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(10-23-2023 07:46 AM)UABFAN23 Wrote:  In most cases of ignoring close proximity matchups, it’s either p5 vs g5 or high major vs mid major.

Playing Samford in football is an FCS matchup. AAMU and ASU are half a state away and bring a bigger crowd. No reason to play Samford. Hoops, Samford is a low major, not a mid major. They’re currently hitting their ceiling. It’s not enough to move the needle in tickets sales for us. Same with Jax State/Troy/USA/Swac hoops matchups. They’ve turned us down two years in a row.

Give me the Furmans, Drakes, Bradley’s over them.

In spite of what people say, we are not a basketball state. That’s why there’s no benefit to having 8-9 instate matchups in nonconference. Not a draw, nor beneficial to SOS.

Post of the year

Would love Tech H&H but they are a level above so I won't hold out hope.

T minus 7 days till the exhibition game.

(10-23-2023 07:43 AM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  

(10-23-2023 06:28 AM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  They simply refuse to play us. Screw them Play GSU HH. Their new building is very nice and we could have a large crowd there. A huge step up from their cracker box on the third floor.

Let's have a little bit of ambition here. Something something "too little dreams"

I was referring to a game in Atlanta. If GT refuses to play us HH let's play GSU. We would have a nice crowd in ATL. I was not suggesting that we do not attempt to put together the best possible schedule we can. I was talking about one game but whatever......

(10-23-2023 07:46 AM)UABFAN23 Wrote:  In spite of what people say, we are not a basketball state.

Really? The last few years at Tuscaloosa and Auburn would make most people think otherwise. It's actually something that bugs the hell out of me--in a rising tide (pardon the unintentional pun) UAB's boat is tied to the dock with a rope that is way too short

(10-23-2023 05:52 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  

(10-23-2023 07:46 AM)UABFAN23 Wrote:  In spite of what people say, we are not a basketball state.

Really? The last few years at Tuscaloosa and Auburn would make most people think otherwise. It's actually something that bugs the hell out of me--in a rising tide (pardon the unintentional pun) UAB's boat is tied to the dock with a rope that is way too short

How many D1 hoops programs are there in this state? If only two are making it and their success is coming with out of state recruits, that doesn’t sound like a basketball rich state.

(10-23-2023 07:46 AM)UABFAN23 Wrote:  In most cases of ignoring close proximity matchups, it’s either p5 vs g5 or high major vs mid major.

Playing Samford in football is an FCS matchup. AAMU and ASU are half a state away and bring a bigger crowd. No reason to play Samford. Hoops, Samford is a low major, not a mid major. They’re currently hitting their ceiling. It’s not enough to move the needle in tickets sales for us. Same with Jax State/Troy/USA/Swac hoops matchups. They’ve turned us down two years in a row.

Give me the Furmans, Drakes, Bradley’s over them.

In spite of what people say, we are not a basketball state. That’s why there’s no benefit to having 8-9 instate matchups in nonconference. Not a draw, nor beneficial to SOS.

No way I buy this. Samford should be on the schedule this season. Period. Maybe don't sign a 10-year home-and-home but a 2 or 3 year deal would be great.

(10-23-2023 08:28 PM)Auburn_Blazer Wrote:  

(10-23-2023 07:46 AM)UABFAN23 Wrote:  In most cases of ignoring close proximity matchups, it’s either p5 vs g5 or high major vs mid major.

Playing Samford in football is an FCS matchup. AAMU and ASU are half a state away and bring a bigger crowd. No reason to play Samford. Hoops, Samford is a low major, not a mid major. They’re currently hitting their ceiling. It’s not enough to move the needle in tickets sales for us. Same with Jax State/Troy/USA/Swac hoops matchups. They’ve turned us down two years in a row.

Give me the Furmans, Drakes, Bradley’s over them.

In spite of what people say, we are not a basketball state. That’s why there’s no benefit to having 8-9 instate matchups in nonconference. Not a draw, nor beneficial to SOS.

No way I buy this. Samford should be on the schedule this season. Period. Maybe don't sign a 10-year home-and-home but a 2 or 3 year deal would be great.

Agreed. No reason we should be still playing Montevallo as a home game this year. Replace them with Samford or another in state D1 school.

Or get out of Bartow and this state and go earn some credibility on the road. Maybe we won’t go down to the FIUs and blow the whole season because we weren’t battle tested.

(10-23-2023 09:51 PM)UABFAN23 Wrote:  Or get out of Bartow and this state and go earn some credibility on the road. Maybe we won’t go down to the FIUs and blow the whole season because we weren’t battle tested.

I agree with this.

I don't mind a game with Samford, but we need to hit the ROAD sometimes, not just these early season neutral tournaments. Then we end up taking mystery Ls to bad teams on the road in conference every year like clockwork.

Last year's team was not battle tested before they hit conference. That team was built to get in the tourney and make a run, and we played a soft as charmin schedule. Similar story the year before.

We had 4 road games in nonconference over AK’s first 3 seasons. ETSU, Saint Louis, South Carolina, West Virginia.

I’m led to believe that Neutral site games are being treated as more beneficial to SOS & NET? Which is a joke, considering there have not really been any fans at the neutral site, Multi Team events. Also, outside of San Francisco, most of our MTE opponents haven’t been respectable.

I feel like we are catching Maryland & Clemson on a hot seat year for their coaches.

Both can be true, but I definitely agree we don't have enough quality away games this season. Can we not find teams to play?
Unfortunately AK's two buddies have been dismissed from their P5 jobs (given one dismissal was worse than the other).
Playing South Carolina and WVU home and home and even WVU at Legacy was good for us - even though majority of those games were winnable and slipped away at the end. We could do a HH with UMass but they were terrible last year and wouldn't help us much.

