I really hope JMU, Missouri State, or EKU take the spot. These suggestions are starting to get more laughable by the day. I mean we can always laugh at Florida Jag's old Kennesaw State stand-by, but Wofford? Furman?

No thank you.

(12-10-2013 01:22 AM)chiefsfan Wrote:  I really hope JMU, Missouri State, or EKU take the spot. These suggestions are starting to get more laughable by the day. I mean we can always laugh at Florida Jag's old Kennesaw State stand-by, but Wofford? Furman?

No thank you.

please no jmu or eku...

North:
Missouri State
Idaho (UALR)
Arkansas State
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
Appalachian State

South:
Texas State
New Mexico State (Texas-Arlington)
Louisiana
Louisiana-Monroe
South Alabama
Troy

This could work with Eastern Kentucky, but at that point you might as well go back to East/West.

(12-10-2013 07:59 PM)chargeradio Wrote:  North:
Missouri State
Idaho (UALR)
Arkansas State
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
Appalachian State

South:
Texas State
New Mexico State (Texas-Arlington)
Louisiana
Louisiana-Monroe
South Alabama
Troy

This could work with Eastern Kentucky, but at that point you might as well go back to East/West.

Georgia Southern in the North? Doesn't that kind of sound strange.

(12-10-2013 08:43 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(12-10-2013 07:59 PM)chargeradio Wrote:  North:
Missouri State
Idaho (UALR)
Arkansas State
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
Appalachian State

South:
Texas State
New Mexico State (Texas-Arlington)
Louisiana
Louisiana-Monroe
South Alabama
Troy

This could work with Eastern Kentucky, but at that point you might as well go back to East/West.

Georgia Southern in the North? Doesn't that kind of sound strange.

Georgia Southern's neither Georgia nor Southern. Discuss.

(12-10-2013 07:59 PM)chargeradio Wrote:  North:
Missouri State
Idaho (UALR)
Arkansas State
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
Appalachian State

South:
Texas State
New Mexico State (Texas-Arlington)
Louisiana
Louisiana-Monroe
South Alabama
Troy

This could work with Eastern Kentucky, but at that point you might as well go back to East/West.

I can't tell how serious you are, so I will assume you are for the discussion.

Idaho and Georgia Southern in the same division, but UTA and UALR aren't? There is also no respect for rivalries either.

There are a lot more flaws, but those are the biggest. East / west is the only logical division.

(12-09-2013 08:21 PM)Oldyeller Wrote:  

(12-09-2013 05:59 PM)FloridaJag Wrote:  

(12-09-2013 03:21 PM)FoUTASportscaster Wrote:  I guess since we don't have football, UTA and UALR aren't Sun Belt members...

I will state it again: I think our best options for expansion are:

1. UTA football (already a member)
2. Missouri State (They just announced a stadium expansion and other facilty upgrades)

3. Florida Gulf Coast (should announce football intentions next year and ready to play by 2017)

4. Kennesaw State

5. UNF (will have to add football after FGCU announces football. It would be the only university in state without football.

Go back and read the threads when I mentioned Ga State and Ga Southern as candidates.

(12-06-2013 02:49 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  No to EKU. They're too close to UK.

Which might give UK fans a chance at seeing a good football team one day. More than at UK anyway.

(12-06-2013 02:48 PM)ManOnABuffalo Wrote:  http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs...ck_check=1


standby for WKU posters to tell them how they aren't qualified in 5, 4, 3, 2...

eku.

Note all the eku fans on this thread. I know one is the loneliness number, but not sure how zero classifies.

I dont know much about EKU. However, i think the most important factors should be geographical footprint, large student body and/or fanbase, and the desire to be in the Sun Belt. Id gladly take a school like EKU, Missouri State, heck even Liberty (maybe), over a school like JMU that really wants nothing to do with the conference, and will bolt at the first opportunity its given.

(12-11-2013 12:07 PM)ATX Bobcat Wrote:  I dont know much about EKU. However, i think the most important factors should be geographical footprint, large student body and/or fanbase, and the desire to be in the Sun Belt. Id gladly take a school like EKU, Missouri State, heck even Liberty (maybe), over a school like JMU that really wants nothing to do with the conference, and will bolt at the first opportunity its given.

I dunno about JMU bolting. It's been like pulling teeth to get the admin to even discuss leaving the CAA. Plus, Harrisonburg isn't a big market. If JMU goes Sun Belt, the only way you'll see them leave is if the Sun Belt disbands.

