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App St/Ga Southern to Sun Belt
Official announcement coming Wednesday according to reports.

http://www.sbnation.com/college-football...e-sun-belt
03-25-2013 12:13 PM
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RE: App St/Ga Southern to Sun Belt
The timing of this is interesting, especially with the fee vote scheduled for Friday. Things are gonna move fast from here on out.
03-25-2013 01:01 PM
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(03-25-2013 12:13 PM)LetsgoBucs Wrote:  Official announcement coming Wednesday according to reports.

http://www.sbnation.com/college-football...e-sun-belt

It says the sun belt is also considering UTC........................... will there be anything left of the Socon????????
03-25-2013 03:15 PM
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UTC has no desire to move to I-A do they? I've not heard they even want to move up.
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03-25-2013 03:18 PM
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RE: App St/Ga Southern to Sun Belt
ESPN tweet:

Quote:App. State & Ga. Southern to Sun Belt in 2015; ineligible for 2013 FCS playoffs, joins Sun Belt in all sports but football in 2014.

So there you have it. ASU and GSU's last football season in the SoCon would be 2014, which would create a seamless transition for us with football in 2015. We could join earlier due to CofC leaving and App and GSU leaving after next season in all other sports.
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As we well know, we have had one screwed up athletic department the past decade. It is more clear now of how bad Stanton and Mullins screwed over ETSU athletics. We should be looking at the Sun Belt in 2013 along with App State, Ga Southern, and the others mentioned given the amount of money spent on athletics these past ten years. The amount of money spent and the outcome derived equals bankruptcy. We have been spending more annually than Ga Southern, and we're just trying to get a new FCS program established. If that program gets up and running, ETSU's athletic budget will be comprebable to several of the Sun Belt schools. That, along with the collapse of basketball, makes ETSU athletics in 2013 compared to ETSU athletics in 2003 look like abject failure. I know, I know -- a new regime is in town. But, they've got a big hole to dig out of and much catching up to do to overcome the "lost decade of ETSU sports".
03-25-2013 04:19 PM
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Get the seat belts on. I hope!
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Been beat to death but with App St, GA So, and possibly UTC leaving for greener pastures there will be nothing left of the Southern. I think OVC is our best option at the present with our sights set on a larger arena for the future.
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New Southern Conference

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03-26-2013 12:43 PM
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Who will C-USA take from the Sun Belt to replace Tulsa?
03-26-2013 01:12 PM
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RE: App St/Ga Southern to Sun Belt
Western Kentucky is next in line, though Louisiana should get a look. Football is on the rise, decent facilities and they've brought the fans to the New Orleans Bowl.
Idaho and New Mexico State are joining the Sun Belt as football only members. That should be a fun trip for App fans to head to Moscow (with a long "O") to play in a domed stadium against the Vandals!
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(03-26-2013 01:46 PM)Buccaneerlover Wrote:  Western Kentucky is next in line, though Louisiana should get a look. Football is on the rise, decent facilities and they've brought the fans to the New Orleans Bowl.
Idaho and New Mexico State are joining the Sun Belt as football only members. That should be a fun trip for App fans to head to Moscow (with a long "O") to play in a domed stadium against the Vandals!

Going to Moscow maybe will remind some App folks of their "airplane hangar" (down their noses dome reference) visits in JC back in the day. Could be some of those App types might have some difficulty making the attitude adjustment regarding their new rivals with relation to various matters outside of athletics.
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(03-26-2013 01:46 PM)Buccaneerlover Wrote:  Western Kentucky is next in line, though Louisiana should get a look. Football is on the rise, decent facilities and they've brought the fans to the New Orleans Bowl.
Idaho and New Mexico State are joining the Sun Belt as football only members. That should be a fun trip for App fans to head to Moscow (with a long "O") to play in a domed stadium against the Vandals!

Then the Sun Belt picks up Jacksonville State, thus ETSU slides into that OVC slot? UTC and Lipscomb then join to make it a 14 school league? And, let the speculation continue
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No, the WKU thing to C-USA is going to happen. The question becomes who goes to the Sun Belt after the Toppers bolt.
I don't think they'll go JSU and that is speculation, but who knows.
I think the OVC would overload if it meant ETSU and UT-C as full members and Lipscomb/NKU as all but football.
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