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If You Can’T Beat Them, Join Them: A Quantitative Look At Conference Realignment And Fbs Institutions, Daniel H. Hrdina

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

This study took a quantitative look at the statistical effect on admissions of NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly Division IA, institutions’ moves from one athletic conference to another conference with greater athletic success. This study was unique because although previous research in the area of college athletics had identified number of applications and quality of the applicants as variables associated with athletic success, there has been minimal research on the statistical relationship of changing football conferences while using these variables. This study also provides a clear definition and ranking system for yearly conference prestige. The research question …

American College Football Division I Team Attachment: A Model For Sponsorship Effectiveness, Hsin-Chung Chen, Lamar Reams

Human Movement Sciences & Special Education Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study was to examine sponsorship effectiveness at the Division I level, including the relationship between fans and sponsors. To collect the necessary data, the 13-item questionnaire was disseminated at two college football games by volunteer sampling at three Division I universities in the United States. With a total of 407 respondents, LISREL 8.52 and SPSS 17.0 were used to analyze the data for descriptive statistics, CFA, and SEM. By utilizing SEM, the variables of team attachment, sponsor image, word of mouth, and purchase intentions fit the proposed model. Pragmatically, the significance of team attachment can be …

0759: W. Robert Hamlin Collection, 1964-2007, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

Mr. Hamlin is a local (Huntington, WV) attorney who is an alumnus of Marshall University. Mr. Hamlin was the quarterback of the 1964 Marshall University football team and has been a long-time supporter of the football and athletic programs at Marshall. Following the expulsion of the University from the Mid-American Conference and the plane crash of 1971, Mr. Hamlin became actively involved in trying to convince the University's administration to seek membership in the Southern Conference.

The bulk of the collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, newspaper articles and editorials, and research materials related to Marshall University joining the Southern Conference. Other …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 63, No. 28, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Pack, Todd. Records Dispute President’s Claims - WKU Glasgow Campus
• Summers, Jason. Bids Could Be Required on Campus Businesses
• Poore, Chris. Bar Inspector’s Job Not as Simple as ABC – Kirby Ramsey
• Pack, Todd. Western Looks to Compare with Bigger Benches
• 1950 Topper Gets Artificial Heart – Walton Jones Jr.
• Deadline for Newsletter Job is Today
• Wallace Wilkinson to Take Oath this Afternoon
• Richards, Toya. Western Plans to Study Hotel Idea
• Greek Row Spending Adds Up to Discrimination
• Barry, Julia. Editorial Cartoon: Greek Row vs …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 63, No. 26, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Hoppes, Lynn & Todd Pack. Kern Alexander Defends Plan for Glasgow Campus
• Fullen, Rebecca. Search for Business Dean Fails
• Albrecht, Dana. Rules Doesn’t Deter Students from Storing Guns in Dorms
• Residence Hall Association Fails to Meet Quorum by 2; Officer Elections Begin Monday
• Wilder, Mary. End to Liberal Arts Crisis Set Forth
• Talent Show Set for Dec. 3
• Kern Alexander, Take Big Blueprint Back to Drawing Board
• Barry, Julia. Editorial Cartoon: Kern Alexander aka Napoleon Bonaparte
• Western Announcement Best News in Years – WKU Glasgow …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 63, No. 25, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Hoppes, Lynn. WKU Glasgow Campus Planned
• Duff, Jill. Student Government Association Begins Bill Schilling Impeachment Process
• Hoppes, Lynn. Western is an Exception to High Rate of Defaults on Student Loans
• Green, Monica. No Smoking: Cancer Society Hopes to Smoke Out Puffers Today
• Grad Students to get Monthly Newsletter
• Greeks Raise Money for Angie Norcia’s Bills
• Loan Default Equals Stealing From Other Students
• Barry, Julia. Editorial Cartoon: Defaulting on Student Loans
• Ball, Michelle. Smokers Shouldn’t Litter
• Scheid, Jenny. Greek Row Good Dorm Idea
• Ketron, Bennie. Hot …

Autobiography Of The "Wonder Boys": 1919-1924, Oral H. Mcilroy

Wonder Boys & Golden Suns

This is a history of the Wonder Boys football team, once named the Aggies, of the Second District Agricultural School of Arkansas, now Arkansas Tech University, between 1919 and 1924.

The author, Oral H. McIlroy, was a Wonder Boy from Franklin County and played the Tackle position.