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We Lost! It happens! Just like every playoff season but TWO that JMU has participated in during the last 49 years. Now its on to Season 50.

Who else is ready to move on and start talking about this fall? Frisco or BUST.

Three letters - FBS!

(05-11-2021 07:51 PM)Purple Wrote: [ -> ]Three letters - FBS!

That's the hope, but for now its season 50.

I would be ecstatic if our administration announced a move to a regional FBS conference in the coming weeks. It has to happen by June 30th or the window closes until this time next year.

116 days until kickoff!

(05-11-2021 08:16 PM)JMUNation Wrote: [ -> ]I would be ecstatic if our administration announced a move to a regional FBS conference in the coming weeks. It has to happen by June 30th or the window closes until this time next year.

Really appreciate this optimism...

(05-11-2021 08:16 PM)JMUNation Wrote: [ -> ]I would be ecstatic if our administration announced a move to a regional FBS conference in the coming weeks. It has to happen by June 30th or the window closes until this time next year.

I mean there is no way it happens this year given all that's going on, that would be some serious ninja sh!t if we made it happen after this year. But I do hope that the state of the CAA in 2020 made our admin take notice about how much CAA and FCS sucks balls.

End of the day we need a 3rd Natty before we go, and this will be the year to do it.

(05-11-2021 09:51 PM)JMaddy Wrote: [ -> ]

(05-11-2021 08:16 PM)JMUNation Wrote: [ -> ]I would be ecstatic if our administration announced a move to a regional FBS conference in the coming weeks. It has to happen by June 30th or the window closes until this time next year.

I mean there is no way it happens this year given all that's going on, that would be some serious ninja sh!t if we made it happen after this year. But I do hope that the state of the CAA in 2020 made our admin take notice about how much CAA and FCS sucks balls.

End of the day we need a 3rd Natty before we go, and this will be the year to do it.

Yeah, I think even our admin has had enough. Just constantly screwed by the CAA. This year was a joke in so many ways. They screwed football AND men's basketball. There's being too big for your conference and then there's your conference screwed you out of conference titles in the two biggest money-maker sports within like a month of each other. This spring has been an entirely new level of suck for the CAA.

I look at it a different way. If the financial impact of Covid-19 doesn’t push G5 schools that reside in far flung conferences to move into more regional conferences, nothing will. I am really referencing CUSA. I don’t no how it survives.

I also believe some schools will drop their sports from D1 and maybe altogether.

(05-11-2021 11:19 PM)JMUNation Wrote: [ -> ]I look at it a different way. If the financial impact of Covid-19 doesn’t push G5 schools that reside in far flung conferences to move into more regional conferences, nothing will. I am really referencing CUSA. I don’t no how it survives.

I also believe some schools will drop their sports from D1 and maybe altogether.

Yeah but they have TV deals to finish up. I think they're all mostly too scared of what's on the other side of the looking glass to step through it and see what happens, even though they know they're in a dead world.

I’m still rootin’ fer Dukes!!!

(05-11-2021 09:57 PM)jmufan2008 Wrote: [ -> ]

(05-11-2021 09:51 PM)JMaddy Wrote: [ -> ]

(05-11-2021 08:16 PM)JMUNation Wrote: [ -> ]I would be ecstatic if our administration announced a move to a regional FBS conference in the coming weeks. It has to happen by June 30th or the window closes until this time next year.

I mean there is no way it happens this year given all that's going on, that would be some serious ninja sh!t if we made it happen after this year. But I do hope that the state of the CAA in 2020 made our admin take notice about how much CAA and FCS sucks balls.

End of the day we need a 3rd Natty before we go, and this will be the year to do it.

Yeah, I think even our admin has had enough. Just constantly screwed by the CAA. This year was a joke in so many ways. They screwed football AND men's basketball. There's being too big for your conference and then there's your conference screwed you out of conference titles in the two biggest money-maker sports within like a month of each other. This spring has been an entirely new level of suck for the CAA.

I don't blame the CAA. We can't control the CAA. We can control JMU, and how we position ourselves.

(05-11-2021 08:16 PM)JMUNation Wrote: [ -> ]I would be ecstatic if our administration announced a move to a regional FBS conference in the coming weeks. It has to happen by June 30th or the window closes until this time next year.

FBS indy is the answer!

Amen, time to look forward.

Looking forward to the Fall season so I can be ROOTIN again!!

Go Dukes!!

Brian

(05-11-2021 11:19 PM)JMUNation Wrote: [ -> ]I look at it a different way. If the financial impact of Covid-19 doesn’t push G5 schools that reside in far flung conferences to move into more regional conferences, nothing will. I am really referencing CUSA. I don’t no how it survives.

I also believe some schools will drop their sports from D1 and maybe altogether.

Nation/Dukie has been saying this repeatedly for 20 years while the exact opposite has happened.

Coastal Carolina, Liberty, an App State have become top 25 programs, ODU has locked in long term deals to play VA Tech, Marshall, and UVA while fundraising has skyrocketed, all this is happening while JMU sits in the lowly CAA on a melting block of ice.

