(10-20-2021 10:53 PM)MUHERD76 Wrote:  

(10-20-2021 10:45 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote:  For all the talk about an “eastern G5” league (or a southeastern G5 league in the case of the Belt) and how the AAC went too heavy on Texas schools, this Rice fan will be able to take the train from my apartment to Rice vs. Temple and Rice vs. Navy games in far, far less time then it takes me to drive to ODU (the closest CUSA school to where I currently live).

Playing regional rivals in the AAC West and getting more games close to my home… Big win for this Rice fan regardless of year to year football fluctuations.

Good for you. Sounds like a win-win situation for most all of us.

Indeed!

(10-20-2021 09:24 PM)MUHERD76 Wrote:  ESPN game announcers for the App State/Coastal Carolina game (Anish Shroff and Tom Lunginbill) talking about the possible addition of Marshall, Southern Miss, ODU and James Madison......Both said they think the addition would propel the Sunbelt as the top G5 football conference in America.

Pretty strong statement coming from ESPN employees. Sort of a "punch to the gut" for the American after they just added 6 schools from CUSA.....HA-HA. And I agree with them.

There are two things here, really.

1) Does addition of a decent football FBS program (Marshall), two struggling FBS programs (USM, ODU), and an FCS program make SunBelt better than AAC? I don't know about that

2) It hasn't happened though, yet.

(10-21-2021 07:01 AM)goliath74 Wrote:  

(10-20-2021 09:24 PM)MUHERD76 Wrote:  ESPN game announcers for the App State/Coastal Carolina game (Anish Shroff and Tom Lunginbill) talking about the possible addition of Marshall, Southern Miss, ODU and James Madison......Both said they think the addition would propel the Sunbelt as the top G5 football conference in America.

Pretty strong statement coming from ESPN employees. Sort of a "punch to the gut" for the American after they just added 6 schools from CUSA.....HA-HA. And I agree with them.

There are two things here, really.

1) Does addition of a decent football FBS program (Marshall), two struggling FBS programs (USM, ODU), and an FCS program make SunBelt better than AAC? I don't know about that

2) It hasn't happened though, yet.

Not better than the MWC or the AAC at this moment. Coastal is good but ranked too high. Top 25 worthy, yes no doubt, but not 14th in the nation. A great win for App though. They needed that win bad after getting embarrassed by ULL last week.

(10-21-2021 07:26 AM)deb025 Wrote:  

(10-21-2021 07:01 AM)goliath74 Wrote:  

(10-20-2021 09:24 PM)MUHERD76 Wrote:  ESPN game announcers for the App State/Coastal Carolina game (Anish Shroff and Tom Lunginbill) talking about the possible addition of Marshall, Southern Miss, ODU and James Madison......Both said they think the addition would propel the Sunbelt as the top G5 football conference in America.

Pretty strong statement coming from ESPN employees. Sort of a "punch to the gut" for the American after they just added 6 schools from CUSA.....HA-HA. And I agree with them.

There are two things here, really.

1) Does addition of a decent football FBS program (Marshall), two struggling FBS programs (USM, ODU), and an FCS program make SunBelt better than AAC? I don't know about that

2) It hasn't happened though, yet.

Not better than the MWC or the AAC at this moment. Coastal is good but ranked too high. Top 25 worthy, yes no doubt, but not 14th in the nation. A great win for App though. They needed that win bad after getting embarrassed by ULL last week.

They lose to the first decent school on their schedule. I do doubt that they are Top 25 material.

Guys, I wish each school well no matter where they go.

(10-21-2021 09:25 AM)nastybunch Wrote:  Guys, I wish each school well no matter where they go.

This.

(10-21-2021 09:25 AM)nastybunch Wrote:  Guys, I wish each school well no matter where they go.

You too.

(10-21-2021 07:29 AM)goliath74 Wrote:  

(10-21-2021 07:26 AM)deb025 Wrote:  

(10-21-2021 07:01 AM)goliath74 Wrote:  

(10-20-2021 09:24 PM)MUHERD76 Wrote:  ESPN game announcers for the App State/Coastal Carolina game (Anish Shroff and Tom Lunginbill) talking about the possible addition of Marshall, Southern Miss, ODU and James Madison......Both said they think the addition would propel the Sunbelt as the top G5 football conference in America.

Pretty strong statement coming from ESPN employees. Sort of a "punch to the gut" for the American after they just added 6 schools from CUSA.....HA-HA. And I agree with them.

There are two things here, really.

1) Does addition of a decent football FBS program (Marshall), two struggling FBS programs (USM, ODU), and an FCS program make SunBelt better than AAC? I don't know about that

2) It hasn't happened though, yet.

