The size of the football stadium is a good measure of football interest.
The remaining Big 8 have stadiums: 61,500 (ISU), 60,000 (OkSt), 60,000 (TT), 60,000 (WVa), 50,000 (KSt), 50,000 (TCU), 50,000 (Baylor), and 47,000 (KU). We currently have four schools at about 60,000, and four schools at about 50,000. (This also helps explain the problem with our last big metro school KU.)
Suggested new member stadiums: 77,200 (Houston), 63,470 (BYU), 45,301(Central Florida), and 40,000 (Cincinnati).
The two western schools match our four highest capacity schools, but the two eastern colleges have smaller stadiums than our smallest, so why add them?
Others could have included Louisville (61,000) etc.
FYI Boisie State is 36,387. UNLV is the new pro stadium, but is one more timezone west
The remaining Big 8 have stadiums: 61,500 (ISU), 60,000 (OkSt), 60,000 (TT), 60,000 (WVa), 50,000 (KSt), 50,000 (TCU), 50,000 (Baylor), and 47,000 (KU). We currently have four schools at about 60,000, and four schools at about 50,000. (This also helps explain the problem with our last big metro school KU.)
Suggested new member stadiums: 77,200 (Houston), 63,470 (BYU), 45,301(Central Florida), and 40,000 (Cincinnati).
The two western schools match our four highest capacity schools, but the two eastern colleges have smaller stadiums than our smallest, so why add them?
Others could have included Louisville (61,000) etc.
FYI Boisie State is 36,387. UNLV is the new pro stadium, but is one more timezone west