Applications are down, top donors are boycotting the university, and JMU continues to lead the nation in student fee extortion subsidizing D2 athletics.

The better question is - how does this model survive?


ODU raised a record $16.1 million
By Harry Minium
The prospect of a renovated S.B. Ballard football stadium enticed Old Dominion University athletic boosters to donate money in record amounts in 2018.
The Old Dominion Athletic Foundation, ODU’s athletic fundraising organization, raised a record $16.1 million last year, said Jena Virga, senior associate athletic director.
That’s more than the $12.3 million ODAF raised in 2017 and far more than the $9.6 million raised in 2016, Virga said.
The 2018 total is impressive among mid-major schools.
For instance, James Madison University, which has a Football Championship Subdivision program
but is otherwise comparable to ODU, raised $4.5 million in 2017-2018 school year.

Jan 01, 2021 · In August of 2017 ODU President, John Broderick, announced a fundraising initiative for Old Dominion University. As a part of the university wide initiative, the Old Dominion Athletic Foundation was tasked with raising $40,000,000 in support of ODU Athletics and our student-athletes. Thanks to our committed supporters, we have surpassed our goal!



10/2/20 – Virginia Pilot

the athletic department has even managed to avoid layoffs and furloughs, thanks largely to the generosity of its donors and sponsors. The department recently received a $5 million gift from a benefactor Selig declined to name.

https://www.pilotonline.com/sports/vp-sp...story.html

(05-11-2021 07:49 PM)JMaddy Wrote: [ -> ]We Lost! It happens! Just like every playoff season but TWO that JMU has participated in during the last 49 years. Now its on to Season 50.

Who else is ready to move on and start talking about this fall? Frisco or BUST.

I am with you! Renewed my season tickets today. Saturday sucked but time to move forward. Everything points to another strong team and a great season next Fall. Go Dukes!!


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(05-12-2021 12:02 AM)JMaddy Wrote: [ -> ]

(05-11-2021 11:19 PM)JMUNation Wrote: [ -> ]I look at it a different way. If the financial impact of Covid-19 doesn’t push G5 schools that reside in far flung conferences to move into more regional conferences, nothing will. I am really referencing CUSA. I don’t no how it survives.

I also believe some schools will drop their sports from D1 and maybe altogether.

Yeah but they have TV deals to finish up. I think they're all mostly too scared of what's on the other side of the looking glass to step through it and see what happens, even though they know they're in a dead world.

Maybe this can't happen in the contracts world, but can't they say "we're out as soon as the contract is up"?

I also heard something today about the Big 12 raiding.. I dunno, someone.

(05-12-2021 02:38 PM)94computerguy Wrote: [ -> ]

(05-12-2021 12:02 AM)JMaddy Wrote: [ -> ]

(05-11-2021 11:19 PM)JMUNation Wrote: [ -> ]I look at it a different way. If the financial impact of Covid-19 doesn’t push G5 schools that reside in far flung conferences to move into more regional conferences, nothing will. I am really referencing CUSA. I don’t no how it survives.

I also believe some schools will drop their sports from D1 and maybe altogether.

Yeah but they have TV deals to finish up. I think they're all mostly too scared of what's on the other side of the looking glass to step through it and see what happens, even though they know they're in a dead world.

Maybe this can't happen in the contracts world, but can't they say "we're out as soon as the contract is up"?

I also heard something today about the Big 12 raiding.. I dunno, someone.

this should go on the big momma thread, but ..... who would be plucked for the AAC and what is the trickle down?

Big12 - Houston, SMU, UCF, Memphis, Cincy all seem like candidates.

If the AAC is plundered, does an east coast centric AAC create a landing for APP, Marshall, ODU, JMU, Charlotte?

(05-12-2021 07:56 AM)Dukester Wrote: [ -> ]

(05-11-2021 09:57 PM)jmufan2008 Wrote: [ -> ]

(05-11-2021 09:51 PM)JMaddy Wrote: [ -> ]

(05-11-2021 08:16 PM)JMUNation Wrote: [ -> ]I would be ecstatic if our administration announced a move to a regional FBS conference in the coming weeks. It has to happen by June 30th or the window closes until this time next year.

I mean there is no way it happens this year given all that's going on, that would be some serious ninja sh!t if we made it happen after this year. But I do hope that the state of the CAA in 2020 made our admin take notice about how much CAA and FCS sucks balls.

End of the day we need a 3rd Natty before we go, and this will be the year to do it.

Yeah, I think even our admin has had enough. Just constantly screwed by the CAA. This year was a joke in so many ways. They screwed football AND men's basketball. There's being too big for your conference and then there's your conference screwed you out of conference titles in the two biggest money-maker sports within like a month of each other. This spring has been an entirely new level of suck for the CAA.

I don't blame the CAA. We can't control the CAA. We can control JMU, and how we position ourselves.

...have we positioned ourselves, pants down bent over grabbing our ankles?