ECU to get 1.8 million to open up at the big house.

(04-01-2021 01:05 AM)Pirate1 Wrote:  ECU to get 1.8 million to open up at the big house.

I hope you don't give them Covid like you did to everyone in the AAC.

Another two years to get our sh!t straight. Good.

Baseball?

(04-01-2021 08:36 AM)GrayBeard Wrote:  Baseball?

Soccer

(04-01-2021 01:05 AM)Pirate1 Wrote:  ECU to get 1.8 million to open up at the big house.

Ok so...

1) We signed this agreement back in 2019
2) It didn't need its own thread then, absolutely doesn't now. Football news thread or the Cartel 5 scheduling thread would have been perfect.

Old man rant over.

A little late to the table on this one.......

(04-01-2021 08:36 AM)GrayBeard Wrote:  Baseball?

I'm down. UM head coach Erik Bakich played with Cliff Godwin under Keith LeClair. Godwin and Bakich both wear #23 for Coach LeClair. UM made the CWS in 2019.

Good thread. Glad it's started. Let's get it done.

Shame on me for not keeping up, I recall ECU having financial difficulties before the pandemic. Are money games going to be a staple for guaranteed revenue...or, more a one off? I know Memphis had to rethink their stance on 2 for 1s in order to get P5s into the Liberty Bowl. With ECUs fanbase, I'd think the later would be more profitable...both in $ and wins.

(04-01-2021 02:56 PM)gulfcoastgal Wrote:  Shame on me for not keeping up, I recall ECU having financial difficulties before the pandemic. Are money games going to be a staple for guaranteed revenue...or, more a one off? I know Memphis had to rethink their stance on 2 for 1s in order to get P5s into the Liberty Bowl. With ECUs fanbase, I'd think the later would be more profitable...both in $ and wins.

As UCF's new boy Gus said, you HAVE to find ways to get top teams on your schedule. For the time being, we have zero shot at making the top 4. Even when we move to an 8-team format, our conference schedules DO NOT stand on their own outside of a miracle. Our champ needs a top 15 OOC win to really stand out, even if that means traveling for it.

I can only speak for myself, but I have a sliding scale of how OK I am with arrangements other than H&Hs with the P5, and it depends entirely on the teams.

For instance, I'm fine with scheduling single away games with perennial top 10 teams (described as teams that have been in the top 10 more often than not over the past decade, i.e. teams that are most likely to be in the top 10 the year that you play them). This includes Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State, Oklahoma, LSU, Oregon, Georgia, Auburn, with teams like Michigan and USC bringing up the rear of that top list. I do realize that teams like USF are getting 2 for 1's with Bama, but we don't have the market or NFL stadium for that.

Next up are the teams that I'd be ok doing 2 for 1's with. This obviously includes the list above, and also extends to the more notable P5's that usually rank in the #11-#30 range. Stanford, Notre Dame, Florida, Michigan State, Washington, Texas A&M, Penn State, Miami, Texas, etc

For pretty much everyone else, I'd want a home and home.

Either way, everyone needs to be scheduling as best they can. This is our best opponent over the next 10 years.

South Carolina - meh
BYU - meh
Michigan - potential top 10 quality
BYU-meh
NC State - meh
West Virginia - meh
South Carolina - meh
Wake Forest - meh

meh = 30ish% chance they'd be a top 25 team, even less after a potential loss to us

(04-01-2021 03:24 PM)CoastalJuan Wrote:  

(04-01-2021 02:56 PM)gulfcoastgal Wrote:  Shame on me for not keeping up, I recall ECU having financial difficulties before the pandemic. Are money games going to be a staple for guaranteed revenue...or, more a one off? I know Memphis had to rethink their stance on 2 for 1s in order to get P5s into the Liberty Bowl. With ECUs fanbase, I'd think the later would be more profitable...both in $ and wins.

As UCF's new boy Gus said, you HAVE to find ways to get top teams on your schedule. For the time being, we have zero shot at making the top 4. Even when we move to an 8-team format, our conference schedules DO NOT stand on their own outside of a miracle. Our champ needs a top 15 OOC win to really stand out, even if that means traveling for it.

I can only speak for myself, but I have a sliding scale of how OK I am with arrangements other than H&Hs with the P5, and it depends entirely on the teams.

For instance, I'm fine with scheduling single away games with perennial top 10 teams (described as teams that have been in the top 10 more often than not over the past decade, i.e. teams that are most likely to be in the top 10 the year that you play them). This includes Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State, Oklahoma, LSU, Oregon, Georgia, Auburn, with teams like Michigan and USC bringing up the rear of that top list. I do realize that teams like USF are getting 2 for 1's with Bama, but we don't have the market or NFL stadium for that.

Next up are the teams that I'd be ok doing 2 for 1's with. This obviously includes the list above, and also extends to the more notable P5's that usually rank in the #11-#30 range. Stanford, Notre Dame, Florida, Michigan State, Washington, Texas A&M, Penn State, Miami, Texas, etc

For pretty much everyone else, I'd want a home and home.

Either way, everyone needs to be scheduling as best they can. This is our best opponent over the next 10 years.

South Carolina - meh
BYU - meh
Michigan - potential top 10 quality
BYU-meh
NC State - meh
West Virginia - meh
South Carolina - meh
Wake Forest - meh

meh = 30ish% chance they'd be a top 25 team, even less after a potential loss to us

For me, it's more the advantage for the school.

(04-01-2021 11:37 AM)CoastalJuan Wrote:  

(04-01-2021 01:05 AM)Pirate1 Wrote:  ECU to get 1.8 million to open up at the big house.

Ok so...

1) We signed this agreement back in 2019
2) It didn't need its own thread then, absolutely doesn't now. Football news thread or the Cartel 5 scheduling thread would have been perfect.

Old man rant over.

From the release"...will maintain the continuity of Power 5 Conference opponents on East Carolina's future schedules..."

Should state Power 6 opponents. Didn't ECU get Aresco's memo?

Good news for ECU is that with the way Michigan football has been trending, this might be a winnable game in 2.5 years.

(04-01-2021 11:01 PM)Fishpro10987 Wrote:  

(04-01-2021 11:37 AM)CoastalJuan Wrote:  

(04-01-2021 01:05 AM)Pirate1 Wrote:  ECU to get 1.8 million to open up at the big house.

Ok so...

1) We signed this agreement back in 2019
2) It didn't need its own thread then, absolutely doesn't now. Football news thread or the Cartel 5 scheduling thread would have been perfect.

Old man rant over.

From the release"...will maintain the continuity of Power 5 Conference opponents on East Carolina's future schedules..."

Should state Power 6 opponents. Didn't ECU get Aresco's memo?

We don't count the PAC as a Power Conference.