I've heard it since at least last season, I don't mind it. I guess it is meant to convey we are the only Denton in America (although we aren't, there's a few tiny Denton's in other states).
I remember many in Riesel, the town where I graduated high school, would refer to it as "Riesel, America."
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Due to the recent House vs. NCAA settlement, the way is paved for colleges to compensate athletes. The downside is that there will now be a roster cap in FBS of 105. With the average FBS school carrying 128 athletes, that means 23 athletes per team will be looking for a new home.Nov 25, 2024
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All 105 can be on scholarship, but 105 is also the total roster limit ...including walk-ons and non-scholarship players. Scholarship spending will be decided by the schools and/or conferences what each will offer.
While we may lose some former scholarship players to the portal and P4s, the P4s will have to cut their total rosters down and quality backups that we could now pick up.
If this was a scholastic conference then yes Rice would be in high demand. But as an athletic conference Rice has not upped their commitment to improving their athletics. Attendance is very poor. Their alums at sports are older than our alums,, lol. Their gym is great...for a high school conference.
I was excited when we joined CUSA and Rice was in it. I recall them from their SWC days. But they are a dying dinosaur of those days. Their baseball used to be really good (and they have baseball.. so extra points), but their football and basketball are usually average or below. They may suffer from high admission requirements for athletes, but there are many private schools in FBS that don't seem as consistently bad.
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