MTPiKapp
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RE: To Long Term member of the Sun Belt
(03-26-2014 09:27 PM)CrazyCajun Wrote: (03-26-2014 09:06 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote: (03-26-2014 06:05 PM)CrazyCajun Wrote: (03-26-2014 03:32 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote: (03-26-2014 03:24 PM)GaSoEagle Wrote: You 2 are sort of the old guard now of the Sun Belt. How do you feel your school would view adding UMass as a football only member?
South Alabama is a founding member and has been a member fifteen years longer than Arkansas State and Louisiana.
Maybe you missed it, but he said football only. South Alabama is not a founding member in football. That honor goes to UL, ASU and Troy.
I still don't see why it matters, is football different than any other sport? Sure, but does it really differ that much when it comes to adding members even if it is just for football? It doesn't, but you disagreeing with me rates pretty low on the surprise scale.
And it's already been pointed out, but maybe you missed it Troy joined in 2004...
And it doesn't surprise me that you would find some reason to disagree with the obvious. It matters in this manner, they saved millions of dollors not playing football period for years. There was no true investment or commitment to NCAA football or the Sun Belt football brand for the initial years. So tell me once again why they should be mentioned in the same breathe as ASU, UL or ULM? Sorry you think that a program that wasn't willing to invest in football or build the Sun Belt football brand during the initial years deserves mention when discussing the initial founding Sun Belt football programs.
My point is they are the only member of the Sun Belt that's seen three full decades come and go, they've seen more schools leave and more schools join than anyone else. I just do not see how a proposed member being of a sport they're newish to sponsoring makes that much of a difference. They know the history and inner workings of this conference better than anyone and, to me, that's as important, if not morse so, than how long they've been sponsoring the sport in question.
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03-26-2014 09:39 PM |
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AtlantaJag
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RE: To Long Term member of the Sun Belt
(03-26-2014 09:39 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote: (03-26-2014 09:27 PM)CrazyCajun Wrote: (03-26-2014 09:06 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote: (03-26-2014 06:05 PM)CrazyCajun Wrote: (03-26-2014 03:32 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote: South Alabama is a founding member and has been a member fifteen years longer than Arkansas State and Louisiana.
Maybe you missed it, but he said football only. South Alabama is not a founding member in football. That honor goes to UL, ASU and Troy.
I still don't see why it matters, is football different than any other sport? Sure, but does it really differ that much when it comes to adding members even if it is just for football? It doesn't, but you disagreeing with me rates pretty low on the surprise scale.
And it's already been pointed out, but maybe you missed it Troy joined in 2004...
And it doesn't surprise me that you would find some reason to disagree with the obvious. It matters in this manner, they saved millions of dollors not playing football period for years. There was no true investment or commitment to NCAA football or the Sun Belt football brand for the initial years. So tell me once again why they should be mentioned in the same breathe as ASU, UL or ULM? Sorry you think that a program that wasn't willing to invest in football or build the Sun Belt football brand during the initial years deserves mention when discussing the initial founding Sun Belt football programs.
My point is they are the only member of the Sun Belt that's seen three full decades come and go, they've seen more schools leave and more schools join than anyone else. I just do not see how a proposed member being of a sport they're newish to sponsoring makes that much of a difference. They know the history and inner workings of this conference better than anyone and, to me, that's as important, if not morse so, than how long they've been sponsoring the sport in question.
Thank you.
USA has not been playing football since the conference was founded, but this is really not a football question as much as a realignment question and South Alabama has been there for all of them in the SBC.
That being said, this seems like a no-brainer to me. Amherst is much easier to get to than Idaho or NMSU and they are putting resources into their football product. With an increased exposure to recruits in the South, it's easy to see that they could start getting better quickly. Add in the almost certain basketball arrangement and UMass is welcome aboard as far as I'm concerned.
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03-26-2014 09:50 PM |
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CrazyCajun
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RE: To Long Term member of the Sun Belt
(03-26-2014 09:39 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote: (03-26-2014 09:27 PM)CrazyCajun Wrote: (03-26-2014 09:06 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote: (03-26-2014 06:05 PM)CrazyCajun Wrote: (03-26-2014 03:32 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote: South Alabama is a founding member and has been a member fifteen years longer than Arkansas State and Louisiana.
