(09-29-2021 12:23 PM)Saint3333 Wrote:  

(09-29-2021 12:21 PM)herdfan129 Wrote:  

(09-29-2021 12:20 PM)Georgia_Power_Company Wrote:  

(09-29-2021 12:15 PM)Blue_Trombone Wrote:  

(09-29-2021 12:10 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  How does an FAU beat writer have a scoop that's the complete opposite of all the scoops from more reliable outlets?

Message board chatter is considered a 'more reliable outlet'?

I work in media...I'm not a reporter but I know GS beat reporters and I can tell you GS isn't expecting a merger. They are expecting to add 2-4 teams to the current SBC lineup.

I can tell you the administration at Marshall/ODU/WKU/App have been working on an eastern based G5 for a couple of years now and that plan is still being worked on.

Keep working on it and UTSA may take your seat.

LOL....you all keep hitching your wagons to SBC West and JMU/Liberty will take your seat in the new eastern based G5.

This is never how it happens with realignment. Never.

Schools in both conferences will always vote for what's in their best interests, not what's good for the group as a whole. As long as one conference is better than the other or has more money than the other you'll always have a huge contingent of schools who are against a merger like this.

(09-29-2021 12:20 PM)Saint3333 Wrote:  Has Ben Moore written anything, that guy is always right...

Herd129 may be the jump to conclusions champion, any challengers?

touche

(09-29-2021 12:25 PM)GEAGLESJAG Wrote:  

(09-29-2021 11:52 AM)herdfan129 Wrote:  

THIS is why Marshall hasn't accepted the SBC invite yet. You guys are fooling yourselves if you think the eastern based G5 conference is off the table. I know that scares the western programs as a merger of CUSA East and SBC East would be one of the Top G5 conference every year.

129 you are just a modern day Quixote fighting at windmills

Bro, I didn't tweet that, nor have I written countless articles from the national media over the last few years talking about it, nor am I the Marshall President who mentioned this, etc ,etc, etc.

(09-29-2021 12:21 PM)herdfan129 Wrote:  

(09-29-2021 12:20 PM)Georgia_Power_Company Wrote:  

(09-29-2021 12:15 PM)Blue_Trombone Wrote:  

(09-29-2021 12:10 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  How does an FAU beat writer have a scoop that's the complete opposite of all the scoops from more reliable outlets?

Message board chatter is considered a 'more reliable outlet'?

I work in media...I'm not a reporter but I know GS beat reporters and I can tell you GS isn't expecting a merger. They are expecting to add 2-4 teams to the current SBC lineup.

I can tell you the administration at Marshall/ODU/WKU/App have been working on an eastern based G5 for a couple of years now and that plan is still being worked on.

And App realized they didn’t have SBC support to continue. The West said no, the Alabama schools weren’t interested and even Georgia Southern questioned it

(09-29-2021 12:26 PM)herdfan129 Wrote:  

(09-29-2021 12:23 PM)Saint3333 Wrote:  

(09-29-2021 12:21 PM)herdfan129 Wrote:  

(09-29-2021 12:20 PM)Georgia_Power_Company Wrote:  

(09-29-2021 12:15 PM)Blue_Trombone Wrote:  Message board chatter is considered a 'more reliable outlet'?

I work in media...I'm not a reporter but I know GS beat reporters and I can tell you GS isn't expecting a merger. They are expecting to add 2-4 teams to the current SBC lineup.

I can tell you the administration at Marshall/ODU/WKU/App have been working on an eastern based G5 for a couple of years now and that plan is still being worked on.

Keep working on it and UTSA may take your seat.

LOL....you all keep hitching your wagons to SBC West and JMU/Liberty will take your seat in the new eastern based G5.

Deal

Source: Trust me bro

(09-29-2021 12:21 PM)herdfan129 Wrote:  

(09-29-2021 12:20 PM)Georgia_Power_Company Wrote:  

(09-29-2021 12:15 PM)Blue_Trombone Wrote:  

(09-29-2021 12:10 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  How does an FAU beat writer have a scoop that's the complete opposite of all the scoops from more reliable outlets?

Message board chatter is considered a 'more reliable outlet'?

I work in media...I'm not a reporter but I know GS beat reporters and I can tell you GS isn't expecting a merger. They are expecting to add 2-4 teams to the current SBC lineup.

I can tell you the administration at Marshall/ODU/WKU/App have been working on an eastern based G5 for a couple of years now and that plan is still being worked on.

I have no doubt it has been discussed but I'll believe it when I see it and I will add that while I'm hardly a deep pocket donor to GS before I give another dime I would want the AD or President to publicly lay out how moving to this new fantasy conference will be better than staying in the Sun Belt. It would need to make equal or more money from media, have a share of the CFP payout, have auto-bids to the NCAA and provide better regional travel for fans while still getting us good exposure. If it has that I'm good...if it doesn't count me out.

This is the Marshall s fan story and by damn he is sticking to it. I can tell you for a fact GS and App are staying in the SBC and expect 2-4 new adds

It’s now looking more likely that App CC Gst and GSU join Liberty in the eastern based CUSA.

