(05-18-2018 10:35 AM)JRsec Wrote:  

(05-18-2018 09:56 AM)CoastalJuan Wrote:  

(05-17-2018 05:03 PM)Carolina_Low_Country Wrote:  

(05-17-2018 03:29 PM)JRsec Wrote:  
Just an observation, but this thread may be the longest continually running realignment thread on the internet. It may be worth checking out but from the OP until now this thread has been alive for 13 years! Now that Landthieves and Shaggybevo have passed into history this thread may be it.

I'll give a plus 3 in reputation to any E.C.U. fan that can confirm whether or not this is indeed the longest continually running realignment thread on the internet.

I don’t have time to look into it but it’s pretty crazy that it might be. Just shows you how much of a great fit ECU would be for the SEC. Our baseball would fit in perfectly with SEC baseball. Football may take a few years to catch up on the field but the atmosphere would be right there on day one. Basketball is not good but it’s not good for a lot of the SEC but we are working on it.

lol basketball

IMO, the world owes you something for being located in North Carolina and not prioritizing basketball!

The crazy thing about basketball is that is it really is the only the ACC schools care about in NC. NC State could be a really good football school and they have good football support but they still prioritize basketball even though they are most likely never going to be on par with duke and UNC. UNC should be a very good football school but they truly don’t care. It’s so bad now that they are lowing their stadium capacity to 52,000 while ECU is increasing theirs. By 2019 ECUs football stadium will hold 53,500 while UNC will hold 52,000. So the so called G5 program in NC will have a larger and nicer football stadium and better fan support then the flagship. That is very strange for a Southern State. Only thing that was similar would be Louisville before they joined the ACC. Football wise ECU and Louisville are very similar.

When it comes to fan support in college football NC State and ECU are at the top (it’s the best football rivalry in the state and should be played every year but the NC State AD is terrible), then UNC, then a decent drop off to App State, Duke, Charlotte, and then Wake.

For college basketball it’s all Duke and UNC then a drop off to NC State then Wake then a huge drop off to Davidson, ECU, Charlotte, UNCW, etc.

Most of the Walmart UNC fans are UNC basketball fans and that’s it. North Carolina is missing a huge football focus school and ECU would be that school if in P5. We have been that school several years when we have dominated ACC schools.