UTA, UTSA, A&M-CC to add football ?

[3afan]

from i-aa.org


The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Lamar, Texas-San Antonio, and Texas-Arlington ADs reported feasibility studies have been done or will be done in the future but nothing is concrete at this point if football is in their future but some had some more positive news than others.

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi AD Brian Teter said, “Right now, we here at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi are in the middle of a feasibility study with a consulting firm. We are expected to have the report and findings at the end of the year (in December or January).”

Texas-Arlington AD Pete Carlon said, “Our President has said that he will take another comprehensive look at the possibility of reinstating a football program, but only after the University has constructed a Special Events Center on campus, which is priority at the present time. The institution hopes to make a formal announcement on the construction timetable for this Special Events Center as soon as the funding program has been finalized, hopefully by the end of the calendar year.”

Texas-San Antonio AD Lynn Hickey said, “We are conducting a football feasibility study that should be completed in the next two weeks. It will then be up to our President to determine if we will be going forward. Hopefully - if things go forward - we could field a team by 2010 or 2011.”

[AggieJohn]

yeah i knew about that the likely hood of it actually happening here is slim

[CalallenWildcat]

Originally posted by AggieJohn
yeah i knew about that the likely hood of it actually happening here is slim

Their original aim was to start studying it once enrollment reached 10,000. Then they jumped the gun and started studying it.

My question is, where would A&M-CC play?

[htowntransplant]

maybe they build a stadium. buc stadium would get used too much for HS and i dont think it has the capacity.

there are t-shirts that say

"Islander Football - Still Undefeated"

my fiancee bought one at the university bookstore.

[Adidas410s]

Originally posted by 3afan
Texas-San Antonio AD Lynn Hickey said, “We are conducting a football feasibility study that should be completed in the next two weeks. It will then be up to our President to determine if we will be going forward. Hopefully - if things go forward - we could field a team by 2010 or 2011.”

How in the world do you conduct a "football feasibility" study in Texas??? I think it might go something like this...

UTSA AD: "Hi...We're doing a football feasibility study. Do you think we should have football???"

Student/Parent/Alum/Bum on the street: "Yes...are you a freakin' moron? This is Texas...the greatest football state in the land!" :thumbsup:

[htowntransplant]

lol i dont care to have a big stadium of 50,000+. i would be happy with 10,000 and some football going on. i like going to islanders games even when its only 2000 people there. but hopefully that will change with the move to the southland conference.

[Phantom Stang]

Originally posted by 3afan

Texas-Arlington AD Pete Carlon said, “Our President has said that he will take another comprehensive look at the possibility of reinstating a football program, but only after the University has constructed a Special Events Center on campus, which is priority at the present time. The institution hopes to make a formal announcement on the construction timetable for this Special Events Center as soon as the funding program has been finalized, hopefully by the end of the calendar year.”

Translation:
"We'll look into it whenever we get around to it"
:rolleyes:

[KTJ]

I had heard that UTSA has been looking into this for a while now.

UTSA has surprisingly pretty good athletics.

[3afan]

Originally posted by htowntransplant
maybe they build a stadium. buc stadium would get used too much for HS and i dont think it has the capacity.

there are t-shirts that say

"Islander Football - Still Undefeated"

my fiancee bought one at the university bookstore.


10K capacity would be plenty big enuf for a I-AA startup program, at least until they can arrange something else. very few I-AAs even average 10K

[Phil C]

SPARE NO EXPENSE! :mad:

[3afan]

