(01-30-2021 05:45 PM)EKUSteve Wrote:  

(01-30-2021 05:24 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(01-30-2021 11:30 AM)EKUSteve Wrote:  

(01-30-2021 11:07 AM)BePcr07 Wrote:  

(01-30-2021 11:05 AM)bullet Wrote:  Still have no clue how this lateral move with greatly increased travel benefits EKU.

Jax has pretty similar travel.

Central Arkansas has greatly increased travel, but their conference was falling apart.

EKU fans are going to be interested in playing schools most of them have never heard of and where nobody they knows goes to school?

I wonder if they know something we don’t.

Based on the post announcement press conference the feed back from students and alumni was it was great to see schools with different names on the front of the jersey. EKU also has over 100,000 alumni in these states.

I would think their alumni are overwhelmingly in KY, TN and OH. Do you have data?
Just don't see them drawing many students from GA and FL. Too many reasonably priced local options.

Do you think our administration is lying? This was specifically said in the 1pm press conference.

I didn't see their statement. You didn't say where you got the data.
Are they counting Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama which are already in the OVC?

It may have been overlooked but ASUN commish Gumbart stated a follow-up football centric press conference is scheduled for Feb. 23rd. He commented, "...we expect a lot of issues to be settled by then." SOURCE-- AL.com.

The EKU AD also said he would have a follow-up Q and A session Feb. 2nd about the ASUN move and that he was "very confident" another school could be added in time for the Fall 2021 football season.

Various reports state that additional members will be:

---Public universities

--- Football focused

--- Geographically compatible

(01-30-2021 08:04 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(01-30-2021 05:45 PM)EKUSteve Wrote:  

(01-30-2021 05:24 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(01-30-2021 11:30 AM)EKUSteve Wrote:  

(01-30-2021 11:07 AM)BePcr07 Wrote:  I wonder if they know something we don’t.

Based on the post announcement press conference the feed back from students and alumni was it was great to see schools with different names on the front of the jersey. EKU also has over 100,000 alumni in these states.

I would think their alumni are overwhelmingly in KY, TN and OH. Do you have data?
Just don't see them drawing many students from GA and FL. Too many reasonably priced local options.

Do you think our administration is lying? This was specifically said in the 1pm press conference.

I didn't see their statement. You didn't say where you got the data.
Are they counting Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama which are already in the OVC?

They said nearly 100,000 in the footprint of the ASUN. There is a large contingent in Florida. Didn't specify current ASUN or new ASUN.

(01-30-2021 08:22 PM)EKUSteve Wrote:  

(01-30-2021 08:04 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(01-30-2021 05:45 PM)EKUSteve Wrote:  

(01-30-2021 05:24 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(01-30-2021 11:30 AM)EKUSteve Wrote:  Based on the post announcement press conference the feed back from students and alumni was it was great to see schools with different names on the front of the jersey. EKU also has over 100,000 alumni in these states.

I would think their alumni are overwhelmingly in KY, TN and OH. Do you have data?
Just don't see them drawing many students from GA and FL. Too many reasonably priced local options.

Do you think our administration is lying? This was specifically said in the 1pm press conference.

I didn't see their statement. You didn't say where you got the data.
Are they counting Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama which are already in the OVC?

They said nearly 100,000 in the footprint of the ASUN. There is a large contingent in Florida. Didn't specify current ASUN or new ASUN.

Link to EKU Prez's statement citing the number of alumni in ASUN footprint.

https://president.eku.edu/insidelook/mes...e%20south.

(01-30-2021 08:38 PM)EKUSteve Wrote:  

(01-30-2021 08:22 PM)EKUSteve Wrote:  

(01-30-2021 08:04 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(01-30-2021 05:45 PM)EKUSteve Wrote:  

(01-30-2021 05:24 PM)bullet Wrote:  I would think their alumni are overwhelmingly in KY, TN and OH. Do you have data?
Just don't see them drawing many students from GA and FL. Too many reasonably priced local options.

Do you think our administration is lying? This was specifically said in the 1pm press conference.

I didn't see their statement. You didn't say where you got the data.
Are they counting Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama which are already in the OVC?

They said nearly 100,000 in the footprint of the ASUN. There is a large contingent in Florida. Didn't specify current ASUN or new ASUN.