Not better than the MWC or the AAC at this moment. Coastal is good but ranked too high. Top 25 worthy, yes no doubt, but not 14th in the nation. A great win for App though. They needed that win bad after getting embarrassed by ULL last week.

They lose to the first decent school on their schedule. I do doubt that they are Top 25 material.

I think they are fringe T25 material. The offense is Top 15. The D is not.

Apps D is scary good when on point (which we weren't for UL).
Louisiana is the class of the conference right now for sure. Hate that they couldn't get it together at Texas as this could be a special year for them.

As always, I hope the AAC rots in hell with syphilis.
Everyone else, my best wishes.

(10-21-2021 09:48 AM)Noodles Wrote:  As always, I hope the AAC rots in hell with syphilis.
Everyone else, my best wishes.

Tell us how you really feel!

(10-21-2021 09:25 AM)nastybunch Wrote:  Guys, I wish each school well no matter where they go.

I do too, but it’s certainly easier to be magnanimous when you have a parachute out of here

(10-20-2021 09:29 PM)rileylives Wrote:  

(10-20-2021 09:24 PM)MUHERD76 Wrote:  ESPN game announcers for the App State/Coastal Carolina game (Anish Shroff and Tom Lunginbill) talking about the possible addition of Marshall, Southern Miss, ODU and James Madison......Both said they think the addition would propel the Sunbelt as the top G5 football conference in America.

Pretty strong statement coming from ESPN employees. Sort of a "punch to the gut" for the American after they just added 6 schools from CUSA.....HA-HA. And I agree with them.

You got to take those kinds of comments with a grain of salt, especially considering they are calling a Sun Belt game.

If you see a Houston vs Cincinnati game, they would say the AAC was the best.

San Diego State vs Boise State game....and so on.

True, but I've never heard anything like that said on any of our multiple broadcast platforms during a C-USA game. It would be nice to have a dedicated media cheerleader for once.

(10-20-2021 09:55 PM)jmu18 Wrote:  

(10-20-2021 09:45 PM)TOPSTRAIGHT Wrote:  

(10-20-2021 09:42 PM)Reggie Favre Wrote:  Some West Kentucky fans sure have been absent lately.

I'm here to answer your remarks with FACTS. Such as WKU> JMU

How is WKU > JMU? Do you know the accomplishments of JMUs athletics in recent history? The only real building we need is to continue our 2020 success for MBB and sustain it. All other sports and facilities are above par.

lol no

(10-20-2021 11:13 PM)topper1296 Wrote:  

(10-20-2021 10:54 PM)TOPSTRAIGHT Wrote:  

(10-20-2021 09:55 PM)jmu18 Wrote:  

(10-20-2021 09:45 PM)TOPSTRAIGHT Wrote:  

(10-20-2021 09:42 PM)Reggie Favre Wrote:  Some West Kentucky fans sure have been absent lately.

I'm here to answer your remarks with FACTS. Such as WKU> JMU

How is WKU > JMU? Do you know the accomplishments of JMUs athletics in recent history? The only real building we need is to continue our 2020 success for MBB and sustain it. All other sports and facilities are above par.

How Many FBS Final AP top 25 rankings do you have?
How many Final Fours?
How many NCAA tourney appearances?
How many Women's Final Fours?

WKU- one, one, TWENTY-THREE, two

Football

2002 FCS National Champions
13 Conference Championships
FOUR FBS BOWL Victories
BOWL Record 8-5
Eight players on NFL current Active Rosters (37 all-time)
Several well-known coaches


BASKETBALL

47 20-WIN seasons
43 Conference championships (3rd most in NCAA)
46 NBA Draft picks
15 NIT's
15th most NCAA all-time wins (1,836)

I could give more if needed. A lot more.

Since you brought up recent history, WKU bball has had 20 win seasons the last 5 years (BTW WKU has had 47 twenty win seasons and is ranked 7th all time in NCAA history). How many has JMU had?

lol... not even debatable. They try to compare themselves with ODU the same way and it's laughable, when the facts are presented.

(10-21-2021 09:48 AM)Noodles Wrote:  As always, I hope the AAC rots in hell with syphilis.
Everyone else, my best wishes.

I did have a burning sensation when I took a piss this morning...is this serious?

(10-20-2021 09:55 PM)jmu18 Wrote:  

(10-20-2021 09:45 PM)TOPSTRAIGHT Wrote:  

(10-20-2021 09:42 PM)Reggie Favre Wrote:  Some West Kentucky fans sure have been absent lately.

