(07-11-2022 09:01 AM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  I live in Lafayette.

I have like 10 relatives (aunts, uncles, cousins, sister-in-law) who went to App State.

Well, at least 1/2 of that post means someone is very lucky.

(07-10-2022 09:55 PM)Troy_Fan_15 Wrote:  I have a cousin, who I’m very close with, that’s a South Alabama graduate.

imagine that.....someone from AL being "close" with their cousin.



SORRY, I couldn't resist!

As for me the OP: my two brothers, my wife, and my two daughters all have gone or are currently going to GS.

(07-11-2022 12:05 PM)JoeJag Wrote:  

(07-11-2022 11:19 AM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  

(07-11-2022 07:33 AM)8993 Wrote:  Sister: App State
Step-brother: App State
Step-brother: Coastal Carolina
Step-brother: UNCW
Step-brother: Lees-McRae College

Extended family: UNC, NC State, App State, Wake Forest, Meredith College

Dad: Wake Forest
Mom: Salem College
Brother: Guilford College
Sister: Wake Forest
Wife: Virginia Tech

Extended family: App State (loads of them), Wake Forest, UNC, & Vanderbilt, and one super fun cousin who also went to ECU.

Surprisingly, nobody from my family or extended family attended UNC-Charlotte, despite living an hour away,

SBC conference connections?

I live in Lafayette? I also have Appers in the fam.

My sister currently attends App.

There have only been two people in my entire family on both sides that have graduated from college(my aunt and myself). Both of us graduated from Arkansas State University!

(07-10-2022 08:39 PM)CatMom Wrote:  Just Curious
Including your school, do you have familial ties to any other SBC school?

I'll go first. Keep in mind I have/had 34 first cousins.

Daughter - Texas State
Cousins had kids who went to:
JMU, GS, App & soccer affiliates UCF and USC

Sounds like my family; I have 35 aunt and uncles. 1st cousin count would be very similar.

I have one, Aunt joined air force out of high school, met her husband during that time and relocated afterwards to North Carolina with him and graduated from App State.

Rest of family went to A&M, UT, Tech, Texas State or smaller schools. Most went to State or A&M.

I’m pretty sure I have a cousin or 2 who attended UL, but I’m not absolutely positive.

One of my best friends from Southern Miss—we’re our respective kids’ godparents—has his PhD from Georgia State but his heart lies with USM.

The bulk of my in-laws are West Virginia alums, and one brother-in-law particularly abhors Marshall.

That’s all I’ve got.

(07-11-2022 12:54 PM)KJ Eagle Wrote:  

(07-10-2022 09:55 PM)Troy_Fan_15 Wrote:  I have a cousin, who I’m very close with, that’s a South Alabama graduate.

imagine that.....someone from AL being "close" with their cousin.



SORRY, I couldn't resist!

As for me the OP: my two brothers, my wife, and my two daughters all have gone or are currently going to GS.

Saw this post. Made that joke. Scrolled up and saw you already made it. Deleted my post.

No connections for me.

Not thread related but: I have an uncle that went to UNCC, another uncle that went to UNC, and a cousin that just graduated from South Carolina. App beat them all in 2019 and I got them all "L's" painted in App colors with the game scores on them for Christmas. That was a fun year.

My wife's cousin is a Georgia Southern graduate. That's it. The lack of connections to people I know from in-person experience from other SB schools underscores how great it is to have interactions here on csnbbs and on the Facebook page.

I'm sure I went to high school with someone who went to Coastal, but I don't remember who.

In the 2000s, I had a ton of friends/family connections in the SoCon:
Brother: CofC undergraduate, The Citadel grad school
Wife: Elon
HS Best Friend: Furman (football player)
Western: In-laws' best friend
Brother-in-law: UNCG
Childhood best friend's dad: Wofford
7th grade girlfriend (this is a stretch. But still.): Davidson
HS friend's wife (even bigger stretch): Samford
HS cross-country teammate: ETSU

No one for VMI, Mercer, Marshall, or Chattanooga.

I did enjoy the family/friend's affair of the SoCon, but I would never ever ever want us to go back to that. The Sun Belt is awesome for my school.

EDIT: My mom does have a cousin who went to South Alabama way back when it was called something else, but I haven't seen him in about 27 years, so...

