(10-19-2019 06:17 PM)HuskyU Wrote:  Speaking of the MWC, UCONN Football to open the 2020 season at San Jose State. Should be a dandy!

Hahaha stop you're killing me

You should go ahead and start hanging out with your new basketball ONLY buddies... Door is that way ---------->

(10-19-2019 01:29 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(10-18-2019 05:54 PM)Cecil_B_DeMoore Wrote:  I think Georgia State would be a workable solution.

UAB > Ga State

Not really...

Would you rather visit Atlanta or Birmingham?

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(10-19-2019 11:16 PM)panama Wrote:  

(10-19-2019 01:29 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(10-18-2019 05:54 PM)Cecil_B_DeMoore Wrote:  I think Georgia State would be a workable solution.

UAB > Ga State

Not really...

Would you rather visit Atlanta or Birmingham?

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Neither

(10-19-2019 11:17 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  

(10-19-2019 11:16 PM)panama Wrote:  

(10-19-2019 01:29 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(10-18-2019 05:54 PM)Cecil_B_DeMoore Wrote:  I think Georgia State would be a workable solution.

UAB > Ga State

Not really...

Would you rather visit Atlanta or Birmingham?

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Neither

I live near Auburn. Either one works for me, lol.

(10-19-2019 12:30 PM)8BitPirate Wrote:  

(10-18-2019 08:23 PM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  

(10-18-2019 07:59 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  

(10-18-2019 05:08 PM)Agust Wrote:  i would be for subtraction. but who would be the one voted out?

I would support subtraction. Addition by subtraction. Tulsa.

I'd be in favor of voting East Carolina out. Historically a really bad program in basketball they originally were a football only invite. Now they suck in football to. About the only school where you can say getting rid of them would make both AAC football and basketball better.

Memphis has historically been bad at football.

Define "historically." Memphis State was butting heads with Alabama and Ole Miss in the 50s and 60s and ranked #14 in the UPI Poll tying #2 Ole Miss in the 1963 season game.

(10-19-2019 11:16 PM)panama Wrote:  

(10-19-2019 01:29 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(10-18-2019 05:54 PM)Cecil_B_DeMoore Wrote:  I think Georgia State would be a workable solution.

UAB > Ga State

Not really...

Would you rather visit Atlanta or Birmingham?

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(10-20-2019 09:10 AM)HiddenDragon Wrote:  

(10-19-2019 11:16 PM)panama Wrote:  

(10-19-2019 01:29 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(10-18-2019 05:54 PM)Cecil_B_DeMoore Wrote:  I think Georgia State would be a workable solution.

UAB > Ga State

Not really...

Would you rather visit Atlanta or Birmingham?

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Still love u guys.

(10-18-2019 08:06 PM)ODUDJ96 Wrote:  <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">ODU's @BJStith2 SENDS VCU PACKING after Break Away DUNK!! Monarchs Win 62-52!!!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoMonarchs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoMonarchs</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ODU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ODU</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ODUSports?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ODUSports</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ODumbb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ODUMBB</a> <a href="https://t.co/Jv4Jtx5y7C">pic.twitter.com/Jv4Jtx5y7C</a></p>&mdash; 7CitiesHooptape.com (@7CitiesHooptape) <a href="https://twitter.com/7CitiesHooptape/status/1067989989018017793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 29, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

We are VCU’s equal and long-time rival - the only difference is we added football and they went all-in w/basketball (w/no interest in football). Our basketball program just needs a higher platform - VCU moved to the A10 from the CAA - and we moved from the CAA to CUSA. We won the CAA championship against VCU the year they went to the Final Four as an at-large bid, and we lost to Butler on a buzzer-beater in the dance.

I agree. This conference needs regional rivals to fill stadiums and BBall seats. ODU is a Carnegie 2 state research university with basketball nearly as good as VCU's. And you guys sell like 15k seasons tix for football, the allotted amount. Put Temple, ECU, Cincy and UCF on your schedule and you'll need a bigger stadium.

