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RE: Ga Southern announces it's staying in the SoCon
(08-21-2012 02:09 PM)Buccaneerlover Wrote: No, knowing how coaches typically operate, I'm certain he spent the majority of his time prepping for Auburn and a potential rematch. Bama stayed vanilla on offense and defense, and beat them more on athletes than strategy. Watch the game. Bama didn't do very much from a strategic standpoint. They didn't have to. Saban knew last year with a defense that had 11 guys that will see the NFL at some point in their lifetimes as a player he didn't have to scheme or gameplan for Ga. Southern. That's just how it is. FBS programs at the higher levels don't spend alot of time on it.
And yes, I've seen the Youtube video, all of Bama's practices are that way, and usually worse. For something like that to be on YouTube, you don't think a control freak such as Saban didn't have it put there on purpose? My goodness I really thought a Bill and Mary guy would be more, realistic I guess. Guess I was wrong.
Oh, and I'm sorry, a sandwich game with Misery State being the other team, a team that went to a bowl game.
And yes, I'm aware of the caliber of the CAA, JMU's win over VPI and Richmond taking advantage of Duke typically. Instead of East Cupcake, Idaho it was Durham, North Carolina.
And no, anyone who knows anything about FCS football knows from a true balance sheet NOBODY turns a profit. It's all propped up by student fees.
The debate on whether ETSU was bad with money or not isn't for this board, and like I said, I LOVE it when people try that because I'm well aware of ETSU's mismanagement of funds, hell I was there when it happened. They didn't lost millions, it COST ETSU one million per year to sustain football. There was no solicitation for private funds, ETSU athletics didn't have a true marketing dept/fundraising arm until about 2005, and even now it's a joke. The student fee vote in 07 was our former president's way to try to get a poor decision off his shoulders. He fell for a political move by the state of Tennessee, who was threatening to cut funding to everyone. ETSU dropped football more as a guinea pig politically and used the chip to get the College of Pharmacy, and the tennis coach who is still A.D. simply didn't know how to manage an athletic department. He still doesn't. I'm right there with all of ya, I talk more ish about my own alma mater than anyone else.
Last post for me on this, while I believe most CAA teams could probably move up, hell I always figured the CAA as a conference would just move to FBS eventually, but it hasn't. As for Ga. Southern, they'll vote that student fee in, increase their budget finally to be above my non-football ETSU and match the spending of App. State and probably Furman (no exact figures but I've always heard they're around 16-18 million, could be wrong there), but by the time Ga. So has the cash physically in hand to cover scholarships, travel, etc... will it be too late? We'll see.
And yes, I'm looking forward to basketball, 2-0 vs. the CAA last year (At Charlotte, JMU). Now, talk more about ETSU's lack of football, tell me more factually incorrect info, blah blah blah, where's your football. It's old and pathetic.
I can't believe you're discussing quality wins against the ACC in football. That's funny stuff.
First of all, your belief that a HC from Bama wouldn't focus on the team's next opponent is comical.
Secondly, a FCS conference can't move up as a conference...each team needs an independent invitation.
Thirdly, my old and pathetic school has beaten Florida State, Cincy, Oklahoma, Houston, NC State, Temple, Wake Forest, Louisville, Rutgers, Southern Miss, Duke, East Carolina, Navy, Virginia Tech, Virginia, Maryland, and Arkansas. I'm discussing quality wins against ACC teams because that's generally who we play. Ask the University of Virginia how it felt when we smoked them in 2009 or ask North Carolina how worried they were when we were beating them late in the 4th quarter the following year.
Lastly, we'd drum you in football...oh, that's right, you're bankrupt so no football for you. No wonder you're so angry.
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