Quote Originally Posted by ASU33 View Post
A Celebration Bowl plus some wouldn't help Savannah State. Leaving the SIAC hurt them badly, especially since for about a decade they had no conference home. Savannah State drew well with SIAC rivals Clark-Atlanta, Morehouse, Morris Brown, Fort Valley State, Albany State, Tuskegee, and Miles on the schedule. Those games would draw over 10,000+ with a significant amount of tailgate traffic also. Savannah State also had 2-3 classic games that they would play in yearly including one against us but once the program declined, the fan base did to and Savannah State was dropped from those games. SSU was typically ranked in the top 5 as far as attendance at the D2 level but it's been 15+ years now since they've averaged over 5,000 per game. And Savannah was once the school who the fire Marshall would have to turn people away during homecoming and a few rivalry games.
Winning fixes everything. They just dont win. My school showed you dont need a stadium or big crowds to win big. Hard to imagine it would be hard to recruit to Savannah. Great city. SSU reminds me of where CSU was in 1992. But their inertia is going the opposite way.