(05-26-2015 02:16 PM)chess Wrote:  

(05-19-2015 10:12 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(05-19-2015 02:54 PM)Knightbengal Wrote:  

(05-19-2015 09:16 AM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(05-18-2015 10:17 PM)Knightbengal Wrote:  So I guess southern cal is as well? That moniker is used to imply certain traits that Ucf does not demonstrate. Heck p5 is another for that matter.

Southern Cal is a directional school too. Any attempt to come up with some sort of criteria whereby a school with a directional name is not a directional school is simply arbitrary, and each person would have a different definition of it. Obviously, not all directional schools are at the same level in terms of program strength. USC got into a power conference a long time ago so it isn't like the other directional schools. ECU and UCF are probably the strongest other directional schools. UCF is much bigger than, e.g. NIU, and has a ton of potential. ECU has a huge fanbase. They're still directional schools though.

The implication that the poster was intimating was the derogatory use of the term.

Yes, and I don't put any stock in that use of the term. If the name of the school is directional, it's directional. It's like the illogical "mid-major" term. But I don't want to derail the thread.

Fwiw I wasn't attempting to knock niu

Yea it's just that "directional", while making it more difficult to succeed, is not a complete description. Obviously, USC, and UCF and ECU have improved their program despite a directional name. NIU's position is less due to a directional name than it is due to proximity to a pro-sports based urban area. Even U of I and Northwestern don't get the attention that most FBS schools do, because of that mentality in Illinois.
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NIU is a big state school. It is a big state school like East Carolina is a big state school. UCF is a really big state school and just under Ohio State in size.
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UCF is bigger than Ohio State. Arizona State is the biggest.

500+ posts on something that isn't going to happen.

(05-28-2015 07:28 PM)UConn-SMU Wrote:  500+ posts on something that isn't going to happen.

It's definitely the off-season.

So the AAC understands they are going to lose at least Cincy to BIG12...Simple..Add Army

(05-30-2015 08:52 AM)GTFletch Wrote:  So the AAC knows they are going to lose at least Cincy to BIG12...Simple..Add Army

Army has less than zero interest in the AAC. The C-USA experience is still felt at West Point.

(05-30-2015 08:52 AM)GTFletch Wrote:  So the AAC knows they are going to lose at least Cincy to BIG12...Simple..Add Army

You seem confident in saying Cincy to the Big 12...

(05-30-2015 12:08 PM)bearcats54 Wrote:  

(05-30-2015 08:52 AM)GTFletch Wrote:  So the AAC knows they are going to lose at least Cincy to BIG12...Simple..Add Army

You seem confident in saying Cincy to the Big 12...

if so...ok but it will be like the Big East...short lived. The B12 will be gone by 2020.