^You assume that because it hasn't happened before, it will never happen?

If that's the true reason then that's pretty lame.

(05-15-2014 06:41 PM)GoAppsGo92 Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 06:34 PM)RoyK Wrote:  

FINALLY

Sounds like a guy afraid of competition.

Exactly what competition. You got a magic ball there that tells the future. Troll somebody else clown.

Liberty: "If it wasn't for those meddling kids..."

(05-15-2014 07:41 PM)Brokeback Flamer Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 07:39 PM)statefanatic Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 06:57 PM)GoAppsGo92 Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 06:50 PM)GaSoEagle Wrote:  This is what I expected --- staying at 11. But it does seem a bit odd that in March when SBC leaders met at the basketball tourney our AD returned saying that the conference had voted to expand to 12.

Now we don't seem to want 12 or a championship game.

What I conclude here is that the prospective candidates (which appear to be Liberty and UMass at this point) are simply not very enticing to the membership. So instead of saying we don't have a good candidate it is easier to say that we don't think it is very lucrative to have a championship game.

Read the comments closely. This is one AD saying he is afraid of competition and doesn't want another home game during a good season because he is afraid of an upset. I'm so glad that A-State speaks for the entire league and has declared the search over... And that the conference has no interest in a championship game even if we can have one with 11 schools.

A CCG has cost CUSA and the MAC a BCS bowl game before. Unless there is money gained from a CCG then why have one?

Wow. Just wow. If that is the way the SBC thinks I'm glad JMU took a pass. Those teams wouldn't have gone BCS Bowling without of CCG. The fact they lost speaks more about the actual quality of the MAC and CUSA teams than anything else.

Yeah, tell Case Keenum that genius...

(05-15-2014 06:50 PM)GaSoEagle Wrote:  This is what I expected --- staying at 11. But it does seem a bit odd that in March when SBC leaders met at the basketball tourney our AD returned saying that the conference had voted to expand to 12.

Now we don't seem to want 12 or a championship game.

What I conclude here is that the prospective candidates (which appear to be Liberty and UMass at this point) are simply not very enticing to the membership. So instead of saying we don't have a good candidate it is easier to say that we don't think it is very lucrative to have a championship game.

Translation: We really expected JMU or Missouri State to become the 12th, but JMU flat out rejected us and MSU isn't ready (or we just never spoke to them about it?). Now we play the waiting game.

Sound accurate?

To me, it sounds like there was not a team that all members were willing to place their money on. With JMU and MoSt out, our best options were far from "the best." I think the members are making the right move by waiting another year and seeing where everything stands next year. This gives all of the potential candidates another year to prepare and the current members another year to solidify the conference.

Not convinced this is the true feeling of the Sun Belt Conference,
but if it is then we will have a perception of being with a bunch of scared administrators.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. You cannot hope to compete
in the four team playoff or have any chance of getting in without
going for the Hail Mary. You don't hit a home run by bunting.

(05-15-2014 08:42 PM)GoApps70 Wrote:  Not convinced this is the true feeling of the Sun Belt Conference,
but if it is then we will have a perception of being with a bunch of scared administrators.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. You cannot hope to compete
in the four team playoff or have any chance of getting in without
going for the Hail Mary. You don't hit a home run by bunting.

As the LU folks say:
'AMEN!'

(05-15-2014 08:37 PM)panama Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 07:41 PM)Brokeback Flamer Wrote:  Wow. Just wow. If that is the way the SBC thinks I'm glad JMU took a pass. Those teams wouldn't have gone BCS Bowling without of CCG. The fact they lost speaks more about the actual quality of the MAC and CUSA teams than anything else.

Yeah, tell Case Keenum that genius...

I wouldn't be the first to tell him Houston was over rated and his stats were the direct result of a gimmick offense. But I'll be more than happy to take a number and wait in line.

(05-15-2014 06:02 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  Was just asked about it by media here. Says he and other AD's see no reason to play title game unless there is a huge financial windfall.

