(12-26-2019 10:41 AM)oliveandblue Wrote:  

(12-24-2019 09:24 AM)stinkfist Wrote:  our budget is shite....our only saving grace is having facilities that are comparable....

regardless, it won't mean dick in ~5 years....

geo-realignment is on the horizon whether one likes it or not....

#welcomeTTToTheReal

UConn had the runaway biggest budget in the AAC. They got abused in football by everyone for 2.5 years running.

Budget is nothing if leadership doesn't know WTF they are doing.

UConn foosball....sorry, that's an oxymoron....

implying budgeted $$$ is meaningless vs. drawing the hire????.....ummmmmmmmkay, if you say so....

you guys dove into the shallow end by over-investing in foosball and not joining the BE crew that left the nest....

wtfe.....that's how your version of Peter Principle's dicked themselves....I'm certain you can thank the EsPeNiS for that bs in varying degree....

we know we're ****** based on geo alone.....you guys whiffed that part of the equation too....

man, in ~5 yrs, this convo won't mean dick when the final phase of realignment is realized....

(12-26-2019 12:47 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(12-26-2019 12:40 PM)oliveandblue Wrote:  

(12-26-2019 12:18 PM)EagNBran Wrote:  Does ours?

I went to Tulane from 2006 to 2011. When I went to school, I was convinced that you did from the athletics POV. You had a bottom 4 budget and top 3 results. Unfortunately, you had your crater year right as pieces were moving.

USM should go Indy. I don't see what CUSA does for your institution now that everyone you want to play isn't there.

lol....and what does the Ack do for yours.....

#sameFknBoatSinking

We're able to poach good Sun Belt coaches to rescue what previously was a dumpster fire of an AD. To understand the difference, you have to consider what this program under Cowen looked like. You guys used to trashcan us in all sports...

(12-26-2019 01:03 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(12-26-2019 10:41 AM)oliveandblue Wrote:  

(12-24-2019 09:24 AM)stinkfist Wrote:  our budget is shite....our only saving grace is having facilities that are comparable....

regardless, it won't mean dick in ~5 years....

geo-realignment is on the horizon whether one likes it or not....

#welcomeTTToTheReal

UConn had the runaway biggest budget in the AAC. They got abused in football by everyone for 2.5 years running.

Budget is nothing if leadership doesn't know WTF they are doing.

UConn foosball....sorry, that's an oxymoron....

implying budgeted $$$ is meaningless vs. drawing the hire????.....ummmmmmmmkay, if you say so....

you guys dove into the shallow end by over-investing in foosball and not joining the BE crew that left the nest....

wtfe.....that's how your version of Peter Principle's dicked themselves....I'm certain you can thank the EsPeNiS for that bs in varying degree....

we know we're ****** based on geo alone.....you guys whiffed that part of the equation too....

man, in ~5 yrs, this convo won't mean dick when the final phase of realignment is realized....

You're right on most of this. The exception I am going to take is with the Big East situation. Tulane values UH, SMU, and Navy on the schedule. The Catholic privates hated us even though we academically would be a relative asset.

Tulane is just a historic FBS program that fits nowhere in the modern layout.

Time will tell if our paths cross again in a few years. There definitely is a chance.

Edit: you think Tulane should have sacrificed football for basketball?

(12-26-2019 12:40 PM)oliveandblue Wrote:  USM should go Indy. I don't see what CUSA does for your institution now that everyone you want to play isn't there.

Going Independent is only tenable if you have a massive fan base and/or some serious financial backing in order to facilitate scheduling. We were playing 4 home games a year in our last days as an Indy. Nobody in their right mind wants to go back to that.

Also note the only two state universities that play Independent won 3 games combined this year and usually dwell among the poorest performers in FBS. That’s probably not a coincidence.

I could see a situation in the future where being Indy becomes practical again if a handful of schools simultaneously decide they might do better on their own, which would add scheduling flexibility across the board. In the current environment, though, that would be suicide for all but a select few institutions.

(12-26-2019 01:03 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  UConn foosball....sorry, that's an oxymoron....
implying budgeted $$$ is meaningless vs. drawing the hire????.....ummmmmmmmkay, if you say so....you guys dove into the shallow end by over-investing in foosball and not joining the BE crew that left the nest....wtfe.....that's how your version of Peter Principle's dicked themselves....I'm certain you can thank the EsPeNiS for that bs in varying degree....we know we're ****** based on geo alone.....you guys whiffed that part of the equation too....man, in ~5 yrs, this convo won't mean dick when the final phase of realignment is realized....

