(04-18-2015 06:37 PM)Herd_fever Wrote:  Ruston???

We weren't added for Market.

(04-18-2015 06:41 PM)Saint Greg Wrote:  

(04-18-2015 06:37 PM)Herd_fever Wrote:  Ruston???

We weren't added for Market.

chuckle

Living 45 mins from Mobile I'm a big fan of USA.

The increase in bowl bids is a red flag to me that we will be at 14 in some form or fashion.

(04-18-2015 06:47 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  

(04-18-2015 06:41 PM)Saint Greg Wrote:  

(04-18-2015 06:37 PM)Herd_fever Wrote:  Ruston???

We weren't added for Market.

chuckle

Another great contribution

(04-18-2015 06:47 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  

(04-18-2015 06:41 PM)Saint Greg Wrote:  

(04-18-2015 06:37 PM)Herd_fever Wrote:  Ruston???

We weren't added for Market.

chuckle

48-20

(04-18-2015 06:48 PM)SApuro Wrote:  Living 45 mins from Mobile I'm a big fan of USA.

The increase in bowl bids is a red flag to me that we will be at 14 in some form or fashion.

It remains to be seen if the GoDaddy Bowl would follow South Alabama if we changed conferences. That's what USA fans have always heard. I do know they are very happy with the Sun Belt, but it's not like the MAC schools bring in a lot of fans.

(04-18-2015 07:09 PM)SkullyMaroo Wrote:  

(04-18-2015 06:48 PM)SApuro Wrote:  Living 45 mins from Mobile I'm a big fan of USA.

The increase in bowl bids is a red flag to me that we will be at 14 in some form or fashion.

It remains to be seen if the GoDaddy Bowl would follow South Alabama if we changed conferences. That's what USA fans have always heard. I do know they are very happy with the Sun Belt, but it's not like the MAC schools bring in a lot of fans.

I went to the GoDaddy Bowl last year...talk about freezing. I doubt the SB would give up its premier bowl....plus where would ASU go bowling?

No

(04-18-2015 07:05 PM)winston70 Wrote:  

(04-18-2015 06:47 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  

(04-18-2015 06:41 PM)Saint Greg Wrote:  

(04-18-2015 06:37 PM)Herd_fever Wrote:  Ruston???

We weren't added for Market.

chuckle

48-20

94-86

And then there was last year. How long was that home winning streak?

(04-18-2015 07:20 PM)SApuro Wrote:  

(04-18-2015 07:09 PM)SkullyMaroo Wrote:  

(04-18-2015 06:48 PM)SApuro Wrote:  Living 45 mins from Mobile I'm a big fan of USA.

The increase in bowl bids is a red flag to me that we will be at 14 in some form or fashion.

It remains to be seen if the GoDaddy Bowl would follow South Alabama if we changed conferences. That's what USA fans have always heard. I do know they are very happy with the Sun Belt, but it's not like the MAC schools bring in a lot of fans.

I went to the GoDaddy Bowl last year...talk about freezing. I doubt the SB would give up its premier bowl....plus where would ASU go bowling?

Little Rock

Agreed! CUSA will keep our present in the state of Alabama while adding a pretty decent program.

(04-18-2015 07:20 PM)SApuro Wrote:  

(04-18-2015 07:09 PM)SkullyMaroo Wrote:  

(04-18-2015 06:48 PM)SApuro Wrote:  Living 45 mins from Mobile I'm a big fan of USA.

The increase in bowl bids is a red flag to me that we will be at 14 in some form or fashion.

It remains to be seen if the GoDaddy Bowl would follow South Alabama if we changed conferences. That's what USA fans have always heard. I do know they are very happy with the Sun Belt, but it's not like the MAC schools bring in a lot of fans.

I went to the GoDaddy Bowl last year...talk about freezing. I doubt the SB would give up its premier bowl....plus where would ASU go bowling?

The GoDaddy Bowl wouldn't have to drop the Sun Belt to pick up CUSA. They could drop the MAC.

(04-18-2015 03:46 PM)AtlantaJag Wrote:  

(04-18-2015 02:02 PM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  

National University with medical school and new, state-of-the-art $200 million cancer research center. And don't forget the endowments totaling almost half a billion dollars.

You probably will receive two votes from Rice and Tech just because of this.

(04-18-2015 07:36 PM)NanoDawg Wrote:  Agreed! CUSA will keep our present in the state of Alabama while adding a pretty decent program.

The most glaring thing for me is that if UAB leaves, that puts a hole in the footprint from Mississippi to North Carolina (would be missing Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina).

(04-18-2015 07:36 PM)NanoDawg Wrote:  Agreed! CUSA will keep our present in the state of Alabama while adding a pretty decent program.

