(06-26-2015 03:11 PM)gsu95 Wrote:  

(06-26-2015 11:22 AM)BleedsGreen33 Wrote:  

(06-26-2015 09:34 AM)NashvilleEagle Wrote:  

(06-25-2015 01:03 PM)gsu95 Wrote:  

(06-24-2015 03:07 PM)sidslidkid Wrote:  They don't even qualify as "decent" to you?

(06-25-2015 12:54 PM)BleedsGreen33 Wrote:  Glad to see you all are excited. Nevermind the faction of our fans that just don't get it. I for one have been pushing our AD to get this series rebooted.

I didn't get to experience the rivalry back in the day so I look forward to visiting Boone.

From here on out I want to see Appy, OHIO, and Little Miami in rotation with at least one on the schedule every season.

I'm not going to trash talk just yet lol. Hard to know where either one of us will be in 6 years.

Let's just hope these won't the only two games we play.

And to the Ga Southern fan saying WMU is probably better than Marshall. You can't be serious can you?

Ok maybe not better. But as good as. And they've never been on probation, so they got you beat there.

I would trade WMU for MU all day, every day

At least someone has some sense. Anyone that truely believes Western Michigan is a better program than Marshall either hasn't been paying attention or knows zero about football.

Oh, I'm just a fan, that's for sure. I'm not an internet AD, armchair quarterback or message board coach, and I'm certainly no expert. Whether I know zero or a little more than that is of no consequence to me, since my livelihood no longer depends on football.

However, I believe Marshall to be a dirty program. I believe its fans (not all, but many of those I've come in contact with over the years) to be among the most obnoxious, loud-mouthed and arrogant I've ever had the misfortune to share a stadium with. And, I believe Marshall to play one of the weakest schedules in the free world precisely because it cannot compete against tougher competition on a week-in, week-out basis.
So until I have reason to feel differently, I'll continue to consider Western Michigan a better program than Marshall. If that's knowing zero about football or not paying attention, so be it.

Besides, if being a fan were a rational thing, then you wouldn't have that silly-assed green billboard attached to your posts.

Dirty program?? How?? Because a coach did what almost all P5 programs do and that's set up players with overpaying jobs? Oh the horror and that was 15 years ago.

And lets not talk about difficult schedules, your in the Sun Belt the worst 1A conference. I would take the Gateway Conference or even the CAA over the Sun Belt. Western Michigan sucks ass and have never done anything at the 1A level

(06-30-2015 03:41 PM)ManOnABuffalo Wrote:  

(06-30-2015 03:28 PM)Herd_fever Wrote:  

(06-24-2015 03:00 PM)sidslidkid Wrote:  

(06-24-2015 02:58 PM)NashvilleEagle Wrote:  

(06-24-2015 01:52 PM)NCeagle Wrote:  +1

+1. When will we sign and decent home and home?

We have Western Michigan at home this year... they may be better than Marshall this year.

LMFAO you really think Western Michigan is better then us?? Oh and don't worry expect a Home and Home with Georgia Southern announced in the near future since South Georgia is Herd Country now with the way we have been recruiting down there

I'm just gonna give you some rep since it appears looking at your log all the UNC-Cee fans dislike you for some reason, obviously you are doing something right.

They don't like me because I told them the truth and that they don't have no business playing football at this level and they will be an embarrassment to CUSA football

(06-30-2015 03:48 PM)Herd_fever Wrote:  

(06-26-2015 03:11 PM)gsu95 Wrote:  

(06-26-2015 11:22 AM)BleedsGreen33 Wrote:  

(06-26-2015 09:34 AM)NashvilleEagle Wrote:  

(06-25-2015 01:03 PM)gsu95 Wrote:  Ok maybe not better. But as good as. And they've never been on probation, so they got you beat there.

I would trade WMU for MU all day, every day

At least someone has some sense. Anyone that truely believes Western Michigan is a better program than Marshall either hasn't been paying attention or knows zero about football.

Oh, I'm just a fan, that's for sure. I'm not an internet AD, armchair quarterback or message board coach, and I'm certainly no expert. Whether I know zero or a little more than that is of no consequence to me, since my livelihood no longer depends on football.

However, I believe Marshall to be a dirty program. I believe its fans (not all, but many of those I've come in contact with over the years) to be among the most obnoxious, loud-mouthed and arrogant I've ever had the misfortune to share a stadium with. And, I believe Marshall to play one of the weakest schedules in the free world precisely because it cannot compete against tougher competition on a week-in, week-out basis.
So until I have reason to feel differently, I'll continue to consider Western Michigan a better program than Marshall. If that's knowing zero about football or not paying attention, so be it.