(12-11-2013 12:53 PM)All Dukes_All Day Wrote:  

(12-11-2013 12:07 PM)ATX Bobcat Wrote:  I dont know much about EKU. However, i think the most important factors should be geographical footprint, large student body and/or fanbase, and the desire to be in the Sun Belt. Id gladly take a school like EKU, Missouri State, heck even Liberty (maybe), over a school like JMU that really wants nothing to do with the conference, and will bolt at the first opportunity its given.

I dunno about JMU bolting. It's been like pulling teeth to get the admin to even discuss leaving the CAA. Plus, Harrisonburg isn't a big market. If JMU goes Sun Belt, the only way you'll see them leave is if the Sun Belt disbands.

Would like to have JMU in the Sun Belt, but anyone reading the MAC board can see the same attitude that JMU administrators seem to have about academics being much more of a consideration than most conferences would be concerned with. Makes a lot of people think that JMU will go MAC if they ever decide to expand.

Don't care if a school wants to be in the Sun Belt. In fact, I am hoping they DON'T want to be in the Sun Belt. I want to get a school that will put all it can into making itself so attractive to other conferences that they have suitors lining up at the door.

I want that for all the schools in the Sun Belt, because if that happens, the Sun Belt becomes the prettiest girl at the ball.

(12-11-2013 01:04 PM)GoApps70 Wrote:  

(12-11-2013 12:53 PM)All Dukes_All Day Wrote:  

(12-11-2013 12:07 PM)ATX Bobcat Wrote:  I dont know much about EKU. However, i think the most important factors should be geographical footprint, large student body and/or fanbase, and the desire to be in the Sun Belt. Id gladly take a school like EKU, Missouri State, heck even Liberty (maybe), over a school like JMU that really wants nothing to do with the conference, and will bolt at the first opportunity its given.

I dunno about JMU bolting. It's been like pulling teeth to get the admin to even discuss leaving the CAA. Plus, Harrisonburg isn't a big market. If JMU goes Sun Belt, the only way you'll see them leave is if the Sun Belt disbands.

Would like to have JMU in the Sun Belt, but anyone reading the MAC board can see the same attitude that JMU administrators seem to have about academics being much more of a consideration than most conferences would be concerned with. Makes a lot of people think that JMU will go MAC if they ever decide to expand.

JMU will not be going to the MAC. The only option for JMU is the Sun Belt and it doesn't look like the admin wants to do that despite many fans insisting to just join an FBS conference already. I actually think JMU is going to keep holding out hoping for an offer that will not be coming. In a few years, JMU might not even be in these discussions anymore.

(12-09-2013 05:59 PM)FloridaJag Wrote:  

(12-09-2013 03:21 PM)FoUTASportscaster Wrote:  I guess since we don't have football, UTA and UALR aren't Sun Belt members...

I will state it again: I think our best options for expansion are:

1. UTA football (already a member)
2. Missouri State (They just announced a stadium expansion and other facilty upgrades)

3. Florida Gulf Coast (should announce football intentions next year and ready to play by 2017)

4. Kennesaw State

5. UNF (will have to add football after FGCU announces football. It would be the only university in state without football.

It continues to be horrifying that you actually believe this. Other than the first 2 you might as well have said Georgia Perimeter or Miami-Dade.

If #1 occurred they wouldnt be FBS before 2021. #3 is hearsay. #5 is speculation based upon hearsay in #3. #4 is LOLZ! They have no money. The FCS startup program to watch is Mercer. Holy cow! They are set to become the greatest startup ever and thats a list that includes Georgia Southern, ODU and USF. When we are talking expansion we're talking NOW. There is no point in talking about 5 to 7 years from now because really who cares as the membership will likely be different by then anyway.

(12-11-2013 09:39 AM)FloridaJag Wrote:  

(12-09-2013 08:21 PM)Oldyeller Wrote:  

(12-09-2013 05:59 PM)FloridaJag Wrote:  

(12-09-2013 03:21 PM)FoUTASportscaster Wrote:  I guess since we don't have football, UTA and UALR aren't Sun Belt members...

I will state it again: I think our best options for expansion are:

1. UTA football (already a member)
2. Missouri State (They just announced a stadium expansion and other facilty upgrades)

3. Florida Gulf Coast (should announce football intentions next year and ready to play by 2017)

4. Kennesaw State

5. UNF (will have to add football after FGCU announces football. It would be the only university in state without football.

Go back and read the threads when I mentioned Ga State and Ga Southern as candidates.