http://www.ncaa.org/stats/football/attendance/2005/2005_football_attendance.pdf

2005 NCAA DIVISION I-AA FOOTBALL ATTENDANCE TEAM LEADERS
Rank School G Attendance Average
1. Montana 7 157,355 22,479
2. Delaware 6 133,060 22,177
3. Yale 5 108,333 21,667
4. Southern U. 4 79,552 19,888
5. Appalachian St. 7 125,417 17,917
6. Ga. Southern 6 97,443 16,241
7. Florida A&M 4 60,706 15,177
8. Tennessee St. 4 60,092 15,023
9. N.C. A&T 4 58,438 14,610
10. Jackson St. 5 72,986 14,597
11. Youngstown St. 6 87,261 14,544
12. South Carolina St. 5 71,128 14,226
13. Alabama St. 4 56,729 14,182
14. Montana St. 6 82,262 13,710
15. James Madison 6 81,148 13,525
16. Texas St. 10 128,751 12,875 <-----
17. Western Ky. 5 63,992 12,798
18. Grambling 4 48,855 12,214
19. Harvard 5 60,845 12,169
20. Norfolk St. 6 72,056 12,009
21. Citadel 5 58,369 11,674
22. Jacksonville St. 6 68,334 11,389
23. Furman 7 77,366 11,052
24. Villanova 5 54,695 10,939
25. Missouri St. 5 53,302 10,660
26. Lehigh 5 53,278 10,656
27. UNI 7 74,393 10,628
28. Western Ill. 6 63,310 10,552
29. Texas Southern 5 51,164 10,233 <-----
30. Weber St. 5 50,757 10,151
31. Pennsylvania 5 50,712 10,142
32. Ark.-Pine Bluff 4 39,604 9,901
33. Southern Ill. 5 47,904 9,581
34. Princeton 5 46,850 9,370
35. Massachusetts 5 46,763 9,353
36. Sam Houston St. 4 37,074 9,269 <-----
37. William & Mary 5 45,808 9,162
38. Western Caro. 5 45,497 9,099
39. Illinois St. 6 54,504 9,084
40. Alcorn St. 6 53,600 8,933
41. Idaho St. 5 42,399 8,480
42. Stephen F. Austin 6 50,830 8,472 <-----
43. Eastern Ky. 5 42,200 8,440
44. Morgan St. 5 42,153 8,431
45. Northwestern St. 5 41,916 8,383
46. Hampton 5 40,709 8,142
47. Northern Ariz. 5 39,546 7,909
48. McNeese St. 3 23,689 7,896
49. Bethune-Cookman 4 30,910 7,728
50. Cornell 5 38,344 7,669
51. Howard 5 38,166 7,633
52. Elon 6 44,293 7,382
53. Southeastern La. 4 29,387 7,347
54. Coastal Caro. 5 36,634 7,327
55. New Hampshire 8 58,275 7,284
56. Eastern Wash. 5 35,451 7,090
57. Holy Cross 6 42,307 7,051
58. Cal Poly 6 41,755 6,959
59. VMI 6 40,242 6,707
60. Wofford 5 33,371 6,674
61. Alabama A&M 5 33,271 6,654
62. Portland St. 5 32,984 6,597
63. Southeast Mo. St. 5 32,887 6,577
64. Morehead St. 5 31,343 6,269
65. Mississippi Val. 5 31,338 6,268
66. Eastern Ill. 6 37,094 6,182
67. Tennessee Tech 5 30,858 6,172
68. Chattanooga 5 30,614 6,123
69. Richmond 7 42,464 6,066
70. Samford 5 29,694 5,939
71. Sacramento St. 6 34,998 5,833
72. Nicholls St. 4 22,318 5,580
73. Brown 5 27,879 5,576
74. Lafayette 7 38,943 5,563
75. Liberty 6 32,512 5,419
76. Maine 5 27,074 5,415
77. Dartmouth 5 26,586 5,317
78. Towson 6 31,847 5,308
79. Hofstra 5 26,317 5,263
80. Colgate 6 30,929 5,155
81. Dayton 5 25,732 5,146
82. Columbia 5 24,701 4,940
83. Fordham 5 22,799 4,560
84. Bucknell 5 22,126 4,425
85. Prairie View 4 17,149 4,287 <-----
86. Tenn.-Martin 6 23,192 3,865
87. Savannah St. 7 26,257 3,751
88. Austin Peay 5 18,320 3,664
89. Murray St. 5 18,248 3,650
90. Stony Brook 6 21,263 3,544
91. Davidson 5 17,691 3,538
92. Duquesne 4 13,973 3,493
93. Northeastern 5 17,134 3,427
94. Southern Utah 4 13,056 3,264
95. San Diego 8 25,727 3,216
96. Indiana St. 6 19,278 3,213
97. Delaware St. 5 14,318 2,864
98. Rhode Island 5 14,235 2,847
99. Gardner-Webb 7 19,650 2,807
100. Albany (N.Y.) 4 10,512 2,628
101. Central Conn. St. 5 12,434 2,487
102. Monmouth 4 9,530 2,383
103. Wagner 6 14,259 2,377
104. Drake 4 9,376 2,344
105. Robert Morris 5 11,574 2,315
106. Georgetown 6 13,156 2,193
107. La Salle 6 12,157 2,026
108. Marist 5 9,950 1,990
109. Sacred Heart 5 9,621 1,924
110. Charleston So. 7 12,943 1,849
111. Jacksonville 4 7,357 1,839
112. Valparaiso 5 8,247 1,649
113. Butler 6 8,987 1,498
114. St. Peter's 6 8,471 1,412
115. Iona 5 6,805 1,361
116. St. Francis (Pa.) 5 5,706 1,141

[AggieJohn]

Originally posted by CalallenWildcat
Their original aim was to start studying it once enrollment reached 10,000. Then they jumped the gun and started studying it.

My question is, where would A&M-CC play?

exactly

they would have to build a stadium

they would have to increase their budget by 3 or 4 times

they couldn't put a stadium on the island, theirs no more room

they would most likely have to put it out near the yorktown saratoga area, where that huge land is.....or put it closer to the kingsville side....

the school just doesn't have the mentality for football......i've seen football mentality schools, and tamu-cc doesn't have it.....

football is big in texas, yes, but not in the coastal bend...yes i know calallen got to state last year but besides that this area has been pretty low in D-1 athletes.....and we all know you have to start your base within the area before you can expand...if you field a team with common 3a players, they will get rolled over....

