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It was VT so I didn't really commit it to memory.
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(04-03-2014 04:37 PM)Check Yosef Wrote:  
(04-03-2014 04:18 PM)Crump1 Wrote:  
(04-03-2014 04:15 PM)AtlantaJag Wrote:  
(04-03-2014 04:12 PM)Crump1 Wrote:  I knew absolutely nothing of JMU's athletic accomplishments prior to expansion becoming a topic around here. I think JMU and MSU are the top options but I don't see how a program that spends more on its football program than JMU or MSU and has faired well against JMU and FBS opponents the last 4 or 5 years while drawing crowds that are better than a lot of CUSA and SBC teams is THAT far behind JMU when you are talking strictly athletics.

You don't recall James Madison's defeat of Virginia Tech a few years ago? It was pretty big news all around college football as VT was considered a dark horse for NC that year.
Vaguely. It doesn't resonate like App St. beating Michigan to me.

I remember some writer at the time comparing it to App vs Michigan, only problem I have with that thought is VT isn't Michigan


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VT is not Michigan in terms of history, but they're still a very respectablepprogram and went 11-3 that year and won the ACC.
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RE: Best Case
I'm an outsider, but I'd say this is Best Case (and unreasonable)

1) Add JMU, MSU, and UMASS ALL SPORTS
2) Kick out Idaho and NMSU football
3) Kick out UALR and UTA (seriously, why have basketball only members?)
4) tell liberty to quit applying
5) have rest of SB make more serious commitments to basketball. you are a FBS conference and yet ranked 20th in the RPI, that's pathetic.

North:
UMASS (Or Illinois St)
JMU
App St
Ark St
Mo St
Ga St

South:
Tx St
Troy
So Ala
ULL
ULM
Ga So

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(04-03-2014 03:28 PM)Curtisc83 Wrote:  Pulled this from the LU forum.

"In yesterday's all-faculty meeting, President Falwell was asked about realignment and he said he couldn't say much other than:

1) They won't know about one of the possibilities until late May.
2) There are others.
3) He's optimistic.

He did reveal that he's been traveling to several other schools lately meeting with college presidents, and he said they are surprised by the diverse demographics of our student body, the fact that we are a full-fledged, fully accredited university with 389 degree programs, that our academic programs are accredited by the same agencies which accredit their programs, that we have a school of engineering, a school of law, and a school of medicine, and that we're not the same as Pensacola Christian, Bob Jones or Tennessee Temple in scope, variety or academic freedom.

He said "their mouths drop open when they start hearing about everything Liberty has to offer", and "when they start hearing about what our doctrinal positions are". In his words, they proclaim, "if you got accreditation from SACS, and NCATE and ABA, then you must be a pretty open-minded group of people."

He said the first part of the meeting is "convincing them that we're normal" and, by the end of the meeting, he says "we've got them close to where we want them to be." He said the similarities in experiences are incredible, and the shared experiences create a bond with them. He also said they are impressed with the fact we have 14 hotels and and 21 restaurants within a mile and a half of the campus, and an airport nearby, "something almost none of them have." He says they consider the proximity of food, lodging and transportation to the campus "a blessing" for travel purposes.

He introduced a fact book that he said "basically dispels all the myths about Liberty", and that even we would be surprised by some of what's in the book. You can download the book from this link:

http://livemeeting.liberty.edu/notes/Lib...ooklet.pdf

I thought this would be good information for the thread, straight from President Falwell himself."

I looked at the factbook and it appears that ESPN3 has approached Liberty and asked to carry all of LFSN’s programming next year (page 24 in the booklet). It said something about it being able to reach 120 million homes. All that stuff is over my head. Either way it's a good read.
Take this to a Liberty thread!
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RE: Best Case
Best case scenario, within reason, for me would be to add Missouri State for all sports in 2015 and New Mexico State for all sports. That gets us to 12 in football. At that point I say the conference holds until the Idaho situation gets straightened out. If James Madison wants in as well that would be a bonus. But honestly Mo State and NMSU bring the most to the table.
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I'm an outsider, but I'd say this is Best Case (and unreasonable)

1) Add JMU, MSU, and UMASS ALL SPORTS
2) Kick out Idaho and NMSU football
3) Kick out UALR and UTA (seriously, why have basketball only members?)
4) tell liberty to quit applying
5) have rest of SB make more serious commitments to basketball. you are a FBS conference and yet ranked 20th in the RPI, that's pathetic.