I'm here to answer your remarks with FACTS. Such as WKU> JMU

How is WKU > JMU? Do you know the accomplishments of JMUs athletics in recent history? The only real building we need is to continue our 2020 success for MBB and sustain it. All other sports and facilities are above par.

Seriously? Seriously! Traumatic brain injury can be the only answer.

(10-21-2021 07:01 AM)goliath74 Wrote:  

(10-20-2021 09:24 PM)MUHERD76 Wrote:  ESPN game announcers for the App State/Coastal Carolina game (Anish Shroff and Tom Lunginbill) talking about the possible addition of Marshall, Southern Miss, ODU and James Madison......Both said they think the addition would propel the Sunbelt as the top G5 football conference in America.

Pretty strong statement coming from ESPN employees. Sort of a "punch to the gut" for the American after they just added 6 schools from CUSA.....HA-HA. And I agree with them.

There are two things here, really.

1) Does addition of a decent football FBS program (Marshall), two struggling FBS programs (USM, ODU), and an FCS program make SunBelt better than AAC? I don't know about that

2) It hasn't happened though, yet.

Outside of a UAB team that has limited success in this crappy conference what has the mighty AAC added? Markets? Good. Rice will sew up that Houston market and UAB will certainly steal away some of those Bama TVs. Don’t forget those Texas teams other than Rice. Sorry I forgot who they were. Charlotte? Really? Which Big 12 team are they replacing again? FIU? Or is it FAU? Who cares. You can have both if you want them.
Your conference is gutted and you know it. So does everyone else.

(10-20-2021 10:54 PM)TOPSTRAIGHT Wrote:  

(10-20-2021 09:55 PM)jmu18 Wrote:  

(10-20-2021 09:45 PM)TOPSTRAIGHT Wrote:  

(10-20-2021 09:42 PM)Reggie Favre Wrote:  Some West Kentucky fans sure have been absent lately.

I'm here to answer your remarks with FACTS. Such as WKU> JMU

How is WKU > JMU? Do you know the accomplishments of JMUs athletics in recent history? The only real building we need is to continue our 2020 success for MBB and sustain it. All other sports and facilities are above par.

How Many FBS Final AP top 25 rankings do you have?
How many Final Fours?
How many NCAA tourney appearances?
How many Women's Final Fours?

WKU- one, one, TWENTY-THREE, two

Football

2002 FCS National Champions
13 Conference Championships
FOUR FBS BOWL Victories
BOWL Record 8-5
Eight players on NFL current Active Rosters (37 all-time)
Several well-known coaches


BASKETBALL

47 20-WIN seasons
43 Conference championships (3rd most in NCAA)
46 NBA Draft picks
15 NIT's
15th most NCAA all-time wins (1,836)

I could give more if needed. A lot more.

Brother...if you're gonna do the smackdown, get your facts straight. Our women have THREE Final Fours, not two.

Thanks. Corrected. I knew that- just messed up.

Added :

WKU women

THREE Final Fours

1992- National Runner-Up

(10-21-2021 09:01 PM)Was SoMs Eagle Wrote:  

(10-21-2021 07:01 AM)goliath74 Wrote:  

(10-20-2021 09:24 PM)MUHERD76 Wrote:  ESPN game announcers for the App State/Coastal Carolina game (Anish Shroff and Tom Lunginbill) talking about the possible addition of Marshall, Southern Miss, ODU and James Madison......Both said they think the addition would propel the Sunbelt as the top G5 football conference in America.

Pretty strong statement coming from ESPN employees. Sort of a "punch to the gut" for the American after they just added 6 schools from CUSA.....HA-HA. And I agree with them.

There are two things here, really.

1) Does addition of a decent football FBS program (Marshall), two struggling FBS programs (USM, ODU), and an FCS program make SunBelt better than AAC? I don't know about that

2) It hasn't happened though, yet.

Outside of a UAB team that has limited success in this crappy conference what has the mighty AAC added? Markets? Good. Rice will sew up that Houston market and UAB will certainly steal away some of those Bama TVs. Don’t forget those Texas teams other than Rice. Sorry I forgot who they were. Charlotte? Really? Which Big 12 team are they replacing again? FIU? Or is it FAU? Who cares. You can have both if you want them.
Your conference is gutted and you know it. So does everyone else.

Yes I get it. The AAC added a bunch of dead weight blah blah blah. Southern miss and marshall fans would lump ODU into that group too if they were an AAC add. Now they are going to the sun belt and are a great add..

Sorry but I don't think Texas state , Louisiana Monroe , troy, south Alabama, Georgia state etc are powerhouses either. And if it were us taking ODU and fcs James Madison you guys would laugh at both ....

Top 5-6 in sun belt will be fine. But I don't think it's going to be as good as the AAC

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