TCU definately has this one right...how much revenue will UNM bring in versus the value of the fan base TCU is building...it is kind of like the Cubs when they decided to braodcast their games on WGN and everyone and their sister grew up watching Sandberg and Grace...of course the Cubs are the anti-Christ so maybe I am way off...
Big difference. TCU has gradually built a strong program which has in turn built a strong reliable fan base. However, that successful baseball program could not have been built in the same way (and may not have been built at all) without the football success. The success of football has fueled the success and spending in other sports, even in a traditional non-revenue sport like baseball. UNM's baseball team has been inconsistent. They'll have a good team every 4 or 5 years, but can't build the consistent program that TCU has without a reliable revenue stream.
And the putridness that is UNM football cannot be adequately described with the English language. It is deplorable, and getting worse. They can single-handedly scuttle our BCS chances by the drain on our SOS. We would be better scheduling a D3 program. It really is an embarrassment to the State.
And this is coming from a guy who loves Lobo basketball, having received a graduate degree there. As bad as TCU basketball has been, it hasn't sunk the rest of the athletic dept. The way UNM football has.