What teams would you like us to travel to? I think we should do HH with Houston. They are a tough team that would definitely sharpen us.
HH with Vanderbilt and Mississippi State is definitely doable. And any HH or away games with A10, Big East, and ACC would be great. Regional matchups that would be SOS/NET builders.

(10-23-2023 09:28 PM)blazerblazer Wrote:  

(10-23-2023 08:28 PM)Auburn_Blazer Wrote:  

(10-23-2023 07:46 AM)UABFAN23 Wrote:  In most cases of ignoring close proximity matchups, it’s either p5 vs g5 or high major vs mid major.

Playing Samford in football is an FCS matchup. AAMU and ASU are half a state away and bring a bigger crowd. No reason to play Samford. Hoops, Samford is a low major, not a mid major. They’re currently hitting their ceiling. It’s not enough to move the needle in tickets sales for us. Same with Jax State/Troy/USA/Swac hoops matchups. They’ve turned us down two years in a row.

Give me the Furmans, Drakes, Bradley’s over them.

In spite of what people say, we are not a basketball state. That’s why there’s no benefit to having 8-9 instate matchups in nonconference. Not a draw, nor beneficial to SOS.

No way I buy this. Samford should be on the schedule this season. Period. Maybe don't sign a 10-year home-and-home but a 2 or 3 year deal would be great.

Agreed. No reason we should be still playing Montevallo as a home game this year. Replace them with Samford or another in state D1 school.

I don’t have a problem with playing in-state D1 schools as they bring some local media interest. They shouldn’t comprise a large portion of our schedule though.

I’m nice enough to not demand a schedule full of high major road games like the Swac. That’s not what I’m asking for at all.

I want to see our team playing in fun environments or them coming here. Like at VCU, FGCU, Grand Canyon, Xavier, Cincy, Villanova, Murray State, Belmont, Utah State, San Diego state, South Dakota State, Valpo, Liberty James Madison. Most of those schools have great crowds and student sections consistent success. They make for good TV game atmospheres.

It would be cool to catch a team like a Loyola Chicago in the prime of their best stretch of seasons in school history.

(10-24-2023 09:10 AM)UABFAN23 Wrote:  I’m nice enough to not demand a schedule full of high major road games like the Swac. That’s not what I’m asking for at all.

I want to see our team playing in fun environments or them coming here. Like at VCU, FGCU, Grand Canyon, Xavier, Cincy, Villanova, Murray State, Belmont, Utah State, San Diego state, South Dakota State, Valpo, Liberty James Madison. Most of those schools have great crowds and student sections consistent success. They make for good TV game atmospheres.

It would be cool to catch a team like a Loyola Chicago in the prime of their best stretch of seasons in school history.

I agree with that. We should also humble ourselves and not turn away potential series bc of pride. Play 2-3 games a year, high major, really tough mid major - whoever, on the road. Take a one off game. Don't demand a H&H or 2 for 1 bc we are might UAB. That's silly. We need Games that will sharpen us and have us ready for conference and actually give us a chance to build a tourney resume that can sustain some losses. We haven't really had that in probably damn near a decade or more.

I think our schedule is a step in the right direction this year. It's not perfect, but stronger than it has been in a long time.

There’s a story on the scrimmage on the Ga Tech rivals site. Pay wall, of course.

(10-24-2023 08:42 AM)blazerblazer Wrote:  Both can be true, but I definitely agree we don't have enough quality away games this season. Can we not find teams to play?
Unfortunately AK's two buddies have been dismissed from their P5 jobs (given one dismissal was worse than the other).
Playing South Carolina and WVU home and home and even WVU at Legacy was good for us - even though majority of those games were winnable and slipped away at the end. We could do a HH with UMass but they were terrible last year and wouldn't help us much.

What teams would you like us to travel to? I think we should do HH with Houston. They are a tough team that would definitely sharpen us.
HH with Vanderbilt and Mississippi State is definitely doable. And any HH or away games with A10, Big East, and ACC would be great. Regional matchups that would be SOS/NET builders.

Why are any of those schools agreeing to a HH with us? Vandy has also said playing good mid major schools screwed them over. They aren’t scheduling us any time soon, period. We did better overall this year than we have in years. I would like to see a game or two as a buy game on the road instead of what we have, but I don’t believe this OOC will cripple us before conference play starts at least.

Ingram stated on last night's coaches show that UAB is working to schedule Samford in football and men's basketball. Jacksonville State is also in the works for football.

My god, man. I agree with Blazer Green. Fire Mark Ingram. No ambition in this athletic department at all.

So much for Justin Craft laying out hopes of an athletic foundation that wanted us to be like a Boise state, UCF or Houston.

This is small school stuff.

The JSU FB game is a HH btw.

I’m put out with MI over his football scheduling and refusal to schedule P5 HH. Yes there are some that will play us. Basketball is a tougher nut.

UConn and La Monroe should be dumped. That out of state HH abound be a quality opponent or p5.

(10-24-2023 12:35 AM)UABFAN23 Wrote:  We had 4 road games in nonconference over AK’s first 3 seasons. ETSU, Saint Louis, South Carolina, West Virginia.

I’m led to believe that Neutral site games are being treated as more beneficial to SOS & NET? Which is a joke, considering there have not really been any fans at the neutral site, Multi Team events. Also, outside of San Francisco, most of our MTE opponents haven’t been respectable.

I feel like we are catching Maryland & Clemson on a hot seat year for their coaches.

Maryland made the change a season ago and got Willard from Seton Hall. They're a very, very good squad and I hope we get the chance to play them. Brownell at Clemson, yeah you're right about that one. His tenure there reminds me a lot of Malzahn's at Auburn.