PLUS, if you can't be D-1A, what's the point of having a program in the first place

we could never draw 12K at any game...

[Phil C]

Originally posted by AggieJohn
exactly

they would have to build a stadium

they would have to increase their budget by 3 or 4 times

they couldn't put a stadium on the island, theirs no more room

they would most likely have to put it out near the yorktown saratoga area, where that huge land is.....or put it closer to the kingsville side....

the school just doesn't have the mentality for football......i've seen football mentality schools, and tamu-cc doesn't have it.....

football is big in texas, yes, but not in the coastal bend...yes i know calallen got to state last year but besides that this area has been pretty low in D-1 athletes.....and we all know you have to start your base within the area before you can expand...if you field a team with common 3a players, they will get rolled over....

PLUS, if you can't be D-1A, what's the point of having a program in the first place

we could never draw 12K at any game...

SPARE NO EXPENSE! :mad:

[AggieJohn]

Originally posted by Phil C
SPARE NO EXPENSE! :mad: phil, you would have to turn in your longhorn Homer card if you started to support an islander football team

[Phil C]

Originally posted by AggieJohn
phil, you would have to turn in your longhorn Homer card if you started to support an islander football team

No way! But Coastal Bend CC is too big not to have a college football team for the Islanders! Besides we could use a good stadium in CC!

[AggieJohn]

Originally posted by Phil C
No way! But Coastal Bend CC is too big not to have a college football team for the Islanders! Besides we could use a good stadium in CC! buc stadium is not a good stadium?

[Phil C]

Originally posted by AggieJohn
buc stadium is not a good stadium?

It is excellent and Cabanese is not bad but parking is sorry at both places. When I say a good stadium I mean one with big capacity and plenty of parking like the one in Kingsville. Laredo has an excellent stadium with plenty of parking and good facilities. Why not CC?
I remember at Buc Stadium at a playoff game with Burnet that there were several friends from Burnet that had to go move their cars because they were threatened with towing. All this due to inadequate parking facilities. Shameful indeed!

[District303aPastPlayer]

Isnt there room for a football stadium right at the end of Rodd Field Road going south? And yeah, A&M-CC is looking into it. Buc Stadium is a joke. Cabaniss is a joke. They need a whole new stadium. And A&M-Kingsville is around to steal some good solid athletes who want to play for a contender right away. There's alot of upside... but it will take time.

[Old Tiger]

UTSA STILL UNDEFEATED!

[htowntransplant]

Originally posted by District303aPastPlayer
Isnt there room for a football stadium right at the end of Rodd Field Road going south? And yeah, A&M-CC is looking into it. Buc Stadium is a joke. Cabaniss is a joke. They need a whole new stadium. And A&M-Kingsville is around to steal some good solid athletes who want to play for a contender right away. There's alot of upside... but it will take time.

well i know they are building a large apartment complex at ennis joslin and mcardle, but the corner of ennis joslin and SPID is nothing but an old crop field that is never used. i would also be in favor of keeping it in a central location closer to downtown or somewhere off of IH 37. theres plenty of developable land along I 37

[AggieJohn]

Originally posted by htowntransplant
well i know they are building a large apartment complex at ennis joslin and mcardle, but the corner of ennis joslin and SPID is nothing but an old crop field that is never used. i would also be in favor of keeping it in a central location closer to downtown or somewhere off of IH 37
actually that would probably be a prime place to put a stadium......past where you turn off of Ennis Joslin and on too SPID

[Maroon87]

Originally posted by htowntransplant
well i know they are building a large apartment complex at ennis joslin and mcardle, but the corner of ennis joslin and SPID is nothing but an old crop field that is never used. i would also be in favor of keeping it in a central location closer to downtown or somewhere off of IH 37. theres plenty of developable land along I 37


They should probably keep it close to the campus. I think the EJ/SPID intersection would be great...:cool:

[htowntransplant]

Originally posted by AggieJohn
actually that would probably be a prime place to put a stadium......past where you turn off of Ennis Joslin and on too SPID

well it probably would. of course road capacities and access need to be taken under consideration. you would have to adjust the medians to add turn lanes on E.J. the possibilities are there. a stadium there would spur growth along the other undeveloped land on SPID. i guess a central location isnt really important because u can get anywhere in 10 mins or less on the freeways.

[htowntransplant]

and hey, post game....we go to the islander bar and grill less than 5 mins away to celebrate! :)

[AggieJohn]

Originally posted by htowntransplant
and hey, post game....we go to the islander bar and grill less than 5 mins away to celebrate! :) stupid 18 yr olds getting in and washing the x off their hands so that they can get a drink