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RE: stAte AD says SBC Will stick at 11 football teams for now.
(05-17-2014 05:13 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  
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(05-17-2014 12:08 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  This is exactly why I don't understand the attitudes of some SB and CUSA folks. With the exception of Lafayette, we have all been in the same transitionary boat at one time or another. We get it. We're the new kids on the block. We have to pay our dues and prove ourselves. But comments from people like ULL's head football coach and WKU fans in particular are hard to figure.

Lafayette Leopards are a 1AA in Pennsylvania. What does that have to do with the Belt?

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Sorry to insult you. I keep forgetting you guys like to claim the entire state of Louisiana.

Nahhh, just trying to prevent you from looking ignorant.

All the best in your quest for 1A relevancy.

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No problemo. Didn't intend to come off as a smart azz. Familiar with the Leopards. We played them in the 2004 playoffs. We'll get our nose bloodied a lot of times along the road to FBS (like the use of 1A) relevancy, but that's the price you gotta pay.

Drove through the fair city of Lafayette on our way to Houston fleeing Hurricane Gustav after our game at LSU. Stopped in to look around campus. Eerily quiet since everyone had left town. Hope to make it back for a game soon. I'll be hitting you guys up for a recommendation on the best spot for shrimp etouffee.

HA! Come to our tailgate and we'll rip your lips off.. Restaurants here are awesome... Home cooking is even better.. All the best.

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I have a suspicion that it will be Missouri State next year.

That is why the Arkansas State AD is saying that they've decided to table the decision for a year. Its to give Missouri State more time to get their act together. Their resume must have risen to the top of the pile.

Quite honestly, UMass will be around for the taking. They have 2 more seasons to play in the MAC. If the SBC wants to play the UMass card they could wait until December of 2015 to do it, right in advance of the 2016 season.

By next spring there could be more moves such as Wichita St and VCU to the Big East which would destabilize the MVC to the point where Missouri State would be ready to jump.

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(05-17-2014 11:39 AM)AppManDG Wrote:  
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(05-17-2014 07:04 AM)AppManDG Wrote:  Bring in NMSU for all sports, show Idaho the door, play a round robin schedule and determine a champion the old fashion way.

No NMSU without UMASS. UMASS is an excellent academic school with a top notch reputation and football in better shape than NMSU or Idaho. Not to mention the program investments in talent and facilities currently underway.

I think that's the thinking of the teams in the east. As I posted back in early March, the interest in UMASS would be contigent upon NMSU coming on board in all sports.

The thinking in our neck of the woods is that we can swallow the NMSU addition IF it brings some divisional alignment in the appropriate sports. At least in the minds of Georgia Southern and App State, this would be a step towards a conference championship game.

I can't speak for the App State fans, but here is the reason that a lot of Georgia Southern fans had initial interest in moving toward a CGC. The CGC was part of the 'carrot' lured to us to move to the Sun Belt, and that was being eligible THIS YEAR to participate in a championship game. That may seem inconsequential to the existing members of the Sun Belt, however for teams like Georgia Southern and Appalachian, that was kind of like shoving a fresh, hot Krispy Kreme donut in our face 03-wink

With the changes, transitions and rule changes, I can now see the rationale for not rushing toward a CGC, but that really provides little 'political' cover to our own AD who had used the CGC eligibility as a calming element to some of our fanbase who were nutted up about having two years of "nothing to play for". So he'll probably hold to that view, and that's fine. He has to balance keeping the constituency happy as well as working with his fellow AD's.

Whatever happens, we'll get past it and more importantly we'll be a solid member that works well with the group. I've made quite a few trips in the past to Idaho, New Mexico and Massachussetts and personally don't give a flip if we're traveling there with regularity as part of this conference. UMASS is bound to get better quickly, Whipple is a damn good coach and will turn them around.

Oh, and as just an aside, I don't think Liberty has ever come CLOSE to having enough support to get in the Sun Belt. Having followed the SoCon for quite a while (20+ years), and interacted with quite a few coaches, AD's and faculty advisors ... they don't really have a place to go out of the Big South. The SoCon definitely isn't interested in them, or they would have added them already.

As for myself and many of the App fans within my circle, moving to FBS is first and foremost about being associated with like minded schools and the opportunity to attract better out of conference games (home & away) within our region. Divisions and a conference championship game were an added benefit, but never the primary attraction for moving. Try as he might, the reality is other than JMU there are no other schools out there Benson can legitimately point to as a travel partner for App. UMass sure as heck isn't. App is on an island. With the exception of Ark State, SB members are an average 3-4 hours closer to Statesboro than Boone. While that might not mean much in terms of teams flying, it is a big disadvantage to the fans who drive to games.

