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(12-11-2017 11:53 PM)Razor Ramon Monarch Wrote:  
(12-10-2017 08:46 AM)Gilesfan Wrote:  More of a basketball fan but the experience of a live college football game is something you cant get in college basketball.

You probably arent old enough to have experienced this but the atmosphere at the 04-05 CAA championship in Richmond blew any college football game in history totally out of the water in my opinion.

Electric doesn't even come close.

Is that the one where Laughton (our big, 6'-9", multifaceted center) was too much for the Rams to handle and he led the team to victory in overtime?
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(12-10-2017 08:46 AM)Gilesfan Wrote:  More of a basketball fan but the experience of a live college football game is something you cant get in college basketball.

You probably arent old enough to have experienced this but the atmosphere at the 04-05 CAA championship in Richmond blew any college football game in history totally out of the water in my opinion.

Electric doesn't even come close.

Ironically, I actually prefer watching football on TV and basketball in person, though you can't beat tailgating. The exception being I am glad I was in the stands vs TV for the Heinicke 700+ yard performance against NH.
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I used to be really into the nfl, but that has waned. Especially since I went to odu before football was a reality, I really grew into a college basketball fan there. Even now, when all these star players get hurt it just loses its luster. David Johnson. Rodgers. Watson. Now Wentz. Nfl kills its own storylines.

The last minute of a close college basketball game is some of the best drama sports has to offer. Nfl overtime rules are anticlimactic. College plays a different game in ot. Basketball you just keep going and hopefully get to experience another last minute of drama.
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Let me help you out. College basketball is not better than college football.
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(12-12-2017 05:52 PM)GotLabradors Wrote:  Let me help you out. College basketball is not better than college football.

College basketball postseason is far better than the college football postseason.
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(12-11-2017 02:10 PM)Chillie Willie Wrote:  
(12-11-2017 12:23 PM)MonGNARch Wrote:  As a sport, I enjoy football more than basketball. I played football in high school, I learned so much about life and about being a man that it has stuck with me to this day. I watch and follow the NFL more than the NBA, NHL, MLB, and NCAA sports. However, when it comes to ODU sports, basketball has a slight edge. My freshman year at ODU was the first year ODU had football, and I never missed a home game in my time as a student. I also never missed a home men's or women's basketball game for my first couple years before I became a cheerleader (then we were assigned on a rotation and I would enjoy my days off when I didn't have to go unless it was an opponent I wanted to watch). I watched ODU basketball dominate the CAA and make it to the dance 2 years in a a row, with a win over Notre Dame in there as well. Outside of the FCS playoffs, ODU football has never done anything close to the NCAA tournament in regards to national exposure and relevance. VCU and Mason are forever immortalized in college basketball lore regardless of how their programs have done since their final four years because of those magical runs. Our FCS playoff seasons and early domination in football will never be remembered or be relevant. Hell, NDSU won 5 championships in a row and they are still moderately irrelevant when it come to division 1 football. As EverRespect said, whether we go 6-6 or 9-3 it doesn't matter. If we went undefeated in football, it still wouldn't matter, we would just get a "better" bowl game due to our conference.
If they ever expand the playoffs there might be a chance for an exceptional G5 team to make it like a UCF. With the current format even a P5 conference champion is left out every year.

I agree. 4 teams isn't enough but I believe it should expand to 8. Then again, with more spots open, the committee could use those to insert more P5 teams and still screw over the smaller leagues. We will never know unless it happens
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RE: OT: Why college basketball is better than college football
I am a STH in both. I lettered in both in HS. But I prefer college football.

I like the tailgating, the food, the bands, the Monarch Walk, the howitzer, the flyovers, the horn, visiting other campuses, seeing how they tailgate, meeting visiting fans and the camaraderie displayed all throughout campus. I like the strategy, the variance of playing styles (from west coast to the triple option) the position battles, the impact weather has on gameplay, the chance for freshman walk-ons to become game changers like Anthony Wilson and Bunmi Rotimi.

I love the impact I've seen it have on ODU fall Saturdays. It brings the campus to life in a way I hope we can all appreciate.
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(12-12-2017 09:18 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  
(12-11-2017 11:53 PM)Razor Ramon Monarch Wrote:  
(12-10-2017 08:46 AM)Gilesfan Wrote:  More of a basketball fan but the experience of a live college football game is something you cant get in college basketball.

You probably arent old enough to have experienced this but the atmosphere at the 04-05 CAA championship in Richmond blew any college football game in history totally out of the water in my opinion.

Electric doesn't even come close.

Ironically, I actually prefer watching football on TV and basketball in person, though you can't beat tailgating. The exception being I am glad I was in the stands vs TV for the Heinicke 700+ yard performance against NH.

