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.
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