Like some others I think the landscape within the G5 conferences is in for more shake-up in 2014-15. The next CUSA TV contract won't be nearly as lucrative as the present one and some of those folks may rethink their association. It may be in the SB's best interest to sit tight and let everything plays out for a couple of years.

If I gave the impression I thought a CGC was our primary intent for moving, I screwed up 03-wink. More like the car mats the salesman throws in after the sale .... we definitely weren't content with the direction of the SoCon, and like App wanted to be in a conference with like-minded institutions.

Georgia Southern was flat out fortunate that our former president, Dr. Grube, hung it up after a decade of letting the athletic department mark time on the back burner. Most knew what we were getting when we got a guy from a D2 Minnesota college.

We were very fortunate as well to get a guy in Dr. Keel, that had the experience @ LSU that he did. He understood what he had and gave Sam Baker enough time to get with the program. Baker either lacked the drive or the belief it could be done, perhaps both. Time will tell. Keel had barely enough time to get an AD on board when the WAC implosion accelerated our time line. I only mentioned the CGC because part of what was negotiated was that we (and ASU) would be eligible this year for a conference championship game had there been one, and that is at least one more game to strive for, for fanbases used to post-season play, since we are not BOWL ELIGIBLE this year only.

As for App and travel, JMU makes all the sense in the world, but evidently Alger doesn't have the set that Keel had when he rolled into Statesboro. Keel pretty much said we're going, we're going to do what we have to to get there, get with us or get out. Some of the faculty didn't like it. Some of our local press folks are whining. Some of the fans got turned off. It is what it is. These folks weren't donating much to begin with anyways, some of them complained about having to donate $100 to have a spot in the parking lot 500 feet from the gate.

It's time to grow up. We'll get in the Sun Belt and like I said we'll be equitable partners, CGC or not. The circumstances have been very fluid since we officially announced our move up, and one thing is certain there is always change.
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(05-17-2014 06:44 PM)zeebart21 Wrote:  
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(05-17-2014 02:17 PM)zeebart21 Wrote:  
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(05-17-2014 01:39 PM)zeebart21 Wrote:  Lafayette Leopards are a 1AA in Pennsylvania. What does that have to do with the Belt?

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Sorry to insult you. I keep forgetting you guys like to claim the entire state of Louisiana.

Nahhh, just trying to prevent you from looking ignorant.

All the best in your quest for 1A relevancy.

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No problemo. Didn't intend to come off as a smart azz. Familiar with the Leopards. We played them in the 2004 playoffs. We'll get our nose bloodied a lot of times along the road to FBS (like the use of 1A) relevancy, but that's the price you gotta pay.

Drove through the fair city of Lafayette on our way to Houston fleeing Hurricane Gustav after our game at LSU. Stopped in to look around campus. Eerily quiet since everyone had left town. Hope to make it back for a game soon. I'll be hitting you guys up for a recommendation on the best spot for shrimp etouffee.

HA! Come to our tailgate and we'll rip your lips off.. Restaurants here are awesome... Home cooking is even better.. All the best.

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You've got a deal! Looking forward to getting back down for some sight seeing. About all we saw our last trip was a royal butt whipin' and 8 hours of tail lights on I-10.
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(05-17-2014 11:39 AM)AppManDG Wrote:  App is on an island.

If you look at the map, Arkansas State is a regular geographical oddity. Two weeks from everywhere.
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(05-17-2014 11:39 AM)AppManDG Wrote:  App is on an island.

If you look at the map, Arkansas State is a regular geographical oddity. Two weeks from everywhere.

You have to fly into Montgomery then drive one hour to get to Troy since there is no major airport in Troy. Everyone has something.
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(05-17-2014 07:53 PM)Eagle22 Wrote:  
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(05-17-2014 08:01 AM)Eagle22 Wrote:  
(05-17-2014 07:48 AM)GoAppsGo92 Wrote:  
(05-17-2014 07:04 AM)AppManDG Wrote:  Bring in NMSU for all sports, show Idaho the door, play a round robin schedule and determine a champion the old fashion way.

No NMSU without UMASS. UMASS is an excellent academic school with a top notch reputation and football in better shape than NMSU or Idaho. Not to mention the program investments in talent and facilities currently underway.

I think that's the thinking of the teams in the east. As I posted back in early March, the interest in UMASS would be contigent upon NMSU coming on board in all sports.

