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Are we going to loosen some academic requirements for 3 to 5 players per year so that we can compete in the BE?
There’s already proof of this. Georgia Southern won a ton of championships and is just an average team in FBS and has no basketball pedigree. NDSU is a dynasty right now and no one has heard of them outside of hardcore FCS fans.If we were forced to make this decision the call has to be drop football and join the Big East. The extra attention from the press/media alone would be worth it. Winning ten FCS national football championships in a row wouldn't even compare to winning simply a Big East title in my opinion.
Submit, this statement has no basis in fact.NDSU is a dynasty right now and no one has heard of them outside of hardcore FCS fans.
Where did you get that idea? Hell, they even mention them on NFLThere’s already proof of this. Georgia Southern won a ton of championships and is just an average team in FBS and has no basketball pedigree. NDSU is a dynasty right now and no one has heard of them outside of hardcore FCS fans.
NDSU plays Colorado on ESPN on August 29 at 8pm ET.They pick up a check for $700,000 as well.There’s already proof of this. Georgia Southern won a ton of championships and is just an average team in FBS and has no basketball pedigree. NDSU is a dynasty right now and no one has heard of them outside of hardcore FCS fans.
Correct. Only Spider alums and FCS diehards know that we won a national title. I have a couple colleagues (Pitt and Lehigh grads) whose kids are now juniors in high school. After doing some research, they each told me separately something to the effect of “Richmond is a good school! I had no idea. I thought it was a large public university.” Disappointed to know that they both thought I went to a subpar academic institution. 😂While hyperbolic about 10 fcs championships in a row not equating to one big east title, I agree with the general point that success in the Big East would do a lot more for us from a national recognition, branding, monetary, alumni engagement, fan support, etc. standpoint than success in the FCS
As I said in another post. Villanova has both, FCS football and Power 5 Basketball. We can too.I don't like this question, so not going to answer. But as a 20 year Spider basketball season ticket holder and also someone going to maybe 1 football game every other year, my allegiance lies with Spider hoops.
This is a hypothetical that will never happen for so many reasons. We are not getting rid of football, the Big East does not want us right now, and even if they did want us, they would not make disband our football team to get into it.
UR is wealthy institution with a large endowment, I feel confident that we can continue to both without sacrifice of the other.
I'm surprised they don't mention Giant Killers. Everywhere I go, people talk about all the teams we have knocked off in the dance when I tell them where I went to school. Yes, even during our tourney drought. When you beat Auburn, Indiana, GT, Syracuse, South Carolina, Vandy, and Iowa, people notice. I guess out west, they don't follow college hoops as much.
Giant Killer is probably more familiar to sports fans in the 50 plus age range. That is moniker we got in late 80's, early 90's. Anyone under 45 has probably never heard that term.I'm surprised they don't mention Giant Killers. Everywhere I go, people talk about all the teams we have knocked off in the dance when I tell them where I went to school. Yes, even during our tourney drought. When you beat Auburn, Indiana, GT, Syracuse, South Carolina, Vandy, and Iowa, people notice. I guess out west, they don't follow college hoops as much.
Perhaps hardcore basketball fans know us or even regular college basketball fans who lived in that era. I’m speaking more towards the average person or even prospective high school student looking to go into college. Ask 10 random people in New Mexico if they have heard of the University of Richmond, maybe you get 1 or 2 people who say yes. My experience has been more like Ply’s where people confuse us for UVA. I even had someone once ask if it was in Richmond, California lol.
Sports is the number #1 way to reach a greater national audience the quickest way. FBS football is the pinnacle of that and second is college basketball. We are never going to FBS and so basketball is our best approach. The A10 is a wonderful conference and does give us national exposure, don’t get me wrong. I think it’s indisputable that the Big East would do even more.
When I say I went to the University of Richmond, most people say, "Cool, Spiders".Bring up Spiders next time. The nickname helps recognition. esp non east coasters. Anectdotally I feel like they are a little more likely to know that. Tho that usually means they are at least a casual sports follower.
GKiller tries to help all the young guys with that thanks to his name on here.Giant Killer is probably more familiar to sports fans in the 50 plus age range. That is moniker we got in late 80's, early 90's. Anyone under 45 has probably never heard that term.
When I say I went to the University of Richmond, most people say, "Cool, Spiders".
I agree with this, and this is kind of the point. The recognition of our school isn't about how many fulbright scholars we have, or our business school (which is top notch), or the Jepson school of leadership studies, or even the campus. To the layperson, it's because they remember seeing us in the NCAA men's basketball tournament. THIS is the tide that raises the entire school profile. I do not get the sense the administration of the school fully recognizes this.I'm surprised they don't mention Giant Killers. Everywhere I go, people talk about all the teams we have knocked off in the dance when I tell them where I went to school. Yes, even during our tourney drought. When you beat Auburn, Indiana, GT, Syracuse, South Carolina, Vandy, and Iowa, people notice. I guess out west, they don't follow college hoops as much.
just curious GK and VT ... would you say you live in the mid-atlantic or northeast?
I feel UR's name recognition is pretty regional to non-hardcore college basketball fans or to people without kids who have gone through the college search stuff.
I’m sure those same people know that Duke exists and not because of how many Fulbright scholars they produce a year. Duke is a national research university so it’s not quite apples to apples with us, but still I am willing to bet that sports plays a large part in their reputation and how it has grown over the last 40 years.Ask 10 random people in New Mexico and about 2 or 3 could even place the state of Virginia on a map. New Mex is a nice place that goes for lot of places.
I’m sure those same people know that Duke exists and not because of how many Fulbright scholars they produce a year. Duke is a national research university so it’s not quite apples to apples with us, but still I am willing to bet that sports plays a large part in their reputation and how it has grown over the last 40 years.
We would be more in the Williams or Amherst college in terms of school size and being a liberal arts college, except we have the unique draw of D1 sports and D1 sports at a high level if I may add.
I’m from the Midwest (<10 hr drive to Richmond) and didn’t even know UR existed until senior year of high school when I applied after a friend told me about the school. I looked into the school more and what it offered, visited, and the rest is history. We all know that UR is a special place and I think is the biggest diamond in the rough school in the country. People will see that too after they research and learn about what we offer and the great academics we have. Recognition through sports is a great way to open that initial door for many people and also be enticing to enroll over a UVA or UNC because a lot of people want a holistic college experience where school spirit with athletics plays a part in that.
I don't get all the negative administration talk on here. We keep hearing on here that "we don't care about winning". But, we pay our coach a nice salary, our facilities are fantastic, and we have a real solid NIL situation. What exactly would you all want the administration to do?I agree with this, and this is kind of the point. The recognition of our school isn't about how many fulbright scholars we have, or our business school (which is top notch), or the Jepson school of leadership studies, or even the campus. To the layperson, it's because they remember seeing us in the NCAA men's basketball tournament. THIS is the tide that raises the entire school profile. I do not get the sense the administration of the school fully recognizes this.
I think the billboard and countless posts on this website have already covered that topic.I don't get all the negative administration talk on here. We keep hearing on here that "we don't care about winning". But, we pay our coach a nice salary, our facilities are fantastic, and we have a real solid NIL situation. What exactly would you all want the administration to do?