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Exciting time for college football fans in Houston....
Posted on 10/18/11 at 4:50 pm
Posted on 10/18/11 at 4:50 pm
IN the near future, Houston will be getting more and more respect as a college football town.
With ATM and UH both upgrading their conferences, we will undoubtdly get an upgrade in matchups for the casual fan to attend.
The Wac/CUSA merger also involves Rice.
Really looking forward to having Bama at college station, for all sports.
It may never get to the heights of Atlanta but there is alot to be excited about.
With ATM and UH both upgrading their conferences, we will undoubtdly get an upgrade in matchups for the casual fan to attend.
The Wac/CUSA merger also involves Rice.
Really looking forward to having Bama at college station, for all sports.
It may never get to the heights of Atlanta but there is alot to be excited about.
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Posted on 10/18/11 at 5:05 pm to cjared036
Why is Houston not trying to court the Big XII? They had a few good years in the old Southwest Conference.
Posted on 10/18/11 at 5:08 pm to DaSaltyTiger
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Why is Houston not trying to court the Big XII? They had a few good years in the old Southwest Conference.
A few years ago they hosted Texas at Robertson Stadium in Houston. They put a bunch of temporary bleachers in one of the endzones and sold all of those tickets to Texas fans. About four days before the game, they announced that the bleachers were unsafe and couldn't be used. Deloss Dodds swore he would never play them again, and they haven't.
Posted on 10/18/11 at 7:58 pm to daboman of Aggieland
A couple of corrections, first the merger is between Conference USA and the MWC, not the WAC. Secondly, unfortunately Houston isn't a big college football town. I live nearby and am always disappointed in how little coverage it gets on the local ESPN radio station. They spend 99% of the time talking about the Houston Texans or Dallas Cowboys on the local afternoon shows. On Saturday mornings, they choose to have a local call in show to get the selling price of your car instead of airing College Gameday. I guess the bright side is that if you want to go to a Rice game, you can have your own section of the stadium. If you go to a Houston Cougars game you can still manage to have your own couple of rows. Unfortunately, it reminds me of my years at Georgia Tech.
This post was edited on 10/18/11 at 8:01 pm
Posted on 10/18/11 at 8:02 pm to Ramblin Wreck
like ramblin said, UH doesn't have a lot of support in Houston for some reason and Texas doesn't want them in.
Posted on 10/18/11 at 8:58 pm to leoj
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like ramblin said, UH doesn't have a lot of support in Houston for some reason and Texas doesn't want them in.
There's no secret for Houston's lack of fan support. They have a large number of commuter students and a large number of older students who've gone back to school after years of working. There's nothing wrong with any of that, but you aren't going to have a big fan base in that situation.
Posted on 10/18/11 at 9:17 pm to cjared036
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all sports.
Posted on 10/18/11 at 10:03 pm to daboman of Aggieland
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Deloss Dodds swore he would never play them again
Deloss Dodds is the anti-Christ and spawn of Satan.
Posted on 10/18/11 at 10:07 pm to Carlos Santannaclaus
The rest of the Big Whatever the Hell hates the idea of so many Texas schools sapping up their recruits and the idea of having to travel to what would be seen as a Texas-only conference of sorts.
Also, with Houston so close in proximity to College Station, it'd be hard to gain ground drawing in fans on Saturdays.
Also, with Houston so close in proximity to College Station, it'd be hard to gain ground drawing in fans on Saturdays.
Posted on 10/19/11 at 11:00 am to TheBloodTypo
A pity. I remember when things were better for them.
Posted on 10/19/11 at 1:03 pm to DaSaltyTiger
While i agree that local media is a whore for the hapless Texans/Cowboys, I have noticed a small change on a few local radio stations talking more about college football/SEC. 1560 and 790 specifically.
There is alot to cover for a dying media(radio) but there is hope.
There is alot to cover for a dying media(radio) but there is hope.
Posted on 10/19/11 at 1:28 pm to daboman of Aggieland
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There's no secret for Houston's lack of fan support
Dabo when was the last time you went to a UH game? Obviously not anytime in the last 4-5 years.
Commuting is forced at UH because they only have dorms for about 20% of their Student Body, allthough they are building more as we speak.
As far as older students, that demographic is changing rapidly. But, one of my buddies went back to school and tailgated there every weekend with his wife and two kids, he was 36 when he graduated. Is he an exception? Maybe?
