Now do Tech...Or KSU...or...well, you get the point. TCU is just as much of a football brand as those schools, if not significantly more.
Maybe as much, but certainly no way more, certainly not significantly more And I'm not concerned about those school, I'm concerned about TCU only.
I travel the whole state, amongst others for work. As far as our football life, we've had a drop in the bucket's worth of time in a major conference. It's not like we have this rich pedigree of success and national relevance. When I interviewed for my current job 5 years ago in Phoenix, Id say of the 12-13 people I met through out the process, maybe 3 of them knew any more about us other than we're in Texas.
Most people outside of the state know very little if anything about us. Hell, I'd say thats pretty common for the sate. In my conversations, FAR MORE people don't know who our coach is vs those who do. And take apparel. Definitely in the state but even outside, Tech and even OSU is all over the place. It might be one guy here, one guy there, but I see someone in Tech gear every airport I go to. Sure, bigger alumni base, student population, all that. FTW is great, but I think not having a college town to tie ourselves too is a part of that too.
But again to my point, we're not as big and popular as we think we are. FTW is great, but I think not having a college town to tie ourselves too is a part of that too. We're a small private school. Just the facts.