(04-13-2011 03:34 PM)the other Greg Childers Wrote:  

(04-13-2011 02:38 PM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  

(04-13-2011 01:47 PM)the other Greg Childers Wrote:  

(04-13-2011 11:48 AM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  

(04-13-2011 10:57 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  adding DFW and Orlando sure as hell wouldn't hurt...adding Greenville does nothing.

Not that I believe we are ever getting in, but if you think Greenville is the only place our fans reside then you're a lot dumber than I thought.

If you think it goes much further, you're dumber than I thought.

I don't think it goes much further I know it goes much further. I don't claim to know about how far the Memphis fan base stretches, and if I made any statement about it then it would be a pure guess, just like any statement you make about the area's ECU fans reside.

ECU's fan base goes less than 50 miles outside the city of Greenville. Just because you found a single Pirates sticker on one car in Raliegh one time doesn't mean that the ECU market extends all the way to Raleigh. That's ACC country.

TOGC you are really dumb, we have over 10,000 fans that drive further than Raleigh which is about 70 miles and I bet a couple of thousand that drive over 3 hrs to our games. So please stop saying things you know absolutely nothing about. You can't even get your own students to drive from your campus to the Liberty Bowl. You are really a sick dude.

They were alot of ECU fans at Blacksburgh at the Va Tech game. At least a couple thousand.

(04-14-2011 02:44 PM)Knightsweat Wrote:  

(04-14-2011 02:39 PM)No Bull Wrote:  

(04-14-2011 01:35 PM)UCFL Wrote:  

(04-14-2011 01:28 PM)No Bull Wrote:  Philly newspaper reports that PPL park is in plans for expansion. Nova will submit a revised plan by the end of may and be admitted..expasion over.. UCF Houston and ECU your parting gift is at the door.

Source?

PPL expansion

Um, it was "NOT FOUND". You think they pulled it?

It is still there but it just won't link.

here is a quote from the article written 4-12-11


"Our stance on this matter has always been the same," Sakiewicz said. "We plan on using this facility for multiple events and welcome the opportunity to host Villanova. We think they are a class organization, and [athletic director] Vince Nicastro is awesome. But it is a soccer stadium first, and we would like to ensure that the integrity of that [natural grass] pitch stays intact."

PPL Park will host the collegiate rugby championships on June 4-5, which should provide a true test of the integrity of PPL Park's Patriot Bermuda grass surface.

"Nick Sakiewicz and his team have been phenomenal in our ongoing discussions regarding PPL Park," Nicastro said. "The stadium is world class."

(04-14-2011 01:32 PM)CatsClaw Wrote:  Wrong. Nova being back in the picture bodes well for expansion candidates.

Based on what logic? Bringing Nova in would give the league 10 football teams. Why would the basketball teams then turn around and say, "no, go ahead and add two more to have 12 teams and a conference championship"? That would mean adding 2 more teams to the league and 12/19 is worse for non-football members than 10/18. Your math doesnt work. If the whole goal of the non-football members is to keep the basketball number from swelling, why would they want 2 new additions (to get to 12 along with Nova) rather than just giving in and adding a 10th team to keep basketball at 18?

What makes you think that the football schools are going to care what the basketball schools think when ESPN's bank book comes callin'? And what makes you think that Nova wouldn't side with the football schools afterall they become one right? And they would need a lot of money to pay the bills.

(04-14-2011 04:08 PM)Nola Gator Wrote:  Based on what logic? Bringing Nova in would give the league 10 football teams. Why would the basketball teams then turn around and say, "no, go ahead and add two more to have 12 teams and a conference championship"? That would mean adding 2 more teams to the league and 12/19 is worse for non-football members than 10/18. Your math doesnt work. If the whole goal of the non-football members is to keep the basketball number from swelling, why would they want 2 new additions (to get to 12 along with Nova) rather than just giving in and adding a 10th team to keep basketball at 18?

I don't see how a 19 team basketball program is a problem, but a 18 team confernence is fine. If teams play a 24 game schedule, you would have to add 5 instead of 6 ooc games.

If we played a 19 member conference all it would have meant for us this year is that instead of playing Florida Int, Garner Webb, Morgan St, and WKU, we play TCU, ECU, UCF and Houston. If it's 18 then we keep WKU and strick whoever isn't added. We would lose one or two home games, which stinks, but isn't horrible.

I really don't see the problem. We would still have 5 or 6 ooc games to warm-up before conference play. I suppose it would be better if we had more, but not so much as it would make any real difference.

(04-13-2011 09:53 PM)DawgNBama Wrote:  Greg, 'Bama (bordering state), Ole Miss( bordering state), and Arkansas (bordering state) own much more of the Memphis market than Memphis itself does!!! And even the Vols can claim at least a small portion of Memphis too!!

That is a huge lie. You know nothing about the Memphis market.

(04-14-2011 03:44 PM)whitey Wrote:  

(04-13-2011 03:34 PM)the other Greg Childers Wrote:  

(04-13-2011 02:38 PM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  

(04-13-2011 01:47 PM)the other Greg Childers Wrote:  

(04-13-2011 11:48 AM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  Not that I believe we are ever getting in, but if you think Greenville is the only place our fans reside then you're a lot dumber than I thought.

