Wow, you must have been excited to see us.

Oh, and not even close on the crowds. you're confusing "enjoying the crowd" with "enjoying the sweet taste of victory."

Nice cooking of the books there!

Were you at the Penn State game? No you weren't.  It was a 60/40 Temple crowd.
Were you at the Nova game? No you weren't. It was an 80/20 Temple crowd.

 I don't know why you all continue to have this inferiority complex towards Temple.. you continually beat us so there is nothing to be nervous about!  Seriously the whole focus of the board is on Temple. 

You have a very competitive football program that is perfect where it is!  Be proud of it!

I can easily picture Temple moving to CUSA. That wouldn't surprise me in the least. I just don't think they have shown the consistent fan support to appeal to the Big East. The fact is indisputable that the Big East chose Memphis over Temple, and I'm sure fan support was a reason. I would also expect that East Carolina would be chosen ahead of Temple. 

Regarding the distribution of support at the Penn State game, I don't think that is particularly relevant. The fact that those additional 30,000 fans were on hand for Penn State, but not other games is an indication that it was the appeal of Penn State that brought them there, regardless of who they actually ended up rooting for. When Temple can create fan interest of its own, the fans will show up for all games, not just Penn State. Note that for Ohio the fan attendance was not much different for Gardner-Webb, which has no regional appeal at all, than it was for Marshall, which does. If Temple can accomplish that, but at the 50,000 fan level, they indeed belong in the Big East. If they can accomplish that in the 30,000 range, CUSA is probably appropriate. So long as it is in the 20,000 level, you aren't that far from the rest of the MAC.

So, let's wait and see how your average looks in 2012, without Penn State on the schedule. That will tell a much more accurate story than anything you or I might guess here.

It will take generations to get Temple to 50k of Temple fans only in the stands. Remember Temple football was dead only 7 years ago.  Penn State has been building to their current stature since.. well since Joe Pa started over 40 years ago.

We need help with attendance which is why we schedule PSU, Notre Dame and Maryland.  Playing quality football against name opponents is the key. When we were in the Big East we played name opponents but played horrible football.. trust me.. I watched every practice and game twice back in those days.

The problem with the MAC is that people in the area don't care about MAC teams.. they think Miami(OH) is the U and Ohio is  Ohio State.  that's why we want to be in the Big East so bad.

I understand why you want to move to the Big East, and I don't blame you. I also agree that moving to the Big East should bring more fans than MAC games. It is equally true that Memphis will add more fans moving up from CUSA, so I still think that the Big East decision was reasonable. It's a chicken and egg thing, though, if, without fan support, you can't move, and without moving you can't have fan support. In the meantime, if you keep playing good football, and you make it a fun experience for fans, your fan support should continue to grow. A move to CUSA might be a good intermediate step for you.

That's the Ohio, plan, too - keep winning, and keep adding fans. In time, hopefully they can fill the stadium every game, without having to give the tickets away. It's a slow, steady process, but you can see the momentum. The question for Ohio is how far they can take the program, and how far they want to take it.

Who gives a deuce?

He has no idea why that was funny, either.

Yet you hang on every word.....

As we speak, "]["emple Reps are negotiating our exit. I dont think we'll be right back.

This !!! And I second what Doc and LC have said also.

http://brett-mcmurphy.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry...

Article on CUSA-MWC meger. They are forming a totally new conference consisting of: 

Southern Miss, Marshall, East Carolina, UAB, Tulsa, Rice, UTEP and Tulane from C-USA and Wyoming, Air Force, Colorado State, UNLV, New Mexico, Fresno State, Nevada and Hawaii from the MWC. Hawaii would be a football-only member, making a 15-team all-sports conference and a 16-team football conference. 

The article mentions the possibility of Temple being thrown in, but they already have 16 football schools, why would they want to add a 17th?

Hope they keep the C-USA moniker.  If there is one positive for that conference, it at least has its name right in a day of a ten-team Big 12, 12-team Big Ten, and where the East apparently stretches to Texas.

I propose C-FARG, because this conference is a clusterfarg.