The thinking in our neck of the woods is that we can swallow the NMSU addition IF it brings some divisional alignment in the appropriate sports. At least in the minds of Georgia Southern and App State, this would be a step towards a conference championship game.

I can't speak for the App State fans, but here is the reason that a lot of Georgia Southern fans had initial interest in moving toward a CGC. The CGC was part of the 'carrot' lured to us to move to the Sun Belt, and that was being eligible THIS YEAR to participate in a championship game. That may seem inconsequential to the existing members of the Sun Belt, however for teams like Georgia Southern and Appalachian, that was kind of like shoving a fresh, hot Krispy Kreme donut in our face 03-wink

With the changes, transitions and rule changes, I can now see the rationale for not rushing toward a CGC, but that really provides little 'political' cover to our own AD who had used the CGC eligibility as a calming element to some of our fanbase who were nutted up about having two years of "nothing to play for". So he'll probably hold to that view, and that's fine. He has to balance keeping the constituency happy as well as working with his fellow AD's.

Whatever happens, we'll get past it and more importantly we'll be a solid member that works well with the group. I've made quite a few trips in the past to Idaho, New Mexico and Massachussetts and personally don't give a flip if we're traveling there with regularity as part of this conference. UMASS is bound to get better quickly, Whipple is a damn good coach and will turn them around.

Oh, and as just an aside, I don't think Liberty has ever come CLOSE to having enough support to get in the Sun Belt. Having followed the SoCon for quite a while (20+ years), and interacted with quite a few coaches, AD's and faculty advisors ... they don't really have a place to go out of the Big South. The SoCon definitely isn't interested in them, or they would have added them already.

As for myself and many of the App fans within my circle, moving to FBS is first and foremost about being associated with like minded schools and the opportunity to attract better out of conference games (home & away) within our region. Divisions and a conference championship game were an added benefit, but never the primary attraction for moving. Try as he might, the reality is other than JMU there are no other schools out there Benson can legitimately point to as a travel partner for App. UMass sure as heck isn't. App is on an island. With the exception of Ark State, SB members are an average 3-4 hours closer to Statesboro than Boone. While that might not mean much in terms of teams flying, it is a big disadvantage to the fans who drive to games.

Like some others I think the landscape within the G5 conferences is in for more shake-up in 2014-15. The next CUSA TV contract won't be nearly as lucrative as the present one and some of those folks may rethink their association. It may be in the SB's best interest to sit tight and let everything plays out for a couple of years.

If I gave the impression I thought a CGC was our primary intent for moving, I screwed up 03-wink. More like the car mats the salesman throws in after the sale .... we definitely weren't content with the direction of the SoCon, and like App wanted to be in a conference with like-minded institutions.

Georgia Southern was flat out fortunate that our former president, Dr. Grube, hung it up after a decade of letting the athletic department mark time on the back burner. Most knew what we were getting when we got a guy from a D2 Minnesota college.

We were very fortunate as well to get a guy in Dr. Keel, that had the experience @ LSU that he did. He understood what he had and gave Sam Baker enough time to get with the program. Baker either lacked the drive or the belief it could be done, perhaps both. Time will tell. Keel had barely enough time to get an AD on board when the WAC implosion accelerated our time line. I only mentioned the CGC because part of what was negotiated was that we (and ASU) would be eligible this year for a conference championship game had there been one, and that is at least one more game to strive for, for fanbases used to post-season play, since we are not BOWL ELIGIBLE this year only.

As for App and travel, JMU makes all the sense in the world, but evidently Alger doesn't have the set that Keel had when he rolled into Statesboro. Keel pretty much said we're going, we're going to do what we have to to get there, get with us or get out. Some of the faculty didn't like it. Some of our local press folks are whining. Some of the fans got turned off. It is what it is. These folks weren't donating much to begin with anyways, some of them complained about having to donate $100 to have a spot in the parking lot 500 feet from the gate.

It's time to grow up. We'll get in the Sun Belt and like I said we'll be equitable partners, CGC or not. The circumstances have been very fluid since we officially announced our move up, and one thing is certain there is always change.

Knowing some GSU folks like I do, I figured that to be the case. We were equally fortunate when Chancellor Peacock took over. He cleaned up the athletic department, created the vision and set the plan in motion to get App into 1-A. It's uncanny how closely App's & GSU's journey to FBS mirror one another. It's gonna be a fun, but bumpy ride!
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(05-17-2014 09:32 PM)TroyFootball05 Wrote:  
(05-17-2014 09:30 PM)ark30inf Wrote:  
(05-17-2014 11:39 AM)AppManDG Wrote:  App is on an island.

