Other than not being located in ATL like Ga State they are the better overall school, regularly fill their stadium ~90% full, are in a state we have no presence in currently (and one that will help the TV deal), and would fill the gap between ECU/Memphis and U_F.


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WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY?????

We're not losing anyone.

More like....

"WHY!?!?!?!? NOT GEORGIA SOUTHERN!!!!!!"

Outside of the reason we don’t need to add anyone there are three. Athletic budget 21 million, academic ranking is not published, basketball RPI 176.

Besides those 4 reasons I think they are a great add.

(07-11-2016 10:40 AM)PurpleReigns2012 Wrote:  Other than not being located in ATL like Ga State they are the better overall school, regularly fill their stadium ~90% full, are in a state we have no presence in currently (and one that will help the TV deal), and would fill the gap between ECU/Memphis and U_F.


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--ignoring the horrible academic rankings
--that 90% of their stadium is only 23k
-- that in 2013 prior it was more like 65% capacity and the 2014 spike might have been because they were favored to win the sunbelt and the high of joining the fbs
--that theyve only been full fbs for 1 year and have already been hit with ncaa sanctions
-- that their athletic budget is half the size of the smallest AAC team
-- that they can only win using the triple option
-- that statesboro has a population of 30k (70% students) and the surrounding metro (reasonable drive) is about 72k total

beyond that Why not Georgia Southern?

(07-11-2016 10:41 AM)NBPirate Wrote:  WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY?????

We're not losing anyone.

To go with a FB only add like Army or BYU.


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(07-11-2016 10:40 AM)PurpleReigns2012 Wrote:  Other than not being located in ATL like Ga State they are the better overall school, regularly fill their stadium ~90% full, are in a state we have no presence in currently (and one that will help the TV deal), and would fill the gap between ECU/Memphis and U_F.


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Why not Slippery Rock?

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(07-11-2016 10:40 AM)PurpleReigns2012 Wrote:  Other than not being located in ATL like Ga State they are the better overall school, regularly fill their stadium ~90% full,

Capacity 25k
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulson_Stadium

2015: 20,780 avg (83.12%)
2014: 21,102 avg (84.41%)
2013: 14,488 avg (58.00%)
2012: 17,575 avg (70.30%)

They have eclipsed 24k twice in the last 4 years (didn’t feel the need to dig any deeper than that). If 18,486 over the last 4 years impresses you then attendance smack should be off the table for everyone…..

oh and let’s not forget this factor…..

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nca.../86802274/

(07-11-2016 11:03 AM)NYCTUFan Wrote:  Outside of the reason we don’t need to add anyone there are three. Athletic budget 21 million, academic ranking is not published, basketball RPI 176.

Besides those 4 reasons I think they are a great add.

- Budget increases with the AAC from added ticket revenue and a much better TV deal.

- We are an athletic conference not an academic conference, plus we already have our token great academic school.

- Still better than some of our current members (ECU included sadly) and would rise since the AAC is better than the Sun Belt.

Also I see them as a member that's added next to an Army or BYU.


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(07-11-2016 11:15 AM)PurpleReigns2012 Wrote:  

(07-11-2016 11:03 AM)NYCTUFan Wrote:  Outside of the reason we don’t need to add anyone there are three. Athletic budget 21 million, academic ranking is not published, basketball RPI 176.

Besides those 4 reasons I think they are a great add.

- Budget increases with the AAC from added ticket revenue and a much better TV deal.

- We are an athletic conference not an academic conference, plus we already have our token great academic school.

- Still better than some of our current members (ECU included sadly) and would rise since the AAC is better than the Sun Belt.

Also I see them as a member that's added next to an Army or BYU.


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(07-11-2016 11:09 AM)pesik Wrote:  --ignoring the horrible academic rankings
--that 90% of their stadium is only 23k
-- that in 2013 prior it was more like 65% capacity and the 2014 spike might have been because they were favored to win the sunbelt and the high of joining the fbs
--that theyve only been full fbs for 1 year and have already been hit with ncaa sanctions
-- that their athletic budget is half the size of the smallest AAC team
-- that they can only win using the triple option
-- that statesboro has a population of 30k (70% students) and the surrounding metro (reasonable drive) is about 72k total

beyond that Why not Georgia Southern?

- We are talking athletics not academics. If we were talking academics Yale and Harvard would be in the SEC.

- Number of seats doesn't matter. It's about if you can fill the stadium you are in, and a lot of schools aren't able to do that (Eastern Michigan, Tulane in the dome, UAB, Ga State, etc)

- I looked at 2015 numbers.

- College towns are better than big metros.


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(07-11-2016 11:15 AM)PurpleReigns2012 Wrote:  

(07-11-2016 11:03 AM)NYCTUFan Wrote:  Outside of the reason we don’t need to add anyone there are three. Athletic budget 21 million, academic ranking is not published, basketball RPI 176.

Besides those 4 reasons I think they are a great add.

- Budget increases with the AAC from added ticket revenue and a much better TV deal.

- We are an athletic conference not an academic conference, plus we already have our token great academic school.

- Still better than some of our current members (ECU included sadly) and would rise since the AAC is better than the Sun Belt.

Also I see them as a member that's added next to an Army or BYU.


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Better than ECU at what? Academics? Are you high? Georgia Southern isn't better than ECU or any of our other members at anything.

The ONLY expansion candidates are BYU, AF, and Army. Maybe one or two other MWC schools but that's it.

Ga. southern isn't even on the radar

I'd consider SMU, Tulane, UConn, Tulsa, and Navy to all be great. Not only that, 10 out of our 11 (not counting Navy) schools are in the USNWR top 200. What's this "token" business?

