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Re: PAC12 Scenario = Expansion

Postby MustangStealth » Tue Nov 29, 2022 10:37 pm

geezerdonk wrote:SMU a prized get for the Pac-12. Just what they want - a team that has more players on the field than fans in the stands. SMU is going to be a revenue generating monster for the conference.

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Re: PAC12 Scenario = Expansion

Postby SMU_Alum11 » Wed Nov 30, 2022 9:50 am

Agreed UCLAs attendance is absolute trash. I think we do better them consistently.
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Re: PAC12 Scenario = Expansion

Postby smubrooks » Wed Nov 30, 2022 10:09 am

If attendance is holding us back, then how does UCLA get into the Big10 with bad attendance?

Is attendance really the thing holding us back?
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Re: PAC12 Scenario = Expansion

Postby PK » Wed Nov 30, 2022 10:22 am

With the number of people moving to the DFW area from California, we would probable increase attendance with a PAC seat. Better than games with most of the AAC teams. IMHO.
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Re: PAC12 Scenario = Expansion

Postby Nedward » Wed Nov 30, 2022 11:09 am

Hmmm...would I rather go to a home game against Oregon, Utah, Stanford? Also know that a sheet ton of Arizona ppl have come here and they would love to watch the AZ teams.
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Re: PAC12 Scenario = Expansion

Postby Hoofprint » Wed Nov 30, 2022 11:54 am

Surely those teams would draw better than USF and UNT and UAB, etc.
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Re: PAC12 Scenario = Expansion

Postby SoCal_Pony » Wed Nov 30, 2022 1:28 pm

MustangStealth wrote:
geezerdonk wrote:SMU a prized get for the Pac-12. Just what they want - a team that has more players on the field than fans in the stands. SMU is going to be a revenue generating monster for the conference.

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That’s a bit misleading as it was unseasonably hot in SoCal and their home opponents were Bowling Green, Alabama State and South Alabama.

Having said that, the Rose Bowl for all its history, is kinda a Dinosaur much like the Cotton Bowl. It’s too big for UCLA and it lacks modern amenities.

Assuming the Bruins continue to schedule soft OOC opponents + only 1 local conference rivalry going forward in USC, it is conceivable that all but a couple of games each year will be played in a half-empty stadium.
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Re: PAC12 Scenario = Expansion

Postby SoCal_Pony » Wed Nov 30, 2022 1:35 pm

SMU_Alum11 wrote:SoCal you are probably right to be concerned and I could agree that attendance might not bump up that much given no regional rival. I agree we should improve but not expand but put in a design that could be easily added with space and structural support at the foundation for a deck on the east side. This is only if we had 3 years of solid attendance and tickets on reserve kind of thing.

Comparing with northwestern, while I don't know much about them, I think they're more comparable to a P5 Tulane. No history. No real rivals to point to. We had at least a legacy in SWC and those Big 12 teams enjoy playing us and draws a crowd. Just my $.02.


Agreed, If we were headed to the B12, expanding Ford and ‘moderately’ increasing seating would be fine. We are not so we should adjust accordingly.
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Re: PAC12 Scenario = Expansion

Postby TidePony » Wed Nov 30, 2022 2:38 pm

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Re: PAC12 Scenario = Expansion

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Re: PAC12 Scenario = Expansion

Postby SoCal_Pony » Wed Nov 30, 2022 4:06 pm

Tide Pony that is very nice and while I may sometime question our administration's competence, I doubt even they would go forward with this nice addition if it were only for the new AAC.

For them to break ground this Saturday, they must know something.....right?????
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Re: PAC12 Scenario = Expansion

Postby mrydel » Wed Nov 30, 2022 4:34 pm

The increase in seating is just a side benefit. The prize is the building itself. Don’t get lost in thinking we are trying to expand seating. It just comes with the rest of the facility.
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Re: PAC12 Scenario = Expansion

Postby Water Pony » Wed Nov 30, 2022 5:11 pm

I would add a canopy over the East Stands too.
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Re: PAC12 Scenario = Expansion

Postby SMUstang » Wed Nov 30, 2022 5:13 pm

The photo that TidePony posted showed the building in the south end zone. But the rest of the stadium looked like there was no change. This is not what I saw in the original announcement. Is this a modification from the original?
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Re: PAC12 Scenario = Expansion

Postby DanFreibergerForHeisman » Wed Nov 30, 2022 5:50 pm

It's good the addition appears to be designed in a way we can keep it intact and still implode Ford since it desperately needs it.
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