(07-20-2015 05:55 PM)Godzilla Wrote:  

(07-20-2015 08:33 PM)bullitt_60 Wrote:  

(07-20-2015 05:55 PM)Godzilla Wrote:  

Very well played!

(07-20-2015 07:40 PM)dtd_vandal Wrote:  

(07-20-2015 04:51 PM)Usajags Wrote:  So Benson, in all is football wisdom, wants more G5 games so we have a better chance of going undefeated and playing in the New Year's Day bowl. I guess he paid attention how well that was working for Marshall. Cause had they gone undefeated, they were not playing on New Year's Day, they were barely in the top 25, however, that would be new for the SBC.

It just drives more wedge between the P and the G conferences. This guy seems to have no confidence or vision for teams or the conference. Boise St made it playing P5 schools, Utah made it playing P5 schools.....

Not exactly, Boise State made it by beating 1 P5 school a year during the regular season followed by a much easier G5 slate. The only times since 2002 that they had more than 1 P5 game in the regular season was 2 in 2005 and 2 in 2010.

This is true.

But they killed their G5 competition. They were rolling from day one.

(07-20-2015 08:33 PM)bullitt_60 Wrote:  

(07-20-2015 05:55 PM)Godzilla Wrote:  

They missed a good opportunity to have audio only.

Learned a lot today, met a lot of great folks over the past two days. Great opportunity to network with other folks in the media/AD/college athletic world.

Biggest take home message I had again, second year in a row .... for all the "buzz" about the supposed Atlanta media market I saw zero news/internet presence at media days and was somewhat surprised that Cobb didn't attend.

I know that they probably were all tapped out from the ESPY's travel, but it would seem that a team/program that is really needing some breakthrough attendance marks would be doing everything possible to rally up some support for this season.

Maybe next year, but I figure Miles has to make light of what is a very tenuous situation for him if they don't win early.

(07-20-2015 10:00 PM)Eagle22 Wrote:  Learned a lot today, met a lot of great folks over the past two days. Great opportunity to network with other folks in the media/AD/college athletic world.

Biggest take home message I had again, second year in a row .... for all the "buzz" about the supposed Atlanta media market I saw zero news/internet presence at media days and was somewhat surprised that Cobb didn't attend.

I know that they probably were all tapped out from the ESPY's travel, but it would seem that a team/program that is really needing some breakthrough attendance marks would be doing everything possible to rally up some support for this season.

Maybe next year, but I figure Miles has to make light of what is a very tenuous situation for him if they don't win early.

Miles knows another bad season could really hurt that program, and be the end of his employment at the school.

(07-20-2015 10:05 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(07-20-2015 10:00 PM)Eagle22 Wrote:  Learned a lot today, met a lot of great folks over the past two days. Great opportunity to network with other folks in the media/AD/college athletic world.

Biggest take home message I had again, second year in a row .... for all the "buzz" about the supposed Atlanta media market I saw zero news/internet presence at media days and was somewhat surprised that Cobb didn't attend.

I know that they probably were all tapped out from the ESPY's travel, but it would seem that a team/program that is really needing some breakthrough attendance marks would be doing everything possible to rally up some support for this season.

Maybe next year, but I figure Miles has to make light of what is a very tenuous situation for him if they don't win early.

Miles knows another bad season could really hurt that program, and be the end of his employment at the school.

If you listen to the natives, their demands are bordering on the unrealistic for the condition of their program.

Media markets have proven to be a fugazi.

(07-20-2015 10:05 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(07-20-2015 10:00 PM)Eagle22 Wrote:  Learned a lot today, met a lot of great folks over the past two days. Great opportunity to network with other folks in the media/AD/college athletic world.

Biggest take home message I had again, second year in a row .... for all the "buzz" about the supposed Atlanta media market I saw zero news/internet presence at media days and was somewhat surprised that Cobb didn't attend.

I know that they probably were all tapped out from the ESPY's travel, but it would seem that a team/program that is really needing some breakthrough attendance marks would be doing everything possible to rally up some support for this season.

Maybe next year, but I figure Miles has to make light of what is a very tenuous situation for him if they don't win early.

Miles knows another bad season could really hurt that program, and be the end of his employment at the school.

"Could" be the end? LOL.

(07-20-2015 11:11 PM)eaglewraith Wrote:  

(07-20-2015 10:05 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(07-20-2015 10:00 PM)Eagle22 Wrote:  Learned a lot today, met a lot of great folks over the past two days. Great opportunity to network with other folks in the media/AD/college athletic world.

Biggest take home message I had again, second year in a row .... for all the "buzz" about the supposed Atlanta media market I saw zero news/internet presence at media days and was somewhat surprised that Cobb didn't attend.

I know that they probably were all tapped out from the ESPY's travel, but it would seem that a team/program that is really needing some breakthrough attendance marks would be doing everything possible to rally up some support for this season.

Maybe next year, but I figure Miles has to make light of what is a very tenuous situation for him if they don't win early.

Miles knows another bad season could really hurt that program, and be the end of his employment at the school.

If you listen to the natives, their demands are bordering on the unrealistic for the condition of their program.

It's year 3. Win or get out.

(07-20-2015 10:00 PM)Eagle22 Wrote:  Learned a lot today, met a lot of great folks over the past two days. Great opportunity to network with other folks in the media/AD/college athletic world.

