(06-16-2017 06:57 PM)Dignan Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 06:53 PM)NewTimes Wrote:  Been away for a few days buying a new car. Come back today, get caught up on threads I'm posting on and threads I am reading. What happened here?

A LU fan (me), makes a post on the JMU board with links, referencing a possible opening in the SBC due to lack of scheduling, poor attendance and a ridiculously low athletic budget by UL-M. I today click on threads I'm following, and here's pages and pages of banter between Longhorn and Panama on why GaSt is so bad and the ineptness of JMU admins leadership. I believe this is a first where a LU post was hijacked away from LU rather than LU being the stomping boy. Oh, and I bought a 2017 Ford Fusion Energi electric/hybrid. Longhorn and Panama go for it. I think I'm going to re-read the Fusion manual.

But you do have to realize: Ga State isn't very good.

LV over and under is 6 games. I say 7.

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(06-16-2017 07:06 PM)NewTimes Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 06:57 PM)Dignan Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 06:53 PM)NewTimes Wrote:  Been away for a few days buying a new car. Come back today, get caught up on threads I'm posting on and threads I am reading. What happened here?

A LU fan (me), makes a post on the JMU board with links, referencing a possible opening in the SBC due to lack of scheduling, poor attendance and a ridiculously low athletic budget by UL-M. I today click on threads I'm following, and here's pages and pages of banter between Longhorn and Panama on why GaSt is so bad and the ineptness of JMU admins leadership. I believe this is a first where a LU post was hijacked away from LU rather than LU being the stomping boy. Oh, and I bought a 2017 Ford Fusion Energi electric/hybrid. Longhorn and Panama go for it. I think I'm going to re-read the Fusion manual.

But you do have to realize: Ga State isn't very good.

Call it good fortune, luck or whatever one wants, but LU is 3-0 it's last 3 games against App St, JMU and GaSt. And GaSt is a very small fish in a very big pond in Atlanta and we'll see what they carve out in interest and local support. With the metro area of Atlanta,, that is a tall order.

Atlanta is like any other big city. Win and people take notice. Lose and they move to the next thing. I believe we are headed in the right direction.

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Panama:

You are a good fan filled with lots of hope. The Panthers need more guys like you.

The reality is Ga. St. could not compete in the CAA and has done nothing of merit in the SB to date. While the future may look bright in your eyes, historically Ga. St. is no more noteworthy than Charlotte football. You both have programs that no one beyond a small inner circle cares nor knows about.

Georgia pecking order of football:

Bulldogs
Yellow Jackets
GA Southern
Valdosta St.
The rest of Georgia colleges and universities in no particular order

Tell us all you desire about the future of Panther football but all we know is how pathetic the Panthers have been thus far. Until GSU actually does something noteworthy, I suggest you stay away from the message boards of teams who have been to the playoffs in each of the last four decades and hold two national titles.

You know we destroyed one of those teams twice in a row and they are better than anyone that is left in the CAA...right?

As for being no more noteworthy than Charlotte, you're absolutely correct. Together we have played like 11 or 12 seasons? How many has JMU played? Just saying, we are both FBS and have Home and Home games against P5s. I will take our present including the $300M stadium project over just about anybody's. And kudos for STILL believing that moving to FBS has anything to do with merit.



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(06-16-2017 08:59 PM)panama Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 07:06 PM)NewTimes Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 06:57 PM)Dignan Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 06:53 PM)NewTimes Wrote:  Been away for a few days buying a new car. Come back today, get caught up on threads I'm posting on and threads I am reading. What happened here?

A LU fan (me), makes a post on the JMU board with links, referencing a possible opening in the SBC due to lack of scheduling, poor attendance and a ridiculously low athletic budget by UL-M. I today click on threads I'm following, and here's pages and pages of banter between Longhorn and Panama on why GaSt is so bad and the ineptness of JMU admins leadership. I believe this is a first where a LU post was hijacked away from LU rather than LU being the stomping boy. Oh, and I bought a 2017 Ford Fusion Energi electric/hybrid. Longhorn and Panama go for it. I think I'm going to re-read the Fusion manual.

But you do have to realize: Ga State isn't very good.

Call it good fortune, luck or whatever one wants, but LU is 3-0 it's last 3 games against App St, JMU and GaSt. And GaSt is a very small fish in a very big pond in Atlanta and we'll see what they carve out in interest and local support. With the metro area of Atlanta,, that is a tall order.