Besides, if being a fan were a rational thing, then you wouldn't have that silly-assed green billboard attached to your posts.

Dirty program?? How?? Because a coach did what almost all P5 programs do and that's set up players with overpaying jobs? Oh the horror and that was 15 years ago.

And lets not talk about difficult schedules, your in the Sun Belt the worst 1A conference. I would take the Gateway Conference or even the CAA over the Sun Belt. Western Michigan sucks ass and have never done anything at the 1A level

Pure trolling here....

(06-30-2015 03:50 PM)Herd_fever Wrote:  

(06-30-2015 03:41 PM)ManOnABuffalo Wrote:  

(06-30-2015 03:28 PM)Herd_fever Wrote:  

(06-24-2015 03:00 PM)sidslidkid Wrote:  

(06-24-2015 02:58 PM)NashvilleEagle Wrote:  +1. When will we sign and decent home and home?

We have Western Michigan at home this year... they may be better than Marshall this year.

LMFAO you really think Western Michigan is better then us?? Oh and don't worry expect a Home and Home with Georgia Southern announced in the near future since South Georgia is Herd Country now with the way we have been recruiting down there

I'm just gonna give you some rep since it appears looking at your log all the UNC-Cee fans dislike you for some reason, obviously you are doing something right.

They don't like me because I told them the truth and that they don't have no business playing football at this level and they will be an embarrassment to CUSA football

You should try speaking the truth all the time, not just 50 percent.

(06-30-2015 04:00 PM)ManOnABuffalo Wrote:  

(06-30-2015 03:48 PM)Herd_fever Wrote:  

(06-26-2015 03:11 PM)gsu95 Wrote:  

(06-26-2015 11:22 AM)BleedsGreen33 Wrote:  

(06-26-2015 09:34 AM)NashvilleEagle Wrote:  I would trade WMU for MU all day, every day

At least someone has some sense. Anyone that truely believes Western Michigan is a better program than Marshall either hasn't been paying attention or knows zero about football.

Oh, I'm just a fan, that's for sure. I'm not an internet AD, armchair quarterback or message board coach, and I'm certainly no expert. Whether I know zero or a little more than that is of no consequence to me, since my livelihood no longer depends on football.

However, I believe Marshall to be a dirty program. I believe its fans (not all, but many of those I've come in contact with over the years) to be among the most obnoxious, loud-mouthed and arrogant I've ever had the misfortune to share a stadium with. And, I believe Marshall to play one of the weakest schedules in the free world precisely because it cannot compete against tougher competition on a week-in, week-out basis.
So until I have reason to feel differently, I'll continue to consider Western Michigan a better program than Marshall. If that's knowing zero about football or not paying attention, so be it.

Besides, if being a fan were a rational thing, then you wouldn't have that silly-assed green billboard attached to your posts.

Dirty program?? How?? Because a coach did what almost all P5 programs do and that's set up players with overpaying jobs? Oh the horror and that was 15 years ago.

And lets not talk about difficult schedules, your in the Sun Belt the worst 1A conference. I would take the Gateway Conference or even the CAA over the Sun Belt. Western Michigan sucks ass and have never done anything at the 1A level

Pure trolling here....

Not according to Sagarin

(06-24-2015 09:16 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(06-24-2015 08:34 PM)WinstonTheWolf Wrote:  All this congratulations for a home and home with a CUSA school? I just don't get it.

A-State recently scheduled a home and home with AAC member SMU with their new All-Star coach, and it didn't move the needle. Maybe because we have home and homes with Missouri and Miami already scheduled.

It is just Marshall, what is the big deal? Would a Northern Illinois home and home garnered this much fanfare? Is this a just a case of a former FCS school that is giddy that it is big-time now? Serious question - please explain the allure of Marshall.

App fans are happy because
A: It's a renewal of a heated rivalry that saw some awesome games

Wasn't the last time you played Marshall 1996? by my count thats 19 years and by the time you actually play them it will be 25 years...

honest question how old was most of these fans the last time you played Marshall?

On another note do some of you realize how many fans 4 to 6 thousand are? Of course 4 to 6 thousand but in the stands...

for every hour over 3 a fan has to drive/travel it will probably drop the traveling fanbase 20%. Now those are not hard facts but just facts I've noticed over the years. Add in this game will probably be on a Thursday/Friday/Tuesday and you can drop the number by 50% for each hour of travel....

5 years from now most if not all G5 vs G5 will be week night games ...for TV coverage.