(10-21-2019 04:17 PM)PowderKeg! Wrote:  

(10-18-2019 08:06 PM)ODUDJ96 Wrote:  <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">ODU's @BJStith2 SENDS VCU PACKING after Break Away DUNK!! Monarchs Win 62-52!!!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoMonarchs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoMonarchs</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ODU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ODU</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ODUSports?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ODUSports</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ODumbb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ODUMBB</a> <a href="https://t.co/Jv4Jtx5y7C">pic.twitter.com/Jv4Jtx5y7C</a></p>&mdash; 7CitiesHooptape.com (@7CitiesHooptape) <a href="https://twitter.com/7CitiesHooptape/status/1067989989018017793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 29, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

We are VCU’s equal and long-time rival - the only difference is we added football and they went all-in w/basketball (w/no interest in football). Our basketball program just needs a higher platform - VCU moved to the A10 from the CAA - and we moved from the CAA to CUSA. We won the CAA championship against VCU the year they went to the Final Four as an at-large bid, and we lost to Butler on a buzzer-beater in the dance.

I agree. This conference needs regional rivals to fill stadiums and BBall seats. ODU is a Carnegie 2 state research university with basketball nearly as good as VCU's. And you guys sell like 15k seasons tix for football, the allotted amount. Put Temple, ECU, Cincy and UCF on your schedule and you'll need a bigger stadium.

If ODU is such a big rival of AAC schools---why is ECU the only one that scheduled them---and ECU only played them twice recently. Furthermore, ECU has yet to bother scheduling any other games with ODU in the future. If ECU is dying to play ODU, schedule them. No reason the rest of us should be stuck with them. Surely there is better more established brand available. Based on some of the comments I keep seeeing, Im starting to think a lot of ECU fans would have been happier staying the cozy little CUSA division Terry Hammond built for them.

Worst case scenario to me is someone like App St, Ark St, or Marshall as a "football only" with VCU being added as non-football member. That at least gives us a solid football addition and an excellent top tier basketball addition.

(10-21-2019 04:47 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(10-21-2019 04:17 PM)PowderKeg! Wrote:  

(10-18-2019 08:06 PM)ODUDJ96 Wrote:  <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">ODU's @BJStith2 SENDS VCU PACKING after Break Away DUNK!! Monarchs Win 62-52!!!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoMonarchs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoMonarchs</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ODU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ODU</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ODUSports?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ODUSports</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ODumbb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ODUMBB</a> <a href="https://t.co/Jv4Jtx5y7C">pic.twitter.com/Jv4Jtx5y7C</a></p>&mdash; 7CitiesHooptape.com (@7CitiesHooptape) <a href="https://twitter.com/7CitiesHooptape/status/1067989989018017793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 29, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

We are VCU’s equal and long-time rival - the only difference is we added football and they went all-in w/basketball (w/no interest in football). Our basketball program just needs a higher platform - VCU moved to the A10 from the CAA - and we moved from the CAA to CUSA. We won the CAA championship against VCU the year they went to the Final Four as an at-large bid, and we lost to Butler on a buzzer-beater in the dance.

I agree. This conference needs regional rivals to fill stadiums and BBall seats. ODU is a Carnegie 2 state research university with basketball nearly as good as VCU's. And you guys sell like 15k seasons tix for football, the allotted amount. Put Temple, ECU, Cincy and UCF on your schedule and you'll need a bigger stadium.

If ODU is such a big rival of AAC schools---why is ECU the only one that scheduled them---and ECU only played them twice recently. Furthermore, ECU has yet to bother scheduling any other games with ODU in the future. If ECU is dying to play ODU, schedule them. No reason the rest of us should be stuck with them. Surely there is better more established brand available. Based on some of the comments I keep seeeing, Im starting to think a lot of ECU fans would have been happier staying the cozy little CUSA division Terry Hammond built for them.

Worst case scenario to me is someone like App St, Ark St, or Marshall as a "football only" with VCU being added as non-football member. That at least gives us a solid football addition and an excellent top tier basketball addition.

To your point

"ODU athletic director Wood Selig told Ed Miller from The Virginian-Pilot that he is negotiating a series the ECU and that officials there have been receptive."