Atlanta is like any other big city. Win and people take notice. Lose and they move to the next thing. I believe we are headed in the right direction.

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College FB, with a few exceptions, is most popular in rural America rather than in large metro areas. Maryland and Miami are two examples that come to mind. They both compete for the sports dollar and sports interest against the 4 professional sports. True there are more people, but the choices are much greater and the fever does not begin to reach rural America levels. And P5 FB in the South is a whole different level of interest. And there are exceptions. GaSt will be competing against all pro teams and the area universities. That is a tough, tall order.

I do like that the Atlanta GSU took over the old Olympic Stadium/Braves Field complex. It'll be a unique stadium when reconfigured.

Wife and I went to Turner Field last summer for a couple of Nats/Braves games. Place was a dump of a facility. Parking is good, however right at the stadium. Needed some major repairs/renovations so good I guess that GSt is moving in. Wonder what sort of crowds they will attract though.

Brian

(06-17-2017 01:54 PM)ParentofJMUMRDs Wrote:  Wife and I went to Turner Field last summer for a couple of Nats/Braves games. Place was a dump of a facility. Parking is good, however right at the stadium. Needed some major repairs/renovations so good I guess that GSt is moving in. Wonder what sort of crowds they will attract though.

Brian

Likely no better than they have in the past, which based on their previous home in the dome was rather embarrassing.

(06-17-2017 01:54 PM)ParentofJMUMRDs Wrote:  Wife and I went to Turner Field last summer for a couple of Nats/Braves games. Place was a dump of a facility. Parking is good, however right at the stadium. Needed some major repairs/renovations so good I guess that GSt is moving in. Wonder what sort of crowds they will attract though.

Brian

I find it utterly ridiculous that a 20 year old stadium is already considered a dump. Did the Braves/City/County just let it go to crap? The O's stadium is 5 years older and still a great place to see a game.

Seems pretty appropriate... a baseball stadium with poor fan support to a football team with poor fan support.

(06-16-2017 07:06 PM)NewTimes Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 06:57 PM)Dignan Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 06:53 PM)NewTimes Wrote:  Been away for a few days buying a new car. Come back today, get caught up on threads I'm posting on and threads I am reading. What happened here?

A LU fan (me), makes a post on the JMU board with links, referencing a possible opening in the SBC due to lack of scheduling, poor attendance and a ridiculously low athletic budget by UL-M. I today click on threads I'm following, and here's pages and pages of banter between Longhorn and Panama on why GaSt is so bad and the ineptness of JMU admins leadership. I believe this is a first where a LU post was hijacked away from LU rather than LU being the stomping boy. Oh, and I bought a 2017 Ford Fusion Energi electric/hybrid. Longhorn and Panama go for it. I think I'm going to re-read the Fusion manual.

But you do have to realize: Ga State isn't very good.

Call it good fortune, luck or whatever one wants, but LU is 3-0 it's last 3 games against App St, JMU and GaSt. And GaSt is a very small fish in a very big pond in Atlanta and we'll see what they carve out in interest and local support. With the metro area of Atlanta,, that is a tall order.

While I'm never happy with a loss, that's what prompted us to change up the roster and take the red shorts off of several freshmen. As they say, the rest was (well, is) history. So, thanks a bunch.

(06-17-2017 05:17 PM)AppinVA Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 07:06 PM)NewTimes Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 06:57 PM)Dignan Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 06:53 PM)NewTimes Wrote:  Been away for a few days buying a new car. Come back today, get caught up on threads I'm posting on and threads I am reading. What happened here?

A LU fan (me), makes a post on the JMU board with links, referencing a possible opening in the SBC due to lack of scheduling, poor attendance and a ridiculously low athletic budget by UL-M. I today click on threads I'm following, and here's pages and pages of banter between Longhorn and Panama on why GaSt is so bad and the ineptness of JMU admins leadership. I believe this is a first where a LU post was hijacked away from LU rather than LU being the stomping boy. Oh, and I bought a 2017 Ford Fusion Energi electric/hybrid. Longhorn and Panama go for it. I think I'm going to re-read the Fusion manual.

But you do have to realize: Ga State isn't very good.