In summary, Eep opp ork ah-ah

(12-26-2019 03:50 PM)Black Diamond Reb Wrote:  

(12-26-2019 01:03 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  UConn foosball....sorry, that's an oxymoron....
implying budgeted $$$ is meaningless vs. drawing the hire????.....ummmmmmmmkay, if you say so....you guys dove into the shallow end by over-investing in foosball and not joining the BE crew that left the nest....wtfe.....that's how your version of Peter Principle's dicked themselves....I'm certain you can thank the EsPeNiS for that bs in varying degree....we know we're ****** based on geo alone.....you guys whiffed that part of the equation too....man, in ~5 yrs, this convo won't mean dick when the final phase of realignment is realized....

In summary, Eep opp ork ah-ah

(12-26-2019 01:24 PM)oliveandblue Wrote:  

(12-26-2019 01:03 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(12-26-2019 10:41 AM)oliveandblue Wrote:  

(12-24-2019 09:24 AM)stinkfist Wrote:  our budget is shite....our only saving grace is having facilities that are comparable....

regardless, it won't mean dick in ~5 years....

geo-realignment is on the horizon whether one likes it or not....

#welcomeTTToTheReal

UConn had the runaway biggest budget in the AAC. They got abused in football by everyone for 2.5 years running.

Budget is nothing if leadership doesn't know WTF they are doing.

UConn foosball....sorry, that's an oxymoron....

implying budgeted $$$ is meaningless vs. drawing the hire????.....ummmmmmmmkay, if you say so....

you guys dove into the shallow end by over-investing in foosball and not joining the BE crew that left the nest....

wtfe.....that's how your version of Peter Principle's dicked themselves....I'm certain you can thank the EsPeNiS for that bs in varying degree....

we know we're ****** based on geo alone.....you guys whiffed that part of the equation too....

man, in ~5 yrs, this convo won't mean dick when the final phase of realignment is realized....

You're right on most of this. The exception I am going to take is with the Big East situation. Tulane values UH, SMU, and Navy on the schedule. The Catholic privates hated us even though we academically would be a relative asset.

Tulane is just a historic FBS program that fits nowhere in the modern layout.

Time will tell if our paths cross again in a few years. There definitely is a chance.

Edit: you think Tulane should have sacrificed football for basketball?

to the edit, no....what i've found ironic is how those that portrayed the varying version of 'status' was always irreverent vs. value and never worthy in the 'coffer'....hence, UConn in response

I'm in the camp we'll all see playing for the bell more than this one-timer moving forward....it's just a matter how the boob tube and Geo $$$ play out....'


as always, jmtc....

(12-26-2019 12:40 PM)oliveandblue Wrote:  

(12-26-2019 12:18 PM)EagNBran Wrote:  Does ours?

USM should go Indy. I don't see what CUSA does for your institution now that everyone you want to play isn't there.

Thank you!. Ive been shouting that for years. Some people have finally started to catch on. Maybe having a Tulane graduate point it out will help others pause and think for a change.

(12-26-2019 06:12 PM)Reggie Favre Wrote:  

(12-26-2019 12:40 PM)oliveandblue Wrote:  

(12-26-2019 12:18 PM)EagNBran Wrote:  Does ours?

USM should go Indy. I don't see what CUSA does for your institution now that everyone you want to play isn't there.

Thank you!. Ive been shouting that for years. Some people have finally started to catch on. Maybe having a Tulane graduate point it out will help others pause and think for a change.

let's review....

/shiTTTy budget

/local interest

/national interest

yep, ya gotta it all figured out, Reg....figure out how to pimp that schedule....

ooops....it's gonna be cusa/sbc/whatever black bear swac version bdr coins in ~5 yrs...

(12-26-2019 06:18 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(12-26-2019 06:12 PM)Reggie Favre Wrote:  

(12-26-2019 12:40 PM)oliveandblue Wrote:  

(12-26-2019 12:18 PM)EagNBran Wrote:  Does ours?

USM should go Indy. I don't see what CUSA does for your institution now that everyone you want to play isn't there.

Thank you!. Ive been shouting that for years. Some people have finally started to catch on. Maybe having a Tulane graduate point it out will help others pause and think for a change.

let's review....

/shiTTTy budget

/local interest

/national interest

yep, ya gotta it all figured out, Reg....figure out how to pimp that schedule....

ooops....it's gonna be cusa/sbc/whatever black bear swac version bdr coins in ~5 yrs...

Bc staying in CUSA has worked out so well for USM, bc you and people like you have it all figured out.

