Drew
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This thread should be fun: http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/101000/byu-voted-most-worthy-in-1qfor128-poll
They're just talking about football. If you took that poll in 2010, we'd be 4 or 5. If you asked the same question about just basketball, we're 1 through 5 on the list. If you looked at athletic department as a whole along with the university's fit, it's us and BYU.
This looks impressive until you take into account that we've only won 3 national championships in the past year. We're washed up at this point.More than 1/2 of the P5 is not in the top 30 in football. That doesn't trump this:
Putting East Carolina at the top, and UCF close, demonstrates the importance of recent football success. Football coaches have short memories.
Putting East Carolina at the top, and UCF close, demonstrates the importance of recent football success. Football coaches have short memories.
Been there, done that. Remember?AAC should add BYU, Boise State, Marshall, San Diego State, and Fresno State and change the conference name to The Island of Misfit Toys.
Honestly, I am a bit surprised that UCONN received any votes after the past 4 seasons (with special consideration given to the most recent 2).
SchoolPct.
BYU24
East Carolina21
Boise State19
Cincinnati8
Houston8
UCF6
Marshall5
UConn2
San Diego State2
Fresno State1
Navy1
SMU1
Temple1
Let's re-order this based on market size:
UConn
BYU
UCF (large market but behind Florida, Florida State)
Cincinnati (large market but second to Ohio State and pro teams)
San Diego State (large market but pro orientation and many Hispanics with little football interest or immigrants with loyalties elsewhere; competition from USC and UCLA)
USF (large market but mostly retirees with little USF interest)
Houston (large market but dominated by Texas and A&M)
Temple (large market but dominated by Penn State and maybe Rutgers is ahead too)
Navy (not as large a service as Army)
SMU (large market dominated by host of other schools)
Army (lacking recent success or willingness to compete)
Pickings get thin quickly. Only UConn and BYU and maybe the service academies are #1 in loyalty among college programs in their respective markets. BYU and the service academies have a dispersed national audience and so are not so good for cable revenue. If you are the B1G looking at prospects, UConn is the only non-P5 school that is attractive.