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Does Frisco have a I-AA team nearby?
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The obvious joke would be, "yeah, North Texas" and before last season, SMU might have been included. Specifically, no. UT-Arlington is in the Southland (1-AA) conference -- which is based in Frisco -- but they abolished their football program in 1985 or 6. The closest 1-AA program would be Sam Houston in Huntsville or Texas State in San Marcos.
I think the Southland put in a bid with the stadium that the NCAA liked. Selling out 20K in this stadium won't be that difficult if the Southland markets it right and ticket prices aren't too high. There were 14K in attendance at last year's game, and this stadium would have 5K easy for a high school game, depending on who's playing. Maybe twice that for a HS playoff game.