(06-21-2020 05:22 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(06-21-2020 02:41 PM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  

(06-21-2020 09:06 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(06-20-2020 09:23 PM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  

(06-19-2020 09:22 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  UAB's new Stadium isn't going to be some small time 27,000 seat erector set style stadium (see Akron or UNT)...This is a 175 million dollar 44,000 seat stadium sitting next to an entertainment district in a major TV media market.

UAB football results since 2017:

8-5, 11-3, 9-5

UAB football attendance since 2017:

26,379...24,291...24,725

UAB basketball has 15 NCAA tourney's featuring 3 Sweet 16's and an Elite Eight. They've also been to 12 NIT's and just hired Andy Kennedy to run the program.

I'm not here to politic for a spot in the AAC, but lets get the facts straight... Apogee isn't an erector set. UNT's stadium is a nice concrete & brick stadium, with a capacity of 30,850 and cost $78,000,000. North Texas has nice facilities. In fact, our recently opened IPF is larger (94,303 sf) and more expensive ($16 million) than the new Memphis IPF (78,000 sf & $11.2 million).



Just correcting misinformation. Carry on.

I never went back to address it but I was thinking ODU and typed UNT...my bad.

Ouch, that hurts....

But to your point, I'm not a fan of ODU's approach to renovating their stadium either. But, it's their stadium, so as long as they are happy with it...

Apogee is a nice stadium and I've had a healthy respect for UNT since we met in the NO Bowl back in 2003. I was glad to see Johnny Jones take UNT to the NCAAs and I'm glad we were able to get Darrell Dickey for a few years before he left for Texas AM

Thanks. Dickey is a good coach, and I'm glad to see he is continuing to have success. He kind of got a raw deal while at UNT. While I think Jones should have stayed at North Texas, I'm glad we have McCasland now. I think he is a better coach. Baker is getting things done at UNT and things seem to be looking up. I'm looking forward to our home and home with Memphis that starts in 2022. Seems like North Texas has quite a few home and home series with programs in the AAC West.

(06-15-2020 10:09 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  I'd rather have Loyola over DePaul...

This.

Of course the whole discussion is just make-believe but yeah: Loyola > DePaul.

(06-15-2020 08:42 PM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  Memphis could win 10 straight football and basketball national titles and the SEC wouldn't invite us.

That would also be true for any other power 5 school, even HOUSTON!!!