MonarchManiac
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RE: Other Games - 10/22
(10-27-2016 06:47 AM)Longhorn Wrote: (10-25-2016 08:59 AM)MonarchManiac Wrote: (10-25-2016 07:05 AM)Longhorn Wrote: (10-24-2016 08:54 PM)MonarchManiac Wrote: (10-24-2016 06:08 PM)Longhorn Wrote: Yep, getting humiliated by "lowly little old JMU" on the football field would only set ODU back even further than you are in recruiting. As it is, ODU's stadium improvements are still years away, and even when complete, won't compare to JMU's facilities. Must feel weird. 
Haha sure dude. Your half stadium is not as impressive as you think. You can talk hypothetical wins all you like, JMU always sounds better in hypothetical terms. Same stuff we heard so many years from you before we met on the field. In real life it's 0-2 and that's all that matters.
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All that matters is relevance, and right now ODU is anything but. Tell us again about eking out two wins, but please speak louder because JMU fans can't hear you over the Gameday crowd.
The reality is ODU can't recruit given their ancient, craptastic stadium and lousy on-the-field record. The program gets exposed every time ODU plays any decent FBS opponent. The best players want to play for a winner, and ODU is waaay down on the list of preferred schools for most recruits. It's no wonder the ODU fans feel compelled to post on a FCS school's board to brag about two ong-ago wins at the FCS level. It's all they've got.
It's really rather sad when you think about it. ODU lives in the past bragging about a 2-0 record against JMU, and in the interim JMU has moved forward, hosting Gameday, witnessing one of its former players inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame, and posting a magnificent W-L record while attracting regular season attendance numbers that exceed ODU. But tell us again about being 2-0 against JMU. By the way, has ODU ever beaten UVA? Or VT? Or even UNH?
Now that enthusiasm is seriously beginnning to wane for ODU FB it appears the inevitable downhill slide has begun, and there's no turning it around. Keep bragging about those long-ago wins over JMU. We understand. They're your marque wins, and they're all you've got.
Yes enthusiasm is waning....that's why every single game in the history of the program has been sold out. That's why we're moving forward with a major renovation project to the stadium and practice facilities (by the end will be $100Mil+ project). That's why we have HOME games lined up with UNC, UVA, VT, and others in the near future (how's your home slate looking by the way?). That's why we will be bowling this year while you guys lose in the first round of the D2 playoff like you always do. (will your AD even bid for the game this year?)
That's why we put amazing new multi million dollar HD replay screens and video ribbon displays in our already fantastic basketball facility. That's why we built a state of the art dedicated basketball practice facility.
We brag because you try and talk a big game. You did it years before we started, and now you do it in hypotheticals after we lapped you in 3 short years of existence. Maybe one day your athletics department and university leadership will get their **** together and we can play again and you won't have to rely on hypothetical arguments and platitudes. Until then, in real life, you're right, we're going in two different directions - you just have the compass turned around.
Nice try at deflecting the conversation by changing the talk from your craptastic FB facility to the TED. The TED is a nice facility. Nobody ever said anything different, however, now that you bring it up, the TED will soon be eclipsed by the JMU arena. Which by the way, will also have ribbon boards, VIP suites, and practice courts designed into the facility from the get-go, not to mention a 2,000 space parking garage and room for future expansion nicely integrated into the stunning architectural design...which happens to make the TED look like a pole barn.
But please, tell us again about your marque wins over a FCS program lo those many years ago when ODU was a mighty, mighty power, or your upcoming humiliations by UVA and VT. After all, it is all you've got to look forward to, at least until your team's next humiliation. Question...was the first half 52 points given up to WKU an ODU record? Was your HC given a bonus for playing the entire game this time?
Your hyperbole is tiresome. A pole barn? Seriously? You could build any stadium on the earth and it wouldn't make the Ted look poorly. Fact is, you keep talking about this new stadium for years on end. I haven't seen any concrete plans? When is the ground breaking? When is it scheduled to open? Have not heard those details - hopefully you can fill me in. As for the football stadium - the plans are in place, the timeline is set, and we will be playing in a gorgeous facility in 2019 (just in time to host Virginia Tech....yes - HOST).
On to the rest of your post, yes 52 first half points was a record. It was an embarrassing loss, it hurt to watch, and was no fun for the fans. But guess what? It's all part of the process. WKU is a good example - lets look at some recent history:
The Hilltoppers won the 2002 I-AA national championship, but lost 26 games in a row in their first three FBS seasons. One of those losses was a 62-24 beatdown at Middle Tennessee in 2009.
The Hilltoppers didn’t go to a bowl until 2012, their fifth FBS season. Since then - WKU has had five winning seasons in a row and won bowls the past two years. And have developed quite a nice program.
As for us - Most of the players from ODU’s first true FBS recruiting class, guys who signed in 2014, are redshirt sophomores. ODU is likely a year or two away from being physically able to hang with the best in C-USA. It's a process - but at least we are working toward something - while you all waste away playing D2 football against nobody.
Hell, even a vaunted SEC team is not immune from getting blown out. Did you happen to watch that Arkansas - Auburn match up over the weekend? If not, here's some data Auburn won 56-3. Arkansas was #17 in the country coming in. It happens. We don't like it when it does, but it happens. Fact is, barring a complete collapse, ODU is going bowling in only our second bowl-eligible season. That's right, just like in FCS we have jumped to success far quicker than most would have aimed at.
We know what we are marching toward. What is it that JMU is aiming at?
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