Bottom line

[RaiderDoug]

At this point they are an established and fully accredited university. You clearly have issues with their beliefs and that is the main driver for you not liking them. If I didn't want to be in a conference with colleges that teach what are toxic views in my opinion, there are not many (if any) colleges I would want to be in a conference with. I don't care how they got started or what their founder believed. I do care what they are now in this sense as an athletic department. I also think they provide a wonderful education to many students. Prove otherwise. Most issues with Liberty are not necessarily academic related.

You're right. It is perception. But again, we're selling an entertainment product here. If you turn off your customers, even if you think the reason is inconsequential, you've lost them.

 

[mgt2j]

I doubt there were over 5,000 views for our game on Stadium last Saturday. Over the past couple years when we have had a game on Facebook and you can see the amount of people viewing the broadcast, it has been in the hundreds. It does not matter what day we play if no one can find the game.

 

[crposton]

You're right. It is perception. But again, we're selling an entertainment product here. If you turn off your customers, even if you think the reason is inconsequential, you've lost them.

When it comes to college sports the only thing that matters is winning. Nothing less. Right now Liberty athletics has more upside than pretty much any G5 team not going to the Big 12. If it weren't for the reasons you said they would be in the AAC right now most likely. We do not have the luxury of not taking a very good athletic department based on their garbage previous President. Perceptions can change.

 

[RaiderDoug]

When it comes to college sports the only thing that matters is winning. Nothing less. Right now Liberty athletics has more upside than pretty much any G5 team not going to the Big 12. If it weren't for the reasons you said they would be in the AAC right now most likely. We do not have the luxury of not taking a very good athletic department based on their garbage previous President. Perceptions can change.

Fair enough position.

 

[MT01]

I'm not sure we had 400k streaming our 100 Miles of Hate.

Anecdotal I know - but I consider myself a casual college football fan, and I find myself watching a lot more MAC football than I intend to. Almost by accident.

I went out to a sandwich shop for dinner last Wed, and there was a MAC game on. I know several times I've been flipping around the channels on a random weekday and settled on a MAC game because it was that or some boring realty show.

I can say that it takes effort to find our CUSA games, and I usually have to set up a cast to my TV or watch on a tablet and there is no option to watch out of the home. If the stream is stable enough, then it works. But then you also have to put up with the low-end production values. There's some ESPN3 here and there I guess.

Also, I think it's a bad mistake to try and take on the SEC on Saturdays. I do not think we can build a program by offering a slate of SHSU and Liberty while competing directly against Tennessee vs Alabama or UGA vs Texas.

It would be a good idea for the new CUSA to try and copy the MAC-tion niche.

I watched the wkcc game on TV. Stadium is on the cable channel where I live

 

[Hop45]

I watched the wkcc game on TV. Stadium is on the cable channel where I live

Quality of the broadcast was terrible, though.

 

[MTOleBlue]

When it comes to college sports the only thing that matters is winning. Nothing less. Right now Liberty athletics has more upside than pretty much any G5 team not going to the Big 12. If it weren't for the reasons you said they would be in the AAC right now most likely. We do not have the luxury of not taking a very good athletic department based on their garbage previous President. Perceptions can change.

And we are not winning...