B12 Board
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Yep, I think it would be a pretty attractive job to a lot of people. We recruit pretty well even with Dawkins, so I don’t think we would have a hard time finding a good coach. However our current AD is more of a football guy and has always been that way at his previous stops. Not sure if he would pour money into it.
If he doesn’t give it resources, he must be comfortable with it being firmly in the cellar in his new conference.
Agree
It’s not like Iowa-UNI
In Iowa, nearly every house is already decided, long ago. You may have a soft spot for uni if you go there, but most people inherit their team
Florida has so much transplants and a growing population, and UCF pulling in so many students from new-to-Florida families. Florida and FSU are the most popular but they don’t own the state the same way
More importantly for the Big 12, UCF is relevant enough that even if they’re not people’s favorite team, people watch when they play games against known competition. UCF in the Big 12 will get good ratings- it there is overlap with OUT, that would be a great jump start. Eventually if the Big 12 adds 4 corners + UW/Oregon + ACC schools, UCF will do well getting Florida viewers in the 3rd super conference
Exactly. We actually have quite a bit of interest from common fans in the entire central Florida area from Tampa to Daytona. When we play good opponents we always have very good TV ratings in the area and nationally. And to your point, we have lots of students from around the country, so our alumni base is very national. People are always surprised at how well our fanbase travels, and that’s definitely one of the reasons why.
Welcome to the conference! Most of us are glad to be rid of Texas which as always seemed to be a festering sore in the side of the conference. And not sad about Oklahoma either.
Do not know much about UCF but will learn. The only thing that I do know is that your former (until this year) women's basketball coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson graduated from Washington High School in Cedar Rapids Iowa. And she was an assistant woman's basketball coach at Iowa State a little over 20 years ago.
Well it looks like we aren’t playing you guys this year, but you do play Cincy. I’d definitely recommend going there if you haven’t, it’s a very cool and historic stadium!
Good luck this year!
Good luck this year!
Probably @ OU, haven’t been there before and our old starting QB Dillon Gabriel is there. Our players are going to want to win that game.
After that, probably Baylor and Oklahoma State.
Baylor is the f*cking worst. Good luck with that b*llshit.
why do you say that. I am going to guess you havent been there. Been there 3 times with no issues. Actually, one of the nicest fan bases I have met compared to the other Big 12 stadiums. have tailgated with a lot of their fans after they ask us to join them. hell, last game there we were walking out with the students after the loss and no issues at all. Had a lot talk to us and were very cordial.