If you look at the map, Arkansas State is a regular geographical oddity. Two weeks from everywhere.

You have to fly into Montgomery then drive one hour to get to Troy since there is no major airport in Troy. Everyone has something.

Teams can charter into Hickory and make the hour drive up to Boone. Commercial service into Greensboro or Charlotte and a two hour trip. But the scenery is outstanding!
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(05-17-2014 02:17 PM)zeebart21 Wrote:  
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(05-17-2014 11:06 AM)ark30inf Wrote:  Yes, we spent our time in the Bottom 10. So did WKU. So did ULL and ULM. So did FIU. So did FAU. There aren't many who were in the Sun Belt in the early years that didn't spend time there.

This is exactly why I don't understand the attitudes of some SB and CUSA folks. With the exception of Lafayette, we have all been in the same transitionary boat at one time or another. We get it. We're the new kids on the block. We have to pay our dues and prove ourselves. But comments from people like ULL's head football coach and WKU fans in particular are hard to figure.

Lafayette Leopards are a 1AA in Pennsylvania. What does that have to do with the Belt?

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Sorry to insult you. I keep forgetting you guys like to claim the entire state of Louisiana.

Nahhh, just trying to prevent you from looking ignorant.

All the best in your quest for 1A relevancy.

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We'll get there a lot sooner than others have...
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(05-17-2014 09:30 PM)ark30inf Wrote:  
(05-17-2014 11:39 AM)AppManDG Wrote:  App is on an island.

If you look at the map, Arkansas State is a regular geographical oddity. Two weeks from everywhere.

Other than UALR, we aren't an easy trip for anyone in the Belt, but ULM and UTA are reasonable bus trips if so inclined.

One year we bussed to Troy and when I asked why we took such a long bus trip the answer was that Coach Roberts had hated the hassle of bussing to Memphis, flying to Montgomery, then bussing to Troy and figured a bus trip was easier and took about the same time.
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(05-17-2014 10:22 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  
(05-17-2014 09:30 PM)ark30inf Wrote:  
(05-17-2014 11:39 AM)AppManDG Wrote:  App is on an island.

If you look at the map, Arkansas State is a regular geographical oddity. Two weeks from everywhere.

Other than UALR, we aren't an easy trip for anyone in the Belt, but ULM and UTA are reasonable bus trips if so inclined.

One year we bussed to Troy and when I asked why we took such a long bus trip the answer was that Coach Roberts had hated the hassle of bussing to Memphis, flying to Montgomery, then bussing to Troy and figured a bus trip was easier and took about the same time.

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One thing I heard from Dr Keel at GaSo was that moving to the SBC was a step forward to help the school become a nationally-recognized research institution. I thought that was very smart to say.

While I didn't hear those things from the App State admins, providing more post-grad degree has to be part of the idea going forward and being associated with like-minded schools. The SoCon, while regional and convenient, was too diverse with their membership and goals. The only other school that App is comparable with is Georgia Southern. Even other SoCon public schools like Western Carolina, UNCG and Chattanooga were different because their size and resources were smaller.

Simply put, App State and Georgia Southern outgrew the SoCon's small-sized mentality and was tired of the lack of forward-thinking leadership. The failure to even create a conference streaming network like the Big South and Atlantic Sun (who have teams leaving to join the SoCon) is quite amazing. They did nothing noticeable with the NCAA units from Davidson's Elite Eight run. They promoted a renovated Civic Center for the hoops tourney and all the renovations were was just a proverbial new coat of paint and a few banners. But hey, at least their leaders get to go to Hilton Head for the Spring Meetings and jerk each other off.
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(05-17-2014 11:06 AM)ark30inf Wrote:  Yes, we spent our time in the Bottom 10. So did WKU. So did ULL and ULM. So did FIU. So did FAU. There aren't many who were in the Sun Belt in the early years that didn't spend time there.

This is exactly why I don't understand the attitudes of some SB and CUSA folks. With the exception of Lafayette, we have all been in the same transitionary boat at one time or another. We get it. We're the new kids on the block. We have to pay our dues and prove ourselves. But comments from people like ULL's head football coach and WKU fans in particular are hard to figure.

Look Hudspeth has to recruit against 7 FBS programs within 3.5 hours of our campus plus the 6 FCS schools in Louisiana. So he stated he did not support being in what was considered a transitional conference. Some of you newbies took that as a shot at y'all programs, when it was a salvo at our administration from Hudspeth.
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(05-18-2014 08:03 AM)geauxcajuns Wrote:  
(05-17-2014 12:08 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  
(05-17-2014 11:06 AM)ark30inf Wrote:  Yes, we spent our time in the Bottom 10. So did WKU. So did ULL and ULM. So did FIU. So did FAU. There aren't many who were in the Sun Belt in the early years that didn't spend time there.