If you think it goes much further, you're dumber than I thought.

I don't think it goes much further I know it goes much further. I don't claim to know about how far the Memphis fan base stretches, and if I made any statement about it then it would be a pure guess, just like any statement you make about the area's ECU fans reside.

ECU's fan base goes less than 50 miles outside the city of Greenville. Just because you found a single Pirates sticker on one car in Raliegh one time doesn't mean that the ECU market extends all the way to Raleigh. That's ACC country.

TOGC you are really dumb,

(04-14-2011 10:21 PM)swagsurfer11 Wrote:  TOGC you are really dumb,

(04-14-2011 02:44 PM)Knightsweat Wrote:  

(04-14-2011 02:39 PM)No Bull Wrote:  

(04-14-2011 01:35 PM)UCFL Wrote:  

(04-14-2011 01:28 PM)No Bull Wrote:  Philly newspaper reports that PPL park is in plans for expansion. Nova will submit a revised plan by the end of may and be admitted..expasion over.. UCF Houston and ECU your parting gift is at the door.

Source?

PPL expansion

Um, it was "NOT FOUND". You think they pulled it?

Click here: http://articles.philly.com/2011-04-12/sp...e-nicastro

(04-14-2011 09:36 PM)the other Greg Childers Wrote:  

(04-13-2011 09:53 PM)DawgNBama Wrote:  Greg, 'Bama (bordering state), Ole Miss( bordering state), and Arkansas (bordering state) own much more of the Memphis market than Memphis itself does!!! And even the Vols can claim at least a small portion of Memphis too!!

That is a huge lie. You know nothing about the Memphis market.

Prove me wrong.

(04-14-2011 11:36 PM)DawgNBama Wrote:  

(04-14-2011 09:36 PM)the other Greg Childers Wrote:  

(04-13-2011 09:53 PM)DawgNBama Wrote:  Greg, 'Bama (bordering state), Ole Miss( bordering state), and Arkansas (bordering state) own much more of the Memphis market than Memphis itself does!!! And even the Vols can claim at least a small portion of Memphis too!!

That is a huge lie. You know nothing about the Memphis market.

Prove me wrong.

You were wrong the moment you started typing it. No need to prove anything. It would be like proving that water is wet.

(04-14-2011 04:37 PM)CatsClaw Wrote:  What makes you think that the football schools are going to care what the basketball schools think when ESPN's bank book comes callin'? And what makes you think that Nova wouldn't side with the football schools afterall they become one right? And they would need a lot of money to pay the bills.

What? You are the one that said that Nova being back in the discussion modes well for expansion candidates. I was merely pointing out how silly that comment was. Nova being in the discussion is not good for other candidates because it decreases the chance of them being added to the Big East. The only way you could counter that is if you were presupposing that the Big East was going to 12 teams. But I just pointed out how illogical it was to presuppose that.

(04-14-2011 05:09 PM)Cardsshark Wrote:  

(04-14-2011 04:08 PM)Nola Gator Wrote:  Based on what logic? Bringing Nova in would give the league 10 football teams. Why would the basketball teams then turn around and say, "no, go ahead and add two more to have 12 teams and a conference championship"? That would mean adding 2 more teams to the league and 12/19 is worse for non-football members than 10/18. Your math doesnt work. If the whole goal of the non-football members is to keep the basketball number from swelling, why would they want 2 new additions (to get to 12 along with Nova) rather than just giving in and adding a 10th team to keep basketball at 18?

I don't see how a 19 team basketball program is a problem, but a 18 team confernence is fine. If teams play a 24 game schedule, you would have to add 5 instead of 6 ooc games.

If we played a 19 member conference all it would have meant for us this year is that instead of playing Florida Int, Garner Webb, Morgan St, and WKU, we play TCU, ECU, UCF and Houston. If it's 18 then we keep WKU and strick whoever isn't added. We would lose one or two home games, which stinks, but isn't horrible.

I really don't see the problem. We would still have 5 or 6 ooc games to warm-up before conference play. I suppose it would be better if we had more, but not so much as it would make any real difference.

What? I am saying that the basketball schools have already shown an apprehension to adding more teams to split the pot. Its not a problem to me, or you, but it is to them. The argument was shown to weaken Catsclaw's statement.

(04-14-2011 11:43 PM)TOGC Wrote:  

(04-14-2011 11:36 PM)DawgNBama Wrote:  

(04-14-2011 09:36 PM)the other Greg Childers Wrote:  

(04-13-2011 09:53 PM)DawgNBama Wrote:  Greg, 'Bama (bordering state), Ole Miss( bordering state), and Arkansas (bordering state) own much more of the Memphis market than Memphis itself does!!! And even the Vols can claim at least a small portion of Memphis too!!

That is a huge lie. You know nothing about the Memphis market.

Prove me wrong.

You were wrong the moment you started typing it. No need to prove anything. It would be like proving that water is wet.

Your statement proves me correct then. Next.

If your using "proving water is wet" means that Dawg N Bama is correct in what he said