We've got ourselves a nice little nucleus of football programs. GS and App State make two of the biggest splashes of any move-uppers ever, Arkansas State is Arkansas State, Troy should be back on its feet soon, Mark Hudspeth and UL have the Cajun football program clearly on track, Texas State's problems are 100% coaching (IMO), and there's nowhere for Georgia State to go but up.

We finished first in football post-season profits and we'll be the smallest G5 conference when it appears there won't be any advantage in large conferences for G5 leagues.

We've had back-to-back years with NCAA basketball tournament wins (could it be UTA's turn this next season?)

And of course, Coastal is coming aboard with a College World Series appearance and a football program that's been improving over the last decade.

No major complaints from me about the way things seem to be headed.

(06-13-2016 08:18 AM)EigenEagle Wrote:  We've got ourselves a nice little nucleus of football programs. GS and App State make two of the biggest splashes of any move-uppers ever, Arkansas State is Arkansas State, Troy should be back on its feet soon, Mark Hudspeth and UL have the Cajun football program clearly on track, Texas State's problems are 100% coaching (IMO), and there's nowhere for Georgia State to go but up.

We finished first in football post-season profits and we'll be the smallest G5 conference when it appears there won't be any advantage in large conferences for G5 leagues.

We've had back-to-back years with NCAA basketball tournament wins (could it be UTA's turn this next season?)

And of course, Coastal is coming aboard with a College World Series appearance and a football program that's been improving over the last decade.

No major complaints from me about the way things seem to be headed.

Agree . . I would like to see the SBC hold steady . . we have a good line up of schools . . no need to change it.

(06-13-2016 08:18 AM)EigenEagle Wrote:  We've got ourselves a nice little nucleus of football programs. GS and App State make two of the biggest splashes of any move-uppers ever, Arkansas State is Arkansas State, Troy should be back on its feet soon, Mark Hudspeth and UL have the Cajun football program clearly on track, Texas State's problems are 100% coaching (IMO), and there's nowhere for Georgia State to go but up.

We finished first in football post-season profits and we'll be the smallest G5 conference when it appears there won't be any advantage in large conferences for G5 leagues.

We've had back-to-back years with NCAA basketball tournament wins (could it be UTA's turn this next season?)

And of course, Coastal is coming aboard with a College World Series appearance and a football program that's been improving over the last decade.

No major complaints from me about the way things seem to be headed.

So if GSU can go no where but up then they're guaranteed at least 6-6 every year? Not bad at all.

I wish TXST's problems were only coaching, but now we've lost so many players I feel like we're transitioning from FCS all over again. We'll be lucky to win more than one game.

All we need is a new commissioner who knows how to promote and take advantage of the success. I want a young commissioner with a long term goal of being the commissioner of the SEC. What better accomplishment could a commissioner have on his resume than guiding the SBC to being the best G5?

(06-13-2016 08:28 AM)DoubletapWolf Wrote:  

(06-13-2016 08:18 AM)EigenEagle Wrote:  We've got ourselves a nice little nucleus of football programs. GS and App State make two of the biggest splashes of any move-uppers ever, Arkansas State is Arkansas State, Troy should be back on its feet soon, Mark Hudspeth and UL have the Cajun football program clearly on track, Texas State's problems are 100% coaching (IMO), and there's nowhere for Georgia State to go but up.

We finished first in football post-season profits and we'll be the smallest G5 conference when it appears there won't be any advantage in large conferences for G5 leagues.

We've had back-to-back years with NCAA basketball tournament wins (could it be UTA's turn this next season?)

And of course, Coastal is coming aboard with a College World Series appearance and a football program that's been improving over the last decade.

No major complaints from me about the way things seem to be headed.

Agree . . I would like to see the SBC hold steady . . we have a good line up of schools . . no need to change it.

This. I am getting more comfortable with my new conference mates every day. Together We Rise might make more sense than I originally gave it credit for ......

People need to get over this idea that we are the worst Conference and our perception, I think we change it over by winning, facility improvements, and improving our product. I see this happening across the board. Everyone needs to step it up and be the best they can be, and stick together because it's us vs the world.

We are the Sun Belt! (for two more years)

It seems that the chess pieces are in place to make a better all around conference and really start making waves in the next few years if the conference stays firm. If CUSA comes calling for a team swap anytime time soon, I say they made their pot and now they can boil in it. We are doing just fine at this point.

(06-13-2016 09:09 AM)Louisiana99 Wrote:  All we need is a new commissioner who knows how to promote and take advantage of the success. I want a young commissioner with a long term goal of being the commissioner of the SEC. What better accomplishment could a commissioner have on his resume than guiding the SBC to being the best G5?

Why? Hasn't KB put together the conference that everyone here is gushing over? His leadership brought in App and Southern (great moves). His leadership selected Coastal over Liberty, EKU, and others (seems to be a great move). His leadership is shedding two outlier schools who don't fit the footprint, will reduce costs, maximize CFP money payouts, and could lead to a nice TV deal coming up (great move).

So why do you want to be rid of him? Not being there to give Ark St their trophy was a black eye for sure, but don't be so quick to throw the KBaby out with the bath water.

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(06-13-2016 12:33 PM)APPdiesel Wrote:  

(06-13-2016 09:09 AM)Louisiana99 Wrote:  All we need is a new commissioner who knows how to promote and take advantage of the success. I want a young commissioner with a long term goal of being the commissioner of the SEC. What better accomplishment could a commissioner have on his resume than guiding the SBC to being the best G5?

