Is it too late to talk to CUSA and the Sunbelt about that regional deal they were pitching?

(10-18-2021 10:50 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 10:35 PM)vick mike Wrote:  Learn the secret Owl hand sign.

Rice and FAU got it down already yo.

GO OWLS!
Thanks for the welcome!

(10-18-2021 11:33 PM)NoQuarterBrigade Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 11:03 PM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 10:45 PM)piratedj Wrote:  So Charlotte will need to expand their football field and UTSA and FAU will need new basketball arenas. I think UAB, Rice, N Texas are all good on facilities right?

The field is regulation size already, we promise.

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I was in a high school football stadium this weekend that was about as big as Charlottes stadium.

Expansion is in the works, should hear something that coincides with conference announcement. Expectation is 30-35K.

Give us all the crap you want but in 9 years we went from nothing to here.

(10-18-2021 10:32 PM)BullsFanInTX Wrote:  Enough of the negativity! I want to wish a hearty WELCOME to fans of UNT, UTSA, Rice, UAB, Charlotte, and FAU. I sincerely hope the AAC can continue on to great heights with these new members. We have enough bashing and negativity in other threads, so I say welcome and hope you come in and perform great under the AAC banner.

Learn the terminology!

P6 - The six most powerful conferences
G4 - Group of 4. The group of 4 conferences with the lowest profile and lowest revenue.
CDOA - Conference Dead on Arrival (AKA Conference USA).

All in good fun of course, don't take offense. HaHa.

Again, welcome.

Another Owl to represent, been quite on this board for a awhile, but wanted to stop by and see the comments!

GO OWLS!

Rice and FAU represent different species of an Owl, though. FAU Owl is the Burrowing Owl. I believe Rice's Owl is the Great Horned Owl. What about the Temple's Owl?


- The Burrowing Owl


- The Great Horned Owl.

(10-19-2021 07:22 AM)goliath74 Wrote:  Rice and FAU represent different species of an Owl, though. FAU Owl is the Burrowing Owl. I believe Rice's Owl is the Great Horned Owl. What about the Temple's Owl?


- The Burrowing Owl


- The Great Horned Owl.

Wait... We now have 3 owls in the conference???

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(10-19-2021 07:27 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(10-19-2021 07:22 AM)goliath74 Wrote:  Rice and FAU represent different species of an Owl, though. FAU Owl is the Burrowing Owl. I believe Rice's Owl is the Great Horned Owl. What about the Temple's Owl?

Wait... We now have 3 owls in the conference???

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We now have ALL the FBS owls in this conference!

(10-19-2021 07:27 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(10-19-2021 07:22 AM)goliath74 Wrote:  Rice and FAU represent different species of an Owl, though. FAU Owl is the Burrowing Owl. I believe Rice's Owl is the Great Horned Owl. What about the Temple's Owl?


- The Burrowing Owl


- The Great Horned Owl.

Wait... We now have 3 owls in the conference???

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Yes, prepare for multiple occurrences of this video:

When we left CUSA, I hated leaving Rice. They were my favorite conference mates. Glad to have them back.

Ya'll are going to love Protective Stadium. So nice.

(10-18-2021 10:45 PM)piratedj Wrote:  So Charlotte will need to expand their football field and UTSA and FAU will need new basketball arenas. I think UAB, Rice, N Texas are all good on facilities right?

100% expect Charlotte's athletics master plan to drop when we're formally announced. FB stadium expansion and an IPF will be on it, we also just had a $1.2m locker room reno/expansion for FB.

(10-19-2021 07:30 AM)NCowl Wrote:  

(10-19-2021 07:27 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(10-19-2021 07:22 AM)goliath74 Wrote:  Rice and FAU represent different species of an Owl, though. FAU Owl is the Burrowing Owl. I believe Rice's Owl is the Great Horned Owl. What about the Temple's Owl?

Wait... We now have 3 owls in the conference???

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We now have ALL the FBS owls in this conference!

This was the big plan.

Welcome to all the new additions.

Greetings and salutations.



Where's the bar?

Welcome from an ECU fan who did not want to add only teams with farmland or mountains around their campus. I look forward to road trips to Birmingham, San Antonio, Boca, Charlotte etc..

(10-19-2021 07:05 AM)wh49er Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 11:33 PM)NoQuarterBrigade Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 11:03 PM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 10:45 PM)piratedj Wrote:  So Charlotte will need to expand their football field and UTSA and FAU will need new basketball arenas. I think UAB, Rice, N Texas are all good on facilities right?

The field is regulation size already, we promise.

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I was in a high school football stadium this weekend that was about as big as Charlottes stadium.

Expansion is in the works, should hear something that coincides with conference announcement. Expectation is 30-35K.

Give us all the crap you want but in 9 years we went from nothing to here.

Quite frankly in todays day and age 35-40k is perfect. Look how nice Cincinnati Stadium looks packed. ECU bought into the Jeff Compher Tower of stupidity when we should have come up with a new press box and luxury suite design that added perks and more chairbacks to maybe even bring our capacity down to 45k . We needed the 50k just so UNCheat and NCST had no excuse not to schedule us but other than that it is wasted space as most years even winning 40k is going to be our best crowds. Charlotte Football Stadium of 30-35k would be perfect. Might get 5k ECU fans there for Conference games

(10-19-2021 08:41 AM)ShoreBuc Wrote:  

(10-19-2021 07:05 AM)wh49er Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 11:33 PM)NoQuarterBrigade Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 11:03 PM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 10:45 PM)piratedj Wrote:  So Charlotte will need to expand their football field and UTSA and FAU will need new basketball arenas. I think UAB, Rice, N Texas are all good on facilities right?

The field is regulation size already, we promise.

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I was in a high school football stadium this weekend that was about as big as Charlottes stadium.

Expansion is in the works, should hear something that coincides with conference announcement. Expectation is 30-35K.

Give us all the crap you want but in 9 years we went from nothing to here.

Quite frankly in todays day and age 35-40k is perfect. Look how nice Cincinnati Stadium looks packed. ECU bought into the Jeff Compher Tower of stupidity when we should have come up with a new press box and luxury suite design that added perks and more chairbacks to maybe even bring our capacity down to 45k . We needed the 50k just so UNCheat and NCST had no excuse not to schedule us but other than that it is wasted space as most years even winning 40k is going to be our best crowds. Charlotte Football Stadium of 30-35k would be perfect. Might get 5k ECU fans there for Conference games

Agree with you Football is becoming a made for tv event. Most fans now can save money and be more comfortable watching on tv every game. Stadiums should be smaller but with more luxury boxes to get the bigger money. I think the 35-40k size is best going forward.

(10-19-2021 03:50 AM)NoQuarterBrigade Wrote:  

(10-19-2021 03:35 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  Please remember there are other sports besides football... You know the ones where we actually have access to the title game.

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True. Looks like baseball is going to be 10 teams now.

ECU
USF
FAU
UTSA
Rice
UAB
Wichita St
Charlotte
Tulane
Memphis

Overall not bad.

Clearly that was the primary motivator. After losing 4 teams the past 3 years, it needed refilling.

Give me 2-3 years and I'll be warm to the new adds. The shock of adding six caught me off guard.

It's time to build a formal trophy game with Rice.

UAB are actually chill.