Maybe you missed it, but he said football only. South Alabama is not a founding member in football. That honor goes to UL, ASU and Troy.
I still don't see why it matters, is football different than any other sport? Sure, but does it really differ that much when it comes to adding members even if it is just for football? It doesn't, but you disagreeing with me rates pretty low on the surprise scale.
And it's already been pointed out, but maybe you missed it Troy joined in 2004...
And it doesn't surprise me that you would find some reason to disagree with the obvious. It matters in this manner, they saved millions of dollors not playing football period for years. There was no true investment or commitment to NCAA football or the Sun Belt football brand for the initial years. So tell me once again why they should be mentioned in the same breathe as ASU, UL or ULM? Sorry you think that a program that wasn't willing to invest in football or build the Sun Belt football brand during the initial years deserves mention when discussing the initial founding Sun Belt football programs.
My point is they are the only member of the Sun Belt that's seen three full decades come and go, they've seen more schools leave and more schools join than anyone else. I just do not see how a proposed member being of a sport they're newish to sponsoring makes that much of a difference. They know the history and inner workings of this conference better than anyone and, to me, that's as important, if not morse so, than how long they've been sponsoring the sport in question.
Right! Which is nothing to do with being a founding member in football! The topic or original question asked the "FOUNDING FOOTBALL MEMBERS".The fact that they have seen three decades of membership is irrelevant to the subject of Founding Football Members. Their absence from the first few initial post was factually correct, regardless of whether it sits well with you or not.
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03-26-2014 09:57 PM |
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MTPiKapp
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RE: To Long Term member of the Sun Belt
(03-26-2014 09:57 PM)CrazyCajun Wrote: (03-26-2014 09:39 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote: (03-26-2014 09:27 PM)CrazyCajun Wrote: (03-26-2014 09:06 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote: (03-26-2014 06:05 PM)CrazyCajun Wrote: Maybe you missed it, but he said football only. South Alabama is not a founding member in football. That honor goes to UL, ASU and Troy.
I still don't see why it matters, is football different than any other sport? Sure, but does it really differ that much when it comes to adding members even if it is just for football? It doesn't, but you disagreeing with me rates pretty low on the surprise scale.
And it's already been pointed out, but maybe you missed it Troy joined in 2004...
And it doesn't surprise me that you would find some reason to disagree with the obvious. It matters in this manner, they saved millions of dollors not playing football period for years. There was no true investment or commitment to NCAA football or the Sun Belt football brand for the initial years. So tell me once again why they should be mentioned in the same breathe as ASU, UL or ULM? Sorry you think that a program that wasn't willing to invest in football or build the Sun Belt football brand during the initial years deserves mention when discussing the initial founding Sun Belt football programs.
My point is they are the only member of the Sun Belt that's seen three full decades come and go, they've seen more schools leave and more schools join than anyone else. I just do not see how a proposed member being of a sport they're newish to sponsoring makes that much of a difference. They know the history and inner workings of this conference better than anyone and, to me, that's as important, if not morse so, than how long they've been sponsoring the sport in question.
Right! Which is nothing to do with being a founding member in football! The topic or original question asked the "FOUNDING FOOTBALL MEMBERS".The fact that they have seen three decades of membership is irrelevant to the subject of Founding Football Members. Their absence from the first few initial post was factually correct, regardless of whether it sits well with you or not.
Atlanta Jag said it better and more concisely than I did, this is more a question of realignment than it is a question of football.
Let's play nice for once and agree to disagree, at the end of the day you and I are arguing semantics anyhow.
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03-26-2014 10:01 PM |
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RE: To Long Term member of the Sun Belt
Semantics "sont vous" !
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03-26-2014 10:49 PM |
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GoBigRed26
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RE: To Long Term member of the Sun Belt
Why are some so desperate to add members just to add members. I say we boot Idaho and make NMSU a full member and keep it at 10/12.
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03-26-2014 11:25 PM |
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RE: To Long Term member of the Sun Belt
(03-26-2014 11:25 PM)GoBigRed26 Wrote: Why are some so desperate to add members just to add members. I say we boot Idaho and make NMSU a full member and keep it at 10/12.