North:
UMASS (Or Illinois St)
JMU
App St
Ark St
Mo St
Ga St

South:
Tx St
Troy
So Ala
ULL
ULM
Ga So

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So you take Georgia Southern's two biggest rivals out of our division? No thanks.
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(04-03-2014 06:39 PM)Eagleditka Wrote:  So you take Georgia Southern's two biggest rivals out of our division? No thanks.

you would be Georgia State's designated crossover rivals and would play every year
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(04-03-2014 06:05 PM)ARSTATEFAN1986 Wrote:  
(04-03-2014 03:28 PM)Curtisc83 Wrote:  Pulled this from the LU forum.

"In yesterday's all-faculty meeting, President Falwell was asked about realignment and he said he couldn't say much other than:

1) They won't know about one of the possibilities until late May.
2) There are others.
3) He's optimistic.

He did reveal that he's been traveling to several other schools lately meeting with college presidents, and he said they are surprised by the diverse demographics of our student body, the fact that we are a full-fledged, fully accredited university with 389 degree programs, that our academic programs are accredited by the same agencies which accredit their programs, that we have a school of engineering, a school of law, and a school of medicine, and that we're not the same as Pensacola Christian, Bob Jones or Tennessee Temple in scope, variety or academic freedom.

He said "their mouths drop open when they start hearing about everything Liberty has to offer", and "when they start hearing about what our doctrinal positions are". In his words, they proclaim, "if you got accreditation from SACS, and NCATE and ABA, then you must be a pretty open-minded group of people."

He said the first part of the meeting is "convincing them that we're normal" and, by the end of the meeting, he says "we've got them close to where we want them to be." He said the similarities in experiences are incredible, and the shared experiences create a bond with them. He also said they are impressed with the fact we have 14 hotels and and 21 restaurants within a mile and a half of the campus, and an airport nearby, "something almost none of them have." He says they consider the proximity of food, lodging and transportation to the campus "a blessing" for travel purposes.

He introduced a fact book that he said "basically dispels all the myths about Liberty", and that even we would be surprised by some of what's in the book. You can download the book from this link:

http://livemeeting.liberty.edu/notes/Lib...ooklet.pdf

I thought this would be good information for the thread, straight from President Falwell himself."

I looked at the factbook and it appears that ESPN3 has approached Liberty and asked to carry all of LFSN’s programming next year (page 24 in the booklet). It said something about it being able to reach 120 million homes. All that stuff is over my head. Either way it's a good read.
Take this to a Liberty thread!

I doubt if their mouths fall open with surprise..describing Liberty to a group of presidents of actual colleges that have history and acreage would be like the yugo salesman trying to get a bunch bmw dealers to add his line to their dealerships..
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RE: Best Case
(04-03-2014 04:47 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  
(04-03-2014 04:37 PM)Check Yosef Wrote:  
(04-03-2014 04:18 PM)Crump1 Wrote:  
(04-03-2014 04:15 PM)AtlantaJag Wrote:  
(04-03-2014 04:12 PM)Crump1 Wrote:  I knew absolutely nothing of JMU's athletic accomplishments prior to expansion becoming a topic around here. I think JMU and MSU are the top options but I don't see how a program that spends more on its football program than JMU or MSU and has faired well against JMU and FBS opponents the last 4 or 5 years while drawing crowds that are better than a lot of CUSA and SBC teams is THAT far behind JMU when you are talking strictly athletics.

You don't recall James Madison's defeat of Virginia Tech a few years ago? It was pretty big news all around college football as VT was considered a dark horse for NC that year.
Vaguely. It doesn't resonate like App St. beating Michigan to me.

I remember some writer at the time comparing it to App vs Michigan, only problem I have with that thought is VT isn't Michigan


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VT is not Michigan in terms of history, but they're still a very respectablepprogram and went 11-3 that year and won the ACC.

Virginia Tech is probably a Top 10-15 program the last 20 years, likely better in that span than Michigan. And they ended up doing well that year as well, so it wasn't like JMU caught a notable program in a down year.
BTW, I know Michigan also ended up doing well the season that ASU beat them, so I'm not trying to say it's a better win.
However, this was a signature win that few in the Sun Belt could match.

