UVU Football?

[TBIRDFAN]

I've heard rumors for years that UVU would be getting a football team. I heard today that a new AD has been hired at UVU with the sole purpose of bringing FCS football to Provo. Not sure if true or not, and I doubt there would be ANY fan support, but this could be a huge hurdle for WSU and SUU if and when it happens. Would the Big Sky be interested in a 3rd Utah team?

 

[PurpleBlood]

I say let them in the conference and play them the last game of the year. Weber vs Utah Valley would be a great rivalry. I just don't see how it's not a yearly sell out. It would for sure raise the profile of Weber football as well as the big sky. However, I have been hearing about Utah Valley football for years. I'll believe it when I see it. Any sources or references would be nice.

 

[WILDCAT]

Well, the only conf that UVU would even be invited to would be the Big Sky, assuming the Big Sky extends an invitation.

UVU said that if they ever were to be invited to a conf they would create football, this has been going on for quite some time. I wouldnt mind another Utah Big Sky team, It in the Sky footprint, and it wont be a very long trip for either the Wildcats or T-Birds to make

If UVU does join and creates a football program, I think the Big Sky should tell Idaho all sports or get lost, I hate the idea that the Big Sky has become Idaho's basketball crutch. Unless Idaho comes in for everything, I say invite UVU for EVERYTHING and tell Idaho to take a hike.

 

[SWeberCat02]

Football isn't happening at UVU anytime soon, and I would guess it will never happen.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/sports/56361677-77/uvu-utah-football-valley.html.csp?page=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Yet, some of the first questions offered that day referenced football, as in will UVU ever have a football team?

"There’s not been a single day go by since I’ve been here that someone hasn’t mentioned football," Jacobsen said. "Because we don’t have it, we’ll always be considered second class. Even when we make it to the [NCAA basketball tournament] it will still be, ‘They don’t have football.’ "

There have been several small windows during Jacobsen’s 29 years in which football might have become part of UVU. The last came several years ago when Utah Valley and the Big Sky Conference danced around each other.

The Big Sky said no football, no UVU.

Utah Valley said let us in and in three years we’ll have football. For now, though, the window is closed.

"I don’t ever want to take it off the table, but in the short term, it doesn’t make sense," said Holland, listing revenue eaters such as scholarships, coaches’ salaries and a venue in which to play.

"I know the students would be enthusiastic … [but] during my term, probably not."

Not everyone is enamored with football.

"That’s a whole other ball game," said former Utah Jazz guard Ronnie Price, UVU’s most famous athletic alum, who keeps tabs on school progress. "A lot of schools that don’t have football compete on the D-1 level."

 

[WILDCAT]

Football isn't happening at UVU anytime soon, and I would guess it will never happen.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/sports/56361677-77/uvu-utah-football-valley.html.csp?page=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Yet, some of the first questions offered that day referenced football, as in will UVU ever have a football team?

"There’s not been a single day go by since I’ve been here that someone hasn’t mentioned football," Jacobsen said. "Because we don’t have it, we’ll always be considered second class. Even when we make it to the [NCAA basketball tournament] it will still be, ‘They don’t have football.’ "

There have been several small windows during Jacobsen’s 29 years in which football might have become part of UVU. The last came several years ago when Utah Valley and the Big Sky Conference danced around each other.

The Big Sky said no football, no UVU.

Utah Valley said let us in and in three years we’ll have football. For now, though, the window is closed.

"I don’t ever want to take it off the table, but in the short term, it doesn’t make sense," said Holland, listing revenue eaters such as scholarships, coaches’ salaries and a venue in which to play.

"I know the students would be enthusiastic … [but] during my term, probably not."

Not everyone is enamored with football.

"That’s a whole other ball game," said former Utah Jazz guard Ronnie Price, UVU’s most famous athletic alum, who keeps tabs on school progress. "A lot of schools that don’t have football compete on the D-1 level."

We should have said that to Idaho

 

[ajwildcat]

This may be the dumbest thread on here in a long time. Cant some moderator delete or at least lock this thing?
UVU and football? Its pronounced STOOOPID. :roll:

 

[WILDCAT]

This may be the dumbest thread on here in a long time. Cant some moderator delete or at least lock this thing?
UVU and football? Its pronounced STOOOPID. :roll:

A few years ago we would have said UVU to the WAC = stupid.

Anything is possible

 

[UVU#1]

I just hope that the Big Sky Conference opens it's doors and allows UVU in after this season of being in the WAC.

According to that article, if the BSC allows UVU to entire, it will take 3 years for UVU to get a football team.
I'm all for football at UVU, once it comes and they contend with WSU and SUU they won't be looked down upon. They'll get more fan support and would increase revenue for UVU.
They'd get good players from Utah Valley High Schools. Suck as Timpview 6/10yr 4A state champs, Orem, Jordan, East, and others.


But here is the thing, what conference gets more tv time/is more famous? The WAC or The BSC?
What conference would propel UVU further??

That would make or break it. Hopefully UVU would make enough money on a football team from being in
The Big Sky, I received a email from the Assistant AD of UVU (James Simson)

Due to Title IX they would need an endowment of $75mil-$100mil.

 

[thewaterboy]

I just hope that the Big Sky Conference opens it's doors and allows UVU in after this season of being in the WAC.

According to that article, if the BSC allows UVU to entire, it will take 3 years for UVU to get a football team.
I'm all for football at UVU, once it comes and they contend with WSU and SUU they won't be looked down upon. They'll get more fan support and would increase revenue for UVU.
They'd get good players from Utah Valley High Schools. Suck as Timpview 6/10yr 4A state champs, Orem, Jordan, East, and others.


But here is the thing, what conference gets more tv time/is more famous? The WAC or The BSC?
What conference would propel UVU further??

That would make or break it. Hopefully UVU would make enough money on a football team from being in
The Big Sky, I received a email from the Assistant AD of UVU (James Simson)

Due to Title IX they would need an endowment of $75mil-$100mil.

First off, the WAC is worse than hot stinky garbage on a hot July day, and IF you need an endowment of $75-100mil then you got NO CHANCE IN HELL.