I don't consider this official until the Liberty beat writer tweets it.

Until then, it's just gossip.

(05-15-2014 08:50 PM)Brokeback Flamer Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 08:37 PM)panama Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 07:41 PM)Brokeback Flamer Wrote:  Wow. Just wow. If that is the way the SBC thinks I'm glad JMU took a pass. Those teams wouldn't have gone BCS Bowling without of CCG. The fact they lost speaks more about the actual quality of the MAC and CUSA teams than anything else.

Yeah, tell Case Keenum that genius...

I wouldn't be the first to tell him Houston was over rated and his stats were the direct result of a gimmick offense. But I'll be more than happy to take a number and wait in line.

Irrelevant

CCG ended there undefeated run. That is the point.

(05-15-2014 06:55 PM)knucklehead Wrote:  "I think" "probably" nothing to see here. Posturing. 1vote.

Posted from my mobile device using the CSNbbs App

Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.

(05-15-2014 08:42 PM)GoApps70 Wrote:  Not convinced this is the true feeling of the Sun Belt Conference,
but if it is then we will have a perception of being with a bunch of scared administrators.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. You cannot hope to compete
in the four team playoff or have any chance of getting in without
going for the Hail Mary. You don't hit a home run by bunting.

Maybe they are venturing in waiting another year for a better fit. I would venture to say that fear of the best team losing a championship game never even entered the equation. Finding the best fit matters the most, even if it means spending another year at 11.

Folks trying to read into this are just fooling themselves.

The answer is obvious: Anyone that is ready and willing to accept an invitation simply can't get the votes. He can't say that because... well, it makes us look bad. So instead, we say "there's no need for 12 now".

Rev, you have nailed it I believe.

I don't see how us not taking Liberty makes us look bad. Nobody in the AAC is saying oh yeah Liberty, good add, why didn't we think of that? Or oh yeah let's just add anyone to get a championship game that will be on ESPN8 at noon...

Making a sound business decision is...good business.

(05-15-2014 08:54 PM)panama Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 08:50 PM)Brokeback Flamer Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 08:37 PM)panama Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 07:41 PM)Brokeback Flamer Wrote:  Wow. Just wow. If that is the way the SBC thinks I'm glad JMU took a pass. Those teams wouldn't have gone BCS Bowling without of CCG. The fact they lost speaks more about the actual quality of the MAC and CUSA teams than anything else.

Yeah, tell Case Keenum that genius...

I wouldn't be the first to tell him Houston was over rated and his stats were the direct result of a gimmick offense. But I'll be more than happy to take a number and wait in line.

Irrelevant

CCG ended there undefeated run. That is the point.

Poor Baby. I guess he would have felt better had it been given to him and not earned. It's Athletics. As a great man said 'You play to win the game'. If Houston couldn't win their CCG they weren't that good

Liberty does not make us look bad but JMU thumbing their noses at the Sun Belt does. JMU was who we wanted as #12 and they just weren't interested.

(05-15-2014 09:04 PM)Brokeback Flamer Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 08:54 PM)panama Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 08:50 PM)Brokeback Flamer Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 08:37 PM)panama Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 07:41 PM)Brokeback Flamer Wrote:  Wow. Just wow. If that is the way the SBC thinks I'm glad JMU took a pass. Those teams wouldn't have gone BCS Bowling without of CCG. The fact they lost speaks more about the actual quality of the MAC and CUSA teams than anything else.

Yeah, tell Case Keenum that genius...

I wouldn't be the first to tell him Houston was over rated and his stats were the direct result of a gimmick offense. But I'll be more than happy to take a number and wait in line.

Irrelevant

CCG ended there undefeated run. That is the point.

Poor Baby. I guess he would have felt better had it been given to him and not earned. It's Athletics. As a great man said 'You play to win the game'. If Houston couldn't win their CCG they weren't that good

It's an example genius. But it's not the first time the conversation about the CCG risk has come up. You do watch football right? By the way..the Big South is thataway ===>