(10-19-2019 11:43 AM)Jjoey52 Wrote:  You guys are funny, BYU has said multiple times they don’t want in, yet you Bri g them up. Pretty close to same thing with Army. No MWC school is going to want to be on an island in the AAC.


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BS-u, CSU, and ISU are definitely not coming... They will never have a chance to saay no as they will never receive an invite.

Having said that, any MW school would definitely say yes if given a chance... ASK SDSU.

(10-19-2019 12:32 PM)HuskyU Wrote:  Probably kick out Houston and go to a 10 team round robin.

That's still 9 conference games though...

(10-19-2019 11:16 PM)panama Wrote:  

(10-19-2019 01:29 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(10-18-2019 05:54 PM)Cecil_B_DeMoore Wrote:  I think Georgia State would be a workable solution.

UAB > Ga State

Not really...

Would you rather visit Atlanta or Birmingham?

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Birmingham...because it's closer.

(10-21-2019 09:02 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(10-19-2019 11:16 PM)panama Wrote:  

(10-19-2019 01:29 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(10-18-2019 05:54 PM)Cecil_B_DeMoore Wrote:  I think Georgia State would be a workable solution.

UAB > Ga State

Not really...

Would you rather visit Atlanta or Birmingham?

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Birmingham...because it's closer.

Atlanta...because it's closer. :)

(10-21-2019 04:47 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(10-21-2019 04:17 PM)PowderKeg! Wrote:  

(10-18-2019 08:06 PM)ODUDJ96 Wrote:  <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">ODU's @BJStith2 SENDS VCU PACKING after Break Away DUNK!! Monarchs Win 62-52!!!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoMonarchs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoMonarchs</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ODU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ODU</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ODUSports?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ODUSports</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ODumbb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ODUMBB</a> <a href="https://t.co/Jv4Jtx5y7C">pic.twitter.com/Jv4Jtx5y7C</a></p>&mdash; 7CitiesHooptape.com (@7CitiesHooptape) <a href="https://twitter.com/7CitiesHooptape/status/1067989989018017793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 29, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

We are VCU’s equal and long-time rival - the only difference is we added football and they went all-in w/basketball (w/no interest in football). Our basketball program just needs a higher platform - VCU moved to the A10 from the CAA - and we moved from the CAA to CUSA. We won the CAA championship against VCU the year they went to the Final Four as an at-large bid, and we lost to Butler on a buzzer-beater in the dance.

I agree. This conference needs regional rivals to fill stadiums and BBall seats. ODU is a Carnegie 2 state research university with basketball nearly as good as VCU's. And you guys sell like 15k seasons tix for football, the allotted amount. Put Temple, ECU, Cincy and UCF on your schedule and you'll need a bigger stadium.

If ODU is such a big rival of AAC schools---why is ECU the only one that scheduled them---and ECU only played them twice recently. Furthermore, ECU has yet to bother scheduling any other games with ODU in the future. If ECU is dying to play ODU, schedule them. No reason the rest of us should be stuck with them. Surely there is better more established brand available. Based on some of the comments I keep seeeing, Im starting to think a lot of ECU fans would have been happier staying the cozy little CUSA division Terry Hammond built for them.

Worst case scenario to me is someone like App St, Ark St, or Marshall as a "football only" with VCU being added as non-football member. That at least gives us a solid football addition and an excellent top tier basketball addition.

Coog, no dog in the fight here, but I would say if you compare ODU and App State my vote would be ODU. The primary reason is market and 4M in the Tidewater area which drawfs App State's. Plus all around athletics programs are better than App state as well. The only thing I like App better is they have a older football tradition, but ODU is the more viable candidate. Not that I want to add them. My preference at this point is Air Force.

(10-21-2019 07:03 PM)GoOwls111 Wrote:  

(10-19-2019 11:43 AM)Jjoey52 Wrote:  You guys are funny, BYU has said multiple times they don’t want in, yet you Bri g them up. Pretty close to same thing with Army. No MWC school is going to want to be on an island in the AAC.


