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Hey LaTech, can we play our game this year in Huntington? I just learned teams are allowed to try to dictate where conference games are played.

Sorry Western, looks like we need you guys to come to Huntington as well...
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(09-22-2020 08:38 AM)banker Wrote:  What I’m hearing is they are trying to work this out but UAB is insisting the game is in Birmingham and Marshall wants it in Huntington. The way I see the schedules, Marshall has 3 conference home games scheduled and UAB has 4. Why would UAB think they should get 5 conference home games?

Meet in the middle. How about Nashville? You could probably play in MTSU's stadium in Murfreesboro rent free. Just saying.....that's an easy problem to fix. 07-coffee3
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(09-22-2020 02:34 PM)CoachMaclid Wrote:  Hey LaTech, can we play our game this year in Huntington? I just learned teams are allowed to try to dictate where conference games are played.

Nope. We don't need another game (or venue change), you do. Sorry.
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(09-22-2020 01:19 PM)pilot172000 Wrote:  
(09-22-2020 01:00 PM)HiddenDragon Wrote:  
(09-22-2020 12:33 PM)pilot172000 Wrote:  
(09-22-2020 12:05 PM)blazr Wrote:  
(09-22-2020 12:04 PM)pilot172000 Wrote:  03-rotfl LT fans will not let it go as long as you are in the conference and to their credit they have a point though.

Hey, it is what it is.

It’s okay. It’ll soon be over. Sooner than you think.

Talk your smack. You haven't played us yet. You will get your shot and so will we.

Pretty sure blazr is not referring to playing La Tech when he says:

blazr Wrote:It’s okay. It’ll soon be over. Sooner than you think.
Care to elaborate?

He's obviously implying they are leaving C-USA. All the more reason they shouldn't get preferential treatment.
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Nah. I’m notorious for being full of it. I’m the crazy cat lady of UAB fans.


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I'd be fine with @ UAB if they covered travel expenses plus $250k. Marshall has 8 games scheduled UAB 10, Marshall needs another game more than UAB and UAB knows it. Unfortunately it's too late to schedule but NC State needs a game this weekend.
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Essentially this is an alternate game for Rice dropping out. The Rice games were scheduled to be an away game for UAB and a home game for MU. I'll admit that I see it through green lenses but it seems fair to play in Huntington.
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(09-22-2020 04:27 PM)THE NC Herd Fan Wrote:  I'd be fine with @ UAB if they covered travel expenses plus $250k. Marshall has 8 games scheduled UAB 10, Marshall needs another game more than UAB and UAB knows it. Unfortunately it's too late to schedule but NC State needs a game this weekend.


Well, UAB aside, UMass started back up...that would be a good “tuneup” game in the midst of the conference grind.

Now, as to UAB, I’m not sure we really want to play the best team in the East when most West schools get to skip them. But if it’s in Bham that could be a CUSA showcase game, maybe between 2 ranked teams, and that’s a lot of $$ to turn down. If it’s there for the taking...


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(09-22-2020 04:57 PM)blazr Wrote:  
(09-22-2020 04:27 PM)THE NC Herd Fan Wrote:  I'd be fine with @ UAB if they covered travel expenses plus $250k. Marshall has 8 games scheduled UAB 10, Marshall needs another game more than UAB and UAB knows it. Unfortunately it's too late to schedule but NC State needs a game this weekend.


Well, UAB aside, UMass started back up...that would be a good “tuneup” game in the midst of the conference grind.

Now, as to UAB, I’m not sure we really want to play the best team in the East when most West schools get to skip them. But if it’s in Bham that could be a CUSA showcase game, maybe between 2 ranked teams, and that’s a lot of $$ to turn down. If it’s there for the taking...


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1. So it could only be a showcase game if it's played in Birmingham?
2. I'm pretty sure UAB will not be ranked this season.

Did you start happy hour early today blazr?
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(09-22-2020 05:42 PM)HiddenDragon Wrote:  1. So it could only be a showcase game if it's played in Birmingham?
2. I'm pretty sure UAB will not be ranked this season.

Did you start happy hour early today blazr?

I think I didn’t make my post clear enough. My bad.

Right now, the rumored plan is that we make up the Rice game at the end of the season if it’s needed to determine West champ. BUT, if an alternative is offered of a showcase game in Bham, the UAB AD might take that route instead. But no reason to take the Marshall route if it’s on the road as there’s no revenue to gain and playing Rice (if necessary) is an easier game for the Blazers.

