michibull

True, but as flowers4heisman displayed, football loses money, so it doesn't matter if we can't get people to watch a great football team like we have There are plenty of schools that have football as secondary sports, Cincinnati, Uconn, Arizona, Maryland and Minnesota just to name a few. Just looking at the big picture, I fear the haves and have nots will destroy programs with flaky fan bases like ours.

As I look at what it takes to develop and maintain a solid football program, it looks like our best option at this point would be Men's Basketball. If you make the tournament consistently, it brings similar notoriety. Our infrastructure is already in place, we just need to commit to it. When the reshuffling of football conferences occur, I honestly think it will be 4-16 team conferences and we will be left out. I'm not saying to abandon football altogether, but I am saying that we should focus on basketball and try and become more of a basketball school. Basketball: - Great facilities - Only need 1 or 2 star players to be competitive - More teams make the tournament rather than CFP - Cheaper to maintain - Smaller arena to fill Football: - Non-P5 - Large and extensive system - Difficult to fill a larger stadium - No OCS or indoor practice facility - Difficult to get and hold onto good coaches

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I second this, I miss the old traditional uniforms. You knew USF right away on any highlights.

I agree 100%!! 40k OCS would be filled with at least 15k+ students, they are already there, so it's something to do (that's how Michigan State was during bad years, nothing else for students to do). To sell or give away just 25k would much easier and the stadium would look a lot more full too.

You know, I had a similar thought. Last week against Temple looked really bad, but from the end zone views, you could see the home side was filled pretty well.

Someone help me understand why our attendance is so bad. I haven't been to campus since 2008 (living in Michigan makes it hard), but we have proven when we have a winner we can pack at least draw 50k per game, what changed from the mid 2000's to now? I can understand attendance being thin during bad years, but this team is really solid. I'm sure there are many reasons, but everyone like a winner right?