Topic: Chuck Landon: This is as close as MU gets to the AAC

[bbcard1]

I think we're better off to grow the conference than to be one of the conference hoppers.  I would love to dump the Texas schools and focus this way geographically, just not sure if it's possible. I just fear we will be another CUSA reboot in a couple of years if we get to the AAC.

We have a possibility of moving up, but we are not in control. In the meantime, control what you can...win, get good players, run a clean program.

[FlyHawk98]

I would love to stay in a cusa that doesn't involve the TX schools. Especially if it meant we were adding teams who care about football.

[MUther]

Oh, and BOH, small minded and I have rarely occupied the same room, but pragmatic and I are close friends.  First, the AAC doesn't want us, so we have no path into the conference at this time.  Second, until the university improves in all aspects, not just athletics, no one will want us. 

Between Herdfans and the other Herd boards we have several hundred unique posters.  We have 25,000 to 30,000 people come to football games. 15,000 to 20,000 of those are supposedly "hard core fans", but we only have 300 and some people give a penny to the Vision Campaign?  The Big Green can't muster $4MM a year in annual scholarship donations?

Nope, we are right where we need to be until the fan base shows it can step up. 

Infrastructure first.  Then build up.  Rinse and repeat until you reach the top.  We just take a long time to get the fans and money in place (infrastructure) if we even can.