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[QUOTE="721Comstock, post: 5274651, member: 5429"]
It has (almost) nothing to do with donors.

It does have to do with fans.  
And alumni. 
And players’ families.  
And croots.

And SD is a distant 3rd behind the 2 FL bowls we were in play for, on every. single. metric.

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[*]We have basically zero alumni in SD.  
[*] We have nearly zero recruiting in SD.  
[*]We have no players from SD, so no player families & friends & former teammates and classmates who can easily attend the game.  
[*]Flights from NY metro area & Cuse are few and very expensive, vs FL which has ooodles of cheap direct flights from all over the Northeast. 
[*]Hotels in SD are on the spendy side compared to FL.
[*]WAZZOU is a zero-buzz, no name, no conference opponent who limped into the end of the season, played almost nobody, and beat nobody.  vs 
[*]Our FL bowls opponent would be a name from a P4 conference, and also with a # after their name.  In a hotbed recruiting area, where we also have a ton of alumni.  
[*]McCord & others likely play vs a name opponent.  I’d imagine most if not all Seniors / NFL aspirants will sit this game out. 
[*]The field At Snapdragon Stadium is apparently awful.   Huge injury risk for those who do play.  Hence more opt-outs. 
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San Diego is a lovely city, in spite of being named after a whale’s vagina.

But it’s a distant 3rd of the 3 bowls we were in contention for, 
And the Cougars are a negative buzz opponent.  
And it’s hard & expense to get there and stay there.
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