(04-18-2015 07:41 PM)SkullyMaroo Wrote:  

(04-18-2015 07:36 PM)NanoDawg Wrote:  Agreed! CUSA will keep our present in the state of Alabama while adding a pretty decent program.

The most glaring thing for me is that if UAB leaves, that puts a hole in the footprint from Mississippi to North Carolina (would be missing Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina).

Since this thread is about South Alabama, how is your athletic program compared to NIU or Ark State or the Georgia twins?

USA is the only school from the SBC that could get enough votes other than Gst and that if TV says its worth it. So yes it's a very good possibility USA will replace UAB.

Gulf Coast
Beaches close by
Great fishing
Really nice campus
Easy 100 minute drive to New Orleans
I65 and I10 ...With in 5 to 7 hour drive of Rice, Tech, Western, MUTS and 1.5 for S.Miss

When this happens look for the CUSA basketball tourney to be in GulfPort ...it will be a no brainer

(04-18-2015 07:48 PM)NanoDawg Wrote:  

(04-18-2015 07:41 PM)SkullyMaroo Wrote:  

(04-18-2015 07:36 PM)NanoDawg Wrote:  Agreed! CUSA will keep our present in the state of Alabama while adding a pretty decent program.

The most glaring thing for me is that if UAB leaves, that puts a hole in the footprint from Mississippi to North Carolina (would be missing Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina).

Since this thread is about South Alabama, how is your athletic program compared to NIU or Ark State or the Georgia twins?

Cliff's notes version:

Baseball: 25 NCAA appearances in 49 years (by far the most in the Sun Belt); been ranked #1 in two different seasons; #16 all-time winning percentage. Stanky Field is an excellent facility (capacity 4,500).

Basketball: 8 NCAA Tournament appearances (most in Sun Belt) and 4 NIT appearances. Mitchell Center is an excellent facility (capacity 10,000).

Football: Program started in 2009; fully transitioned to FBS in 2013; bowl-eligible in both FBS seasons (2013 and 2014); fastest team to ever reach a bowl; our football fieldhouse is an excellent facility. We play at Ladd Stadium, home of the Senior Bowl and GoDaddy Bowl.

Softball: Program started in 2007; 3 straight NCAA tournaments (2012-2014) and will make it 4 in a row this year: ranked in top 25 every week since 2013 season. Our softball has really grown, and we've already had to expand our stadium (capacity 1,000) and added a hitting facility.

Other sports: USA has a good history in some other Olympic sports, like men's tennis, women's tennis, women's soccer, and track/cross country. We even have a few individual national championships in track.

Budget: USA's football budget is 1.7 million more than the Sun Belt average, and will continue to grow. USA's men's recruiting budget is #1 in Sun Belt and would be #1 in the MAC, #2 in CUSA (Old Dominion), # 5 in MWC, and #7 in the AAC.

(04-18-2015 06:25 PM)Herd_fever Wrote:  

(04-18-2015 05:30 PM)Cscollis Wrote:  ULL has improved but you have to look at there history of 80 years of sucking and 4 years of improvement. Before hud, Ulala was terrible in football and could easily suck again.

Maybe when they win a SBC title but right now, stay 13.

We did bring in North Texas, FIU, Charlotte, and FAU. All schools with losing or no pedigree.

North Texas has 22 conference championships throughout our long 102 year history, and I'm not including the decade when we were forced down to I-AA. We have basically averaged a conference title ever 5 years for one hundred years. That seems better then average to me. Also North Texas won 4 Sun Belt football championships. That's as many as MT, FAU, FIU and WKU combined. I think North Texas has a decent pedigree.

(04-18-2015 07:40 PM)NanoDawg Wrote:  

(04-18-2015 03:46 PM)AtlantaJag Wrote:  

(04-18-2015 02:02 PM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  

National University with medical school and new, state-of-the-art $200 million cancer research center. And don't forget the endowments totaling almost half a billion dollars.

You probably will receive two votes from Rice and Tech just because of this.

Here's some of our cancer research:

South Alabama found a possible cure to pancreatic cancer a couple years ago; that research is ongoing.

"Honokiol reduced pancreatic cancer cell growth and produced pancreatic cell death. The affect was apparent within 24 hours of dosing with a 70 to 80 percent pancreatic cancer death rate within 72 hours."

http://www.examiner.com/article/universi...ancer-cure


South Alabama researchers developed a cancer-fighting protein that was tested in space. The protein, which will be used to target breast cancer, was in space for about three months.

PP5 acts to catalyze the removal of phosphate from proteins that control cell growth and survival. The removal of phosphate turns on processes that allow cancer cell growth and proliferation. “If we inhibit this key step,” he [Dr. Richard E. Honkanen] said, “we hope to prevent cancer cell growth and survival.”

http://blog.al.com/pr-community-news/201..._re_1.html