(12-28-2017 04:03 PM)Crump1 Wrote:  

(12-28-2017 03:19 PM)GSUALUM17 Wrote:  

(12-28-2017 02:54 PM)Crump1 Wrote:  

(12-28-2017 02:50 PM)GSUALUM17 Wrote:  

(12-28-2017 02:33 PM)Crump1 Wrote:  I am not overthinking it. I have spoken to a lot of people who have done it and I know there are drawbacks to having an urban campus. College towns have bar hopping too and the bars are full of mostly college students while parents often prefer a bit smaller town for their child's first time on their own. Most of the larger urban schools just don't draw the same support from the community either or at least it isn't visible because of everything else going on. It's why schools like SMU, UNT, FIU, UAB, etc. don't draw well at all despite having FAR more potential customers an supporters in the immediate vicinity.

Man you are all over the place! lol. Are you arguing about recruiting or attendance smack?

Not sure why you cannot follow along but I don't know how long you have been following these things. Attendance and community support are a big part of recruiting. We are getting further into the weeds of the differences in an urban campus and a college town now. As you said facilities, coaching, prestige are all factors as well. No one thing is going to be the sole determinant for recruiting success and winning is naturally the biggest factor no matter where you are located.

It isn't "smack". It's just how the world works.

I can agree that recruits have various priorities with different degrees of emphasis. I can't agree that rural campuses are just simply better than urban campuses; both types of campuses have pros and cons.

As you said, winning tradition is the only factor that really matters. So you essentially agreed with my original argument that you may be overthinking about the urban vs rural aspect.
UCF and other AAC "city schools" seems to be doing just fine.

The AAC is largely an urban league so someone has to win it. They are 10-19 in bowl games.

Give me a league of the college towns from the SBC and CUSA vs. one comprised of the urban programs if I am building a new league.

You see, my young alum brother, THIS is what I was subtly fishing for. The original comment was no ordinary uniformed comment about our “across town” remodeled stadium. It was the posters way of showing disdain for our program not looking like the other SBC schools that his school is firmly affixed to. The same way my oversimplification of our virtues was my way of letting him know that we are indeed more in line with Memphis, Houston, SMU, Tulane, UCF, USF, Cincinnati, and Temple: schools that GSU in Atlanta can aspire to join that those in towns with No Sales on Sunday cannot. What it really comes down to is Arkansas State is at the top of the conference and has been for a while and that wolf will bite whoever tries to move past them in the football pecking order. Unfortunately for them, I think that 3/4 of the conference is taking huge steps forward.
For me? I buy Texas State. My money is still on them to blow this mother out if they can ever start winning consistently.