Post by Coyote Fan on Jan 15, 2012 0:25:30 GMT -6
At this point in time none of USD's teams are truley competitive in D1 and certainly are not having as good of a transition as either SDSU or NDSU and that was following the path that both paved.
First of all the fans showed up at a much better rate than when they were in D2 and playing Morningside and Augustana. People cared about playing those teams. Very few cared about the Great West and so far not much interest in the Summit either.
South Dakota State wants the D1 stage alone and maybe USD should give them that. Their fans are much more passionate, active and caring about the win loss results of their teams. Maybe that is why they are winning and destroying the Yotes so far in most competitions, which by the way was the case before SDSU left for D1. Trying to keep up with them is becoming a futile effort. There isn't enough money in the budget and with the way fan support has been it might be for the best.
At this point in time maybe being peers with Augie and USF would be closer to USD's level. I am fairly certain that Augies basketball attendance is better than what USD is drawing. Afterall fans don't have expectations to keep up with the Dakota State schools. Yote fans just take their beatings and cower and instead of getting upset at their teams they get upset at people that suggest that losing is unacceptable. No accountability for all the losing this year is coming from anyone.
I was always for D1 in the past but seeing how far behing USD is after nearly being done with transition I doubt things will ever truley get that good for Coyote Nation. The support and financing is simply not there. Just look at the amount of revenue SDSU created compared to USD. People may say we are peers with SDSU and NDSU but the results on the field and courts do not bare that out.
Just a reality check.
First of all the fans showed up at a much better rate than when they were in D2 and playing Morningside and Augustana. People cared about playing those teams. Very few cared about the Great West and so far not much interest in the Summit either.
South Dakota State wants the D1 stage alone and maybe USD should give them that. Their fans are much more passionate, active and caring about the win loss results of their teams. Maybe that is why they are winning and destroying the Yotes so far in most competitions, which by the way was the case before SDSU left for D1. Trying to keep up with them is becoming a futile effort. There isn't enough money in the budget and with the way fan support has been it might be for the best.
At this point in time maybe being peers with Augie and USF would be closer to USD's level. I am fairly certain that Augies basketball attendance is better than what USD is drawing. Afterall fans don't have expectations to keep up with the Dakota State schools. Yote fans just take their beatings and cower and instead of getting upset at their teams they get upset at people that suggest that losing is unacceptable. No accountability for all the losing this year is coming from anyone.
I was always for D1 in the past but seeing how far behing USD is after nearly being done with transition I doubt things will ever truley get that good for Coyote Nation. The support and financing is simply not there. Just look at the amount of revenue SDSU created compared to USD. People may say we are peers with SDSU and NDSU but the results on the field and courts do not bare that out.
Just a reality check.