(07-11-2016 11:23 AM)PurpleReigns2012 Wrote:  

(07-11-2016 11:09 AM)pesik Wrote:  --ignoring the horrible academic rankings
--that 90% of their stadium is only 23k
-- that in 2013 prior it was more like 65% capacity and the 2014 spike might have been because they were favored to win the sunbelt and the high of joining the fbs
--that theyve only been full fbs for 1 year and have already been hit with ncaa sanctions
-- that their athletic budget is half the size of the smallest AAC team
-- that they can only win using the triple option
-- that statesboro has a population of 30k (70% students) and the surrounding metro (reasonable drive) is about 72k total

beyond that Why not Georgia Southern?

- We are talking athletics not academics. If we were talking academics Yale and Harvard would be in the SEC.

- Number of seats doesn't matter. It's about if you can fill the stadium you are in, and a lot of schools aren't able to do that (Eastern Michigan, Tulane in the dome, UAB, Ga State, etc)

- I looked at 2015 numbers.

- College towns are better than big metros.


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Ahhh...well life has now been explained. Good thing you guys didnt join a conference of schools in big metros...


...waaaaait a minute...

(07-11-2016 11:15 AM)PurpleReigns2012 Wrote:  

(07-11-2016 11:03 AM)NYCTUFan Wrote:  Outside of the reason we don’t need to add anyone there are three. Athletic budget 21 million, academic ranking is not published, basketball RPI 176.

Besides those 4 reasons I think they are a great add.

- Budget increases with the AAC from added ticket revenue and a much better TV deal.

- We are an athletic conference not an academic conference, plus we already have our token great academic school.

- Still better than some of our current members (ECU included sadly) and would rise since the AAC is better than the Sun Belt.

Also I see them as a member that's added next to an Army or BYU.


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(07-11-2016 11:24 AM)First Mate Wrote:  

(07-11-2016 11:15 AM)PurpleReigns2012 Wrote:  

(07-11-2016 11:03 AM)NYCTUFan Wrote:  Outside of the reason we don’t need to add anyone there are three. Athletic budget 21 million, academic ranking is not published, basketball RPI 176.

Besides those 4 reasons I think they are a great add.

- Budget increases with the AAC from added ticket revenue and a much better TV deal.

- We are an athletic conference not an academic conference, plus we already have our token great academic school.

- Still better than some of our current members (ECU included sadly) and would rise since the AAC is better than the Sun Belt.

Also I see them as a member that's added next to an Army or BYU.


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Better than ECU at what? Academics? Are you high? Georgia Southern isn't better than ECU or any of our other members at anything.

The ONLY expansion candidates are BYU, AF, and Army. Maybe one or two other MWC schools but that's it.

Ga. southern isn't even on the radar

Go by the order I was clearly talking about basketball RPI


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(07-11-2016 11:26 AM)panama Wrote:  

(07-11-2016 11:23 AM)PurpleReigns2012 Wrote:  

(07-11-2016 11:09 AM)pesik Wrote:  --ignoring the horrible academic rankings
--that 90% of their stadium is only 23k
-- that in 2013 prior it was more like 65% capacity and the 2014 spike might have been because they were favored to win the sunbelt and the high of joining the fbs
--that theyve only been full fbs for 1 year and have already been hit with ncaa sanctions
-- that their athletic budget is half the size of the smallest AAC team
-- that they can only win using the triple option
-- that statesboro has a population of 30k (70% students) and the surrounding metro (reasonable drive) is about 72k total

beyond that Why not Georgia Southern?

- We are talking athletics not academics. If we were talking academics Yale and Harvard would be in the SEC.

- Number of seats doesn't matter. It's about if you can fill the stadium you are in, and a lot of schools aren't able to do that (Eastern Michigan, Tulane in the dome, UAB, Ga State, etc)

- I looked at 2015 numbers.

- College towns are better than big metros.


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Ahhh...well life has now been explained. Good thing you guys didnt join a conference of schools in big metros...


...waaaaait a minute...

SEC - full of college towns


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(07-11-2016 11:23 AM)PurpleReigns2012 Wrote:  

(07-11-2016 11:09 AM)pesik Wrote:  --ignoring the horrible academic rankings
--that 90% of their stadium is only 23k
-- that in 2013 prior it was more like 65% capacity and the 2014 spike might have been because they were favored to win the sunbelt and the high of joining the fbs
--that theyve only been full fbs for 1 year and have already been hit with ncaa sanctions
-- that their athletic budget is half the size of the smallest AAC team
-- that they can only win using the triple option
-- that statesboro has a population of 30k (70% students) and the surrounding metro (reasonable drive) is about 72k total

beyond that Why not Georgia Southern?

- We are talking athletics not academics. If we were talking academics Yale and Harvard would be in the SEC.

- Number of seats doesn't matter. It's about if you can fill the stadium you are in, and a lot of schools aren't able to do that (Eastern Michigan, Tulane in the dome, UAB, Ga State, etc)

- I looked at 2015 numbers.

- College towns are better than big metros.


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1) conference reflect the schools they represent. for example the presidential elections referenced the southern states as the SEC states by every media outlet, naive illinois state congress put millions into figuring out how to add more teams into the big 10 to improve their academic standing.. you don't have to be great academically but you don't want teams dragging you down ..and harvard and yale could have been in the sec in yesteryear if they so chose..they willing decided to deemphaze sports.. the ivy league name is for an "athletic" conference but we all know it as more than that

2) "Number of seats doesn't matter" okay someone's naive to realignment...curious why everyone is increasing capacity then..this is a foolish response

3) College towns are better than big metros...if you control the state you reside in... i fixed it for you

im not sure you understand how realignment works