Call it good fortune, luck or whatever one wants, but LU is 3-0 it's last 3 games against App St, JMU and GaSt. And GaSt is a very small fish in a very big pond in Atlanta and we'll see what they carve out in interest and local support. With the metro area of Atlanta,, that is a tall order.

While I'm never happy with a loss, that's what prompted us to change up the roster and take the red shorts off of several freshmen. As they say, the rest was (well, is) history. So, thanks a bunch.

Congrats on your FBS success. We need to be fixtures on one another's schedules, and I look forward to that day. Our mid 2000's rivalry was exactly what drives revenue and interest.

(06-17-2017 05:17 PM)AppinVA Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 07:06 PM)NewTimes Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 06:57 PM)Dignan Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 06:53 PM)NewTimes Wrote:  Been away for a few days buying a new car. Come back today, get caught up on threads I'm posting on and threads I am reading. What happened here?

A LU fan (me), makes a post on the JMU board with links, referencing a possible opening in the SBC due to lack of scheduling, poor attendance and a ridiculously low athletic budget by UL-M. I today click on threads I'm following, and here's pages and pages of banter between Longhorn and Panama on why GaSt is so bad and the ineptness of JMU admins leadership. I believe this is a first where a LU post was hijacked away from LU rather than LU being the stomping boy. Oh, and I bought a 2017 Ford Fusion Energi electric/hybrid. Longhorn and Panama go for it. I think I'm going to re-read the Fusion manual.

But you do have to realize: Ga State isn't very good.

Call it good fortune, luck or whatever one wants, but LU is 3-0 it's last 3 games against App St, JMU and GaSt. And GaSt is a very small fish in a very big pond in Atlanta and we'll see what they carve out in interest and local support. With the metro area of Atlanta,, that is a tall order.

While I'm never happy with a loss, that's what prompted us to change up the roster and take the red shorts off of several freshmen. As they say, the rest was (well, is) history. So, thanks a bunch.

That is a very valid point. The App St loss to LU was the low point for App St then. It did rejuneivate the program. LU just caught App St at the right time. App St was a little smug, was becoming full FBS, LU had been denied an SBC invite(s), and the stars were in alignment. Fortunately is was a very exciting game. The LU-GaSt lacked energy, the Ga Dome was cavernous, and lacked all the importance of the App St game, except it was a LU victory over a FBS, or near full FBS team. I believe GaSt had only won 1 or 2 FBS games to that point.

I guess it is good that GaSt has new diggs as that will give them some hopeful impetus to draw. It bites that a 20 year old stadium, that was in perfectly good condition at the time, was allowed to go to pot on purely finances where the Braves could be in a wealthier section of town. It hosed the community and just gave me another good reason to root against the lowely Braves. I love seeing them currently linger in last place. Greedy putz they are.

(06-17-2017 02:17 PM)olddawg Wrote:  

(06-17-2017 01:54 PM)ParentofJMUMRDs Wrote:  Wife and I went to Turner Field last summer for a couple of Nats/Braves games. Place was a dump of a facility. Parking is good, however right at the stadium. Needed some major repairs/renovations so good I guess that GSt is moving in. Wonder what sort of crowds they will attract though.

Brian

I find it utterly ridiculous that a 20 year old stadium is already considered a dump. Did the Braves/City/County just let it go to crap? The O's stadium is 5 years older and still a great place to see a game.

I went like 5 years ago. Didn't check it out too in-depth, but my overall impression was that it was nice. Didn't seem like a dump to me. Also it had a Waffle House.

(06-17-2017 07:46 PM)HyperDuke Wrote:  

(06-17-2017 02:17 PM)olddawg Wrote:  

(06-17-2017 01:54 PM)ParentofJMUMRDs Wrote:  Wife and I went to Turner Field last summer for a couple of Nats/Braves games. Place was a dump of a facility. Parking is good, however right at the stadium. Needed some major repairs/renovations so good I guess that GSt is moving in. Wonder what sort of crowds they will attract though.

Brian

I find it utterly ridiculous that a 20 year old stadium is already considered a dump. Did the Braves/City/County just let it go to crap? The O's stadium is 5 years older and still a great place to see a game.

I went like 5 years ago. Didn't check it out too in-depth, but my overall impression was that it was nice. Didn't seem like a dump to me. Also it had a Waffle House.