And yes, if the Blazers don’t drop another game I think they’d be ranked or at least within the top 3 of “also receiving votes”...we’re already getting votes. This is especially true if ULL is as good as they look and we take them out at home.
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This is ridiculous. This should not be the choice of the athletic directors at our schools.

When is the set schedule the CUSA office makes ever under the direction of the athletic directors?

Why should this be any different?

CUSA needs to force this game to happen. Especially considering the rules they laid out and the open November 7th date.
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And what about Rice? Why is the conference office allowing the Rice waffling to happen, at the negative expense of Marshall?

It's getting harder and harder to support this conference, everyday I'm just getting more and more angry.

Here's the thing Rice. We are all put under extreme stress and risk going out there in the world. Everyday, people take risks to do their job to put food on the table.

The student athletes are going to have to do this at some point in the future, what message is this sending them?
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(09-22-2020 07:30 PM)blazr Wrote:  And yes, if the Blazers don’t drop another game I think they’d be ranked or at least within the top 3 of “also receiving votes”...we’re already getting votes. This is especially true if ULL is as good as they look and we take them out at home.

Can't see UAB winning that game, so doubt it'll matter.
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(09-22-2020 08:35 PM)rileylives Wrote:  Why is the conference office allowing the Rice waffling to happen, at the negative expense of Marshall?

C-USA can't force Rice to play Marshall or anyone else on the Owls' schedule. Just like the conference couldn't force ODU to play it's schedule or to keep UAB from shutting down their football program.
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They can go ahead and tell Rice they are out this year and forfeit their football share.
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(09-22-2020 09:08 PM)DogsWin1 Wrote:  
(09-22-2020 08:35 PM)rileylives Wrote:  Why is the conference office allowing the Rice waffling to happen, at the negative expense of Marshall?

C-USA can't force Rice to play Marshall or anyone else on the Owls' schedule. Just like the conference couldn't force ODU to play it's schedule or to keep UAB from shutting down their football program.

I don't think you fully grasp the rules that CUSA laid out. Because Rice indefinitely postponed their game against Marshall, the game we have no open dates to reschedule for, that left us with only six out of conference games.

Because Rice will not make a firm determination, it has left us with an inability to schedule a game for October 3rd, the current date of Rice postponement. And if left unfulfield, we are seriously on the CUSA championship bubble.

Especially if we have any more cancellations or postponements on our schedule, then we're done.

Marshall has had six games chopped off of their schedule. and yes, we are not the only ones, but it would be nice to have some help from the conference. Yet here we are, seemingly on our own with no support from Texas.

I asked you, how would you feel if La Tech was in this situation?
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Further, DogsWin, you can't compare what Rice is doing with what ODU did.

ODU was clear that they were bowing out immediately. That gave schools time to reshuffle and make adjustments. Rice is riding that fence, and because they will not make a clear yes or no determination on playing, it is really putting the schools with dates scheduled in the next few weeks in a very tight spot.
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(09-22-2020 09:10 PM)banker Wrote:  They can go ahead and tell Rice they are out this year and forfeit their football share.

That would be the right and logical thing to do.

The conference office really did our team's no favors. They should have given forfeit wins to any game scheduled against Rice and ODU.

At the very minimum, not come up with the rule of having one less game played then the average.

I'm surprised more Marshall fans are not upset about this.
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(09-22-2020 09:08 PM)DogsWin1 Wrote:  
(09-22-2020 08:35 PM)rileylives Wrote:  Why is the conference office allowing the Rice waffling to happen, at the negative expense of Marshall?

C-USA can't force Rice to play Marshall or anyone else on the Owls' schedule. Just like the conference couldn't force ODU to play it's schedule or to keep UAB from shutting down their football program.

I am sure Wood Selig spoke to each and every school on ODU's schedule and the conference office and gave them enough notice that we won't be playing this season and that happened before the league schedule so while you can still laugh at us for not playing we are out of the picture for this season for both FB and FB related revenue and stop saying UAB shut their program down when you really know its their BOT who are controlled by UA system and while you can point the fingers at them for being under the system they didn't make the decision nor did they like it. Now go on with your rant.
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(09-22-2020 11:05 PM)rileylives Wrote:  I'm surprised more Marshall fans are not upset about this.

Considering this is an unprecedent situation, and considering that there is a near 0% chance the remaining schedules are going to play out as they currently are scheduled, I think this is a year where programs have to roll with the punches. There are still going to be adjustments.

I do give this league extremely low marks for handling the ODU and Rice situations. I don't necessarily fault ODU for making a call, but the league had time and opportunity to get everyone there back to a full schedule and didn't.
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