(04-15-2015 04:33 PM)LexColonel Wrote:  ITo all the Western peeps on here, "you're moved on" (that's the phrase you guys love to throw around) so why all the concern about EKU. So we aren't following your time line, we don't have the time to mess around with this. There's been too much of that for the last 30 years. It's as if you all are afraid we'll get it done, ridiculous. I don't care of EKU hires Billy Ray Cyrus or Little Bo Peep IF they get the job done. The only real connection long term with UK is the AD, hired because of his many business and political connections, and he was hired to Fund Raise for ATHLETICS. Folks talk about what they think is our " lack of money", yet we have made two major hires to raise the needed funds and raise the bar, President Benson and the AD, and here we have Western fans on here whining about it. As far as our new basketball coach, maybe that's your concern. He has been an assistant under Rick Pitino and Richard Pitino (as well as one of your old coaches who left for greener pastures I believe). Our new Coach McHale was rated an A+ hire recently. Maybe that's really the issue for you Western people. It's no secret that many of your basketball fans aren't happy. And btw, no one in Richmond is crying about Neubauer leaving, most did not like his style of play and are happy with the new coach we hired. These silly put downs by Western fans regarding our proximity to Lexington. We can't move EKU, but don't pretend that you don't deal with the same obsessive UK fans/Western grads in Bowling Green. The UK crazy, obsessed fans are all over this state, and I know and YOU know it , that you have a lot of alumni that won't give Western the time of day because of their UK obsessive loyalty. You can't live in KY, even in Louisville with out seeing these nut cases every day!
Just don't worry your little red head about EKU. Just like I don't know what Western can do, will do, may do, (and truly do not care or give you a second thought), you have no clue what will take place at EKU. BTW, the rumor is that you have dropped swimming because your school needs the money. I know that the media is reporting it's because the program has been in hot water over behaviors by both the athletes and recruiting by the coaches. Either way, does not look good. So as you criticize EKU, pot meet kettle.

NOt worried about EKU, just constantly see posts from EKU fan what "Western" did...The whole point is we went about it way different than what EKU has or is doing, its not even close...

Geography absolutely plays a part for EKU...I for one cannot see UK allowing their minor league program to even join FBS.Of course their are UK fans everywhere in the state but when your own school cares more about UK then your university it becomes even more of a problem especially when you hire all of these people in your athletic department with UK ties...

NOt sure why you are going on a rant, I am the only WKU fan who posted anything, just responding to the pimping out of EKU and living in Lexington I feel like I know a lot about what EKU faces...Hiring UK connections cannot be a good thing for your university unless you guys just merge with UK.....

At this point, with the championship game ruling with number of teams not mattering, it looks like its a moot point anyway, the gate is pretty much closed on any FCS move ups at this time unless you one of maybe 2 schools, JMU and Liberty, everyone else looks like too late for the party....

As far as our swimming goes, yea its all about money, the 3% percent we spend on the swimming program is absolutely killing the university...

(04-15-2015 07:28 PM)LexColonel Wrote:  I said the punch by the EKU player was bad, no way around it. But do you believe that those uk boys, 3 on 1, who also hit the EKU player in the face with a beer bottle, are innocent in this. I can tell you there are two stories out there. And the media will have you believe the UK players did nothing. That is not the case. You tell me why they went to the football dorm AfTER they beat the EKU player pretty signifcantly. The EKU player who sucker punched the UK player is a transfer from UK, who knew the UK players prior to this. The whole thing is stupid and juvenile and puts a black eye unfortunately on us. There is fault on both sides, but the media is making sure they slant the report toward EKU players being at fault.

Trust me I want it to be the UK players fault but the videos shows your guys starting the violence. If talking crap was a valid reason to start a fight in a bar there would be chaos every night. How in the world in this day in age football players can't grasp that when they get in a fight it is news, probably being filmed and will likely get them kick off the team or a min suspended is beyond me.

