(10-22-2021 06:59 PM)Keeper Wrote:  

(10-22-2021 12:10 PM)dcg141 Wrote:  The new conference sucks on multiple levels. Its beyond awful.

This is what so called Tiger fans have been saying about every conference the Tigers have been in. As far as I can remember the Tigers have won two conference football titles out right: Missouri Valley and more recently AAC. Stop bitchin and start supporting. Don't dismiss opponents as inferior when most of the time the team plays in a half empty stadium with little inspiration from the city. GoTigersGo win the conference you are in.

Oh and here are the rivals: UCF, USF, ECU, Temple, Navy, Cincinnati. Tulane, SMU, Houston, and Tulsa. They are all conference rivals.

UCF, CIncy and Houston are gone to the B12, remember? They are gone as rivals unless we can join them......

(10-22-2021 12:10 PM)dcg141 Wrote:  The new conference sucks on multiple levels. Its beyond awful.

Agree & we let ESPN essentially make the invites for us in exchange for a temporary agreement not to reduce our media contract with existing members. This in exchange for likely never again sniffing a NY6 payout that would mean as much financially or having a slot in an expanded CFP. Even at $6.9M, the TV $$ are only about 12% of our athletic budget yet we let ESPN decide our new members rather than choosing the obvious competitive FB & MBB programs that were available.

My Brotha Blue, you got this all wrong. We are everyones rival. We rule the new conference. We are the flagship. We get everyones best shot.

Why?

Because we are the bully, we got the best car, the most fans, and the most money. We are gonna take your lunch money, your dog; we'd take your job but we don't really have to work at this. Your momma likes us better and everyone in this new conference knows who the next call up to the show is. Even when we lose; we'll have more fans at our game than the your dumb team. And if you get pissed at us, guess what, we don't care.

Get ready to be the 900 pound gorilla with an attitude in the room. We don't need rivals. We got a conference to hate.

(10-23-2021 06:25 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(10-22-2021 12:10 PM)dcg141 Wrote:  The new conference sucks on multiple levels. Its beyond awful.

Agree & we let ESPN essentially make the invites for us in exchange for a temporary agreement not to reduce our media contract with existing members. This in exchange for likely never again sniffing a NY6 payout that would mean as much financially or having a slot in an expanded CFP. Even at $6.9M, the TV $$ are only about 12% of our athletic budget yet we let ESPN decide our new members rather than choosing the obvious competitive FB & MBB programs that were available.

I don’t know why not. We just lost three potential roadblocks in UCF, Cincinnati and Houston. Our strength of schedule may take a hit, dependent on how the rest of the conference performs.

(10-23-2021 07:49 AM)Browning Hall Wrote:  

(10-23-2021 06:25 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(10-22-2021 12:10 PM)dcg141 Wrote:  The new conference sucks on multiple levels. Its beyond awful.

Agree & we let ESPN essentially make the invites for us in exchange for a temporary agreement not to reduce our media contract with existing members. This in exchange for likely never again sniffing a NY6 payout that would mean as much financially or having a slot in an expanded CFP. Even at $6.9M, the TV $$ are only about 12% of our athletic budget yet we let ESPN decide our new members rather than choosing the obvious competitive FB & MBB programs that were available.

I don’t know why not. We just lost three potential roadblocks in UCF, Cincinnati and Houston. Our strength of schedule may take a hit, dependent on how the rest of the conference performs.

Boise or the predicted MWC best, App St or CC will likely open the season ranked ahead of us & unless we go undefeated (which has never happened in our history save 1 season in the '60s), we will never be considered for the NY6 or expanded CFP slot unless we schedule much stronger OOC - and what is the likely probability of that?

(10-23-2021 06:59 AM)ImaTiger Wrote:  My Brotha Blue, you got this all wrong. We are everyones rival. We rule the new conference. We are the flagship. We get everyones best shot.

Why?

Because we are the bully, we got the best car, the most fans, and the most money. We are gonna take your lunch money, your dog; we'd take your job but we don't really have to work at this. Your momma likes us better and everyone in this new conference knows who the next call up to the show is. Even when we lose; we'll have more fans at our game than the your dumb team. And if you get pissed at us, guess what, we don't care.

Get ready to be the 900 pound gorilla with an attitude in the room. We don't need rivals. We got a conference to hate.

Well, if the conference is going to hate us we better hire a football coach that knows how to - coach.