Why? Hasn't KB put together the conference that everyone here is gushing over? His leadership brought in App and Southern (great moves). His leadership selected Coastal over Liberty, EKU, and others (seems to be a great move). His leadership is shedding two outlier schools who don't fit the footprint, will reduce costs, maximize CFP money payouts, and could lead to a nice TV deal coming up (great move).

So why do you want to be rid of him? Not being there to give Ark St their trophy was a black eye for sure, but don't be so quick to throw the KBaby out with the bath water.

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University presidents bring in members not the commissioner. Presidents are shedding those outliers not the commissioner. So we pay the commissioner $400k a year to give realignment opinions every 4-5 years? That's all he does? He does nothing fight our perception problem, he doesn't care... He won't be in the fight very long.

(06-13-2016 08:18 AM)EigenEagle Wrote:  We've got ourselves a nice little nucleus of football programs. GS and App State make two of the biggest splashes of any move-uppers ever, Arkansas State is Arkansas State, Troy should be back on its feet soon, Mark Hudspeth and UL have the Cajun football program clearly on track, Texas State's problems are 100% coaching (IMO), and there's nowhere for Georgia State to go but up.

We finished first in football post-season profits and we'll be the smallest G5 conference when it appears there won't be any advantage in large conferences for G5 leagues.

We've had back-to-back years with NCAA basketball tournament wins (could it be UTA's turn this next season?)

And of course, Coastal is coming aboard with a College World Series appearance and a football program that's been improving over the last decade.

No major complaints from me about the way things seem to be headed.

We will do our best not to stick our foot through the Picaso, but... it is what we are best at.

We've thrived as a conference despite Karl, not because of Karl.

(06-13-2016 02:08 PM)RedWolfington Wrote:  We've thrived as a conference despite Karl, not because of Karl.

This right here

(06-13-2016 02:08 PM)RedWolfington Wrote:  We've thrived as a conference despite Karl, not because of Karl.

We arguably got some help from CUSA as well with the way they chose to expand.

(06-13-2016 02:41 PM)EigenEagle Wrote:  

(06-13-2016 02:08 PM)RedWolfington Wrote:  We've thrived as a conference despite Karl, not because of Karl.

We got some help from CUSA as well with the way they chose to expand.

FIFY

CUSA fans are busy trying to find out who to kick out, to improve themselves.

They're taking this very hard.

You guys are celebrating as if you've won something. You haven't. CUSA's getting a worse TV contract is a preview of what all G5 conferences can expect in the future. Anybody that thinks that this will be unique to CUSA is naive. Everybody in the G5 loses in this deal. The only people with anything to celebrate are the P5 conferences.

It reminds me of the guy making $40,000 a year that votes for a democrat because of the democrat's promise to raise taxes on the so called "rich". He votes for the democrat even knowing that the democrat's plan will also raise taxes on those that make $40,000 a year as well. As long as the democrat promises to stick it to the so called "rich", the $40,000 a year guy is more than happy to vote for him. Even though he also must now pay more, somehow seeing the "rich" have their taxes raised makes the $40,000 a year guy happy. As we now watch this very kind of scenario play out among G5 conferences, the stupid fail to see that what is happening is very negative for all of us. Instead, they see reason to celebrate.

Go put together a line graph of CUSA and SBC's progress since 2010. Once you're through let me know which one has a positive slope and which is negative.

(06-14-2016 05:09 AM)BRtransplant Wrote:  You guys are celebrating as if you've won something. You haven't. CUSA's getting a worse TV contract is a preview of what all G5 conferences can expect in the future. Anybody that thinks that this will be unique to CUSA is naive. Everybody in the G5 loses in this deal. The only people with anything to celebrate are the P5 conferences.

your weird political rant

It's already been said probably three times in every thread about this, but the Sun Belt deal was negotiated when the likes of North Texas, FIU, FAU, MTSU, etc were all part of the SBC. CUSA's previous deal was negotiated when it had much higher caliber teams that actually meant something. When those teams left and these SunBelt teams along with your start up and call up "projects" took their spots, your tv deal tanked when it got renegotiated. The SunBelt did opposite and added quality teams while trimming the fat. When our tv deal is renegotiated it will at least be the exact same as CUSA's, aka a $100,000 pocket change increase, or we could see more increase if our ratings and attendance and national standings continue to rise in the mean time like they have been.

It's time to take off the CUSA-colored spectacles. By raiding the SunBelt to fill your gaps over the past years, you have become the new SunBelt. We, however, have no where to go but up.

(06-14-2016 05:09 AM)BRtransplant Wrote:  You guys are celebrating as if you've won something. You haven't. CUSA's getting a worse TV contract is a preview of what all G5 conferences can expect in the future. Anybody that thinks that this will be unique to CUSA is naive. Everybody in the G5 loses in this deal. The only people with anything to celebrate are the P5 conferences.

It reminds me of the guy making $40,000 a year that votes for a democrat because of the democrat's promise to raise taxes on the so called "rich". He votes for the democrat even knowing that the democrat's plan will also raise taxes on those that make $40,000 a year as well. As long as the democrat promises to stick it to the so called "rich", the $40,000 a year guy is more than happy to vote for him. Even though he also must now pay more, somehow seeing the "rich" have their taxes raised makes the $40,000 a year guy happy. As we now watch this very kind of scenario play out among G5 conferences, the stupid fail to see that what is happening is very negative for all of us. Instead, they see reason to celebrate.

Wasn't the contract that the MAC negotiated recently worth more than their previous one? I thought I saw that posted somewhere recently. So if that's the case then you've already been proven wrong.