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Well college football is huge in Ohio so yes I would say that. Cincinnati and Ohio state have never really competed against one another so there isn't really a divide there. Uconn football fans might not be big but uconn has a huge fan base and brand. The issue is college football isn't as big in the northeast. Byu has a huge following like you said, doesn't really matter about SLC market size.
I'm not trying to prop up CSU; more just defending the addition of the Denver market to a conference network is, in fact, a good idea.
When I was in school I remember seeing an article stating that Denver is the most saturated sports market in the nation so there is an argument that is actually isn't as good of an idea as it appears.
Meaning what?
Based on population (which is increasing so it is probably getting better) you have every major professional sport including an MLS soccer team, and essentially 3 colleges fighting for viewers. There is a ton of content. Seattle couldn't even support a basketball team with a slightly higher population. The bay area has almost double the amount of tv sets but only 1 extra NFL team, an extra MLB team and some of the worst support in the conference for Stanford and Cal. Phoenix supports the same number of teams with a ton more people.
Gotcha, so more teams per capita basically. With Denver's population being one of the fastest growing in the country, though, I suspect this will get better as you mentioned. The other interesting aspect, that can't quite be fully quantified in this context, is the transplant hotbed that Denver has become. There may be a presence from all 4 major pro sports, MLS, and 3 D1 (plus Wyoming) colleges, but the amount of people with loyalty to any of those 8-9 teams (Broncos being an outlier), is getting smaller and smaller as more out of staters come here.
My impression is that Denver is growing as fast or faster than any market. And some of it is a gut feeling, but it seems to me that Denver is really appealing to business and industry.
I thought Denver was top 10 but not the fastest. I thought Dallas and San Jose were the two fastest growing cities in the U.S..
Yeah it's a tough non-broncos sports market. This is why markets like Hartford and Memphis are attractive because they can be taken over by the local college sports program, especially when picked up by a big name conference.
My bad. Thanks. But wouldn't the bulk be along the Front Range? So, as far as television market, the growth still holds.
San Fran and San Jose are in the top 10 fastest growing. I don't get it. REALLY expensive to live in those places.
Yeah, I'm with you. I think I will be switching from cox (Internet/phone) & DTV to Verizon VIOS for all and save about the same. Between your move and my upcoming move we have all but guaranteed a DTV-PAC12 deal in the near future.
Yeah, I'm with you. I think I will be switching from cox (Internet/phone) & DTV to Verizon VIOS for all and save about the same. Between your move and my upcoming move we have all but guaranteed a DTV-PAC12 deal in the near future.
When do I get to start a PAC-12 Network / FIOS thread?
Yeah, the tech had a hard time figuring out the blue, yellow, red and white cable thing. He said he'd heard about them from his elders but had never seen them.
