GoApps70
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RE: The SBC and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. (0-10)
(09-15-2014 08:16 PM)Gridiron Wrote: Here's to wishing everyone in the sunbelt except Appalachian St. a better outing next week.
You don't want us to beat a CUSA team. Shocking.
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sarkelcpa
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RE: The SBC and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. (0-10)
(09-16-2014 04:56 PM)GoApps70 Wrote: (09-15-2014 08:16 PM)Gridiron Wrote: Here's to wishing everyone in the sunbelt except Appalachian St. a better outing next week.
You don't want us to beat a CUSA team. Shocking.
Who is Gridiron a fan of?
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Gridiron
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RE: The SBC and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. (0-10)
(09-16-2014 06:07 PM)sarkelcpa Wrote: (09-16-2014 04:56 PM)GoApps70 Wrote: (09-15-2014 08:16 PM)Gridiron Wrote: Here's to wishing everyone in the sunbelt except Appalachian St. a better outing next week.
You don't want us to beat a CUSA team. Shocking.
Who is Gridiron a fan of?
The team playing Appalachian St this weekend.
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09-16-2014 09:33 PM |
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moehler
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RE: The SBC and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. (0-10)
all we got to do is run the ball like Alcorn St, (295 yds) 9.2 yds per carry, and we will be fine.
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AppManDG
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RE: The SBC and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. (0-10)
With five teams in their 2nd year of FBS or still transitioning to FBS, you can't make realistic comparisons between the Sun Belt any any other G5 conference at this point. Yea it stinks for the guys who have been in the conference a long time, but I honestly believe the schools that have been added will pay big dividends down the road. Unlike FAU, FIU, ODU, Charlotte and to some extent WKU, the Sun Belt added true football schools (with the possible exception of Ga State which appears to be more focused on basketball). I truly believe brighter days are ahead.
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Panthersville
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RE: The SBC and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. (0-10)
(09-17-2014 07:25 AM)AppManDG Wrote: With five teams in their 2nd year of FBS or still transitioning to FBS, you can't make realistic comparisons between the Sun Belt any any other G5 conference at this point. Yea it stinks for the guys who have been in the conference a long time, but I honestly believe the schools that have been added will pay big dividends down the road. Unlike FAU, FIU, ODU, Charlotte and to some extent WKU, the Sun Belt added true football schools (with the possible exception of Ga State which appears to be more focused on basketball). I truly believe brighter days are ahead.
Is Georgia State more "focused" on basketball? No.
Is Georgia State more successful at basketball? Yes.
Being blocks away from the College Football Hall of Fame, we know what to focus on - it just hasn't paid off yet.
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AlwaysSunny
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RE: The SBC and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. (0-10)
(09-17-2014 07:25 AM)AppManDG Wrote: Unlike FAU, FIU, ODU, Charlotte and to some extent WKU, the Sun Belt added true football schools (with the possible exception of Ga State which appears to be more focused on basketball). I truly believe brighter days are ahead.
Unfortunately for the Sunbelt, this is nothing more than an opinion.
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chiefsfan
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RE: The SBC and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. (0-10)
(09-16-2014 09:33 PM)Gridiron Wrote: (09-16-2014 06:07 PM)sarkelcpa Wrote: (09-16-2014 04:56 PM)GoApps70 Wrote: (09-15-2014 08:16 PM)Gridiron Wrote: Here's to wishing everyone in the sunbelt except Appalachian St. a better outing next week.
You don't want us to beat a CUSA team. Shocking.
Who is Gridiron a fan of?
The team playing Appalachian St this weekend.
Life as a Southern Miss fan must be painful right now.
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chiefsfan
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RE: The SBC and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. (0-10)
(09-17-2014 01:47 PM)AlwaysSunny Wrote: (09-17-2014 07:25 AM)AppManDG Wrote: Unlike FAU, FIU, ODU, Charlotte and to some extent WKU, the Sun Belt added true football schools (with the possible exception of Ga State which appears to be more focused on basketball). I truly believe brighter days are ahead.
Unfortunately for the Sunbelt, this is nothing more than an opinion.
I don't think anyone was going to convince themselves that FIU is a football school. Charlotte is going to have to prove themselves as a football school to people.
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EigenEagle
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RE: The SBC and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. (0-10)
Let's wait and see how Troy, La-Tech, UL, and UAB finish in conference before we make a judgement. It's not just about the W/L record.
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InjunJohn
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RE: The SBC and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. (0-10)
(09-17-2014 07:25 AM)AppManDG Wrote: With five teams in their 2nd year of FBS or still transitioning to FBS, you can't make realistic comparisons between the Sun Belt any any other G5 conference at this point. Yea it stinks for the guys who have been in the conference a long time, but I honestly believe the schools that have been added will pay big dividends down the road. Unlike FAU, FIU, ODU, Charlotte and to some extent WKU, the Sun Belt added true football schools (with the possible exception of Ga State which appears to be more focused on basketball). I truly believe brighter days are ahead.
I wouldn't include ODU in that equation. While they are young as a football school goes, they aggresively adopted a plan to move up and have gone from a start up to FBS in a short period of time, like some here in the SBC. They are also situated in a hotbed of high school football with tons of talent. The Hampton Roads area has around 1.7 million people in the area with ODU as the only FBS school. While the larger schools do recruit there heavily, there is still a lot of talent to go after and should have a leg up on the local FCS schools (Hampton, Norfolk St and William and Mary). From a start up in 2009 to FBS conference membership in 2014, they haven't had a losing season and made the FCS playoffs their last two years. They are in a conference they can compete in and have established themselves as a winner. I have a feeling that they will soon compete for the CUSA championship.
