NCAA Football '11-'12

[MadBurgerMaker]

56,700.  They didn't keep that pretty huge number up the whole first season, of course, but they still averaged ~36,000 the rest of the way.  Both numbers ended up being some sort of start-up record over the previous highs set by USF.

Now they just need to figure out how to not suck on the field.  I worry about the fact that Larry Coker is their coach.  Yeah, he's a "name" coach and sure he won a NC, but...uh...those weren't his recruits, and Miami has pretty much been in the shitter ever since.

E:  Maybe I'm being too hard on them saying they sucked.  They were brand new and managed to go 4-6 with three of the losses being by a FG.  That's not so bad.  They're probably going to get wrecked this season in the WAC though.  Even though it's a weak ass conference, it's still D1 football with established programs.  Hopefully they'll at least keep things competitive.  Or, you know, go undefeated.  That would be just fine as well.

[CountDeMoney]

Corner-ish, mid level seats are the best seats.

Yeah, they are;  best way to see plays developing.

[FunkMonk]

UTSA

Looking at their schedule next year they play Oklahoma State here.

[jimmy olsen]

Florida cuts the Computer Science department to save 1.4 million, increases athletic budget by 2 million!

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/2012/04/22/university-of-florida-eliminates-computer-science-department-increases-athletic-budgets-hmm/

[derspiess]

Corner-ish, mid level seats are the best seats.

Yeah, they are;  best way to see plays developing.

Pretty shitty when the action is on the other side of the field, though.  I have a hard time telling between a 2 yard run and a 5 yard run.  I prefer 50-yard line, mid-level, even though I rarely seem to get that.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Looking at their schedule next year they play Oklahoma State here.

They've got a lot of bodybag games coming up in the next few years.  Hopefully they won't be totally broken by these things.  Four or five games a year against AQ schools seems like way more than normal (although Houston wasn't joining an AQ conference when they scheduled that series) for lower level mid-majors. 

The home and homes are because of the location (recruiting) and the dome.

[CountDeMoney]

I prefer 50-yard line, mid-level, even though I rarely seem to get that.

That's why it's called "club level".  Damned 1%ers. 

[Valmy]

John L Smith has been hired as Arkansas' interim coach.   That is a dang coaching hire mistake.  The coaches are coaching their tails off and the AD keeps screwing it up.

[PDH]

I prefer 50-yard line, mid-level, even though I rarely seem to get that.

That's why it's called "club level".  Damned 1%ers. 

The student section at Uwyo is from the 30 to the 30, bottom section of the bleachers.

[Barrister]

Seating at CIS games I've attended has been first-come, first served.

[MadBurgerMaker]

John L Smith has been hired as Arkansas' interim coach.   That is a dang coaching hire mistake.  The coaches are coaching their tails off and the AD keeps screwing it up.

Hey speaking of dumb moves, did you see A&M is getting rid of Bill Byrne?

[Valmy]

Hey speaking of dumb moves, did you see A&M is getting rid of Bill Byrne?

Yep.  It is sort of like firing Eisenhower a month before D-Day.  The Aggies are getting ready to be doormats in the SEC: first they downgrade their coach, then they downgrade their AD.  Next they are going to level their facilities and play all their games at Consolidated High School.

[CountDeMoney]

I prefer 50-yard line, mid-level, even though I rarely seem to get that.

That's why it's called "club level".  Damned 1%ers. 

The student section at Uwyo is from the 30 to the 30, bottom section of the bleachers.

Tuition = PSLs

[MadBurgerMaker]

Yep.  It is sort of like firing Eisenhower a month before D-Day.  The Aggies are getting ready to be doormats in the SEC: first they downgrade their coach, then they downgrade their AD.  Next they are going to level their facilities and play all their games at Consolidated High School.

It's Jackie Sherrill though (maybe)!  Maybe they'll get a little boost and put together a couple good seasons before they get nailed for paying recruits.  Football only though.  Everything else is probably going to go back to being total shit except maybe meat judging. 

[Valmy]

It's Jackie Sherrill though (maybe)!  Maybe they'll get a little boost and put together a couple good seasons before they get nailed for paying recruits.  Football only though.  Everything else is probably going to go back to being total shit except maybe meat judging. 

Buying players will not give A&M an advantage in the SEC.  Though maybe they will no longer lose to Sunbelt teams so often.