WKU and who?

@brentthibodeaux
As of now the #SunBelt is preparing to lose two more schools. #JMU will get one of the conference invites.

(03-27-2013 08:32 AM)slycat Wrote:  WKU and who?


As of now the #SunBelt is preparing to lose two more schools. #JMU will get one of the conference invites.

I hope you are right and JMU does get an invite. Talk about some APP hate. We almost need a purple school to hate on in the conference.

JMU and APP do not like each other once the players suit up. Almost as bad as APP and Southern.

If the SBC adds Liberty, the conference will officially rebrand to "The Bible Belt."

Two is weird unless...

1. CUSA is going to lose another OR
2. CUSA is taking three and one isn't from the Sun Belt OR
3. CUSA is taking one and someone is bailing for the MAC

Preparing but not certain yet. People have been predicting the ACC's implosion for months now.

(03-27-2013 08:37 AM)arkstfan Wrote:  Two is weird unless...

1. CUSA is going to lose another OR
2. CUSA is taking three and one isn't from the Sun Belt OR
3. CUSA is taking one and someone is bailing for the MAC

MAC! Ooooh. stAte?

ESPN was talkin yesterday about how the nBE would be at 11 with Tulsa and me ruined try wanted another. No mention of Navy.

(03-27-2013 08:35 AM)asu7 Wrote:  

(03-27-2013 08:32 AM)slycat Wrote:  WKU and who?


As of now the #SunBelt is preparing to lose two more schools. #JMU will get one of the conference invites.

I hope you are right and JMU does get an invite. Talk about some APP hate. We almost need a purple school to hate on in the conference.

JMU and APP do not like each other once the players suit up. Almost as bad as APP and Southern.

You hope the Sun Belt loses more schools just to bring in James Madison?

(03-27-2013 08:37 AM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  Preparing but not certain yet. People have been predicting the ACC's implosion for months now.

The rumor was that something big would happen around the Final Four. I think CUSA takes WKU, Ark State, and ULL to prep for losing another one.

We'll never get away from purple teams.

It would be nice if we were one of them.

A guy can dream, right?

It's either stAte or ULL. Been heating a lot of talk of stAte to the MAC.

Man I hope we don't lose Ark St or Louisiana!!! The nBE has reached 12 again with Tulsa (Navy 2015) and so you would hope that C-USA is content with simply plugging in WKU and leaving the rest of us alone!

OK, I have to admit I'm kind of surprised that JMU seems to be jumping into the SUNBELT mix. I had heard a lot about them not being interested, etc. If they are adding two more, I hope the other one is LU. A conference with APP, GASO, GAST, and JMU would be awesome for LU

(03-27-2013 08:37 AM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  Preparing but not certain yet. People have been predicting the ACC's implosion for months now.

And I don't think it is a given that it happens.

To me I think you can sort of pin down what it is the Big 10 wants. They want in the south. They want lots of eyeballs. They want schools that "fit". Their pool is almost certainly, UVA, UNC, Georgia Tech, and Texas. I think they'd take Duke if they thought they could get them. Mizzou may be on the list. Florida State and Oklahoma are harder sells but if OU is the cost of Texas you pay that price. Florida State falls under the Nebraska rule, we'll forego AAU if you offer enough to the enterprise. Syracuse fits as well but I think the compass is pointing south this time.

The problem the Big 10 has is getting to yes.

Everyone in the pool would love to be affiliated with the academics of the Big 10 and the prestige but distance matters. It isn't student-athlete friendly. It means severing old and important ties.

I'm not sure though how happy UNC or Duke might be with a league that dares believe playing in MSG or in Brooklyn is somehow a better experience than Greensboro, yet that is what the ACC seems to be becoming.

But going to the Big 10 doesn't fix that. Chapel Hill isn't that far of a drive from Knoxville but the viewpoint on the role of athletics and the role of the school are different worlds. In many ways UNC has more of a Big 10 viewpoint than a SEC viewpoint but that doesn't mean they accept a bid and give up the local alliance.

The Big 10 game seems to be about who will say yes and I'm not sure how easy it is to get to yes.

(03-27-2013 08:37 AM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  Preparing but not certain yet. People have been predicting the ACC's implosion for months now.

IDK what the Texas St blogger knows, other then he likes predicting alot of things, but one thing I do know is the ACC isnt going anywhere.

Louisville, Syracuse and Pitt coming in means meet your new super basketball conference plus 3 new good football teams to help in that area. ACC is hear to stay.

The rumors of WKU are probably true which sucks but I dont see where they are going right now. I think they will be lucky to get an invite in time for 2014.

I just got done hearing Benson speak on Southern's campus and I think more or less we may be all surprised who gets an invite or not. One of his selling points was Southern fits in the "geographical footprint" of the Sun Belt. He said it twice. IDk if the rumors are true or not about Idaho,(this is bold and probably wrong) but I think JMU gets an invite instead of them. NMST makes a little since but Idaho does not.