Advantage: JMU...and Liberty isn't even close.
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RE: Best Case
(04-03-2014 06:39 PM)Eagleditka Wrote:  
(04-03-2014 05:47 PM)msu_bears Wrote:  I'm an outsider, but I'd say this is Best Case (and unreasonable)

1) Add JMU, MSU, and UMASS ALL SPORTS
2) Kick out Idaho and NMSU football
3) Kick out UALR and UTA (seriously, why have basketball only members?)
4) tell liberty to quit applying
5) have rest of SB make more serious commitments to basketball. you are a FBS conference and yet ranked 20th in the RPI, that's pathetic.
So you take Georgia Southern's two biggest rivals out of our division? No thanks.

I think the bigger thing about the unacceptable proposal is getting UMass to join all sports... No way that happens.

Now, the MSU guy did note that it was unreasonable, so it's not like he's going insane or anything thinking it would happen but....

But if we're going unreasonable, the best case scenario is to add Alabama, Florida State, & University of Texas (all of them all sports), and kick out UTA and UALR.

I didn't even sit down to do the math on it, but I figure if those three schools applied, we'd find a way to make it work.
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RE: Best Case
(04-03-2014 07:36 PM)AtlantaJag Wrote:  
(04-03-2014 04:47 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  
(04-03-2014 04:37 PM)Check Yosef Wrote:  
(04-03-2014 04:18 PM)Crump1 Wrote:  
(04-03-2014 04:15 PM)AtlantaJag Wrote:  You don't recall James Madison's defeat of Virginia Tech a few years ago? It was pretty big news all around college football as VT was considered a dark horse for NC that year.
Vaguely. It doesn't resonate like App St. beating Michigan to me.

I remember some writer at the time comparing it to App vs Michigan, only problem I have with that thought is VT isn't Michigan


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VT is not Michigan in terms of history, but they're still a very respectablepprogram and went 11-3 that year and won the ACC.

Virginia Tech is probably a Top 10-15 program the last 20 years, likely better in that span than Michigan. And they ended up doing well that year as well, so it wasn't like JMU caught a notable program in a down year.
BTW, I know Michigan also ended up doing well the season that ASU beat them, so I'm not trying to say it's a better win.
However, this was a signature win that few in the Sun Belt could match.

Advantage: JMU...and Liberty isn't even close.
It isn't close except when they actually played.
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(04-03-2014 08:49 PM)Crump1 Wrote:  
(04-03-2014 07:36 PM)AtlantaJag Wrote:  
(04-03-2014 04:47 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  
(04-03-2014 04:37 PM)Check Yosef Wrote:  
(04-03-2014 04:18 PM)Crump1 Wrote:  Vaguely. It doesn't resonate like App St. beating Michigan to me.

I remember some writer at the time comparing it to App vs Michigan, only problem I have with that thought is VT isn't Michigan


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VT is not Michigan in terms of history, but they're still a very respectablepprogram and went 11-3 that year and won the ACC.

Virginia Tech is probably a Top 10-15 program the last 20 years, likely better in that span than Michigan. And they ended up doing well that year as well, so it wasn't like JMU caught a notable program in a down year.
BTW, I know Michigan also ended up doing well the season that ASU beat them, so I'm not trying to say it's a better win.
However, this was a signature win that few in the Sun Belt could match.

Advantage: JMU...and Liberty isn't even close.
It isn't close except when they actually played.

You can only vaguely remember JMU pulling off one of the biggest upsets of the last several years but you can recall that JMU and Liberty have played a close game recently?
I would expect that to be an extremely rare circumstance for most college football fans.
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(04-02-2014 11:14 PM)ARSTATEFAN1986 Wrote:  What would be the best case scenario for the belt?

1. Add Missouri State and get this coveted school...Football can wait until 2015.

2. Add New Mexico State's oly sports

3. Add Liberty...as they may now have the votes.

4. Add Massachusetts as football only.

Football

East

Appalachian State
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
Liberty
*Massachusetts
South Alabama
Troy

West

Arkansas State
*Idaho
Louisiana Lafayette
Louisiana Monroe
Missouri State (2015)
New Mexico State
Texas State

Olympic Sports

Appalachian State
Arkansas State
Arkansas Little Rock
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
Liberty
Louisiana Lafayette
Louisiana Monroe
Missouri State
New Mexico State
South Alabama
Texas Arlington
Texas State
Troy

With this makeup and a little time the Sun Belt will shine!

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I know it is a wish list and you got yours, he has his, and I got mine, but some of you need to know the SBC is nowhere near asking, nor demanding either NMSU, or Idaho to leave. That is off the boards. Again a couple of you indicated UTA, and UALR need new homes. That may be the case, or not, but nobody is going to ask either to leave.

