(12-27-2017 02:05 PM)panama Wrote:  

(12-27-2017 01:44 PM)Crump1 Wrote:  You buy Troy, Arkansas State and App State. All three are putting a lot of money into facilities, have shown they can win the conference and are in fertile enough recruiting areas with solid community support. Not to toot our own horn but if you are not buying a program that won at least a share of 5 of the last 7 titles and has Terry Mohajir pouring money into facilities... well, you should not be playing the market.

I am a hold on Ga. State, ULM and USA. All three need to address some infrastructure issues and I am still not convinced that Ga. State will maintain recruiting or build enough support in Atlanta but maybe they can. ULM will always recruit well enough to be fair due to location but the money just isn't there unless they strike gold with a coach. Maybe Viator is that guy. I am a hold on ULL but for different reasons. They have the recruiting base and community support and $ but Hudspeth seems to have burned the program down. The right hire will bring them back.

Texas State is a mystery to me. Great college town in one of the best recruiting states and a really nice stadium. The ingredients seem to be there. Ga. Southern has the right location and a lot of community support but probably needs a real breakout season to get the $ pump primed. The Eagles might have an identity issue as well with the history of their offense. CCU is just too young to say. The non-revenue sports seem to be much further along than football but given time you would think they can build a competitive football program as well.

Five phase stadium, Olympic sports and Convocation Center project?