Tgrrfan
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RE: Suggest conference names
JOY conference
Just One Year.
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TigerInChattanooga
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RE: Suggest conference names
(03-11-2013 01:22 PM)Latilleon Wrote: (03-11-2013 01:16 PM)TigerInChattanooga Wrote: Big E Small
Big E Small is the illest.
Definitely...being dead IS as ill as you can get
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03-11-2013 03:37 PM |
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TigerRun1
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RE: Suggest conference names
I vote for Big Metro Conference (word "Big" readily identified with successful college athletic conferences and gets attention) or Big Metro+ Conference (with + signifying current or future not large based metro schools like East Carolina)
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03-11-2013 03:40 PM |
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NDTiger
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RE: Suggest conference names
(03-11-2013 11:16 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote: Between trolls and wannabe comedians, attempting a serious discussion on this messageboard is like pissing into the wind. Nevertheless, I will again ask, why not "Eastern Athletic Conference" or "EAC" for short?
(1) Until last week we thought it would be "The Big EAST" (even when San Diego State and Boise State were in).
(2) The footprint is completely within the eastern half of the continental US
(3) Distinguishes us from the "Mountain WEST"
(4) It 's a simple, straightforward, easily remembered name, not an easy target for ridcule
If SEC, ACC and MWC work, why won't EAC? What we DON"T need is a name with a number or such as "metro" which suggests commuter schools
Metro East Conference (MEC)
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03-11-2013 03:47 PM |
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Tiger46
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RE: Suggest conference names
(03-11-2013 03:47 PM)NDTiger Wrote: (03-11-2013 11:16 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote: Between trolls and wannabe comedians, attempting a serious discussion on this messageboard is like pissing into the wind. Nevertheless, I will again ask, why not "Eastern Athletic Conference" or "EAC" for short?
(1) Until last week we thought it would be "The Big EAST" (even when San Diego State and Boise State were in).
(2) The footprint is completely within the eastern half of the continental US
(3) Distinguishes us from the "Mountain WEST"
(4) It 's a simple, straightforward, easily remembered name, not an easy target for ridcule
If SEC, ACC and MWC work, why won't EAC? What we DON"T need is a name with a number or such as "metro" which suggests commuter schools
Metro East Conference (MEC)
Just Metro, we already have banners
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03-11-2013 03:51 PM |
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arktigrfan
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RE: Suggest conference names
Fed Ex Sports Conference Imagine the exposure Fed-Ex would have on every basketball court and football field.....
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03-11-2013 04:23 PM |
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TIGERBUDDY
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RE: Suggest conference names
(03-11-2013 09:49 AM)RADFORD Wrote: (03-11-2013 09:32 AM)ImaTiger Wrote: If you don't do that then find some Latin word and put the word conference after it...
Challenge accepted! Latin Word List
Calco conference it is.
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03-11-2013 05:08 PM |
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McTiger
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RE: Suggest conference names
Greater Metro Conference (GMC)????
(This post was last modified: 03-11-2013 11:15 PM by McTiger.)
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03-11-2013 06:51 PM |
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ftigerstan
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RE: Suggest conference names
ESPN Conference
"Every School Provisional Now" Conference
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03-11-2013 07:13 PM |
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Herff Tiger
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RE: Suggest conference names
(03-11-2013 11:23 AM)tee bee Wrote: I like National Athletic Conference or National Athletic Association.
It's nickname could then be "The Nation"!!
Not bad, I kinda like it.
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03-11-2013 07:16 PM |
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slktigers
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RE: Suggest conference names
(03-11-2013 11:16 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote: Between trolls and wannabe comedians, attempting a serious discussion on this messageboard is like pissing into the wind. Nevertheless, I will again ask, why not "Eastern Athletic Conference" or "EAC" for short?
(1) Until last week we thought it would be "The Big EAST" (even when San Diego State and Boise State were in).
(2) The footprint is completely within the eastern half of the continental US
(3) Distinguishes us from the "Mountain WEST"
(4) It 's a simple, straightforward, easily remembered name, not an easy target for ridcule
If SEC, ACC and MWC work, why won't EAC? What we DON"T need is a name with a number or such as "metro" which suggests commuter schools
I refuse to be an Athletic Supporter...
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03-11-2013 07:26 PM |
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slktigers
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RE: Suggest conference names
(03-11-2013 07:16 PM)Herff Tiger Wrote: (03-11-2013 11:23 AM)tee bee Wrote: I like National Athletic Conference or National Athletic Association.
It's nickname could then be "The Nation"!!
Not bad, I kinda like it.
More Athletic Supporters... sigh
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03-11-2013 07:27 PM |
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slktigers
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RE: Suggest conference names
From what I have read thus far, I like East Metro Conference.
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03-11-2013 07:31 PM |
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Herff Tiger
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RE: Suggest conference names
As much as I despise the tendency in recent years for people to try to be hip and use "league" instead of "conference", maybe we ought to play off of that trendiness.
I don't know . . . Eastern and Gulf League = "The Eagle"
Nah, I don't like that.
I don't like using plain "Eastern" because Memphis, New Orleans, Houston, and Dallas aren't places that pop into one's mind when they hear the word "east". Orlando and Tampa not so much either. Heck, not even Cincinnati.
I've kind of decided I don't like "National" either. It sounds like we're stretching too much, trying to claim undeserved grandeur.
I had one in mind years ago instead of the stupid name "Conference USA", but I can't recall it. It was geographic. It seems like it had a prefix or first word that meant "half".
The Semi-Continental Conference, the SCC!!!
(no, just kidding, it wasn't that)
Maybe a prefix or first word that conveyed "broad" or "expansive" would work.
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03-11-2013 08:00 PM |
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NorthFLTiger
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RE: Suggest conference names
Maybe we should just be honest: LLC (Left-out, Leftovers Conference).
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03-11-2013 08:35 PM |
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ProfDave
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RE: Suggest conference names
How about JAA
Just Another Acronym
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03-11-2013 08:44 PM |
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steves
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RE: Suggest conference names
All American Conference ...
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03-11-2013 08:51 PM |
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Candyman
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RE: Suggest conference names
My original input is Premier Metro League (PML),
then previously listed:
Metropolitan League (Metro)
Central Athletic Conference (CAC)
National Collegiate Conference (NCC)
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03-11-2013 09:15 PM |
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roachman48
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RE: Suggest conference names
Federal United or the F U
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03-11-2013 09:18 PM |
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Merrick
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RE: Suggest conference names
(03-11-2013 11:16 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote: Between trolls and wannabe comedians, attempting a serious discussion on this messageboard is like pissing into the wind. Nevertheless, I will again ask, why not "Eastern Athletic Conference" or "EAC" for short?
(1) Until last week we thought it would be "The Big EAST" (even when San Diego State and Boise State were in).
(2) The footprint is completely within the eastern half of the continental US
(3) Distinguishes us from the "Mountain WEST"
(4) It 's a simple, straightforward, easily remembered name, not an easy target for ridcule
If SEC, ACC and MWC work, why won't EAC? What we DON"T need is a name with a number or such as "metro" which suggests commuter schools
I absolutely HATE that name.
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