UFL considering expansion. Would Buffalo watch spring football?

[Poleshifter]

I do not think it would sell well in Buffalo.

 

I enjoy watching the UFL, but not a good fit for Buffalo.

 

[SoCal Deek]

Will there be PSLs? 😂

[Cynical]

2 hours ago, gonzo1105 said:

I would think No. UB could be a much better program if they could get butts in the seats but Buffalonians don’t really have any interest in them. They could be in the Big 10 someday if people would invest and in return the school would invest in making that happen

 

What makes you think the Big10 would even want the Bulls? The Bulls have nothing to offer.

Buffalo is a small TV market, WNY is not a hot bed for HS talent, and the UB Bulls are not exactly a nationally known brand.

UB would better served if it tried to join a better mid-major conference like the Big 12 or the PAC-?.

[CaseyatBat]

laughable comments on UB. They are a basketball school with one of the worst basketball programs in the nation.
 

Nobody even cares about their football team, they should end the program even

 

big 10? lol can you imagine Ohio State playing on Millersport Hwy with a track around the field in front of 200 fans. 

 

 

Edited November 26 by CaseyatBat

[PromoTheRobot]

3 hours ago, SoCal Deek said:

Will there be PSLs? 😂

Yes. $29.95. Includes a table for diving and your own personal piss trough.

[PromoTheRobot]

2 hours ago, Cynical said:

 

What makes you think the Big10 would even want the Bulls? The Bulls have nothing to offer.

Buffalo is a small TV market, WNY is not a hot bed for HS talent, and the UB Bulls are not exactly a nationally known brand.

UB would better served if it tried to join a better mid-major conference like the Big 12 or the PAC-?.

 

You're partly correct. Level of support is more important than TV market size. Interest in and support for athletics within the SUNY system is almost non-existent. Syracuse is now New York State's team anyway. But there is one thing UB has that makes it qualified for the Big Ten: they are a member of the Association of American Universities which all Big Ten schools must be. With their operating budget and paltry NIL, UB will be in the MAC forever, unless a billionaire decides to become their patron, like T. Boone Pickens did for Oklahoma State.

[warrior9]

20 hours ago, msw2112 said:

I'd vote no.  Ideally, Buffalo fans will spend their time and money attending Sabres games in the spring.  The Sabres, of course, need to do their part, which is a big ask.  As a smaller market, there just are not that many entertainment dollars to go around.

Especially for what I can imagine the seats/games will cost in the new Bills stadium. 

[PromoTheRobot]

46 minutes ago, CaseyatBat said:

laughable comments on UB. They are a basketball school with one of the worst basketball programs in the nation.
Nobody even cares about their football team, they should end the program even

big 10? lol can you imagine Ohio State playing on Millersport Hwy with a track around the field in front of 200 fans. 

 

They've been a football school longer than a basketball school. Three of their programs (football, men's and women's basketball) were ranked Top 25 in the past 10 years. Football is 7-4 right now with a shot to play in the conference championship.  Attendance still blows.  

[machine gun kelly]

22 hours ago, msw2112 said:

I'd vote no.  Ideally, Buffalo fans will spend their time and money attending Sabres games in the spring.  The Sabres, of course, need to do their part, which is a big ask.  As a smaller market, there just are not that many entertainment dollars to go around.

The other thought is of it’s played in Buffalo home games, then in the worst weather.  I seriously doubt for a small market team.

[djp14150]

5 hours ago, gonzo1105 said:

I would think No. UB could be a much better program if they could get butts in the seats but Buffalonians don’t really have any interest in them. They could be in the Big 10 someday if people would invest and in return the school would invest in making that happen

 

if IB had a good team, won MAC got in the 12 team tourney, playing at bills stadium, that  stadium would fill.  Same f threy hosted a big team like say Penn Start in Bills stadium.

[Buffalo716]

3 hours ago, CaseyatBat said:

laughable comments on UB. They are a basketball school with one of the worst basketball programs in the nation.
 

Nobody even cares about their football team, they should end the program even

 

big 10? lol can you imagine Ohio State playing on Millersport Hwy with a track around the field in front of 200 fans. 