FAU Beat Reporter today, the next Brett McMurphy tomorrow?

Efforts to create mergers and largescale G5 geographic realignments have been reported by The Athletic, CBS Sports, Yahoo Sports, etc. Each outlet confirmed that those efforts existed. And that they've failed.

I'm sure the FAU guy heard some real things. But his admitted editorializing is incorrect based on every other report out there.

(09-29-2021 11:52 AM)herdfan129 Wrote:  

THIS is why Marshall hasn't accepted the SBC invite yet. You guys are fooling yourselves if you think the eastern based G5 conference is off the table. I know that scares the western programs as a merger of CUSA East and SBC East would be one of the Top G5 conference every year.

You are the most wishy-washy poster I've ever seen.

You can't make up your mind on if you're sold on Marshall staying in CUSA, moving to the SBC, or just waiting on a merger to happen.

You CUSA people also strongly believed the well-positioned MWC was going to, for some reason, make a merger/alliance with CUSA years ago... and we see how that went. Were there talks between CUSA/MWC? Yes. But it never became anything more than that... for many reasons.

I'd have to imagine all logical options would have to be exhausted for the SBC before they decide to just merge divisions with CUSA.

(09-29-2021 12:29 PM)theATLDawg Wrote:  It’s now looking more likely that App CC Gst and GSU join Liberty in the eastern based CUSA.

Where is this coming from other than the FAU reporter?

(09-29-2021 12:31 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  

(09-29-2021 11:52 AM)herdfan129 Wrote:  

THIS is why Marshall hasn't accepted the SBC invite yet. You guys are fooling yourselves if you think the eastern based G5 conference is off the table. I know that scares the western programs as a merger of CUSA East and SBC East would be one of the Top G5 conference every year.

You are the most wishy-washy poster I've ever seen.

You can't make up your mind on if you're sold on Marshall staying in CUSA, moving to the SBC, or just waiting on a merger to happen.

You CUSA people also strongly believed the well-positioned MWC was going to, for some reason, make a merger/alliance with CUSA years ago... and we see how that went. Were there talks between CUSA/MWC? Yes. But it never became anything more than that... for many reasons.

I'd have to imagine all logical options would have to be exhausted for the SBC before they decide to just merge divisions with CUSA.

The CUSA/MWC merger advanced pretty far along. But once the conferences found out about all the big strings attached -- especially with respect to tournament credits, bowl payouts, etc -- they ran screaming from the idea.

Which just makes the idea of a CUSA/SBC merger even less likely.

(09-29-2021 12:26 PM)herdfan129 Wrote:  

(09-29-2021 12:23 PM)Saint3333 Wrote:  

(09-29-2021 12:21 PM)herdfan129 Wrote:  

(09-29-2021 12:20 PM)Georgia_Power_Company Wrote:  

(09-29-2021 12:15 PM)Blue_Trombone Wrote:  Message board chatter is considered a 'more reliable outlet'?

I work in media...I'm not a reporter but I know GS beat reporters and I can tell you GS isn't expecting a merger. They are expecting to add 2-4 teams to the current SBC lineup.

I can tell you the administration at Marshall/ODU/WKU/App have been working on an eastern based G5 for a couple of years now and that plan is still being worked on.

Keep working on it and UTSA may take your seat.

LOL....you all keep hitching your wagons to SBC West and JMU/Liberty will take your seat in the new eastern based G5.

You'd still take App, and we all know it.

When it comes to herdfan129 I think it's time we just said

(09-29-2021 12:05 PM)herdfan129 Wrote:  

(09-29-2021 12:03 PM)geauxcajuns Wrote:  

(09-29-2021 11:52 AM)herdfan129 Wrote:  

THIS is why Marshall hasn't accepted the SBC invite yet. You guys are fooling yourselves if you think the eastern based G5 conference is off the table. I know that scares the western programs as a merger of CUSA East and SBC East would be one of the Top G5 conference every year.

To be clear every SBC program wants Marshall in the SBC. Marshall drags their feet hoping for a G5 league similar to the ACC, they will be left out. The SBC league office will not be held hostage by a program that isn’t currently in the league.

Even the Appalachian State administration is growing tired of waiting.

The App St administration will be joining this new eastern based G5, so there's that. They have been working on this WITH Marshall for a couple of years now. You don't throw away a couple years worth of work/planning on a whim.

No, they haven't been doing that. This is offseason fantasy stuff.

(09-29-2021 12:29 PM)theATLDawg Wrote:  It’s now looking more likely that App CC Gst and GSU join Liberty in the eastern based CUSA.

So here's a question:

Would LA Tech rather remain in a watered down CUSA without UAB, USM, Marshall, and let's say UTSA

OR join a western merger of CUSA/SBC without UAB (AAC) and UTSA (MWC).

Is Marshall starting to wear thin on anyone else??? At what point do they wear out their welcome and we move on to the next one???