If youre comparing KSU to Georgia State and Georgia Southern...LOL! Um...no. Kennesaw State is what people accuse Georgia State of being but what we havent been since the 1980's. Kennesaw State is a commuter school that draws most of its enrollment from the Western and Northwestern Metro Atlanta counties. This is the school that pushed back its startup for football 3 times. Money will be an issue. Alumni support will be an issue. Like I said, Mercer announced way after Kennesaw and has since left them in the dust.

(12-11-2013 02:11 PM)panama Wrote:  

(12-09-2013 05:59 PM)FloridaJag Wrote:  

(12-09-2013 03:21 PM)FoUTASportscaster Wrote:  I guess since we don't have football, UTA and UALR aren't Sun Belt members...

I will state it again: I think our best options for expansion are:

1. UTA football (already a member)
2. Missouri State (They just announced a stadium expansion and other facilty upgrades)

3. Florida Gulf Coast (should announce football intentions next year and ready to play by 2017)

4. Kennesaw State

5. UNF (will have to add football after FGCU announces football. It would be the only university in state without football.

It continues to be horrifying that you actually believe this. Other than the first 2 you might as well have said Georgia Perimeter or Miami-Dade.

If #1 occurred they wouldnt be FBS before 2021. #3 is hearsay. #5 is speculation based upon hearsay in #3. #4 is LOLZ! They have no money. The FCS startup program to watch is Mercer. Holy cow! They are set to become the greatest startup ever and thats a list that includes Georgia Southern, ODU and USF. When we are talking expansion we're talking NOW. There is no point in talking about 5 to 7 years from now because really who cares as the membership will likely be different by then anyway.

Mercer, Mercer?

I will assumen you have no problem with #1 and #2. FGCU has the greatest potential for the Sun Belt in the Southeast region.

How does Kennesaw States' Athletice Budget compare to the Sun Belt schools including App State and Ga Southern?

(12-11-2013 02:18 PM)panama Wrote:  

(12-11-2013 09:39 AM)FloridaJag Wrote:  

(12-09-2013 08:21 PM)Oldyeller Wrote:  

(12-09-2013 05:59 PM)FloridaJag Wrote:  

(12-09-2013 03:21 PM)FoUTASportscaster Wrote:  I guess since we don't have football, UTA and UALR aren't Sun Belt members...

I will state it again: I think our best options for expansion are:

1. UTA football (already a member)
2. Missouri State (They just announced a stadium expansion and other facilty upgrades)

3. Florida Gulf Coast (should announce football intentions next year and ready to play by 2017)

4. Kennesaw State

5. UNF (will have to add football after FGCU announces football. It would be the only university in state without football.

Go back and read the threads when I mentioned Ga State and Ga Southern as candidates.

If youre comparing KSU to Georgia State and Georgia Southern...LOL! Um...no. Kennesaw State is what people accuse Georgia State of being but what we havent been since the 1980's. Kennesaw State is a commuter school that draws most of its enrollment from the Western and Northwestern Metro Atlanta counties. This is the school that pushed back its startup for football 3 times. Money will be an issue. Alumni support will be an issue. Like I said, Mercer announced way after Kennesaw and has since left them in the dust.

We heard the argument for years that South Alabama and Georgia State were "commuter schools". So now you want to use the same argument against KSU.

Mercer is a private school with 8300 students. No thank you.

Kennesaw State is the choice or are you worried that would be one more loss on the GA State schedule. Come on there is room for one more.

(12-11-2013 02:00 PM)TheRevSWT Wrote:  Don't care if a school wants to be in the Sun Belt. In fact, I am hoping they DON'T want to be in the Sun Belt. I want to get a school that will put all it can into making itself so attractive to other conferences that they have suitors lining up at the door.

I want that for all the schools in the Sun Belt, because if that happens, the Sun Belt becomes the prettiest girl at the ball.

Would rather have a school like that Rev that wants to stay in the SBC because they know no other conference would help them anymore than the Sun Belt. Then we really will have something great.

(12-11-2013 11:48 AM)TopperTorpedo Wrote:  

(12-06-2013 02:48 PM)ManOnABuffalo Wrote:  http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs...ck_check=1


standby for WKU posters to tell them how they aren't qualified in 5, 4, 3, 2...

eku.

Note all the eku fans on this thread. I know one is the loneliness number, but not sure how zero classifies.

You'll also note that there are only SBC people even discussing this and no eku people. eku'ers are too busy shoving their heads up uk's arse to be bothered with eku sports. They haven't even been in the ncaa since, what, 1979?