+1
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03-26-2014 11:37 PM |
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RE: To Long Term member of the Sun Belt
No Liberty. Ever
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03-27-2014 02:56 AM |
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panama
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RE: To Long Term member of the Sun Belt
(03-26-2014 07:54 PM)GoApps70 Wrote: (03-26-2014 06:35 PM)ManzanoWolf Wrote: UMASS is a very bad idea . . their football is horrible.
Go SBC !!
yEAh, it is....imagine Georgia State would love that.
So make sure you beat us this fall because I am bookmarking this post.
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03-27-2014 06:22 AM |
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RE: To Long Term member of the Sun Belt
(03-27-2014 06:22 AM)panama Wrote: (03-26-2014 07:54 PM)GoApps70 Wrote: (03-26-2014 06:35 PM)ManzanoWolf Wrote: UMASS is a very bad idea . . their football is horrible.
Go SBC !!
yEAh, it is....imagine Georgia State would love that.
So make sure you beat us this fall because I am bookmarking this post.
Ga St shocked me last year. I am expecting for them to have a very dramatic turnaround year.
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03-27-2014 09:35 AM |
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JoeJag
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RE: To Long Term member of the Sun Belt
(03-26-2014 04:01 PM)arkstfan Wrote: UMass is no more ridiculous than Idaho and easier to fly to than Idaho.
Yep. Good point.
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03-27-2014 02:39 PM |
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RE: To Long Term member of the Sun Belt
(03-26-2014 11:25 PM)GoBigRed26 Wrote: Why are some so desperate to add members just to add members. I say we boot Idaho and make NMSU a full member and keep it at 10/12.
That could work. 9 game conference slate 1 money game, 1 home and home and an FCS rent a win.
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03-28-2014 01:34 PM |
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RE: To Long Term member of the Sun Belt
(03-26-2014 11:25 PM)GoBigRed26 Wrote: Why are some so desperate to add members just to add members. I say we boot Idaho and make NMSU a full member and keep it at 10/12.
We make the same per team from the NCAA if we have 10 football members and 12 football members. In other words, provided our Presidents are not idiots, it would be really hard for an addition to hurt us.
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03-28-2014 01:50 PM |
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AtlantaJag
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RE: To Long Term member of the Sun Belt
(03-27-2014 02:39 PM)JoeJag Wrote: (03-26-2014 04:01 PM)arkstfan Wrote: UMass is no more ridiculous than Idaho and easier to fly to than Idaho.
Yep. Good point.
I think some people don't realize how large our country is. Amherst and Moscow may seem equally distant from, say, Statesboro, but there's a whole lot more United States to cover to get to Idaho and than Massachusetts.
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03-28-2014 02:15 PM |
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RE: To Long Term member of the Sun Belt
(03-28-2014 02:15 PM)AtlantaJag Wrote: (03-27-2014 02:39 PM)JoeJag Wrote: (03-26-2014 04:01 PM)arkstfan Wrote: UMass is no more ridiculous than Idaho and easier to fly to than Idaho.
Yep. Good point.
I think some people don't realize how large our country is. Amherst and Moscow may seem equally distant from, say, Statesboro, but there's a whole lot more United States to cover to get to Idaho and than Massachusetts.
Its more about how we are laid out geographically. The Northeast is a much smaller strip of land than the Northwest is...meaning it is always far easier to travel Northeast than Northwest.
One way to look at it is that while Arkansas would appear to be near the center of the US because of its proximity to the Mississippi River. The reality is the Geographic Center of the US is in Lebanon, KS, which is really close to the Nebraska State line.
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03-28-2014 02:53 PM |
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To Long Term member of the Sun Belt
UMass makes a good contingency plan, but I'd rather wait on Missouri State, James Madison, or Eastern Kentucky. If the Sun Belt wants to drop Idaho, it could at then humanely offer a scheduling alliance for both the Vandals and Minutemen. Idaho and UMass could start with 5 straight non-SBC games, play some combination of Army/BYU, and play each other the last week of the season. That would leave 5 games for each of them in Sun Belt play.
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03-30-2014 12:47 PM |
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RE: To Long Term member of the Sun Belt
(03-26-2014 04:01 PM)arkstfan Wrote: UMass is no more ridiculous than Idaho and easier to fly to than Idaho.
Can we trade Idaho for UMass?
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