YOU would have come up with a better game plan for last night. Sadly you know I'm not joking.

YOU would have made better half time adjustments.

BB is finally poised to return and recover from all the damage Opie and Granpa inflicted.

FB needs a real coach right now while there is still something to salvage or itll be an also ran even in the nAAC.

B12 or bust baby!

(10-23-2021 09:52 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(10-23-2021 07:49 AM)Browning Hall Wrote:  

(10-23-2021 06:25 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(10-22-2021 12:10 PM)dcg141 Wrote:  The new conference sucks on multiple levels. Its beyond awful.

Agree & we let ESPN essentially make the invites for us in exchange for a temporary agreement not to reduce our media contract with existing members. This in exchange for likely never again sniffing a NY6 payout that would mean as much financially or having a slot in an expanded CFP. Even at $6.9M, the TV $$ are only about 12% of our athletic budget yet we let ESPN decide our new members rather than choosing the obvious competitive FB & MBB programs that were available.

I don’t know why not. We just lost three potential roadblocks in UCF, Cincinnati and Houston. Our strength of schedule may take a hit, dependent on how the rest of the conference performs.

Boise or the predicted MWC best, App St or CC will likely open the season ranked ahead of us & unless we go undefeated (which has never happened in our history save 1 season in the '60s), we will never be considered for the NY6 or expanded CFP slot unless we schedule much stronger OOC - and what is the likely probability of that?

Define “stronger OOC schedule”. We beat an SEC team this season and are now 4-4. We’ve won ONE game since. Go back to Rip and Stobart and see how playing all those powerhouses worked out. We would get injured and then couldn’t beat ECU, USM or UAB

BULLY?
We got bullied last nite and wait until smu and Tulane get a hold of us.
Ike heard some disturbing news on the street last nite

(10-23-2021 10:08 AM)Eagleonpar Wrote:  

(10-23-2021 09:52 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(10-23-2021 07:49 AM)Browning Hall Wrote:  

(10-23-2021 06:25 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(10-22-2021 12:10 PM)dcg141 Wrote:  The new conference sucks on multiple levels. Its beyond awful.

Agree & we let ESPN essentially make the invites for us in exchange for a temporary agreement not to reduce our media contract with existing members. This in exchange for likely never again sniffing a NY6 payout that would mean as much financially or having a slot in an expanded CFP. Even at $6.9M, the TV $$ are only about 12% of our athletic budget yet we let ESPN decide our new members rather than choosing the obvious competitive FB & MBB programs that were available.

I don’t know why not. We just lost three potential roadblocks in UCF, Cincinnati and Houston. Our strength of schedule may take a hit, dependent on how the rest of the conference performs.

Boise or the predicted MWC best, App St or CC will likely open the season ranked ahead of us & unless we go undefeated (which has never happened in our history save 1 season in the '60s), we will never be considered for the NY6 or expanded CFP slot unless we schedule much stronger OOC - and what is the likely probability of that?

Define “stronger OOC schedule”. We beat an SEC team this season and are now 4-4. We’ve won ONE game since. Go back to Rip and Stobart and see how playing all those powerhouses worked out. We would get injured and then couldn’t beat ECU, USM or UAB

Simply defined as keeping us ranked above Boise, App St or others within the MWC or Sunbelt so as to capture the NY6 bowl &/or the expanded slot for the CFP which will likely require us to also be undefeated with the departure of Cincy, UCF & UH which will mean the AAC will no longer have the near automatic CFP & media perception of the AAC as the strongest G5. Hence the need for a stronger OOC schedule & going undefeated.... hence the logic we won't sniff the NY6 or expanded CFP slot in most years but hey we get to keep our $6.9M TV contract.

(10-23-2021 09:52 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(10-23-2021 07:49 AM)Browning Hall Wrote:  

(10-23-2021 06:25 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(10-22-2021 12:10 PM)dcg141 Wrote:  The new conference sucks on multiple levels. Its beyond awful.

Agree & we let ESPN essentially make the invites for us in exchange for a temporary agreement not to reduce our media contract with existing members. This in exchange for likely never again sniffing a NY6 payout that would mean as much financially or having a slot in an expanded CFP. Even at $6.9M, the TV $$ are only about 12% of our athletic budget yet we let ESPN decide our new members rather than choosing the obvious competitive FB & MBB programs that were available.

I don’t know why not. We just lost three potential roadblocks in UCF, Cincinnati and Houston. Our strength of schedule may take a hit, dependent on how the rest of the conference performs.