WKU fan. Just replying to your innuendoes, EKU can't and won't and the passive aggressive posting. The kicker is you refer to us " their (UK) minor league team". Really? As for the hires. Once again if they get the jjob done who cares about their ties to UK? I have already explained the reasoning behind the AD hire. Will it work ? We will see. As far as the basketball coach. I don't care that he is a UK grad. I am very happy he has close ties with Rick Pitino. He worked under him twice and recently with his son Richard. Regardless of what you think of Pitino personally, he is a great coach. If Coach McHale can up our game, who cares what university he graduated from? We had a coach who payed at UK a number of years ago, you might remember him? Travis Ford? He certainly did not hurt us because of the UK connection. So I sm not worried in the least about this. These people know what their job is. If every coach, AD or president of a university was more concerned about their alma mater than the school they work for no one would ever accomplish anything.

(04-16-2015 08:25 AM)LexColonel Wrote:  WKU fan. Just replying to your innuendoes, EKU can't and won't and the passive aggressive posting. The kicker is you refer to us " their (UK) minor league team". Really? As for the hires. Once again if they get the jjob done who cares about their ties to UK? I have already explained the reasoning behind the AD hire. Will it work ? We will see. As far as the basketball coach. I don't care that he is a UK grad. I am very happy he has close ties with Rick Pitino. He worked under him twice and recently with his son Richard. Regardless of what you think of Pitino personally, he is a great coach. If Coach McHale can up our game, who cares what university he graduated from? We had a coach who payed at UK a number of years ago, you might remember him? Travis Ford? He certainly did not hurt us because of the UK connection. So I sm not worried in the least about this. These people know what their job is. If every coach, AD or president of a university was more concerned about their alma mater than the school they work for no one would ever accomplish anything.

If you want to make a name for yourself and get out of UK's shadow and be your own FBS program then you have to make hires outside the usual "UK ties"....If you want success and do everything you say EKU can do, how could you possibly accomplish this under UK? If continue to be under UK's watch then you will be another EMU in FBS...

(04-16-2015 09:06 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  

(04-16-2015 08:25 AM)LexColonel Wrote:  WKU fan. Just replying to your innuendoes, EKU can't and won't and the passive aggressive posting. The kicker is you refer to us " their (UK) minor league team". Really? As for the hires. Once again if they get the jjob done who cares about their ties to UK? I have already explained the reasoning behind the AD hire. Will it work ? We will see. As far as the basketball coach. I don't care that he is a UK grad. I am very happy he has close ties with Rick Pitino. He worked under him twice and recently with his son Richard. Regardless of what you think of Pitino personally, he is a great coach. If Coach McHale can up our game, who cares what university he graduated from? We had a coach who payed at UK a number of years ago, you might remember him? Travis Ford? He certainly did not hurt us because of the UK connection. So I sm not worried in the least about this. These people know what their job is. If every coach, AD or president of a university was more concerned about their alma mater than the school they work for no one would ever accomplish anything.

If you want to make a name for yourself and get out of UK's shadow and be your own FBS program then you have to make hires outside the usual "UK ties"....If you want success and do everything you say EKU can do, how could you possibly accomplish this under UK? If continue to be under UK's watch then you will be another EMU in

FBS...

Your opinion. There was a lot of negativity attached to Western's hiring of petrino, talk about having a lot of baggage attached to him, yet you hired him anyway because the powers that be felt he could get the job done. I contend that if the AD and Coach McHale get the job done, no one will (if they do now will give a flying .....? where they went to college. (Btw, our football coach has no connections to UK so how in the hell do you make a connection there, ridiculous).

(04-15-2015 09:25 PM)bamaEagle Wrote:  We need a four team playoff between LU, JMU, MoSt, and EKU. Winner gets in. Karl is there but doesn't seem interested in anything that is happening.

Liberty would be the last resort between them, Missouri State and EKU. The ship has moved from JMU.

EKU is making the right moves to position themselves for an invite. They need to really work on an attendance drive this year. Their geography works great for them as well.

East

Appalachian State
Eastern Kentucky
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
South Alabama
Troy

West

Arkansas State
Idaho (football only)
Louisiana Lafayette
Louisiana Monroe
New Mexico State
Texas State

Olympic sports

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

Play every team once and four teams twice.