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(02-01-2018 04:28 PM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  

(02-01-2018 04:24 PM)ODU Oldtimer Wrote:  

(02-01-2018 03:57 PM)Cant Tame the Lion Wrote:  Going back to the CAA is a non-starter. I can't believe some people would rather play a home football game against Stony Brook than Southern Miss or travel to New Hampshire to play in front of 1,500 total fans than travel to Marshall or host ACC teams. Not to mention other sports such as soccer, where we currently play conference games against Kentucky, South Carolina, FIU and others instead of Towson or Elon. Baseball is another no brainer: CUSA > CAA.

Additionally, I still don't understand everyone's fascination with JMU. As a whole, there athletic program is mostly awful year after year. They bring nothing to the table other than being a few hours closer than some other schools. Most importantly, why would we want to take away our biggest recruiting advantage over them - being FBS? Why invite more FBS competition and water down the recruiting pool even further for us? It reminds me of when VCU put a bonus clause in Shaka's contract for beating us. The main reason for this was so they could maintain one of the only advantages they had over us in recruiting.

Ditto

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