This post was edited on 10/19/11 at 1:30 pm
Posted on 10/19/11 at 1:28 pm to cjared036
790 does a pretty good job with college football. I can't get 1560. It's got a terrible signal. 610 is Texans obsessed. Then again, it is their flagship.
Posted on 10/19/11 at 1:33 pm to daboman of Aggieland
The reason for my original post was in the future alot of teams/conferences will be intersecting the Hosuton area.
This post was edited on 10/19/11 at 1:37 pm
Posted on 10/19/11 at 1:36 pm to DaSaltyTiger
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Why is Houston not trying to court the Big XII? They had a few good years in the old Southwest Conference.
1) They won more SWC titles than Texas Tech did in half the time.
2) Houston would love to be in the B12 but the problem with that is Kevin Sumlin, let me explain:
Since Art Briles skipped off to Baylor and Sumlin came in KS has made a point of making UH very visible in Houston, there is not a night that that guy isn't somewhere hosting a radio show or QA session. He has started to keep top Houston recruits in Houston which is hurting Texas / Baylor / Tech / A&M, the B12 boys don't want them head to head because it would be huge boost to that program.
Sumlin is doing at UH what Patterson did at TCU building a program from the ground up and doing a lot with nothing.
This post was edited on 10/19/11 at 1:37 pm
Posted on 10/19/11 at 3:59 pm to texmariner84
UH did a 2-1 with them if I'm not mistaken. UH played them twice in Austin for one trip to Houston. UH had not been on campus long and had just recently renovated there home stadium. Everyone was jacked about hosting Texas on the University of Houston campus. UT fans were pissed off and making noise that there weren't enough seats for them to see the game. They were accustomed to the SWC days of being able to get 30k seats. THAT was the problem. UH TRIED to accommodate them by bringing in 8k extra seats in the end-zone. UT fans kept visiting the construction site and BITC#ing to Dodds about how unsafe it looked. Those bleachers were built by the same company that built them in ski slopes for the Utah winter Olympics. The structure was certified by an engineering firm. Art Smith went up there and later claimed it made him feel unsafe... and therefore, UH were closing the section. Had they seated the Texas fans there, everything would have been fine.
Anyway, at the end of the day, all UH wanted to do was keep our bargain with Texas. They got two games at their stadium, and UH got one at ours. UH was screwed because they didn't cave to Texas and move ther one and only home game in the series.
Anyway, at the end of the day, all UH wanted to do was keep our bargain with Texas. They got two games at their stadium, and UH got one at ours. UH was screwed because they didn't cave to Texas and move ther one and only home game in the series.
Posted on 10/19/11 at 4:20 pm to daboman of Aggieland
quote:If UH were to gain admission to Big12 I'm sure the program would return to its former status of SWC Champ. UT and OU wouldn't like that fact.
A few years ago they hosted Texas at Robertson Stadium in Houston. They put a bunch of temporary bleachers in one of the endzones and sold all of those tickets to Texas fans. About four days before the game, they announced that the bleachers were unsafe and couldn't be used. Deloss Dodds swore he would never play them again, and they haven't.
Any chance the aggy's play UH now? After Baylor, Tech and Texas locked out the aggy's how bout scheduling UH or TCU?
Posted on 10/19/11 at 4:23 pm to Touchdowns4LSU
lol, commuting is forced because of the area it is in, has nothing to do with on campus housing....
Posted on 10/19/11 at 4:29 pm to leoj
Student housing has increased.
Also student support has grown tremendously.
UH is also very close to having funding for building new stadium on campus.
UH just needs to keep winning and the program will keep growing.
Also student support has grown tremendously.
UH is also very close to having funding for building new stadium on campus.
UH just needs to keep winning and the program will keep growing.
Posted on 10/19/11 at 9:15 pm to Ramblin Wreck
There is virtually no college football talk on Houston radio. The afternoon show with Carl Dukes is 99% Texans and 1% rest of the nfl.
Today right before the world series I did hear some college talk but it was all UT with someone that sounded like a LHN shill. It wasn't Dukes hosting but I did recognize the voice, not sure on name.
Today right before the world series I did hear some college talk but it was all UT with someone that sounded like a LHN shill. It wasn't Dukes hosting but I did recognize the voice, not sure on name.
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