NashvilleEagle
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RE: Congratulations to all of the Bowl Champions!
(01-01-2021 08:34 PM)EigenEagle Wrote: Anyone who was concerned about back-filling with FCS move-ups, that concern was coming from a place of ignorance about the FCS landscape and not anything based in reality. I mean, I'm not blaming anyone for not caring about the FCS but that doesn't make it irrelevant.
A lot of GS and App fans knew all the way back to 2014 that CUSA's expansion strategy was dumb. And that they could both compete right away if the weird seasons they had in 2013 were just hiccups.
App and GS brought a culture of winning that has been in place for decades. Both programs expect, if not demand, to win. Those are programs you want to add to your conference. Eyeballs in Boca Raton means nothing.
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Saint3333
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RE: Congratulations to all of the Bowl Champions!
That was part of the flawed logic, location equaled market share in their assumptions, unfortunately they’re like Michael Bolton and put the decimal in the wrong place.
(This post was last modified: 01-04-2021 03:55 PM by Saint3333.)
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geauxcajuns
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RE: Congratulations to all of the Bowl Champions!
(01-04-2021 03:55 PM)Saint3333 Wrote: That was part of the flawed logic, location equaled market share in their assumptions, unfortunately they’re like Michael Bolton and put the decimal in the wrong place.
For an Office Space reference.
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JCGSU
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RE: Congratulations to all of the Bowl Champions!
(01-01-2021 03:45 PM)Bobcat2013 Wrote: (01-01-2021 03:02 PM)Saint3333 Wrote: Except App and GS weren’t typical call ups. Comparing App to SHSU? It was ignorant then and even more so with hindsight.
Imagine the MAC looking down of NDSU, that’s a much closer comparison.
I agree yall weren't. People knew about yall because of Michigan, but GS and GSU? Never heard of them or their 6 nattys until reading this board. People in the east would probably say the same about us.
GS before NDSU was the most successful FCS team in the history of the division and were coming off the UF win lol do you live under a rock?
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JCGSU
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RE: Congratulations to all of the Bowl Champions!
(01-01-2021 08:34 PM)EigenEagle Wrote: Anyone who was concerned about back-filling with FCS move-ups, that concern was coming from a place of ignorance about the FCS landscape and not anything based in reality. I mean, I'm not blaming anyone for not caring about the FCS but that doesn't make it irrelevant.
A lot of GS and App fans knew all the way back to 2014 that CUSA's expansion strategy was dumb. And that they could both compete right away if the weird seasons they had in 2013 were just hiccups.
Not a lot, most geniuses on our board wanted nothing to do with the Belt and talked about CUSA like it was the ACC.
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ericsaid
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RE: Congratulations to all of the Bowl Champions!
(12-27-2020 06:09 PM)Oldyeller Wrote: Not really. You folk are waaay over playing this. You can justify it six ways from Sunday but it was CCU that heaped a ton of exposure on the Sun Belt. They kicked our ars your ars and everybody's ars to earn it and they entered the league yesterday. Go pound sand or something just stop with the incessant whining.
The exposure snowball began when Troy beat LSU in 2018. Then App kept the ball rolling along with Louisiana in 2019. And in 2020 the rest of the hill broke lose in Week 1 and the avalanche came.
In all honesty, we really have C-USA and the MWC to thank. They both abandoned ESPN leaving open the availability of weekend games on main ESPN networks. Coastal had a great season, sure. But they still lost to Liberty after complaining about not getting a better bowl slot. At least when App complained they backed it up.
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ericsaid
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RE: Congratulations to all of the Bowl Champions!
(01-04-2021 02:18 PM)NashvilleEagle Wrote: (01-01-2021 08:34 PM)EigenEagle Wrote: Anyone who was concerned about back-filling with FCS move-ups, that concern was coming from a place of ignorance about the FCS landscape and not anything based in reality. I mean, I'm not blaming anyone for not caring about the FCS but that doesn't make it irrelevant.
A lot of GS and App fans knew all the way back to 2014 that CUSA's expansion strategy was dumb. And that they could both compete right away if the weird seasons they had in 2013 were just hiccups.
App and GS brought a culture of winning that has been in place for decades. Both programs expect, if not demand, to win. Those are programs you want to add to your conference. Eyeballs in Boca Raton means nothing.
Would you trade FAU for Texas State? I'm not sure how much playing in a particular market helps with recruiting but most of the East schools recruit South Florida, not Texas.
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rokamortis
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RE: Congratulations to all of the Bowl Champions!
(01-07-2021 09:46 PM)ericsaid Wrote: Coastal had a great season, sure. But they still lost to Liberty after complaining about not getting a better bowl slot. At least when App complained they backed it up.
We are doing ok.
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Saint3333
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RE: Congratulations to all of the Bowl Champions!
Congrats to SJC for his 1st team all American status as well! Kid will be playing on Sundays.
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