Univ S. Alabama--full speed ahead

[BulledOver]

By Comparison--Interesting that stadium talk started about an OCS about a year ago or so( joined FBS in 2014 football since 2007). The city of Mobile and the College have now shifted to full speed to get this stadium built for their first game in 2020. Cost for 25,000 seat stadium will be around $74 mil. It's interesting to read about similar "young" programs and watch their progression. Their area is nuts about them even though they have intruded into rabid ALA AUB country. Mobile-Tampa, kinda sorta similar except the city of Mobile seems to be excited about USA's progression and, they weren't happy that it would mean that they wouldn't be using the City's public stadium any longer. Yes, it's not a giant stadium at 25k but, their fans, boosters, students and the community seem to be totally behind this project now.   I just find it interesting how universities seem to prioritize things like football of which, USA seems to play at a pretty good level. Food for thought.   disclaimer: I'm sure there is more politics and history/discussion re: their stadium that I don't know about but...it does provide a comparison.

[bull2saintleo]

#1 - Mobile cant really compare to Tampa since USA is the only team in town, Tampa has 3 major league teams as well.

#2 - Ladd-Peebles Stadium is going on 70 years old.  Probably not the best condition.

#3 - 25k seat stadium for less than 100mil will likely be on par with C.'s place in Orlando.  A giant erector set that bounces.

[gibbsak]

36 minutes ago, bull2saintleo said:

#1 - Mobile cant really compare to Tampa since USA is the only team in town, Tampa has 3 major league teams as well.

#2 - Ladd-Peebles Stadium is going on 70 years old.  Probably not the best condition.

#3 - 25k seat stadium for less than 100mil will likely be on par with C.'s place in Orlando.  A giant erector set that bounces.

#4 - Mobile doesn't have a Ray-Jay. 

Watched Selvie's senior bowl in Ladd-Peebles... any kind of US.A stadium would be an improvement.

[usf97]

They were able to pull this scam on Birmingham. Why not Mobile?

http://www.fieldofschemes.com/2018/02/01/13408/birmingham-considering-spending-15-7m-a-year-on-a-college-footballusl-stadium-because-numbers/

The Rays are about to do it. There’s big money in getting other people to pay for a stadium.

[George_Bullnard_Shaw]

1 hour ago, usf97 said:

They were able to pull this scam on Birmingham. Why not Mobile?

http://www.fieldofschemes.com/2018/02/01/13408/birmingham-considering-spending-15-7m-a-year-on-a-college-footballusl-stadium-because-numbers/

The Rays are about to do it. There’s big money in getting other people to pay for a stadium.

[zarnozdabull]

Get USF an OCS!

Can’t believe it hasn’t happened yet.

[lotsofbull99]

6 hours ago, bull2saintleo said:

#1 - Mobile cant really compare to Tampa since USA is the only team in town, Tampa has 3 major league teams as well.

#2 - Ladd-Peebles Stadium is going on 70 years old.  Probably not the best condition.

#3 - 25k seat stadium for less than 100mil will likely be on par with C.'s place in Orlando.  A giant erector set that bounces.

Here come the stadium snobs...

[chapelbull]

1 hour ago, South Tampa said:

You would think we would learn that while ucf’s stadium is nothing special, it’s why they are where they are.  It’s all about recruiting and it’s much easier to recruit on campus.

I'm not buying that correlation

[George_Bullnard_Shaw]

1 hour ago, South Tampa said:

You would think we would learn that while ucf’s stadium is nothing special, it’s why they are where they are.  It’s all about recruiting and it’s much easier to recruit on campus.

 

4 minutes ago, chapelbull said:

I'm not buying that correlation

 

Objection your honor, speculation!

[lotsofbull99]

10 hours ago, chapelbull said:

I'm not buying that correlation

We'll never make USF great again with that attitude.