Biggest take home message I had again, second year in a row .... for all the "buzz" about the supposed Atlanta media market I saw zero news/internet presence at media days and was somewhat surprised that Cobb didn't attend.

I know that they probably were all tapped out from the ESPY's travel, but it would seem that a team/program that is really needing some breakthrough attendance marks would be doing everything possible to rally up some support for this season.

Maybe next year, but I figure Miles has to make light of what is a very tenuous situation for him if they don't win early.

So Doug wasn't there is what you mean. Soccer takes priority over GSU and SBC. LOL.

(07-21-2015 06:36 AM)panama Wrote:  

(07-20-2015 11:11 PM)eaglewraith Wrote:  

(07-20-2015 10:05 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(07-20-2015 10:00 PM)Eagle22 Wrote:  Learned a lot today, met a lot of great folks over the past two days. Great opportunity to network with other folks in the media/AD/college athletic world.

Biggest take home message I had again, second year in a row .... for all the "buzz" about the supposed Atlanta media market I saw zero news/internet presence at media days and was somewhat surprised that Cobb didn't attend.

I know that they probably were all tapped out from the ESPY's travel, but it would seem that a team/program that is really needing some breakthrough attendance marks would be doing everything possible to rally up some support for this season.

Maybe next year, but I figure Miles has to make light of what is a very tenuous situation for him if they don't win early.

Miles knows another bad season could really hurt that program, and be the end of his employment at the school.

If you listen to the natives, their demands are bordering on the unrealistic for the condition of their program.

It's year 3. Win or get out.

Not even a full recruiting cycle. And when he walked in the cupboard wasn't even halfway stocked.

Good luck finding a coach worth a damn if you cut Miles loose. No one will want to take the risk with only 3 years to extinguish that dumpster fire.

(07-14-2015 05:51 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  I vote we throw ULM under the bus.

Nahhhh, they are good at doing that themselves!!

Z

(07-21-2015 07:00 AM)zeebart21 Wrote:  

(07-14-2015 05:51 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  I vote we throw ULM under the bus.

Nahhhh, they are good at doing that themselves!!

Z

so the message I got from that video is that the conference will focus on adding an eastern school and that benson has not seen the football schedule for this year as he sees a potential 12-0 finish for somebody.

(07-20-2015 07:31 PM)Oldyeller Wrote:  Sounds like a horse race between EKU and Coastal Carolina. EKU may be the odd man out. Sounds like CCU or bust based on the comments. CCU should send App State a Christmas turkey for paving their way to FBS. Why does it always have to be about Crap State?

More like a donkey race to me.

Any surprises or interesting takes from your coaches' interviews?

After listening to Coach Satt I was encouraged to hear that this is stronger overall the team has been at his time at App (since 1991 in some capacity). All lineman can bench 400 and squat 500, that may be the norm for some programs I'm sure.

I remember back in 2012(1st fbs year) Fran talked about how when he first got here maybe 10 or so players could bench 400 and squat 600 but by the next year almost half the team was at that level. Hopefully that's continued to improve.

(07-21-2015 06:39 AM)panama Wrote:  

(07-20-2015 10:00 PM)Eagle22 Wrote:  Learned a lot today, met a lot of great folks over the past two days. Great opportunity to network with other folks in the media/AD/college athletic world.

Biggest take home message I had again, second year in a row .... for all the "buzz" about the supposed Atlanta media market I saw zero news/internet presence at media days and was somewhat surprised that Cobb didn't attend.

I know that they probably were all tapped out from the ESPY's travel, but it would seem that a team/program that is really needing some breakthrough attendance marks would be doing everything possible to rally up some support for this season.

Maybe next year, but I figure Miles has to make light of what is a very tenuous situation for him if they don't win early.

So Doug wasn't there is what you mean. Soccer takes priority over GSU and SBC. LOL.

You guys do have some pretty important soccer matches coming up on Wednesday...but I digress.

(07-21-2015 11:01 AM)Bobcat2013 Wrote:  I remember back in 2012(1st fbs year) Fran talked about how when he first got here maybe 10 or so players could bench 400 and squat 600 but by the next year almost half the team was at that level. Hopefully that's continued to improve.

Now our incoming freshman can squat 600 lbs and bench 400 lol how quickly things change.

https://youtu.be/jbqiymds8Lo
https://youtu.be/lLpUHG2vo50

(07-20-2015 04:43 PM)Georgia_Power_Company Wrote:  

(07-20-2015 04:26 PM)GoAppsGo92 Wrote:  

(07-20-2015 04:14 PM)DoubleAggie Wrote:  

(07-20-2015 04:13 PM)chantzilla Wrote:  Writer for ULM states the following on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/Adam_Hunsucker/statu...6075539456

Sounds like he may be reading that here.

I'm hearing this from internal sources as well. EKU a second choice if things come together for coastal. Too much around this pick to think there is nothing to it. Eastern has got to get attendance up. Coastal outdraws them and they are a new program that has an outstanding Olympic resume. Hearing about a bowl game in SC as well FWIW.

A bowl game in Charleston or Myrtle Beach would be great destinations imho. But it still seems to me that Coastal has a lot of work to get there.

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