Just do this. Play in each region for regular season. Play an BCS team for the money each year (Like now). Then have the play off and play for the MMS Championship.

Ace...

East Coast
Army
ECU
FAU
FIU
Marshal
Navy
Old Dominion
Temple
U Mass
UCF
UConn
UNCC
USF

Far West
Air Force
Boise State
BYU
Colorado State
Fresno State
Hawaii
Idaho
Nevada
San Diego State
San Jose State
UNLV
Utah State
Wyoming

Midwest
Akron
Ball State
Bowling Green
Buffalo
Central Michigan
Cincinnati
Eastern Michigan
Kent State
Miami Ohio
Norhtern Illinois
Ohio
Toledo
Western Michigan

South
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
La Tech
Memphis
MTSU
Southern Miss
Troy
Tulane
UAB
ULL
ULM
USA
WKY

Southwest
Ark State
Houston
New Mexico State
New Mexico State
North Texas
Rice
Sam Houston
SF Austin
SMU
Texas State
Tulsa
UTEP
UTSA

The Atlanta Mafia

I'd rather we shut down the program to be honest. I think USM and La Tech fans would feel the same.

If thats what you desire, thats what FCS is for. Go regional, have a good time, and have a real playoff goes totally unnoticed.

(12-16-2012 06:49 PM)Ace Barker Wrote:  Just do this. Play in each region for regular season. Play an BCS team for the money each year (Like now). Then have the play off and play for the MMS Championship.

Ace...

East Coast
Army
ECU
FAU
FIU
Marshal
Navy
Old Dominion
Temple
U Mass
UCF
UConn
UNCC
USF

Far West
Air Force
Boise State
BYU
Colorado State
Fresno State
Hawaii
Idaho
Nevada
San Diego State
San Jose State
UNLV
Utah State
Wyoming

Midwest
Akron
Ball State
Bowling Green
Buffalo
Central Michigan
Cincinnati
Eastern Michigan
Kent State
Miami Ohio
Norhtern Illinois
Ohio
Toledo
Western Michigan

South
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
La Tech
Memphis
MTSU
Southern Miss
Troy
Tulane
UAB
ULL
ULM
USA
WKY

Southwest
Ark State
Houston
New Mexico State
New Mexico State
North Texas
Rice
Sam Houston
SF Austin
SMU
Texas State
Tulsa
UTEP
UTSA

The Atlanta Mafia

Roy Kramer & Co. LOVE people like you.

(12-17-2012 12:32 AM)MU ATO Wrote:  Roy Kramer & Co. LOVE people like you.

Yes. Their hands would be clean while we'd be doing their dirty work for them.

That's a crappy deal for USM.

The mid-majors need to be organized into tiers: a tier for schools that have fans and history and a tier for schools that aspire to having these things. For many years, CUSA was the first tier, along with the MWC and, for a while, the WAC. Now, CUSA has been busted up, and so has the WAC, and the Big East has collapsed down onto us.

But there are still two tiers of mid majors, and they won't willingly mix with each other, any more than the SEC will mix with us.

(12-16-2012 06:52 PM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  I'd rather we shut down the program to be honest. I think USM and La Tech fans would feel the same.

Quit your b!tching and shut your programs down! The big boys have beaten all of us.

(12-16-2012 06:52 PM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  I'd rather we shut down the program to be honest. I think USM and La Tech fans would feel the same.

Agreed...... Ugh!

(12-17-2012 09:17 AM)Green Menace Wrote:  

(12-16-2012 06:52 PM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  I'd rather we shut down the program to be honest. I think USM and La Tech fans would feel the same.

Quit your b!tching and shut your programs down! The big boys have beaten all of us.

Maybe the have, but something like that is just conceding defeat. The "gang of 5" schools can't willingly do something like that, because then we are no different than FCS schools and that's the end.

The new conference that emerges from the BE will feature the best of the rest and attempt to separate itself from the other 4 in the gang of 5

(12-17-2012 10:13 AM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  Maybe the have, but something like that is just conceding defeat. The "gang of 5" schools can't willingly do something like that, because then we are no different than FCS schools and that's the end.

Exactly, that horrible idea is admitting, the rest of us are screwed and there's nothing out there worth putting on TV other than the Big4.5 (Since I'm dropping the ACC to take the BE's place as the 1/2 power player).

Yea maybe if we break away from the ncaa and start paying our players so thatbwe have the most talented athletes...other than that...NO!

Is this a serious thread?

(12-17-2012 09:17 AM)Green Menace Wrote:  

(12-16-2012 06:52 PM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  I'd rather we shut down the program to be honest. I think USM and La Tech fans would feel the same.

Quit your b!tching and shut your programs down! The big boys have beaten all of us.

Did I mention NT? Nope. **** off.

(12-17-2012 12:41 PM)GrayBeard Wrote:  Is this a serious thread?

Serious? It's an internet sports forum.

I was just creating conversation from a different perspective. The Big Four, *****, the networks created the Mid Major Football label. If you are lucky enough to be included in the Big Four, that's great. If not then, the best of the rest. Who is the best of the rest? Many opinions there. The Mid Major programs should continue to fight the fight but at what point does it become futile?

Now basketball is labeled big boys and Mid Major. I can only imagine what is next on the horizon there.

Merry Christmas!

Ace...

(12-16-2012 06:49 PM)Ace Barker Wrote:  Just do this. Play in each region for regular season. Play an BCS team for the money each year (Like now). Then have the play off and play for the MMS Championship.

Ace...

