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RE: How do you feel about WAC FCS football?
(02-09-2019 11:03 AM)NMSUPistolPete Wrote:  
(02-09-2019 09:55 AM)MWC Tex Wrote:  
(02-09-2019 12:35 AM)jdgaucho Wrote:  
(02-08-2019 01:53 PM)Pounder Wrote:  
(02-08-2019 06:14 AM)SeattleVandals Wrote:  Either way football would do more than basketball, but what GCU currently is doing is not a bad strategy by any means

Given all the big schools essentially squeezing mid-sized (or mid-regarded) schools out of the sport, or certainly out of relevance, it really needs to be said that football would not necessarily do more than basketball.

Over in the BW (sorry, everyone), is there a rivalry bigger than- get this- Poly v UCSB in men's soccer? Look at the numbers. Cal Poly football may have higher ticket prices, but they can't sell out their stadium. If a Big West school can get national attention using a nickname that isn't even their mascot for a specific sport, it demonstrates football is not a be-all and end-all. Certainly not anymore.

Plus anyone guaranteeing Gonzaga will never be pushed off some perceived perch should look at the old Big East for, er, inspiration.

Check back on Gonzaga after Mark Few retires.

Well...they said the same thing when Dan Monson retired.

The difference is Gonzaga is currently competitive with most P5 programs coaching salary wise. Once Few steps down, the Gonzaga job will be coveted by a lot of very good coaches.

Back in the heyday of the Big West, schools were not paying coaches as much (relative to the era) as Gonzaga is paying Few now. And, UNLV's success was propped up by a lot of Tarkanian's "behind closed door shenanigans". No coach was ever going to maintain the level of UNLV's success running a clean program; given the program Tark left behind.

It's a strong possibility that there will be "another Gonzaga" (another school) when Mark Few retires.

One of the points is that basketball is not as resource-intense as football. Besides, traditionally, "basketball schools" have rarely been football schools. When a Michigan Fab Five appears back in the day, that was saying something.
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