This is exactly why I don't understand the attitudes of some SB and CUSA folks. With the exception of Lafayette, we have all been in the same transitionary boat at one time or another. We get it. We're the new kids on the block. We have to pay our dues and prove ourselves. But comments from people like ULL's head football coach and WKU fans in particular are hard to figure.

Look Hudspeth has to recruit against 7 FBS programs within 3.5 hours of our campus plus the 6 FCS schools in Louisiana. So he stated he did not support being in what was considered a transitional conference. Some of you newbies took that as a shot at y'all programs, when it was a salvo at our administration from Hudspeth.

There are 9 FBS and 10 FCS schools within a 3.5 hour ride of Boone.
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(05-18-2014 08:21 AM)AppManDG Wrote:  
(05-18-2014 08:03 AM)geauxcajuns Wrote:  
(05-17-2014 12:08 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  
(05-17-2014 11:06 AM)ark30inf Wrote:  Yes, we spent our time in the Bottom 10. So did WKU. So did ULL and ULM. So did FIU. So did FAU. There aren't many who were in the Sun Belt in the early years that didn't spend time there.

This is exactly why I don't understand the attitudes of some SB and CUSA folks. With the exception of Lafayette, we have all been in the same transitionary boat at one time or another. We get it. We're the new kids on the block. We have to pay our dues and prove ourselves. But comments from people like ULL's head football coach and WKU fans in particular are hard to figure.

Look Hudspeth has to recruit against 7 FBS programs within 3.5 hours of our campus plus the 6 FCS schools in Louisiana. So he stated he did not support being in what was considered a transitional conference. Some of you newbies took that as a shot at y'all programs, when it was a salvo at our administration from Hudspeth.

There are 9 FBS and 10 FCS schools within a 3.5 hour ride of Boone.
Sorry I should have clarified, G5 schools.
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(05-18-2014 12:58 AM)trojanbrutha Wrote:  
(05-17-2014 10:22 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  
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(05-17-2014 11:39 AM)AppManDG Wrote:  App is on an island.

If you look at the map, Arkansas State is a regular geographical oddity. Two weeks from everywhere.

Other than UALR, we aren't an easy trip for anyone in the Belt, but ULM and UTA are reasonable bus trips if so inclined.

One year we bussed to Troy and when I asked why we took such a long bus trip the answer was that Coach Roberts had hated the hassle of bussing to Memphis, flying to Montgomery, then bussing to Troy and figured a bus trip was easier and took about the same time.

http://www.wsfa.com/story/25489210/city-...technology

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(05-18-2014 08:21 AM)AppManDG Wrote:  
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(05-17-2014 12:08 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  
(05-17-2014 11:06 AM)ark30inf Wrote:  Yes, we spent our time in the Bottom 10. So did WKU. So did ULL and ULM. So did FIU. So did FAU. There aren't many who were in the Sun Belt in the early years that didn't spend time there.

This is exactly why I don't understand the attitudes of some SB and CUSA folks. With the exception of Lafayette, we have all been in the same transitionary boat at one time or another. We get it. We're the new kids on the block. We have to pay our dues and prove ourselves. But comments from people like ULL's head football coach and WKU fans in particular are hard to figure.

Look Hudspeth has to recruit against 7 FBS programs within 3.5 hours of our campus plus the 6 FCS schools in Louisiana. So he stated he did not support being in what was considered a transitional conference. Some of you newbies took that as a shot at y'all programs, when it was a salvo at our administration from Hudspeth.

There are 9 FBS and 10 FCS schools within a 3.5 hour ride of Boone.

Wow. Within 3.5 hours of USA, there are 0 P5 schools, and only 3 FBS schools (Tulane, USM, and Troy). And about 5.5 million people. And no FCS schools
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ULL should have no problem winning the next 4 SBC titles as the conference is so weak...
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(05-18-2014 10:57 AM)Saint3333 Wrote:  ULL should have no problem winning the next 4 SBC titles as the conference is so weak...

Yep! Little minions, keep on keepin on.
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(05-18-2014 10:57 AM)Saint3333 Wrote:  ULL should have no problem winning the next 4 SBC titles as the conference is so weak...

Please remember they have never won an outright championship. No matter how great they say they are.
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