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BS-u, CSU, and ISU are definitely not coming... They will never have a chance to saay no as they will never receive an invite.

Having said that, any MW school would definitely say yes if given a chance... ASK SDSU.

Based on 7 years ago?

*snicker*

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(10-21-2019 09:02 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(10-19-2019 11:16 PM)panama Wrote:  

(10-19-2019 01:29 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(10-18-2019 05:54 PM)Cecil_B_DeMoore Wrote:  I think Georgia State would be a workable solution.

UAB > Ga State

Not really...

Would you rather visit Atlanta or Birmingham?

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Birmingham...because it's closer.

Point taken.

(But actually we are a 51 min flight away)

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(10-21-2019 09:02 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(10-19-2019 11:16 PM)panama Wrote:  

(10-19-2019 01:29 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(10-18-2019 05:54 PM)Cecil_B_DeMoore Wrote:  I think Georgia State would be a workable solution.

UAB > Ga State

Not really...

Would you rather visit Atlanta or Birmingham?

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Birmingham...because it's closer.

Boone, NC. Because it's not awful.

Wasn't one of the options.

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(10-21-2019 10:16 PM)Pitt Co Pirates Wrote:  

(10-21-2019 04:47 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(10-21-2019 04:17 PM)PowderKeg! Wrote:  

(10-18-2019 08:06 PM)ODUDJ96 Wrote:  <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">ODU's @BJStith2 SENDS VCU PACKING after Break Away DUNK!! Monarchs Win 62-52!!!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoMonarchs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoMonarchs</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ODU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ODU</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ODUSports?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ODUSports</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ODumbb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ODUMBB</a> <a href="https://t.co/Jv4Jtx5y7C">pic.twitter.com/Jv4Jtx5y7C</a></p>&mdash; 7CitiesHooptape.com (@7CitiesHooptape) <a href="https://twitter.com/7CitiesHooptape/status/1067989989018017793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 29, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

We are VCU’s equal and long-time rival - the only difference is we added football and they went all-in w/basketball (w/no interest in football). Our basketball program just needs a higher platform - VCU moved to the A10 from the CAA - and we moved from the CAA to CUSA. We won the CAA championship against VCU the year they went to the Final Four as an at-large bid, and we lost to Butler on a buzzer-beater in the dance.

I agree. This conference needs regional rivals to fill stadiums and BBall seats. ODU is a Carnegie 2 state research university with basketball nearly as good as VCU's. And you guys sell like 15k seasons tix for football, the allotted amount. Put Temple, ECU, Cincy and UCF on your schedule and you'll need a bigger stadium.

If ODU is such a big rival of AAC schools---why is ECU the only one that scheduled them---and ECU only played them twice recently. Furthermore, ECU has yet to bother scheduling any other games with ODU in the future. If ECU is dying to play ODU, schedule them. No reason the rest of us should be stuck with them. Surely there is better more established brand available. Based on some of the comments I keep seeeing, Im starting to think a lot of ECU fans would have been happier staying the cozy little CUSA division Terry Hammond built for them.

Worst case scenario to me is someone like App St, Ark St, or Marshall as a "football only" with VCU being added as non-football member. That at least gives us a solid football addition and an excellent top tier basketball addition.

Coog, no dog in the fight here, but I would say if you compare ODU and App State my vote would be ODU. The primary reason is market and 4M in the Tidewater area which drawfs App State's. Plus all around athletics programs are better than App state as well. The only thing I like App better is they have a older football tradition, but ODU is the more viable candidate. Not that I want to add them. My preference at this point is Air Force.

I think maybe you misunderstood my intent. Im not suggesting AppSt as a full member.

To be clear—-I’m suggesting splitting that 12th slot into a “football only” slot and a “non-football slot. So I’m thinking VCU would be the non-football program added to the conference. There are several solid football programs that are fairly well supported that could make some sense—-Marshall, App St. S Miss.

The point is using that method you can construct a 12th member that provides both a quality football program and a quality football program. To me that’s better way to go than adding a full member that can’t provid solid programs in both revenue sports.