I never had the chance to go to a CAA tournament game but my freshman year when we beat VCU at home to take the CAA regular season title (last game of the season too) is one of my greatest sports memories. I had yelled so much that game I had a headache for a few days afterwards and could barely speak. The Ted was sold out, everyone was decked out in white, the students were all on their feet the entire game, there were deafening cheers every time we scored as basket, especially towards the end when it got close... No football game I've been to at ODU has come close. The New Hampshire game was great but it was a slugfest, and I think cheering on the sidelines in the hot sun really drained me, so I'm sure my memories of that game aren't as great at someone who was in the stands. The one football game that came close to that VCU game was when we beat JMU at home the first time we played each other. I can still remember at tne end of the game all of Foreman field chanting "O-D-U" in unison, to the point where it was dead silent in between letters. I also rushed the field with the football team so that will always be ingrained in my memory haha
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(12-13-2017 10:00 AM)MonGNARch Wrote:  
(12-11-2017 02:10 PM)Chillie Willie Wrote:  
(12-11-2017 12:23 PM)MonGNARch Wrote:  As a sport, I enjoy football more than basketball. I played football in high school, I learned so much about life and about being a man that it has stuck with me to this day. I watch and follow the NFL more than the NBA, NHL, MLB, and NCAA sports. However, when it comes to ODU sports, basketball has a slight edge. My freshman year at ODU was the first year ODU had football, and I never missed a home game in my time as a student. I also never missed a home men's or women's basketball game for my first couple years before I became a cheerleader (then we were assigned on a rotation and I would enjoy my days off when I didn't have to go unless it was an opponent I wanted to watch). I watched ODU basketball dominate the CAA and make it to the dance 2 years in a a row, with a win over Notre Dame in there as well. Outside of the FCS playoffs, ODU football has never done anything close to the NCAA tournament in regards to national exposure and relevance. VCU and Mason are forever immortalized in college basketball lore regardless of how their programs have done since their final four years because of those magical runs. Our FCS playoff seasons and early domination in football will never be remembered or be relevant. Hell, NDSU won 5 championships in a row and they are still moderately irrelevant when it come to division 1 football. As EverRespect said, whether we go 6-6 or 9-3 it doesn't matter. If we went undefeated in football, it still wouldn't matter, we would just get a "better" bowl game due to our conference.
If they ever expand the playoffs there might be a chance for an exceptional G5 team to make it like a UCF. With the current format even a P5 conference champion is left out every year.

I agree. 4 teams isn't enough but I believe it should expand to 8. Then again, with more spots open, the committee could use those to insert more P5 teams and still screw over the smaller leagues. We will never know unless it happens

They could do the P5 conference champions, the best G5 team, and 2 at-large picks. So this year it would be:

Clemson
Ohio State
Georgia
Oklahoma
USC
Alabama
Auburn or Miami
UCF

Eventually, someone like a UCF will win that game against Clemson and it will bring excitement comparable to a Cinderella basketball run.
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RE: OT: Why college basketball is better than college football
(12-13-2017 10:27 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  
(12-13-2017 10:00 AM)MonGNARch Wrote:  
(12-11-2017 02:10 PM)Chillie Willie Wrote:  
(12-11-2017 12:23 PM)MonGNARch Wrote:  As a sport, I enjoy football more than basketball. I played football in high school, I learned so much about life and about being a man that it has stuck with me to this day. I watch and follow the NFL more than the NBA, NHL, MLB, and NCAA sports. However, when it comes to ODU sports, basketball has a slight edge. My freshman year at ODU was the first year ODU had football, and I never missed a home game in my time as a student. I also never missed a home men's or women's basketball game for my first couple years before I became a cheerleader (then we were assigned on a rotation and I would enjoy my days off when I didn't have to go unless it was an opponent I wanted to watch). I watched ODU basketball dominate the CAA and make it to the dance 2 years in a a row, with a win over Notre Dame in there as well. Outside of the FCS playoffs, ODU football has never done anything close to the NCAA tournament in regards to national exposure and relevance. VCU and Mason are forever immortalized in college basketball lore regardless of how their programs have done since their final four years because of those magical runs. Our FCS playoff seasons and early domination in football will never be remembered or be relevant. Hell, NDSU won 5 championships in a row and they are still moderately irrelevant when it come to division 1 football. As EverRespect said, whether we go 6-6 or 9-3 it doesn't matter. If we went undefeated in football, it still wouldn't matter, we would just get a "better" bowl game due to our conference.
If they ever expand the playoffs there might be a chance for an exceptional G5 team to make it like a UCF. With the current format even a P5 conference champion is left out every year.

I agree. 4 teams isn't enough but I believe it should expand to 8. Then again, with more spots open, the committee could use those to insert more P5 teams and still screw over the smaller leagues. We will never know unless it happens

They could do the P5 conference champions, the best G5 team, and 2 at-large picks. So this year it would be:

Clemson
Ohio State
Georgia
Oklahoma
USC
Alabama
Auburn or Miami
UCF

Eventually, someone like a UCF will win that game against Clemson and it will bring excitement comparable to a Cinderella basketball run.