Now for GSU, UL-L, ASU, and Troy fans...how many fans did Appy bring to your home last year? No pissing match of SBC vs Marshall just trying to get a gauge of how much hyperbole we are talking about with those 4 to 6 thousand est

(06-30-2015 04:09 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(06-24-2015 09:16 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(06-24-2015 08:34 PM)WinstonTheWolf Wrote:  All this congratulations for a home and home with a CUSA school? I just don't get it.

A-State recently scheduled a home and home with AAC member SMU with their new All-Star coach, and it didn't move the needle. Maybe because we have home and homes with Missouri and Miami already scheduled.

It is just Marshall, what is the big deal? Would a Northern Illinois home and home garnered this much fanfare? Is this a just a case of a former FCS school that is giddy that it is big-time now? Serious question - please explain the allure of Marshall.

App fans are happy because
A: It's a renewal of a heated rivalry that saw some awesome games

Wasn't the last time you played Marshall 1996? by my count thats 19 years and by the time you actually play them it will be 25 years...

honest question how old was most of these fans the last time you played Marshall?

On another note do some of you realize how many fans 4 to 6 thousand are? Of course 4 to 6 thousand but in the stands...

for every hour over 3 a fan has to drive/travel it will probably drop the traveling fanbase 20%. Now those are not hard facts but just facts I've noticed over the years. Add in this game will probably be on a Thursday/Friday/Tuesday and you can drop the number by 50% for each hour of travel....

5 years from now most if not all G5 vs G5 will be week night games ...for TV coverage.

Now for GSU, UL-L, ASU, and Troy fans...how many fans did Appy bring to your home last year? No pissing match of SBC vs Marshall just trying to get a gauge of how much hyperbole we are talking about with those 4 to 6 thousand est

You are using different variables to accomplish your goal of discrediting a 4 to 6 thousand prediction. App State was not previous conference rivals with Ark St, ULL, or Troy. Also all those locations are much further in distance from Boone. There just will not be a way for you to insert the square peg in the round hole on this one. What evidence do you have for the App State fan base our numbers will reduce 20 percent every 3 hours of driving?

(06-30-2015 04:49 PM)ManOnABuffalo Wrote:  

(06-30-2015 04:09 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(06-24-2015 09:16 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(06-24-2015 08:34 PM)WinstonTheWolf Wrote:  All this congratulations for a home and home with a CUSA school? I just don't get it.

A-State recently scheduled a home and home with AAC member SMU with their new All-Star coach, and it didn't move the needle. Maybe because we have home and homes with Missouri and Miami already scheduled.

It is just Marshall, what is the big deal? Would a Northern Illinois home and home garnered this much fanfare? Is this a just a case of a former FCS school that is giddy that it is big-time now? Serious question - please explain the allure of Marshall.

App fans are happy because
A: It's a renewal of a heated rivalry that saw some awesome games

Wasn't the last time you played Marshall 1996? by my count thats 19 years and by the time you actually play them it will be 25 years...

honest question how old was most of these fans the last time you played Marshall?

On another note do some of you realize how many fans 4 to 6 thousand are? Of course 4 to 6 thousand but in the stands...

for every hour over 3 a fan has to drive/travel it will probably drop the traveling fanbase 20%. Now those are not hard facts but just facts I've noticed over the years. Add in this game will probably be on a Thursday/Friday/Tuesday and you can drop the number by 50% for each hour of travel....

5 years from now most if not all G5 vs G5 will be week night games ...for TV coverage.

Now for GSU, UL-L, ASU, and Troy fans...how many fans did Appy bring to your home last year? No pissing match of SBC vs Marshall just trying to get a gauge of how much hyperbole we are talking about with those 4 to 6 thousand est

You are using different variables to accomplish your goal of discrediting a 4 to 6 thousand prediction. App State was not previous conference rivals with Ark St, ULL, or Troy. Also all those locations are much further in distance from Boone. There just will not be a way for you to insert the square peg in the round hole on this one. What evidence do you have for the App State fan base our numbers will reduce 20 percent every 3 hours of driving?

Once, years and years ago, Western was in the same conference as EKU and Murry St. Those games were important to the fanbase because we were fighting them for conference championships. It wasn't uncommon for Western to send a couple thousands (basketball) fans to each of those games....

as we got farther and farther removed from each of those schools the number dropped....became less important. There was no conference championships at stake and to most Western fans it became just another game. This might not be the case with Appy but I have a feeling it's more likely to be the same....

Do you ave anything to show Appy brings more or the same amount of fan to a regular season game the farther away it gets? We are not talking big well known P5 program here....