Boise or the predicted MWC best, App St or CC will likely open the season ranked ahead of us & unless we go undefeated (which has never happened in our history save 1 season in the '60s), we will never be considered for the NY6 or expanded CFP slot unless we schedule much stronger OOC - and what is the likely probability of that?

Okay, but going back to 2015 (and omitting the three defectors) ESPN preseason ranking leaders were:

2015 - Navy @ 18
2016 - USF @ 19
2017 - USF @ 21
2018 - no one
2019 - Memphis
2020 - Coastal @ 12 (Tulsa 24)
2021 - Coastal @ 14 (SMU 21)

Chadwell has done an amazing job at Coastal, but he’s now on everyone’s list. He won’t be there forever. Removing the three that left and adding the newcomers, we still have the strongest conference of the G5 in ‘21. I don’t understand why you think we’re now way behind the Sunbelt & MWC.

(10-23-2021 01:31 PM)Browning Hall Wrote:  

(10-23-2021 09:52 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(10-23-2021 07:49 AM)Browning Hall Wrote:  

(10-23-2021 06:25 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(10-22-2021 12:10 PM)dcg141 Wrote:  The new conference sucks on multiple levels. Its beyond awful.

Agree & we let ESPN essentially make the invites for us in exchange for a temporary agreement not to reduce our media contract with existing members. This in exchange for likely never again sniffing a NY6 payout that would mean as much financially or having a slot in an expanded CFP. Even at $6.9M, the TV $$ are only about 12% of our athletic budget yet we let ESPN decide our new members rather than choosing the obvious competitive FB & MBB programs that were available.

I don’t know why not. We just lost three potential roadblocks in UCF, Cincinnati and Houston. Our strength of schedule may take a hit, dependent on how the rest of the conference performs.

Boise or the predicted MWC best, App St or CC will likely open the season ranked ahead of us & unless we go undefeated (which has never happened in our history save 1 season in the '60s), we will never be considered for the NY6 or expanded CFP slot unless we schedule much stronger OOC - and what is the likely probability of that?

Okay, but going back to 2015 (and omitting the three defectors) ESPN preseason ranking leaders were:

2015 - Navy @ 18
2016 - USF @ 19
2017 - USF @ 21
2018 - no one
2019 - Memphis
2020 - Coastal @ 12 (Tulsa 24)
2021 - Coastal @ 14 (SMU 21)

Chadwell has done an amazing job at Coastal, but he’s now on everyone’s list. He won’t be there forever. Removing the three that left and adding the newcomers, we still have the strongest conference of the G5 in ‘21. I don’t understand why you think we’re now way behind the Sunbelt & MWC.

Didn't say we are way behind but the point is we aren't way ahead like we have been where the AAC leader could lose a game & still be the leader. Those days will be gone & adding Rice, NoTX & Charlotte to our usual weak schedule & we will likely never sniff the NY6 bowl or the expanded CFP.

Maybe the big 12 teams feel the same way about Memphis as we do with north Texas.

(10-23-2021 04:16 PM)tpaw09 Wrote:  Maybe the big 12 teams feel the same way about Memphis as we do with north Texas.

It's not how we feel about NoTX that matters but rather those who vote on the CFP committee.

(10-23-2021 04:48 PM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(10-23-2021 04:16 PM)tpaw09 Wrote:  Maybe the big 12 teams feel the same way about Memphis as we do with north Texas.

It's not how we feel about NoTX that matters but rather those who vote on the CFP committee.

True but people are knocking the new teams…it’s at half but our new conference foe is beating HUGH

(10-23-2021 04:16 PM)tpaw09 Wrote:  Maybe the big 12 teams feel the same way about Memphis as we do with north Texas.

Of course they would but wgas?

(10-23-2021 05:20 PM)bluebacker Wrote:  

(10-23-2021 04:16 PM)tpaw09 Wrote:  Maybe the big 12 teams feel the same way about Memphis as we do with north Texas.

Of course they would but wgas?

That’s what the new members think too..lol

(10-23-2021 05:42 PM)tpaw09 Wrote:  

(10-23-2021 05:20 PM)bluebacker Wrote:  

(10-23-2021 04:16 PM)tpaw09 Wrote:  Maybe the big 12 teams feel the same way about Memphis as we do with north Texas.

Of course they would but wgas?

That’s what the new members think too..lol

Exactly.