I like this idea for college football. I think expanding the final four for basketball is a good idea too.
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(12-13-2017 12:50 PM)ODUODUODU Wrote:  ...I think expanding the final four for basketball is a good idea too.

Lol.
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(12-13-2017 12:50 PM)ODUODUODU Wrote:  
(12-13-2017 10:27 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  
(12-13-2017 10:00 AM)MonGNARch Wrote:  
(12-11-2017 02:10 PM)Chillie Willie Wrote:  
(12-11-2017 12:23 PM)MonGNARch Wrote:  As a sport, I enjoy football more than basketball. I played football in high school, I learned so much about life and about being a man that it has stuck with me to this day. I watch and follow the NFL more than the NBA, NHL, MLB, and NCAA sports. However, when it comes to ODU sports, basketball has a slight edge. My freshman year at ODU was the first year ODU had football, and I never missed a home game in my time as a student. I also never missed a home men's or women's basketball game for my first couple years before I became a cheerleader (then we were assigned on a rotation and I would enjoy my days off when I didn't have to go unless it was an opponent I wanted to watch). I watched ODU basketball dominate the CAA and make it to the dance 2 years in a a row, with a win over Notre Dame in there as well. Outside of the FCS playoffs, ODU football has never done anything close to the NCAA tournament in regards to national exposure and relevance. VCU and Mason are forever immortalized in college basketball lore regardless of how their programs have done since their final four years because of those magical runs. Our FCS playoff seasons and early domination in football will never be remembered or be relevant. Hell, NDSU won 5 championships in a row and they are still moderately irrelevant when it come to division 1 football. As EverRespect said, whether we go 6-6 or 9-3 it doesn't matter. If we went undefeated in football, it still wouldn't matter, we would just get a "better" bowl game due to our conference.
If they ever expand the playoffs there might be a chance for an exceptional G5 team to make it like a UCF. With the current format even a P5 conference champion is left out every year.

I agree. 4 teams isn't enough but I believe it should expand to 8. Then again, with more spots open, the committee could use those to insert more P5 teams and still screw over the smaller leagues. We will never know unless it happens

They could do the P5 conference champions, the best G5 team, and 2 at-large picks. So this year it would be:

Clemson
Ohio State
Georgia
Oklahoma
USC
Alabama
Auburn or Miami
UCF

Eventually, someone like a UCF will win that game against Clemson and it will bring excitement comparable to a Cinderella basketball run.


I like this idea for college football. I think expanding the final four for basketball is a good idea too.

In years past, both Marshall and WKU have been in the running for the best G5 team. Can you imagine what it would do for a school like that (or ODU) to get into a scenario like that? Can you imaging what it would do if the stars aligned and they actually won a game? I am not naive enough to think any of us would have a snowballs chance of winning 3 games, but anything can happen on a given day (they have aligned for Boise State and TCU in the past before TCU got into the Big XII). It isn't the free-for-all that the NCAA basketball tournament has become, but at least it is something to play for.

And I forgot about Wisconsin. They would likely get that 2nd at-large in lieu of Auburn or Miami.
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(12-13-2017 10:00 AM)MonGNARch Wrote:  
(12-11-2017 02:10 PM)Chillie Willie Wrote:  
(12-11-2017 12:23 PM)MonGNARch Wrote:  As a sport, I enjoy football more than basketball. I played football in high school, I learned so much about life and about being a man that it has stuck with me to this day. I watch and follow the NFL more than the NBA, NHL, MLB, and NCAA sports. However, when it comes to ODU sports, basketball has a slight edge. My freshman year at ODU was the first year ODU had football, and I never missed a home game in my time as a student. I also never missed a home men's or women's basketball game for my first couple years before I became a cheerleader (then we were assigned on a rotation and I would enjoy my days off when I didn't have to go unless it was an opponent I wanted to watch). I watched ODU basketball dominate the CAA and make it to the dance 2 years in a a row, with a win over Notre Dame in there as well. Outside of the FCS playoffs, ODU football has never done anything close to the NCAA tournament in regards to national exposure and relevance. VCU and Mason are forever immortalized in college basketball lore regardless of how their programs have done since their final four years because of those magical runs. Our FCS playoff seasons and early domination in football will never be remembered or be relevant. Hell, NDSU won 5 championships in a row and they are still moderately irrelevant when it come to division 1 football. As EverRespect said, whether we go 6-6 or 9-3 it doesn't matter. If we went undefeated in football, it still wouldn't matter, we would just get a "better" bowl game due to our conference.
If they ever expand the playoffs there might be a chance for an exceptional G5 team to make it like a UCF. With the current format even a P5 conference champion is left out every year.

I agree. 4 teams isn't enough but I believe it should expand to 8. Then again, with more spots open, the committee could use those to insert more P5 teams and still screw over the smaller leagues. We will never know unless it happens

They are not screwing anyone over. There are no non P5 teams that should be in the top 8.
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