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(10-11-2018 12:30 PM)ODU804 Wrote:  

(10-11-2018 12:24 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  They just had a game with 18k people and want to build a 40k stadium?

Pot calling the kettle black. We have used gimmicks to "sell out" our 20K stadium for a few years and did not sell out our home opener and we are complaining that we are only adding a couple thousand seats with our new stadium. If we went to 30K right now without a conference upgrade we would be playing in front of a 1/3 empty stadium at best.

LOL, I don't want ODU to build a 30 or 40k stadium.

(10-11-2018 12:08 PM)Old Dominion Wrote:  I'm expressing my frustration with the team more than stating what I think is a reality. I keep forgetting you guys can't "hear " my sarcasm.

Can you tells us when you are posting "realities" and when you are just speaking "sarcasm" so we know the difference?

(10-11-2018 12:08 PM)Old Dominion Wrote:  I'm expressing my frustration with the team more than stating what I think is a reality. I keep forgetting you guys can't "hear " my sarcasm.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=%2Fs

(10-11-2018 12:11 PM)monarx Wrote:  Some of you guys must be young. JMU hasn't always sucked. There was a fierce hoops rivalry with them in the 90s at one point drawing over 9,000 to Scope for a conference game. The fired Lefty and then they started a downward spiral. They have a more engaged fan base, soon to be better facilities. They'll be on the rise soon enough. And when I say they want to be in the same conference as us, I mean that we both want to be in the AAC. Their plans for a 40,000 stadium may very well get them there.

"Better facilities" - this is debatable and probably not the case. Their arena will be new, but it will not be a better or bigger overall facility than the Constant Center/Mitchum Center. Their football stadium is nice (albeit weird looking) and will seat a little more people, but it will not be nicer than our new stadium. Other venues are either on par with each other or we get the edge such as our tennis center, etc.

We did have a rivalry with them in the early to mid 90's (I was there for the Caluko shot) and we are both state schools, but it's been so long since they were relevant in basketball that a generation has passed and so has the rivalry (they probably look at it more as a rivalry than we do). I'm certainly not saying that I don't love beating them and it would hurt if we lose (kind of my own personal rivalry), but I don't think students see it as a super big rivalry.

This JMU talk got me curious so I took a glance at their boards. The thread titled "JMU to AAC" is both entertaining and delusional. They are going to have a lot of disappointed fans, if they think they're going to AAC anytime soon.

What do our students see as a big rivalry? Do any of them give enough of a eff to form an opinion?

(10-11-2018 01:07 PM)jumpshooter Wrote:  What do our students see as a big rivalry? Do any of them give enough of a eff to form an opinion?

Good question. Outside vcu I guess it's up for grabs.

(10-11-2018 10:19 AM)FearTheLion Wrote:  The only thing JMU does that rivals ours is these stupid debates that pervade both message boards.

Underrated comment.

Like someone else suggested, not every topic can be a home run. If you post 50 topics, maybe only 1-2 will catch on. s/

(10-11-2018 12:35 PM)Cant Tame the Lion Wrote:  

(10-11-2018 11:09 AM)Old Dominion Wrote:  This year JMU would kick our ass in football. So you are right. We are not their rival.

Ridiculous - we win this game easy (see Elon).

That's like Liberty fans saying they would beat VT easily... meaningless.

(10-11-2018 03:29 PM)Monarchblue Wrote:  

(10-11-2018 12:35 PM)Cant Tame the Lion Wrote:  

(10-11-2018 11:09 AM)Old Dominion Wrote:  This year JMU would kick our ass in football. So you are right. We are not their rival.

Ridiculous - we win this game easy (see Elon).

That's like Liberty fans saying they would beat VT easily... meaningless.

Or people saying we would definitely lose to JMU. We aren't predictable enough, behind BL, to say that.

In Basketball, ODU and JMU have about as much of a rivalry as a hammer has with a nail.

(10-12-2018 12:43 PM)ODUBB35 Wrote:  In Basketball, ODU and JMU have about as much of a rivalry as a hammer has with a nail.

You could say the same about VT vs UVA, but I'd still call that a rivalry too.

(10-12-2018 12:43 PM)ODUBB35 Wrote:  In Basketball, ODU and JMU have about as much of a rivalry as a hammer has with a nail.

Jmu went to the NCAA tourney more recently than we have lol.

I know we all think we’re great, but that hasn’t been true since Blaine was semi sober.

(10-13-2018 08:45 AM)odu09 Wrote:  

For P5 schools only. Everyone else has to observe the transfer rules.

(10-13-2018 06:25 PM)Mr.BigBlue Wrote:  

(10-13-2018 08:45 AM)odu09 Wrote:  

For P5 schools only. Everyone else has to observe the transfer rules.

Not true

Sheeeesh, even I recognize sarcasm without the s/. Some folks are just way to literal.

(10-14-2018 09:01 AM)Old Dominion Wrote:  Sheeeesh, even I recognize sarcasm without the s/. Some folks are just way to literal.

No joke...it is so easy. However...G5 programs often don't get the same treatment as P5.

(10-10-2018 09:18 AM)bit_9 Wrote:  

(10-10-2018 08:29 AM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  Top 3 are USF, Toledo and ODU;

His twitter is pretty much decked out with USF stuff. Would seemingly be a flip.

He committed to Toledo.