(12-26-2019 06:36 PM)Reggie Favre Wrote:  

(12-26-2019 06:18 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(12-26-2019 06:12 PM)Reggie Favre Wrote:  

(12-26-2019 12:40 PM)oliveandblue Wrote:  

(12-26-2019 12:18 PM)EagNBran Wrote:  Does ours?

USM should go Indy. I don't see what CUSA does for your institution now that everyone you want to play isn't there.

Thank you!. Ive been shouting that for years. Some people have finally started to catch on. Maybe having a Tulane graduate point it out will help others pause and think for a change.

let's review....

/shiTTTy budget

/local interest

/national interest

yep, ya gotta it all figured out, Reg....figure out how to pimp that schedule....

ooops....it's gonna be cusa/sbc/whatever black bear swac version bdr coins in ~5 yrs...

Bc staying in CUSA has worked out so well for USM, bc you and people like you have it all figured out.

lol at 'staying'....like it ever mattered....realignment was always irrelevant vs. the ack and tv dollars....

ewe may want to pan thru my posts back in '11.....wtfe......I really don't give a hockey puck at this point.....

I honestly HATE conference BS. I hate having to root for teams to win BUT NOT TOO MUCH.

I am convinced the next set of moves might be what breaks things across all of CFB.

(12-27-2019 02:30 PM)oliveandblue Wrote:  I am convinced the next set of moves might be what breaks things across all of CFB.

I see it the other way around: what’s going to break next at the top will dictate the next set of moves for the rest of us.

(12-27-2019 05:04 PM)HarborPointe Wrote:  

(12-27-2019 02:30 PM)oliveandblue Wrote:  I am convinced the next set of moves might be what breaks things across all of CFB.

I see it the other way around: what’s going to break next at the top will dictate the next set of moves for the rest of us.

There will be a lot more “rest of us” than many believe.

(12-27-2019 10:14 PM)SoMs Eagle Wrote:  There will be a lot more “rest of us” than many believe.

Yep.

https://mobile.twitter.com/BradSmithUSM/...8548875264

Apparently they repainted the bell.

(12-27-2019 10:14 PM)SoMs Eagle Wrote:  

(12-27-2019 05:04 PM)HarborPointe Wrote:  

(12-27-2019 02:30 PM)oliveandblue Wrote:  I am convinced the next set of moves might be what breaks things across all of CFB.

I see it the other way around: what’s going to break next at the top will dictate the next set of moves for the rest of us.

There will be a lot more “rest of us” than many believe.

"Hey, so don't that make you feel a whole lot better, huh?
I say, don't that make you feel a whole lot better?
What you say? Well, I'm just askin'"

(12-30-2019 07:03 PM)Black and Gold Battle Umbrella Wrote:  

(12-27-2019 10:14 PM)SoMs Eagle Wrote:  

(12-27-2019 05:04 PM)HarborPointe Wrote:  

(12-27-2019 02:30 PM)oliveandblue Wrote:  I am convinced the next set of moves might be what breaks things across all of CFB.

I see it the other way around: what’s going to break next at the top will dictate the next set of moves for the rest of us.

There will be a lot more “rest of us” than many believe.

"Hey, so don't that make you feel a whole lot better, huh?
I say, don't that make you feel a whole lot better?
What you say? Well, I'm just askin'"

“It’s hard to be an outlaw
when you ain’t wanted anymore.
It’s hard to keep on tryin’
when your back is to the floor.”

(12-27-2019 10:14 PM)SoMs Eagle Wrote:  

(12-27-2019 05:04 PM)HarborPointe Wrote:  

(12-27-2019 02:30 PM)oliveandblue Wrote:  I am convinced the next set of moves might be what breaks things across all of CFB.

I see it the other way around: what’s going to break next at the top will dictate the next set of moves for the rest of us.

There will be a lot more “rest of us” than many believe.

Misery loves company...

(01-06-2020 01:21 PM)Golden Eagle Fan Wrote:  

(12-27-2019 10:14 PM)SoMs Eagle Wrote:  

(12-27-2019 05:04 PM)HarborPointe Wrote:  

(12-27-2019 02:30 PM)oliveandblue Wrote:  I am convinced the next set of moves might be what breaks things across all of CFB.

I see it the other way around: what’s going to break next at the top will dictate the next set of moves for the rest of us.

There will be a lot more “rest of us” than many believe.

Misery loves company...

Not at all. I will be back and loving amateur college football again when it’s just “the rest of us” again. Any of you brainiacs thinking we could ever compete with the Alabama’s of the world are just simply alien abductee material. It ain’t ever happening again. Period. Better they go on and leave “the rest of us”.
And “the rest of us” will include the twin sisters up north.