Maybe GSU fans can help you out and show us the 4-6 thousand Appy fans in the stands last year? Surely Appy considers GSU more of a rival than a school they last played in 1996?

(06-30-2015 04:09 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(06-24-2015 09:16 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(06-24-2015 08:34 PM)WinstonTheWolf Wrote:  All this congratulations for a home and home with a CUSA school? I just don't get it.

A-State recently scheduled a home and home with AAC member SMU with their new All-Star coach, and it didn't move the needle. Maybe because we have home and homes with Missouri and Miami already scheduled.

It is just Marshall, what is the big deal? Would a Northern Illinois home and home garnered this much fanfare? Is this a just a case of a former FCS school that is giddy that it is big-time now? Serious question - please explain the allure of Marshall.

App fans are happy because
A: It's a renewal of a heated rivalry that saw some awesome games

Wasn't the last time you played Marshall 1996? by my count thats 19 years and by the time you actually play them it will be 25 years...

honest question how old was most of these fans the last time you played Marshall?

On another note do some of you realize how many fans 4 to 6 thousand are? Of course 4 to 6 thousand but in the stands...

for every hour over 3 a fan has to drive/travel it will probably drop the traveling fanbase 20%. Now those are not hard facts but just facts I've noticed over the years. Add in this game will probably be on a Thursday/Friday/Tuesday and you can drop the number by 50% for each hour of travel....

5 years from now most if not all G5 vs G5 will be week night games ...for TV coverage.

Now for GSU, UL-L, ASU, and Troy fans...how many fans did Appy bring to your home last year? No pissing match of SBC vs Marshall just trying to get a gauge of how much hyperbole we are talking about with those 4 to 6 thousand est

The students in the height of the App Marshall rivalry will be in their mid 40' to 50's. I'd say they'll still have pretty vivid memories of those games. The largest concentration of App fans is in the Triad (WS, Greensboro, High Point) area which is 5 hrs to Huntington and 3 hours to Greenville. The second largest is Charlotte which is 4 hours to Greenville and 5 to Huntington. Not a great deal of difference. Of course a lot will also depend on how good we are at the time.

(06-30-2015 05:04 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(06-30-2015 04:49 PM)ManOnABuffalo Wrote:  

(06-30-2015 04:09 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(06-24-2015 09:16 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(06-24-2015 08:34 PM)WinstonTheWolf Wrote:  All this congratulations for a home and home with a CUSA school? I just don't get it.

A-State recently scheduled a home and home with AAC member SMU with their new All-Star coach, and it didn't move the needle. Maybe because we have home and homes with Missouri and Miami already scheduled.

It is just Marshall, what is the big deal? Would a Northern Illinois home and home garnered this much fanfare? Is this a just a case of a former FCS school that is giddy that it is big-time now? Serious question - please explain the allure of Marshall.

App fans are happy because
A: It's a renewal of a heated rivalry that saw some awesome games

Wasn't the last time you played Marshall 1996? by my count thats 19 years and by the time you actually play them it will be 25 years...

honest question how old was most of these fans the last time you played Marshall?

On another note do some of you realize how many fans 4 to 6 thousand are? Of course 4 to 6 thousand but in the stands...

for every hour over 3 a fan has to drive/travel it will probably drop the traveling fanbase 20%. Now those are not hard facts but just facts I've noticed over the years. Add in this game will probably be on a Thursday/Friday/Tuesday and you can drop the number by 50% for each hour of travel....

5 years from now most if not all G5 vs G5 will be week night games ...for TV coverage.

Now for GSU, UL-L, ASU, and Troy fans...how many fans did Appy bring to your home last year? No pissing match of SBC vs Marshall just trying to get a gauge of how much hyperbole we are talking about with those 4 to 6 thousand est

You are using different variables to accomplish your goal of discrediting a 4 to 6 thousand prediction. App State was not previous conference rivals with Ark St, ULL, or Troy. Also all those locations are much further in distance from Boone. There just will not be a way for you to insert the square peg in the round hole on this one. What evidence do you have for the App State fan base our numbers will reduce 20 percent every 3 hours of driving?

Once, years and years ago, Western was in the same conference as EKU and Murry St. Those games were important to the fanbase because we were fighting them for conference championships. It wasn't uncommon for Western to send a couple thousands (basketball) fans to each of those games....

as we got farther and farther removed from each of those schools the number dropped....became less important. There was no conference championships at stake and to most Western fans it became just another game. This might not be the case with Appy but I have a feeling it's more likely to be the same....

Do you ave anything to show Appy brings more or the same amount of fan to a regular season game the farther away it gets? We are not talking big well known P5 program here....

