Quote Originally Posted by Iridebikes View Post


A couple of reasons or excuses. We're a commuter school and loyalties don't run real deep.

We're in a media market that is obsessed with Gonzaga basketball and Washington State (PAC12) football. We're in an area that is not heavily populated yet has four D1 athletic programs within 80 miles.
I get the reasoning of the second point, but it really is far from unique. I think Spokane County has at least 500k+ folks. That's pretty big compared to a lot of FCS places. How much press time do you think The Citadel, Furman, Wofford, SC ST, Chas So or Presbyterian get in the shadow of Clemson or USC?

I think your first reason is more likely. Since, obviously, loyalty is predominantly achieved from a resident student body. That's always been a hard nut to crack.

Always glad to see a school stay rather than go though. The SOCON lived through that with ETSU.