USM, ODU, Marshall and James Madison may play in SBC next year
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Cajun Cat
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“…stronger regional rivalries…” he says.
Oh well, I’m still excited for getting to play baseball against SoMiss, in particular (assuming they are joining SBC for all sports).
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Cajun Cat
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I mean, that’s cool and all—but why is the the dude front and center wearing a sports bra?
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KatyStationed
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*Sports bro
Cajun Cat
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If we were going to add a women's sport, I've always thought equestrian would make the most sense. It doesn't utilize facilities in town and would have to be some local land owner donating the space. It fits w/ our ag program and we have (or at least had) a huge rural student population, many w/ deep pockets (big fish, small pond families). It is also the 2nd biggest scholarship allocation of women's sports we could potentially add - only rowing (20) and ice hockey (18) have more than equestrian (15).
It doesn't matter - we aren't adding any sports any time soon.
It doesn't matter - we aren't adding any sports any time soon.
Pretty sure Coryell said in Keff’s interview that if anything was added it would be a women’s sport. All the soccer teams are in the East, so doubt there’s much incentive to get it going unless other programs start to do so first.
slycat
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It seats 500. Which is probably good to start. If a good team was put together you could get a lot more. You would have teams like Kentucky, WVU, and South Carolina in the conference plus Marshall who recently won the title. I would hope to pull at least 1000 but maybe I am too optimistic.
TXSTLightBeer
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I don’t see us adding mens soccer anytime soon, we have to much on our plate as it is.
I think 1000 would be very optimistic. A quick google pulled the 2018 NCAA report, which shows 1000+ for only the top 31 teams and it drops quickly after that - at 50, Army avgd 637. Don't get me wrong - I'd love to see that venue get better/more seating, but the idea that we'd add a sport and it would immediately be a top flight program simply doesn't fit w/ our athletic department. However, if I was going to upgrade that venue, I'd start with locker rooms, showers, coaches offices first. It's a joke that we have multiple venues on campus without those.
For ref: http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_soccer_RB/2019/2018attendance.pdf
College soccer wouldn't be where you'd want to start. I can't imagine watching anything outside of the Final 4. Much like tennis, the best players in that sport are in the pros.
LSU Bobcat
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After getting to watch SEC gymnastics for several years i've come away very surprised no Texas university competes in gymnastics, or at least none i'm aware of. It's a very entertaining sport and requires little additional space.
Texas Women's University has a gymnastics team.
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