The real choices IMO are very limited. JMU vs Liberty. Mo State and approve all sports for NMSU. Somehow I am getting the feeling we are going to get Mo State, NMSU all sports, and Liberty. My only wish is nor NMSU to be included in all sports. It is just nuts to not have their best sports.

NMSU we really do not need all the angst about travel. Cross travel is very limited, and the western schools want it so get over that.
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(04-03-2014 11:26 PM)CajunExpress Wrote:  I know it is a wish list and you got yours, he has his, and I got mine, but some of you need to know the SBC is nowhere near asking, nor demanding either NMSU, or Idaho to leave. That is off the boards. Again a couple of you indicated UTA, and UALR need new homes. That may be the case, or not, but nobody is going to ask either to leave.

The real choices IMO are very limited. JMU vs Liberty. Mo State and approve all sports for NMSU. Somehow I am getting the feeling we are going to get Mo State, NMSU all sports, and Liberty. My only wish is nor NMSU to be included in all sports. It is just nuts to not have their best sports.

NMSU we really do not need all the angst about travel. Cross travel is very limited, and the western schools want it so get over that.

You will not get angst from me about travel in the SBC, especially after what the NCAA put our MBB Team through this year.
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LOL, bad wording, I meant for the eastern teams should not complain.
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(04-03-2014 09:58 PM)AtlantaJag Wrote:  
(04-03-2014 08:49 PM)Crump1 Wrote:  
(04-03-2014 07:36 PM)AtlantaJag Wrote:  
(04-03-2014 04:47 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  
(04-03-2014 04:37 PM)Check Yosef Wrote:  I remember some writer at the time comparing it to App vs Michigan, only problem I have with that thought is VT isn't Michigan


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VT is not Michigan in terms of history, but they're still a very respectablepprogram and went 11-3 that year and won the ACC.

Virginia Tech is probably a Top 10-15 program the last 20 years, likely better in that span than Michigan. And they ended up doing well that year as well, so it wasn't like JMU caught a notable program in a down year.
BTW, I know Michigan also ended up doing well the season that ASU beat them, so I'm not trying to say it's a better win.
However, this was a signature win that few in the Sun Belt could match.

Advantage: JMU...and Liberty isn't even close.
It isn't close except when they actually played.

You can only vaguely remember JMU pulling off one of the biggest upsets of the last several years but you can recall that JMU and Liberty have played a close game recently?
I would expect that to be an extremely rare circumstance for most college football fans.
I have this thing called the internet. When we discuss the various candidates I use this mechanism to look at facilities, schedules, budgets, etc.
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(04-03-2014 11:26 PM)CajunExpress Wrote:  I know it is a wish list and you got yours, he has his, and I got mine, but some of you need to know the SBC is nowhere near asking, nor demanding either NMSU, or Idaho to leave. That is off the boards. Again a couple of you indicated UTA, and UALR need new homes. That may be the case, or not, but nobody is going to ask either to leave.

The real choices IMO are very limited. JMU vs Liberty. Mo State and approve all sports for NMSU. Somehow I am getting the feeling we are going to get Mo State, NMSU all sports, and Liberty. My only wish is nor NMSU to be included in all sports. It is just nuts to not have their best sports.

NMSU we really do not need all the angst about travel. Cross travel is very limited, and the western schools want it so get over that.
I agree with most of this but do we think the SBC will go to 13 in football?
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(04-04-2014 08:53 AM)Crump1 Wrote:  
(04-03-2014 11:26 PM)CajunExpress Wrote:  I know it is a wish list and you got yours, he has his, and I got mine, but some of you need to know the SBC is nowhere near asking, nor demanding either NMSU, or Idaho to leave. That is off the boards. Again a couple of you indicated UTA, and UALR need new homes. That may be the case, or not, but nobody is going to ask either to leave.

The real choices IMO are very limited. JMU vs Liberty. Mo State and approve all sports for NMSU. Somehow I am getting the feeling we are going to get Mo State, NMSU all sports, and Liberty. My only wish is nor NMSU to be included in all sports. It is just nuts to not have their best sports.

NMSU we really do not need all the angst about travel. Cross travel is very limited, and the western schools want it so get over that.
I agree with most of this but do we think the SBC will go to 13 in football?

That would be extremely stupid if we were to go to 13. Why take more moveups than we absolutely have to.
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Not sure what we are waiting for at this point. As each day gets us closer to June 1 it makes me think we may add no one this year.
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