Again, Montana. One of the premiere programs for their state and that game had the same time slot as 3 total FBS games - Houston vs BYU, Air Force vs SDSU, New Mexico vs Hawaii (10pm).
In other news, same year, second round:
2023 Second Round:
Southern Illinois at Idaho (ESPN2) — 132K
Also, false, we had 313k against UTSA on ESPN2. Also, 322k against Army on ESPN2. FCS playoff viewership seems to benefit from being played when FBS games are not on.
Lord knows we've had our own problems...we were snubbed for bowls two years in a row after moving to FBS and then proceeded to crap the bed for almost a decade under two different coaches. Our recent success hasn't come easy and we're grateful for the progress we've made as a program.
That being said I don't think any Bobcats think ya'll are above us (just being honest) and looking at the metrics you'd be hard pressed to find a more equal pairing of in-state institutions.
Both schools founded in the 1890s as teacher colleges
Both have 40k+ students and ~400k alumni
Both have respectable endowments (TXST has about $100m more in the bank)
Both have respectable athletics budgets (NTX spends about $10m more per year)
Looking down on folks is a funny thing...sometimes you're the pigeon, and sometimes you're the statue.
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