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09-17-2014 02:56 PM |
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AppManDG
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RE: The SBC and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. (0-10)
(09-17-2014 01:47 PM)AlwaysSunny Wrote: (09-17-2014 07:25 AM)AppManDG Wrote: Unlike FAU, FIU, ODU, Charlotte and to some extent WKU, the Sun Belt added true football schools (with the possible exception of Ga State which appears to be more focused on basketball). I truly believe brighter days are ahead.
Unfortunately for the Sunbelt, this is nothing more than an opinion.
Your point is?
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09-17-2014 03:46 PM |
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AppManDG
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RE: The SBC and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. (0-10)
(09-17-2014 01:06 PM)Panthersville Wrote: (09-17-2014 07:25 AM)AppManDG Wrote: With five teams in their 2nd year of FBS or still transitioning to FBS, you can't make realistic comparisons between the Sun Belt any any other G5 conference at this point. Yea it stinks for the guys who have been in the conference a long time, but I honestly believe the schools that have been added will pay big dividends down the road. Unlike FAU, FIU, ODU, Charlotte and to some extent WKU, the Sun Belt added true football schools (with the possible exception of Ga State which appears to be more focused on basketball). I truly believe brighter days are ahead.
Is Georgia State more "focused" on basketball? No.
Is Georgia State more successful at basketball? Yes.
Being blocks away from the College Football Hall of Fame, we know what to focus on - it just hasn't paid off yet.
You guys have had a basketball program since 1963 and a football program since 2010. The Panthers have been to the NCAA Basketball Tournament twice (beating Big Ten Wisconsin 1st round in '01), the NIT twice and the CIT once. In football you are 10-35 in four years. Ga State is a basketball school until they prove otherwise.
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09-17-2014 03:56 PM |
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AppManDG
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RE: The SBC and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. (0-10)
(09-17-2014 02:56 PM)InjunJohn Wrote: (09-17-2014 07:25 AM)AppManDG Wrote: With five teams in their 2nd year of FBS or still transitioning to FBS, you can't make realistic comparisons between the Sun Belt any any other G5 conference at this point. Yea it stinks for the guys who have been in the conference a long time, but I honestly believe the schools that have been added will pay big dividends down the road. Unlike FAU, FIU, ODU, Charlotte and to some extent WKU, the Sun Belt added true football schools (with the possible exception of Ga State which appears to be more focused on basketball). I truly believe brighter days are ahead.
I wouldn't include ODU in that equation. While they are young as a football school goes, they aggresively adopted a plan to move up and have gone from a start up to FBS in a short period of time, like some here in the SBC. They are also situated in a hotbed of high school football with tons of talent. The Hampton Roads area has around 1.7 million people in the area with ODU as the only FBS school. While the larger schools do recruit there heavily, there is still a lot of talent to go after and should have a leg up on the local FCS schools (Hampton, Norfolk St and William and Mary). From a start up in 2009 to FBS conference membership in 2014, they haven't had a losing season and made the FCS playoffs their last two years. They are in a conference they can compete in and have established themselves as a winner. I have a feeling that they will soon compete for the CUSA championship.
Traditionally speaking ODU is is a basketball rich school. Are they making strides and have a lot of potential in football, absolutely. However, they aren't like Ga Southern & App with 9 NC's between them and long standing football traditions.
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RE: The SBC and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. (0-10)
(09-17-2014 03:56 PM)AppManDG Wrote: (09-17-2014 01:06 PM)Panthersville Wrote: (09-17-2014 07:25 AM)AppManDG Wrote: With five teams in their 2nd year of FBS or still transitioning to FBS, you can't make realistic comparisons between the Sun Belt any any other G5 conference at this point. Yea it stinks for the guys who have been in the conference a long time, but I honestly believe the schools that have been added will pay big dividends down the road. Unlike FAU, FIU, ODU, Charlotte and to some extent WKU, the Sun Belt added true football schools (with the possible exception of Ga State which appears to be more focused on basketball). I truly believe brighter days are ahead.
Is Georgia State more "focused" on basketball? No.
Is Georgia State more successful at basketball? Yes.
Being blocks away from the College Football Hall of Fame, we know what to focus on - it just hasn't paid off yet.
You guys have had a basketball program since 1963 and a football program since 2010. The Panthers have been to the NCAA Basketball Tournament twice (beating Big Ten Wisconsin 1st round in '01), the NIT twice and the CIT once. In football you are 10-35 in four years. Ga State is a basketball school until they prove otherwise.
Follow the money. If we were basketball first, we wouldn't be buying Turner Field. We would be buying Underground Atlanta to build a basketball arena to get out of the high school gym we currently play in, and be just fine playing in the Blank Dome.
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RE: The SBC and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. (0-10)
(09-17-2014 02:42 PM)chiefsfan Wrote: (09-16-2014 09:33 PM)Gridiron Wrote: (09-16-2014 06:07 PM)sarkelcpa Wrote: (09-16-2014 04:56 PM)GoApps70 Wrote: (09-15-2014 08:16 PM)Gridiron Wrote: Here's to wishing everyone in the sunbelt except Appalachian St. a better outing next week.
You don't want us to beat a CUSA team. Shocking.
Who is Gridiron a fan of?
The team playing Appalachian St this weekend.
Life as a Southern Miss fan must be painful right now.
Not just now but for the last two years.
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