(03-27-2014 12:38 PM)GoAppsGo92 Wrote:  

(03-27-2014 12:26 PM)Campaign4Liberty Wrote:  Let me be clear once again...These are the options and this is what is happening -

1. The MAC is done expanding and will stay at 12.
2. UMASS is not an option for the SBC, whether football only or otherwise
3. The add will be an all sports member from the east
4. The two options are JMU and Liberty. MSU is not in the east, and EKU is not ready
5. JMU is the SBC clear favorite and front runner
6. There is still a bit of hesitation on the part of JMU
7. The SBC will visit JMU and Liberty this spring
8. Liberty's President is making trips to SBC schools as we speak...for any ASU or ULM fans, we were on your campuses last Thursday the 20th!
9. The SBC will extend an invite to either JMU or Liberty in May after those visits


You can put to rest any UMASS to the SBC rumors or JMU/UD to the MAC. Neither are going to happen, and I cannot say it emphatically enough. We like to waste a lot of time on here talking about things that make no sense and have no realistic shot at happening....I read a post the other day about Winthrop joining the SBC...I wonder sometimes how many of us are actually college graduates who follow collegiate athletics. The SBC brass has known for a month that UMASS was declining a MAC all sports bid...this is nothing new, and the SBC has been planning accordingly.

Can you tell us why we should take your word for it? There are multiple sources that say SBC is talking to UMASS. I said in an earlier post that the commissioners know the lay of the land, so I personally have no doubt that many folks knew MAC offered a full membership to UMASS, and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to surmise they wouldn't accept. But how do you know UMASS is completely off the table? I could go along with all of the other things you stated as fact, but you have to give us more on the UMASS situation.

It's probably hard for him to pin down because the situation is still evolving....but as a Liberty man I guess he doesn't believe in that.