Side not Benson said the Sun Belt logo is changing. Nothing about the name only the logo.

(03-27-2013 09:08 AM)trueblue21 Wrote:  

(03-27-2013 08:37 AM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  Preparing but not certain yet. People have been predicting the ACC's implosion for months now.

IDK what the Texas St blogger knows, other then he likes predicting alot of things, but one thing I do know is the ACC isnt going anywhere.

Louisville, Syracuse and Pitt coming in means meet your new super basketball conference plus 3 new good football teams to help in that area. ACC is hear to stay.

The rumors of WKU are probably true which sucks but I dont see where they are going right now. I think they will be lucky to get an invite in time for 2014.

I just got done hearing Benson speak on Southern's campus and I think more or less we may be all surprised who gets an invite or not. One of his selling points was Southern fits in the "geographical footprint" of the Sun Belt. He said it twice. IDk if the rumors are true or not about Idaho,(this is bold and probably wrong) but I think JMU gets an invite instead of them. NMST makes a little since but Idaho does not.

Side not Benson said the Sun Belt logo is changing. Nothing about the name only the logo.

The logo could use an upgrade to a more traditional conference style logo. Will be pretty cool when it's revealed.

(03-27-2013 09:08 AM)trueblue21 Wrote:  

(03-27-2013 08:37 AM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  Preparing but not certain yet. People have been predicting the ACC's implosion for months now.

IDK what the Texas St blogger knows, other then he likes predicting alot of things, but one thing I do know is the ACC isnt going anywhere.

Louisville, Syracuse and Pitt coming in means meet your new super basketball conference plus 3 new good football teams to help in that area. ACC is hear to stay.

The rumors of WKU are probably true which sucks but I dont see where they are going right now. I think they will be lucky to get an invite in time for 2014.

I just got done hearing Benson speak on Southern's campus and I think more or less we may be all surprised who gets an invite or not. One of his selling points was Southern fits in the "geographical footprint" of the Sun Belt. He said it twice. IDk if the rumors are true or not about Idaho,(this is bold and probably wrong) but I think JMU gets an invite instead of them. NMST makes a little since but Idaho does not.

Side not Benson said the Sun Belt logo is changing. Nothing about the name only the logo.

I saw on another thread where Idaho has asked their Board for permission to accept an invitation to the SBC. Probably waiting on the official OK to make an announcement.

(03-27-2013 09:08 AM)trueblue21 Wrote:  

(03-27-2013 08:37 AM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  Preparing but not certain yet. People have been predicting the ACC's implosion for months now.

IDK what the Texas St blogger knows, other then he likes predicting alot of things, but one thing I do know is the ACC isnt going anywhere.

Louisville, Syracuse and Pitt coming in means meet your new super basketball conference plus 3 new good football teams to help in that area. ACC is hear to stay.

The rumors of WKU are probably true which sucks but I dont see where they are going right now. I think they will be lucky to get an invite in time for 2014.

I just got done hearing Benson speak on Southern's campus and I think more or less we may be all surprised who gets an invite or not. One of his selling points was Southern fits in the "geographical footprint" of the Sun Belt. He said it twice. IDk if the rumors are true or not about Idaho,(this is bold and probably wrong) but I think JMU gets an invite instead of them. NMST makes a little since but Idaho does not.

Side not Benson said the Sun Belt logo is changing. Nothing about the name only the logo.

Benson said GaSo fit in the Eastern footprint of the conference. He said nothing about the Western half. The West is a mess right now and I can assure you they are not happy.

(03-27-2013 09:12 AM)statefanatic Wrote:  

(03-27-2013 09:08 AM)trueblue21 Wrote:  

(03-27-2013 08:37 AM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  Preparing but not certain yet. People have been predicting the ACC's implosion for months now.

IDK what the Texas St blogger knows, other then he likes predicting alot of things, but one thing I do know is the ACC isnt going anywhere.

Louisville, Syracuse and Pitt coming in means meet your new super basketball conference plus 3 new good football teams to help in that area. ACC is hear to stay.

The rumors of WKU are probably true which sucks but I dont see where they are going right now. I think they will be lucky to get an invite in time for 2014.

I just got done hearing Benson speak on Southern's campus and I think more or less we may be all surprised who gets an invite or not. One of his selling points was Southern fits in the "geographical footprint" of the Sun Belt. He said it twice. IDk if the rumors are true or not about Idaho,(this is bold and probably wrong) but I think JMU gets an invite instead of them. NMST makes a little since but Idaho does not.

Side not Benson said the Sun Belt logo is changing. Nothing about the name only the logo.

Benson said GaSo fit in the Eastern footprint of the conference. He said nothing about the Western half. The West is a mess right now and I can assure you they are not happy.

The West are the ones who pushed for NMSU and Idaho. If they're not happy, I'm not sure who they can blame except themselves.