- October 31st, 2022, 12:11 am
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With the Big 12 signing a new 6 year deal starting in 2025 and the ACC, B1G and SEC all having tv contracts through at least 2030 I think it is safe to say we won't get any more realignment among the P5 until those contracts ends. I think if any teams were going to move conferences by now it would've happened before these tv contracts were signed. I see this as good news because it gives us about 8 years to improve our stock before things get crazy again.
I don't think we will be anywhere near a P5 candidate by that time but I look at how much things have changed in the last decade and I have to imagine Liberty will be in much better shape. Hopefully by then we are a R2 which would be the biggest thing we could do in the short term to improve our image. I don't see a reason why they isn't achievable with the growth of our research heavy graduate programs such as engineering.
Evidently the 15,000 student cap is gone now that we are at 15,800. I don't think we would be at 25,000 but it wouldn't suprise me if we were around 18,000+ which would only help with attendance. Could we be averaging a near sellout by then? By nearly every metric our fanbase only gets bigger every year so it seems attainable.