(12-27-2019 03:18 PM)NTXCoog Wrote: (12-26-2019 10:29 PM)TroyMan88 Wrote: You’re really hurting my feelings with the grammar remarks - sniffle sniffle tear tear. If I was writing a letter to the president than obviously it would matter. Again it’s a message board - I don’t care. Second, Troy was the first team in conference history to make the top 25 rankings for one week. I stand corrected. However that is a big accomplishment on their part. The Sunbelt has come a long way than where it was when it first started out. It’s now considered a more competitive Conference football wise than the MAC and CUSA, while sitting behind the MWC and AAC. We as a conference have knocked off quite a few P5’s the past few years, which goes to show the level of competition between the two groups is narrowing that gap. We just had our top recruiting class in school history being in the top 10 G5. Those are facts. Not shots. So make of it what you want.
You're the reason people are trashing Troy and the Sunbelt. No one on the AAC board has ever started a thread saying the Sunbelt sucks. When the Sunbelt is mentioned here, it is generally agreed they've passed CUSA and are on par or better than the MAC. But you have to talk smack that AAC is not on par with P5 and its a fact. But if you want to talk facts.
Sunbelt is way below the AAC.
Troy is not a top 25 program.
Troy is not a top G5 program.
Troy is not on par academically with most if not all of the AAC (i still can't believe you tried to compare to SMU)
Be proud of your school, your football, and your conference. There are good things to be proud of. Just don't be an a** tearing down others to try to make yourself look better. It only makes others hate you and you look stupid when you come up short by comparison
Dude you clearly don’t read your own board if you think ppl on your board don’t trash the sunbelt and other G5 conferences. It’s the reason I posted in the first place, aside from the illusional talk that your conference is P5 caliber and the bull**** G4 talk. Believe me, I’m not the only one that shares the same feeling. You want to talk facts: the AAC is G5.
Your going to talk me down about Troy, and yet you know nothing of my alma mater academically and athletically. Do you know what that’s called - ignorance. I’ve never once compared SMU and Troy academically because I’m not on here talking academics. I’m talking football. However I would consider yourself on the low man totum poll when you start trashing an institutions academic ability. AND yes Troy has many top academic programs in the US Amongst other universities according to many sources and outlets. We have one of the top 5 accredited sports and management programs. That’s besides the point. I don’t need to prove any of the to you bc you”re an ignorant douche bag. You don’t see me making comments about Houston and their academics, besides y’all hired WV’s coach and y’all performed under par.
Let’s talk more FOOTBALL facts:
- Troy was considered top 25 for one week - I made that correction
- When it comes to football and competition level the SunBelt is NOT and I repeat NOT way below the AAC. Yes we are below, but not by a huge margin. I would put the Sunbelts top programs against any team in the AAC. TROY (aside from this season. We made a horrible hire) App state, Louisiana, Ark state, Georgia Southern...
- yes Troy has been named as a top G5 program IN and OUT by sources over the past 3 yrs. We were within the top 15 in final rankings I believe in 2018 for G5, actually two spots behind Houston.
- I already talked about the academic thing. All i can do is shake my head to that.
Lastly I am proud of my school and the conference my school is in. I played football at my school. I am a donor to my school. Troy is apart of me. So when I see ppl belittle our conference, let alone Troy it fuels me because ppl speak out of ignorance knowing nothing of my school and the hard work all these student-athletes put in to make their dreams come true. I was once there. Did you play in college? Probably not. So you don’t know what it’s like.
Let me ask you something - Would you tell a current Troy student-athlete to their face, “Oh your school is nowhere academically close to Houston or SMU, and your athletic programs are far behind the AAC’s.” ??? Short answer is no you wouldn’t - so why do you have to say stupid **** like that when you know it’s wrong and not right.
Look, I have nothing against the AAC or the teams because they are all student-athletes trying to make something of themselves. Not everyone gets to play college ball at the level these kids play. When you look at the big picture it’s all D-1A football -it’s the level kids dream of playing after high school. We should all recognize that. I came on here bc I saw comments I didn’t like. We are all under one umbrella as hard as it is for some of you to accept. And your right we do need to support each otber, and yes I would love for the AAC, Sunbelt and all the other conferences to rise above G5 status, however right now...that’s not the case we are all G5 in it together. Let the student-athletes showcase their ability and prove that on the field. Like Troy knocked off LSU in 2017 on their homecoming. Beat Nebraska last yr, etc. I understand y’all s marketing efforts and the point of doing it. But bottom line is we are where we are. Maybe it will al change in the future. When it does great. That’s all I’m going to say here. I leave in peace. I wish y’all nothing but the best!