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Posted: Yesterday 10:35 AM
RE: Minnesota Finished 1-11 in 2007 Post Rating (4 votes)
swarthmore wrote: Minn may have a little more in-state talent than the state of Kansas...however Kansas in-state talent must support two BCS teams, not one. That said, it has been a long time since the state of Minn cared about college athletics before professional sports.
K-State's existence really is the dagger.
That's why I was hoping the Big 12 would break up, and K-State would drift away.
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Posted: Yesterday 1:05 PM
RE: Minnesota Finished 1-11 in 2007 Post Rating (6 votes)
I been saying this for years.
Eventually the rest of our fanbase will realize this. KSU has no business being a BCS level school. If Missouri State is a non BCS school in a state with twice the population of Kansas. How in the hell did KSU get admitted into being a BCS level school? I'm not saying without a second BCS school in KS, KU would be an absolute college football power. However, I believe things would be easier for the KU football program competing in a stadium with a capacity of 70k, as the lone BCS school in a sparsely populated state. ( think Arkansas) What I'm saying is, The population in KS is small for one BCS school, let alone two.
Without KSU, I believe instate recruiting and support would be to KU what it is to a school like Arkansas with a similiar state population to KS. Everybody in Arkansas gets behind the Razorbacks and most instate recruits want to play there. They play in a 70k stadium, not 50k like KU. KU football doesn't have that kind of impact in Kansas, because people have another BCS school to cheer for. I long for the day when KU becomes the lone BCS school in KS, like they already should be. It would make a big difference for KU football instate recruiting. We may not get every top instate recruit, but atleast we're not having to split it up with another instate BCS school.