Also it's possible I have a second cousin or something who went to Southern Miss since I have relatives I haven't seen in 30+ years from Mississippi. No way of knowing.

Mom matriculated at Georgia State back in the day.
Wife is an App grad
My best friends all went to App, we still hang out with the ones that live in the Charlotte area.
2 brothers went to ECU
sister in law went to UNCC
Theres a Ga Southern Grad i've been trying to do business with down near Savannah for years, i gave him some ribbing one time and he won't answer my calls anymore lol

My Sister went to Troy.

(07-11-2022 02:20 PM)Bobcats2011 Wrote:  

(07-10-2022 08:39 PM)CatMom Wrote:  Just Curious
Including your school, do you have familial ties to any other SBC school?

I'll go first. Keep in mind I have/had 34 first cousins.

Daughter - Texas State
Cousins had kids who went to:
JMU, GS, App & soccer affiliates UCF and USC

Sounds like my family; I have 35 aunt and uncles. 1st cousin count would be very similar.

I have one, Aunt joined air force out of high school, met her husband during that time and relocated afterwards to North Carolina with him and graduated from App State.

Rest of family went to A&M, UT, Tech, Texas State or smaller schools. Most went to State or A&M.

Wow. My mom was an only child, and dad had only one sister, who had 2 girls. So we had one Aunt (and def considered her husband our uncle), and only 2 first cousins. Even though I had 4 siblings, we could easily have the entire family in one get together.

(07-12-2022 12:17 PM)FrankyP Wrote:  

(07-11-2022 02:20 PM)Bobcats2011 Wrote:  

(07-10-2022 08:39 PM)CatMom Wrote:  Just Curious
Including your school, do you have familial ties to any other SBC school?

I'll go first. Keep in mind I have/had 34 first cousins.

Daughter - Texas State
Cousins had kids who went to:
JMU, GS, App & soccer affiliates UCF and USC

Sounds like my family; I have 35 aunt and uncles. 1st cousin count would be very similar.

I have one, Aunt joined air force out of high school, met her husband during that time and relocated afterwards to North Carolina with him and graduated from App State.

Rest of family went to A&M, UT, Tech, Texas State or smaller schools. Most went to State or A&M.

Wow. My mom was an only child, and dad had only one sister, who had 2 girls. So we had one Aunt (and def considered her husband our uncle), and only 2 first cousins. Even though I had 4 siblings, we could easily have the entire family in one get together.

Dad was one of 10 but one sister died young. Mom was one of 3.
27 1st cousins on dad's side. 8 on moms. (I missed one before - died at 3 days)
19th (of 30) in age order on dad's side, 3rd on moms.

So nobody has a sister that was on the Marshall swim Team ?

Or ya just don't want to admit it?

(07-12-2022 04:49 PM)GreatAppSt Wrote:  So nobody has a sister that was on the Marshall swim Team ?

Or ya just don't want to admit it?

I was on my high school swim team. That count?

(07-12-2022 05:08 PM)CatMom Wrote:  

(07-12-2022 04:49 PM)GreatAppSt Wrote:  So nobody has a sister that was on the Marshall swim Team ?

Or ya just don't want to admit it?

I was on my high school swim team. That count?

As long as you weren't on the Marshall swim team.

Drawing the "extended family" line at 1st cousins once removed, I have several Xavier and UNC-CH, as well as Ohio State, Wright State, Florida, Dayton, Cincinnati, UNCG, George Washington, VCU, WVU, Ohio, Ball State, Michigan, Miami (OH), Florida State, Auburn, Louisville, UNCC, UCLA, Princeton, the Naval Academy, UNCW, USF, a whole slew of D3 colleges across the Midwest, numerous junior colleges and trade school, even a convent, as well as more than a few who spent their college years in Normandy, Okinawa, Vietnam, Iraq or Afghanistan.

But not a single Sun Belt grad anywhere that I can find. The closest I got is my wife's cousin's daughter's boyfriend who is a current student at future soccer affiliate UCF, and close friends of the family that went to App.

If you guys have never listened to him, Jake Crain of Crain & Co is a South Alabama grad. He’s a big up and comer in sports media.

(07-12-2022 04:49 PM)GreatAppSt Wrote:  So nobody has a sister that was on the Marshall swim Team ?

Or ya just don't want to admit it?