Maybe GSU fans can help you out and show us the 4-6 thousand Appy fans in the stands last year? Surely Appy considers GSU more of a rival than a school they last played in 1996?

With the game being on Thursday night there were not a lot of App fans in Statesboro. Although I've never personally encountered anything out of the normal drunk student running their mouths, a lot of fans on both sides claim bad experiences at the other's stadium. Because of that a lot of fans from both sides choose not to make the trips.

(06-27-2015 07:43 PM)Eagle22 Wrote:  

(06-27-2015 06:55 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(06-27-2015 04:24 PM)Eagle22 Wrote:  

(06-27-2015 02:10 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(06-27-2015 12:54 PM)WEARE Wrote:  Thanks for the honesty. You are right. You know little about our football history. We have played and won games against many impressive programs. Our fan base has also been noted to be among some of the nicest as well. Back when fan polls were conducted, Marshall was always voted nicest fans. If you don't believe me, visit the Joan for a game. I gaurantee you will be treated well, regardless of the team you support.

Sometimes, it feels better to make up stuff, but it won't help your self esteem in your team or change reality.

I've been to Marshall and encountered fans who were compete jerks. I've also met some very hospitable folks. I suspect it's that way just about anywhere you go. Except Statesboro...

Who was that that drank my beer ?

Ha Ha!! Touche! Actually it was my buddy Wayne, the Troy fan. You making it to Boone this year?

You are correct, I should have said who I offered it to ?

Planning on Boone. Work may be an issue, but have reservations in place if it all works out. Probably won't know until two weeks out.

Hope you make it. Stop by our spot and join us for some grub! Late October night game so it'll be a little cool. Probably have to whip up a batch of my legendary Turkey Chilli.

(06-30-2015 04:09 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(06-24-2015 09:16 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(06-24-2015 08:34 PM)WinstonTheWolf Wrote:  All this congratulations for a home and home with a CUSA school? I just don't get it.

A-State recently scheduled a home and home with AAC member SMU with their new All-Star coach, and it didn't move the needle. Maybe because we have home and homes with Missouri and Miami already scheduled.

It is just Marshall, what is the big deal? Would a Northern Illinois home and home garnered this much fanfare? Is this a just a case of a former FCS school that is giddy that it is big-time now? Serious question - please explain the allure of Marshall.

App fans are happy because
A: It's a renewal of a heated rivalry that saw some awesome games

Wasn't the last time you played Marshall 1996? by my count thats 19 years and by the time you actually play them it will be 25 years...

honest question how old was most of these fans the last time you played Marshall?

On another note do some of you realize how many fans 4 to 6 thousand are? Of course 4 to 6 thousand but in the stands...

for every hour over 3 a fan has to drive/travel it will probably drop the traveling fanbase 20%. Now those are not hard facts but just facts I've noticed over the years. Add in this game will probably be on a Thursday/Friday/Tuesday and you can drop the number by 50% for each hour of travel....

5 years from now most if not all G5 vs G5 will be week night games ...for TV coverage.

Now for GSU, UL-L, ASU, and Troy fans...how many fans did Appy bring to your home last year? No pissing match of SBC vs Marshall just trying to get a gauge of how much hyperbole we are talking about with those 4 to 6 thousand est

We last played Marshall in 2002, I believe. Byron "the Big L" Leftwich was their QB. He destroyed us.

(06-30-2015 04:09 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  Wasn't the last time you played Marshall 1996? by my count thats 19 years and by the time you actually play them it will be 25 years...

honest question how old was most of these fans the last time you played Marshall?

On another note do some of you realize how many fans 4 to 6 thousand are? Of course 4 to 6 thousand but in the stands...

for every hour over 3 a fan has to drive/travel it will probably drop the traveling fanbase 20%. Now those are not hard facts but just facts I've noticed over the years. Add in this game will probably be on a Thursday/Friday/Tuesday and you can drop the number by 50% for each hour of travel....

5 years from now most if not all G5 vs G5 will be week night games ...for TV coverage.

Now for GSU, UL-L, ASU, and Troy fans...how many fans did Appy bring to your home last year? No pissing match of SBC vs Marshall just trying to get a gauge of how much hyperbole we are talking about with those 4 to 6 thousand est

I'll just leave these here... These are from the same game and clearly 2 different sections. No, Marshall probably doesn't generate the same fan interest as ECU, but it's a good example of how we travel for games like this.

Last time App played Marshall in 2002, The Turds were ranked 22nd and App was starting a backup QB, but it was only 23-17 late in the third. They just scored a bunch more after that.