So faced with an option of adding a Philadelphia BIG EAST Football team that 13/16 schools in the League had no objection towards and in the
interest of doing what's best for the League to protect poachers coming from....let's say the ACC, we had Rutgers, WVU and PITT all blocking Villanova's Football upgrade last April 10th which was over 7 months after the League approached Villanova to do their due diligence.
Hey wait a minute!! Isn't PITT one of the teams that is LEAVING the BIG EAST and admitted to talking to ACC for over a year before announcing their defection? And they were standing in the way of the BIG EAST adding a Football Program to stabilize the BIG EAST CONFERENCE with a 10th football team at the same time???
LUUUUUCY, you got some explaining to do. :c070:
What was UCONN's football attendance in the 1990s?
I am sure you will be good enough to print those averages here for everyone since you raised the specific question of the FCS attendance for a school before moving up.
What was Temple's attendance averages from 1991 to 2003 in the Big East? (maybe you'll do a better job than you did on those MAC attendance figures that were oversetimated) Again I am sure you will be kind enough to show everyone what Temple supporters are capable of doing if presented with a higher level of competition like the 2002/2003 BE Conference schedules (which was considerably more popular group of teams than the projected Big East of 2014)
As far as stadiums, The EAGLES control when Temple can have use of the Lincoln Financial and Temple, MAC can only sort thru their options. If you think they are choosing to play on a Thursday and in previous year a 5pm Start on a Friday for their biggest non-Penn State draw in over a decade then you are smoking something funny. The dates of those Mayor Cup games was universally objected to by both schools but they had only few options were available.
AND if you are going to use my own objections to PP&L Park word for word, you should at least give me a proper reference note in your comments.
Villanova and UNION officials have repeatedly said they are comfortable that expansion past 20K could be accelerated if financing of the expansion (ie. Villanova foots part of the bill) was in place.
Villanova is already hosting a HOME Football game this Fall in both Franklin Field & PP&L Park.
Citizens Bank Park is available for hosting College football, NHL Hockey and any "individual" events that are outside the Phillies Baseball season.
That stadium that TEMPLE can't draw flies to is NOT exclusive to them. The Eagles aren't letting another team play a season at the LINC but they can allow Penn State to play Notre Dame if they want or Villanova play a single game providing the date is available.
The discussion comes down to the same point.
Temple was never idenitfied as a solution to the League's problem. Villanova even after it's documented shoddy treatment by the Conference did not BLOCK Temple Football.
The League is reportedly making 6 invitations and EVERY FOOTBALL PROGRAM they are inviting offers more than Temple Football. It's been reported ad nauseum that Temple Football is still one of the alternatives on the table IF someone declines.