the student body and the school has to support athletics for a long time. Not just a few years. Supporting athletics has to be a part of the student's college experience for 4 or 5 years. win or lose, the student has to see the whole campus support that team, and that is how you build die hard alumni. as far as the community, do more, and get involved with elementary, middle school, and high school kids. chasing people who are affiliated with other schools is a waste of time. Dont invest much time in alumni that left. As them back once, and move on to attracting new fans who are not affiliated with any college team.

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These same threads used to be on Coogfans and whatever it was called before that. we cried about playing in the astrodome. more fans will come if we play on campus. moved to campus, slight increase. Well, it's the schedule. cant sell season tickets because of the schedule. Cried about 2 for 1s...Cried about bodybag games.So Houston brought in a ranked Tech at home and beat them. momentum lasted a few weeks. still no sell outs in a 30K stadium. So it was the conference...New conference, no change. It was the stadium...new stadium, no change...UH is better than UNT because they care about athletics a little more and has been caring longer than UNT has, but the complaints are still the same. Now UH has increased on campus housing to lose the commuter school rep.

Houston has had more success on the field, so the numbers are not as bad as UNT, but considering UH has been ranked, had Case Keenum, was flirting with busting the BCS, new conference, new stadium...attendance is horrible.

Both UH and UNT have the same problems. A surrounding community that does not care about the local team. Distracted by loyalties to other schools, high school football, pro sports, etc. Both schools need to realize that you have to build die hard fans with the student body and the school has to support athletics for a long time. Not just a few years. Supporting athletics has to be a part of the student's college experience for 4 or 5 years. win or lose, the student has to see the whole campus support that team, and that is how you build die hard alumni. as far as the community, do more, and get involved with elementary, middle school, and high school kids. chasing people who are affiliated with other schools is a waste of time. Dont invest much time in alumni that left. As them back once, and move on to attracting new fans who are not affiliated with any college team.

You are wasting your words here on this guy. Does UH have better history, resources, and media coverage than UNT? Of course...they always will, too. We didn't give a damn about athletics for many decades while they did, they played in the SWC, we played in the SLC. But here's the rub to all the UH (and fellow AAC-mate SMU) fans--YOU ARE EXACTLY THE SAME AS US IN THE BIG PICTURE OF THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL WORLD!!!

Houston and SMU will never play in a P5 league. The only P5 conferences near here don't need anymore exposure in Houston or Dallas. Their UT, A&M, OU, Tech, LSU, Baylor, Arkansas, OSU, and TCU alumni in those cities already have those markets locked in for good. Frankly, TCU pulled off the miracle of miracles getting into the Big XII when the Aggies left and the northern Big XII schools demanded another Texas conference mate to add quickly, all while TCU had built themselves up to a Top Ten team in the rankings. That was the only chance for any Texas G5 school to jump up. The Big XII won't take them, the SEC won't take them...if the other three conferences want into Texas, they'll wait out the Big XII's GOR and pilfer them. The Texoma Four will go West, KU will go north, KSU and WVU will find a spot in the ACC/SEC. The private schools in Baylor and TCU will probably be forming a new SWC again in ten years, along with UH, SMU, Rice, Tulsa, Tulane, UTEP, UTSA, La Tech, Southern Miss, and Memphis.

So congratulations for surpassing a music and fine arts school that literally hated sports for decades and just recently even tried to care about them. You've really accomplished something there with all your money and resources.

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You are wasting your words here on this guy. Does UH have better history, resources, and media coverage than UNT? Of course...they always will, too. We didn't give a damn about athletics for many decades while they did, they played in the SWC, we played in the SLC. But here's the rub to all the UH (and fellow AAC-mate SMU) fans--YOU ARE EXACTLY THE SAME AS US IN THE BIG PICTURE OF THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL WORLD!!!

Houston and SMU will never play in a P5 league. The only P5 conferences near here don't need anymore exposure in Houston

So congratulations for surpassing a music and fine arts school that literally hated sports for decades and just recently even tried to care about them. You've really accomplished something there with all your money and resources.

Ummm...my post wasnt a UNT vs UH post...you missed the point. It wasnt about either team getting into the big 12. It was about getting fans to fill up the stadium.

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Ummm...my post wasnt a UNT vs UH post...you missed the point. It wasnt about either team getting into the big 12. It was about getting fans to fill up the stadium.

It was geared toward CougarQueen, who you were replying to...sorry for the confusion.

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You are wasting your words here on this guy. Does UNT have better history, resources, and media coverage than UTSA? Of course...they always will, too. We didn't give a damn about athletics for many decades while they did, they played SLC and Sun Belt before we even had a program. But here's the rub to all the UNT (and fellow CUSA-mates Rice/UTEP) fans--YOU ARE EXACTLY THE SAME AS US IN THE BIG PICTURE OF THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL WORLD!!!

UNT, Rice and UTEP will never play in a P5 league. The only P5 conferences near here don't need anymore exposure in Houston or Dallas. Their UT, A&M, OU, Tech, LSU, Baylor, Arkansas, OSU, and TCU alumni in those cities already have those markets locked in for good. Frankly, TCU pulled off the miracle of miracles getting into the Big XII when the Aggies left and the northern Big XII schools demanded another Texas conference mate to add quickly, all while TCU had built themselves up to a Top Ten team in the rankings. That was the only chance for any Texas G5 school to jump up. The Big XII won't take them, the SEC won't take them...if the other three conferences want into Texas, they'll wait out the Big XII's GOR and pilfer them. The Texoma Four will go West, KU will go north, KSU and WVU will find a spot in the ACC/SEC. The private schools in Baylor and TCU will probably be forming a new SWC again in ten years, along with UH, SMU, Rice, Tulsa, Tulane, UTEP, UTSA, La Tech, Southern Miss, and Memphis.

So congratulations for surpassing a Roadrunner school that literally did not have a football program for decades and just recently even tried to care about them. You've really accomplished something there with all your money and resources.

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