Well now, didn't that amenity move it right into the high rent district?

(06-17-2017 06:39 PM)JMU2004 Wrote:  

(06-17-2017 05:17 PM)AppinVA Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 07:06 PM)NewTimes Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 06:57 PM)Dignan Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 06:53 PM)NewTimes Wrote:  Been away for a few days buying a new car. Come back today, get caught up on threads I'm posting on and threads I am reading. What happened here?

A LU fan (me), makes a post on the JMU board with links, referencing a possible opening in the SBC due to lack of scheduling, poor attendance and a ridiculously low athletic budget by UL-M. I today click on threads I'm following, and here's pages and pages of banter between Longhorn and Panama on why GaSt is so bad and the ineptness of JMU admins leadership. I believe this is a first where a LU post was hijacked away from LU rather than LU being the stomping boy. Oh, and I bought a 2017 Ford Fusion Energi electric/hybrid. Longhorn and Panama go for it. I think I'm going to re-read the Fusion manual.

But you do have to realize: Ga State isn't very good.

Call it good fortune, luck or whatever one wants, but LU is 3-0 it's last 3 games against App St, JMU and GaSt. And GaSt is a very small fish in a very big pond in Atlanta and we'll see what they carve out in interest and local support. With the metro area of Atlanta,, that is a tall order.

While I'm never happy with a loss, that's what prompted us to change up the roster and take the red shorts off of several freshmen. As they say, the rest was (well, is) history. So, thanks a bunch.

Congrats on your FBS success. We need to be fixtures on one another's schedules, and I look forward to that day. Our mid 2000's rivalry was exactly what drives revenue and interest.

Get busy living, or get busy monitoring.

(06-17-2017 06:58 PM)NewTimes Wrote:  

(06-17-2017 05:17 PM)AppinVA Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 07:06 PM)NewTimes Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 06:57 PM)Dignan Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 06:53 PM)NewTimes Wrote:  Been away for a few days buying a new car. Come back today, get caught up on threads I'm posting on and threads I am reading. What happened here?

A LU fan (me), makes a post on the JMU board with links, referencing a possible opening in the SBC due to lack of scheduling, poor attendance and a ridiculously low athletic budget by UL-M. I today click on threads I'm following, and here's pages and pages of banter between Longhorn and Panama on why GaSt is so bad and the ineptness of JMU admins leadership. I believe this is a first where a LU post was hijacked away from LU rather than LU being the stomping boy. Oh, and I bought a 2017 Ford Fusion Energi electric/hybrid. Longhorn and Panama go for it. I think I'm going to re-read the Fusion manual.

But you do have to realize: Ga State isn't very good.

Call it good fortune, luck or whatever one wants, but LU is 3-0 it's last 3 games against App St, JMU and GaSt. And GaSt is a very small fish in a very big pond in Atlanta and we'll see what they carve out in interest and local support. With the metro area of Atlanta,, that is a tall order.

While I'm never happy with a loss, that's what prompted us to change up the roster and take the red shorts off of several freshmen. As they say, the rest was (well, is) history. So, thanks a bunch.

That is a very valid point. The App St loss to LU was the low point for App St then. It did rejuneivate the program. LU just caught App St at the right time. App St was a little smug, was becoming full FBS, LU had been denied an SBC invite(s), and the stars were in alignment. Fortunately is was a very exciting game. The LU-GaSt lacked energy, the Ga Dome was cavernous, and lacked all the importance of the App St game, except it was a LU victory over a FBS, or near full FBS team. I believe GaSt had only won 1 or 2 FBS games to that point.

I guess it is good that GaSt has new diggs as that will give them some hopeful impetus to draw. It bites that a 20 year old stadium, that was in perfectly good condition at the time, was allowed to go to pot on purely finances where the Braves could be in a wealthier section of town. It hosed the community and just gave me another good reason to root against the lowely Braves. I love seeing them currently linger in last place. Greedy putz they are.

I'd long found humility before the Liberty game. I've misplaced it a few times since, though.

(06-17-2017 11:29 AM)panama Wrote:  they are better than anyone that is left in the CAA...right?

(06-19-2017 02:52 PM)ChiefGSU275 Wrote:  

(06-17-2017 11:29 AM)panama Wrote:  they are better than anyone that is left in the CAA...right?

The two of you must want to be punched in the neck.