Link to EKU Prez's statement citing the number of alumni in ASUN footprint.

https://president.eku.edu/insidelook/mes...e%20south.

So that does include Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama. No indication of how many of those are in new states (VA, GA, FL)

(01-30-2021 08:16 PM)TOPSTRAIGHT Wrote:  It may have been overlooked but ASUN commish Gumbart stated a follow-up football centric press conference is scheduled for Feb. 23rd. He commented, "...we expect a lot of issues to be settled by then." SOURCE-- AL.com.

The EKU AD also said he would have a follow-up Q and A session Feb. 2nd about the ASUN move and that he was "very confident" another school could be added in time for the Fall 2021 football season.

Various reports state that additional members will be:

---Public universities

--- Football focused

--- Geographically compatible

If they can pull off Chatty that would really shake things up

(01-30-2021 02:25 PM)SMUfan Wrote:  

(01-29-2021 04:51 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  

(01-29-2021 11:54 AM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  Mods—can we get the OCU/Charlotte chatter moved to the thread that already exists on that topic?

The A10 route may not be the route I be looking at. ASUN would grab these two schools right away.

Kennesaw State
UNA
North Florida
JSU
EKU
UCA
ODU
Charlotte
NC A&T
Liberty

Two of these schools can be Youngstown State, Chattanooga, ETSU, W. Carolina, Tennessee State, APSU, Murray State,JMU, Delaware, SE Missouri State or Stony Brook.

Who are the best 3 Division 2 schools in football and basketball that are in the ASUN footprint?

Valdosta State and Lenoir-Rhyne are in the top 25 men's basketball right now.

Public and in footprint:

Every OVC school except Morehead State and Belmont has football and is public, and except Eastern Illinois is in footprint. We can rule out Tennessee State also as this would not likely be their preferred direction.

Austin Peay State
Murray State
Southeast Missouri State
Tennessee Tech
Tennessee Martin

In the Southern (IMO no chance for any of these):

Western Carolina
Tennessee Chattanooga
East Tennessee State

(01-31-2021 02:47 AM)Stugray2 Wrote:  Public and in footprint:

Every OVC school except Morehead State and Belmont has football and is public, and except Eastern Illinois is in footprint. We can rule out Tennessee State also as this would not likely be their preferred direction.

Austin Peay State
Murray State
Southeast Missouri State
Tennessee Tech
Tennessee Martin

In the Southern (IMO no chance for any of these):

Western Carolina
Tennessee Chattanooga
East Tennessee State

North Carolina A&T
NC Central
South Carolina State
Florida A&M
Alabama A&M
Alabama State
Jackson State

(01-31-2021 04:44 AM)DavidSt Wrote:  

(01-31-2021 02:47 AM)Stugray2 Wrote:  Public and in footprint:

Every OVC school except Morehead State and Belmont has football and is public, and except Eastern Illinois is in footprint. We can rule out Tennessee State also as this would not likely be their preferred direction.

Austin Peay State
Murray State
Southeast Missouri State
Tennessee Tech
Tennessee Martin

In the Southern (IMO no chance for any of these):

Western Carolina
Tennessee Chattanooga
East Tennessee State

North Carolina A&T
NC Central
South Carolina State
Florida A&M
Alabama A&M
Alabama State
Jackson State

NCA&T may be a small possibility, but I dont think they would join the Big South and leave that quickly. It would also burn the big bridge that the ASUN and Big South have built.

The rest of the SWAC schools, I think they are happy with the setup they have, especially getting the Florida HBCUs. That's a cool conference to watch from a football fan point of view. So I dont see any of that happening.

(01-27-2021 08:58 AM)lion1983 Wrote:  

(01-27-2021 08:49 AM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  

(01-27-2021 07:55 AM)Gemofthehills Wrote:  

(01-26-2021 11:11 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(01-26-2021 07:10 PM)WesternSkillet Wrote:  New ASUN map for 2021...

Central Arkansas and Liberty stick out like sore thumbs.

I was think the same, but with Florida Gulf Coast. Never even heard of them are they DII or DIII? Have they had any football success?

Hold up —

You are a college sports fan, on a college sports board,
and have never heard of Florida Gulf Coast?

Hopefully that was a joke.... please be a joke for his sake...

No joke didnt know the school existed.