East Coast
Army
ECU
FAU
FIU
Marshal
Navy
Old Dominion
Temple
U Mass
UCF
UConn
UNCC
USF

Far West
Air Force <-----------I pick you
Boise State <-----------I pick you
BYU <---------I pick you
Colorado State
Fresno State <----------I pick you
Hawaii
Idaho
Nevada
San Diego State
San Jose State
UNLV <--------I pick you
Utah State
Wyoming

Midwest
Akron ---------------
Ball State l
Bowling Green l
Buffalo l
Central Michigan l
Cincinnati l
Eastern Michigan l <------------who is this group?
Kent State l
Miami Ohio l
Norhtern Illinois l
Ohio l
Toledo l
Western Michigan--------l

South
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
La Tech
Memphis <-------I pick you
MTSU
Southern Miss <-------I pick you
Troy
Tulane
UAB
ULL
ULM
USA
WKY

Southwest
Ark State
Houston <-------I pick you, we need more home games when we play out of town
New Mexico State <-----screw you
New Mexico State <----- screw you again, I pick UNM
North Texas
Rice I pick you
Sam Houston
SF Austin
SMU <--------I pick you, we need more home games when we play out of town
Texas State
Tulsa <-------I pick you
UTEP <-------I pick you
UTSA <--------I pick you, we can never have enough UTEP fans

The Atlanta Mafia

(12-17-2012 03:18 PM)randaddyminer Wrote:  

(12-16-2012 06:49 PM)Ace Barker Wrote:  Just do this. Play in each region for regular season. Play an BCS team for the money each year (Like now). Then have the play off and play for the MMS Championship.

Ace...

East Coast
Army
ECU
FAU
FIU
Marshal
Navy
Old Dominion
Temple
U Mass
UCF
UConn
UNCC
USF

Far West
Air Force <-----------I pick you
Boise State <-----------I pick you
BYU <---------I pick you
Colorado State
Fresno State <----------I pick you
Hawaii
Idaho
Nevada
San Diego State
San Jose State
UNLV <--------I pick you
Utah State
Wyoming

Midwest
Akron ---------------
Ball State l
Bowling Green l
Buffalo l
Central Michigan l
Cincinnati l
Eastern Michigan l <------------who is this group?
Kent State l
Miami Ohio l
Norhtern Illinois l
Ohio l
Toledo l
Western Michigan--------l

South
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
La Tech
Memphis <-------I pick you
MTSU
Southern Miss <-------I pick you
Troy
Tulane
UAB
ULL
ULM
USA
WKY

Southwest
Ark State
Houston <-------I pick you, we need more home games when we play out of town
New Mexico State <-----screw you
New Mexico State <----- screw you again, I pick UNM
North Texas
Rice I pick you
Sam Houston
SF Austin
SMU <--------I pick you, we need more home games when we play out of town
Texas State
Tulsa <-------I pick you
UTEP <-------I pick you
UTSA <--------I pick you, we can never have enough UTEP fans

The Atlanta Mafia

You playing Pokemon or something?

(12-17-2012 03:31 PM)GrayBeard Wrote:  

(12-17-2012 03:18 PM)randaddyminer Wrote:  

(12-16-2012 06:49 PM)Ace Barker Wrote:  Just do this. Play in each region for regular season. Play an BCS team for the money each year (Like now). Then have the play off and play for the MMS Championship.

Ace...

East Coast
Army
ECU
FAU
FIU
Marshal
Navy
Old Dominion
Temple
U Mass
UCF
UConn
UNCC
USF

Far West
Air Force <-----------I pick you
Boise State <-----------I pick you
BYU <---------I pick you
Colorado State
Fresno State <----------I pick you
Hawaii
Idaho
Nevada
San Diego State
San Jose State
UNLV <--------I pick you
Utah State
Wyoming

Midwest
Akron ---------------
Ball State l
Bowling Green l
Buffalo l
Central Michigan l
Cincinnati l
Eastern Michigan l <------------who is this group?
Kent State l
Miami Ohio l
Norhtern Illinois l
Ohio l
Toledo l
Western Michigan--------l

South
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
La Tech
Memphis <-------I pick you
MTSU
Southern Miss <-------I pick you
Troy
Tulane
UAB
ULL
ULM
USA
WKY

Southwest
Ark State
Houston <-------I pick you, we need more home games when we play out of town
New Mexico State <-----screw you
New Mexico State <----- screw you again, I pick UNM
North Texas
Rice I pick you
Sam Houston
SF Austin
SMU <--------I pick you, we need more home games when we play out of town
Texas State
Tulsa <-------I pick you
UTEP <-------I pick you
UTSA <--------I pick you, we can never have enough UTEP fans

The Atlanta Mafia

You playing Pokemon or something?

redrover

(12-17-2012 10:29 AM)NBPirate Wrote:  The new conference that emerges from the BE will feature the best of the rest and attempt to separate itself from the other 4 in the gang of 5

Nope.

They had/have a chance to do exactly this, but the left-behind NBE won't do it. Not learning from mistakes is a direct result of poor leadership and it looks like Aresco isn't any better than Meatball.

In the announcement regarding the BE breakup--

Looks like the effective date is June, 2015, though I would guess that might be negotiated earlier. From reading the article, I assume the all sports/football only schools keep the BE name.

Both the new conference and the BE get an auto bid.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketba...ng-members

"What happens next is unclear. It has been reported the schools breaking away will look at Creighton, Xavier, Dayton, Saint Louis and Butler to join a new basketball league. When combined with the seven schools leaving the Big East, we will be looking at a very good basketball conference. They are expected to have an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

According to our own Jeremy Fowler, there are no exit fees since the seven schools are leaving as a group. The exit date -- without fees -- is June 30, 2015. Sources also told Fowler that the the remaining Big East schools will keep their automatic bid, but it is unclear whether they will invite football-only schools to become all-sports members."