 

 

UB average 15k in attendance this year... And they sell more seats than that ... Some mac schools bring in 8,000 a game 

 

They've led the mac in attendance four or five times the last 10 years 

 

They have three bowl wins in the last 7 8 years 

 

Have produced a top five draft pick.. how many other schools have never done that 

 

There's 8 bulls in the NFL ... More than lots of schools

 

 

Edited November 26 by Buffalo716

[Buffalo716]

4 hours ago, Cynical said:

 

What makes you think the Big10 would even want the Bulls? The Bulls have nothing to offer.

Buffalo is a small TV market, WNY is not a hot bed for HS talent, and the UB Bulls are not exactly a nationally known brand.

UB would better served if it tried to join a better mid-major conference like the Big 12 or the PAC-?.

WNY is not a hot bed of talent like Texas or Florida or Georgia 

 

But it's still produces more division one football players then New England region, and the Dakotas and West Virginia and Nebraska and Wyoming 

 

The Monsignor Martin League.. aka the Catholic League 

 

Puts out division 1 kids every single year..  even Bennett the city powerhouse , consistently puts two kids division 1 yearly 

 

We had a kid from Western New York sign with Georgia 

[Irv]

UB Football Sucks.  

 

Irv,

UB Class of '87

 

P.S. - What's the UFL?

 

 

Edited November 26 by Irv

[US Egg]

23 hours ago, Freddie's Dead said:

 

I thought Chyna died?

[Cynical]

3 hours ago, CaseyatBat said:

laughable comments on UB. They are a basketball school with one of the worst basketball programs in the nation.
 

Nobody even cares about their football team, they should end the program even

 

big 10? lol can you imagine Ohio State playing on Millersport Hwy with a track around the field in front of 200 fans. 

 

 

 

To be fair, if Ohio State did show up, the stadium would be filled - with OSU fans.

[Cynical]

45 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

WNY is not a hot bed of talent like Texas or Florida or Georgia 

 

But it's still produces more division one football players then New England region, and the Dakotas and West Virginia and Nebraska and Wyoming 

 

The Monsignor Martin League.. aka the Catholic League 

 

Puts out division 1 kids every single year..  even Bennett the city powerhouse , consistently puts two kids division 1 yearly 

 

 

Yeah, and?

Conference expansion is mostly about money.

How many eyes will the school bring to the conference.

Again, WNY - small market, UB - not a national brand.

Division 1 is subdivided by FBS and FCS schools.

Handful of talent every year.

Great way to make a case for a conference like the Big 10 to come calling.

 

45 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

 

We had a kid from Western New York sign with Georgia 

 

Well, that settles it.

The SEC needs to jump on this before the Big 10 can.

 

[gordong]

no

[Buffalo716]

9 minutes ago, Cynical said:

 

Yeah, and?

Conference expansion is mostly about money.

How many eyes will the school bring to the conference.

Again, WNY - small market, UB - not a national brand.

Division 1 is subdivided by FBS and FCS schools.

Handful of talent every year.

Great way to make a case for a conference like the Big 10 to come calling.

 

 

Well, that settles it.

The SEC needs to jump on this before the Big 10 can.

 

First of all I'm not the one who said they should move to the Big ten 

 

I commented on your comment saying that the area doesn't have a lot of talent 

 

When it has been producing Legitimate D1 talent that has gone to every major conference ... FBS talent 

 

That's what I was commenting on

Edited November 26 by Buffalo716

[LabattBlue]

1 hour ago, Buffalo716 said:

UB average 15k in attendance this year... And they sell more seats than that ... Some mac schools bring in 8,000 a game 

 

They've led the mac in attendance four or five times the last 10 years 

 

They have three bowl wins in the last 7 8 years 

 

Have produced a top five draft pick.. how many other schools have never done that 

 

There's 8 bulls in the NFL ... More than lots of schools

 

 

How often are there 15k people in the stands?   Whenever highlights are shown on tv it looks like a few thousand people. 

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

7 hours ago, gonzo1105 said:

I would think No. UB could be a much better program if they could get butts in the seats but Buffalonians don’t really have any interest in them. They could be in the Big 10 someday if people would invest and in return the school would invest in making that happen

What UB needs to do is drop the football program and put maximum effort into building a Gonzaga-like college hoops experience. I think the market would support a consistent quality basketball program where fans can really buy into a team that participates in the Big Dance more often than not.