(01-31-2021 02:47 AM)Stugray2 Wrote:  Public and in footprint:

Every OVC school except Morehead State and Belmont has football and is public, and except Eastern Illinois is in footprint. We can rule out Tennessee State also as this would not likely be their preferred direction.

Austin Peay State
Murray State
Southeast Missouri State
Tennessee Tech
Tennessee Martin

In the Southern (IMO no chance for any of these):

Western Carolina
Tennessee Chattanooga
East Tennessee State

Why no chance for those 3?

(01-31-2021 09:17 AM)SMUfan Wrote:  

(01-31-2021 02:47 AM)Stugray2 Wrote:  Public and in footprint:

Every OVC school except Morehead State and Belmont has football and is public, and except Eastern Illinois is in footprint. We can rule out Tennessee State also as this would not likely be their preferred direction.

Austin Peay State
Murray State
Southeast Missouri State
Tennessee Tech
Tennessee Martin

In the Southern (IMO no chance for any of these):

Western Carolina
Tennessee Chattanooga
East Tennessee State

Why no chance for those 3?

A lot of reasons.

Exit fees

SoCon RPI, SoCon Tourney, SoCon TV deal

Institutional wants: UTC, ETSU, WCU are ever so slightly basketball schools more than FB

(01-31-2021 08:32 AM)Gemofthehills Wrote:  

(01-27-2021 08:58 AM)lion1983 Wrote:  

(01-27-2021 08:49 AM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  

(01-27-2021 07:55 AM)Gemofthehills Wrote:  

(01-26-2021 11:11 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  Central Arkansas and Liberty stick out like sore thumbs.

I was think the same, but with Florida Gulf Coast. Never even heard of them are they DII or DIII? Have they had any football success?

Hold up —

You are a college sports fan, on a college sports board,
and have never heard of Florida Gulf Coast?

Hopefully that was a joke.... please be a joke for his sake...

No joke didnt know the school existed.

At least your honest about it. Cant rag that...

(01-31-2021 09:46 AM)Yosef Himself Wrote:  

(01-31-2021 09:17 AM)SMUfan Wrote:  

(01-31-2021 02:47 AM)Stugray2 Wrote:  Public and in footprint:

Every OVC school except Morehead State and Belmont has football and is public, and except Eastern Illinois is in footprint. We can rule out Tennessee State also as this would not likely be their preferred direction.

Austin Peay State
Murray State
Southeast Missouri State
Tennessee Tech
Tennessee Martin

In the Southern (IMO no chance for any of these):

Western Carolina
Tennessee Chattanooga
East Tennessee State

Why no chance for those 3?

A lot of reasons.

Exit fees

SoCon RPI, SoCon Tourney, SoCon TV deal

Institutional wants: UTC, ETSU, WCU are ever so slightly basketball schools more than FB

Again, with Chatty, I'm not saying they will, but you can throw the Exit fee out. If they have the slightest want to join the ASUN, the exit fee will be covered one way or another.

And what TV deal does the SoCon have?

ESPN/2/+ conference deal that was reupped in November through 2025 with 4200 conference games over all sports. ASUN has no TV deal for football yet. Big unknown to replace a solid known.

Also, UTC is big on basketball and wrestling. SoCon has much better level of basketball and actually has wrestling.

Also the amount of money and recruiting exposure lost by not playing in the SoCon Tourney would be a sizeable hit to the athletic department.

Y’all are pretty confident there is 0% chance of any SoCon school leaving for the ASUN.

(01-31-2021 04:02 PM)army56mike Wrote:  Y’all are pretty confident there is 0% chance of any SoCon school leaving for the ASUN.

Just like they were confident that no current D1 school would join the ASUN...

We know the ASUN has been courting Chatty, again, not saying they accept, but to say they dont, I cant.

(01-31-2021 04:08 PM)lion1983 Wrote:  

(01-31-2021 04:02 PM)army56mike Wrote:  Y’all are pretty confident there is 0% chance of any SoCon school leaving for the ASUN.

Just like they were confident that no current D1 school would join the ASUN...

We know the ASUN has been courting Chatty, again, not saying they accept, but to say they dont, I cant.

They turned down sunbelt inquiries. Why would they now accept ASun inquiries which could be argued is an FCS version of the Sunbelt?