Fans of teams that see themselves as moving 'up' are excited and happy.

Fans of the teams left behind see the replacement teams as worse that the leaving teams and so are generally unhappy about the changes.

I don't give a **** about any of the 6 CUSA teams coming in, including UAB. It'll be mildly interesting to play them in a conference game the first time then it'll be so what? No history - nothing.

All I'm rooting for is the B12 invite. I've got no interest in hanging around the AAC and I understand that if Memphis does get into the B12 all the old members will absolutely hate the fact that Memphis is joining. CIncy, Houston, and UCF will be ok with it but all the rest will be giving us the business.

wgas?

(10-23-2021 10:00 AM)bluebacker Wrote:  

(10-23-2021 06:59 AM)ImaTiger Wrote:  My Brotha Blue, you got this all wrong. We are everyones rival. We rule the new conference. We are the flagship. We get everyones best shot.

Why?

Because we are the bully, we got the best car, the most fans, and the most money. We are gonna take your lunch money, your dog; we'd take your job but we don't really have to work at this. Your momma likes us better and everyone in this new conference knows who the next call up to the show is. Even when we lose; we'll have more fans at our game than the your dumb team. And if you get pissed at us, guess what, we don't care.

Get ready to be the 900 pound gorilla with an attitude in the room. We don't need rivals. We got a conference to hate.

Well, if the conference is going to hate us we better hire a football coach that knows how to - coach.

YOU would have come up with a better game plan for last night. Sadly you know I'm not joking.

YOU would have made better half time adjustments.

BB is finally poised to return and recover from all the damage Opie and Granpa inflicted.

FB needs a real coach right now while there is still something to salvage or itll be an also ran even in the nAAC.

B12 or bust baby!

You must talk to IKE a lot. By the time we get into the big 12 , it will look like The CUSA or AAC bc the other schools will leave for the mega conferences

(10-23-2021 08:58 PM)tpaw09 Wrote:  

(10-23-2021 10:00 AM)bluebacker Wrote:  

(10-23-2021 06:59 AM)ImaTiger Wrote:  My Brotha Blue, you got this all wrong. We are everyones rival. We rule the new conference. We are the flagship. We get everyones best shot.

Why?

Because we are the bully, we got the best car, the most fans, and the most money. We are gonna take your lunch money, your dog; we'd take your job but we don't really have to work at this. Your momma likes us better and everyone in this new conference knows who the next call up to the show is. Even when we lose; we'll have more fans at our game than the your dumb team. And if you get pissed at us, guess what, we don't care.

Get ready to be the 900 pound gorilla with an attitude in the room. We don't need rivals. We got a conference to hate.

Well, if the conference is going to hate us we better hire a football coach that knows how to - coach.

YOU would have come up with a better game plan for last night. Sadly you know I'm not joking.

YOU would have made better half time adjustments.

BB is finally poised to return and recover from all the damage Opie and Granpa inflicted.

FB needs a real coach right now while there is still something to salvage or itll be an also ran even in the nAAC.

B12 or bust baby!

You must talk to IKE a lot. By the time we get into the big 12 , it will look like The CUSA or AAC bc the other schools will leave for the mega conferences

Who pulled your string? When I need any **** out you I'll squeeze.

(10-23-2021 09:08 PM)bluebacker Wrote:  

(10-23-2021 08:58 PM)tpaw09 Wrote:  

(10-23-2021 10:00 AM)bluebacker Wrote:  [quote='ImaTiger' pid='17766009' dateline='1634990367']
My Brotha Blue, you got this all wrong. We are everyones rival. We rule the new conference. We are the flagship. We get everyones best shot.

Why?

Because we are the bully, we got the best car, the most fans, and the most money. We are gonna take your lunch money, your dog; we'd take your job but we don't really have to work at this. Your momma likes us better and everyone in this new conference knows who the next call up to the show is. Even when we lose; we'll have more fans at our game than the your dumb team. And if you get pissed at us, guess what, we don't care.

Get ready to be the 900 pound gorilla with an attitude in the room. We don't need rivals. We got a conference to hate.

Well, if the conference is going to hate us we better hire a football coach that knows how to - coach.

YOU would have come up with a better game plan for last night. Sadly you know I'm not joking.

YOU would have made better half time adjustments.

BB is finally poised to return and recover from all the damage Opie and Granpa inflicted.

FB needs a real coach right now while there is still something to salvage or itll be an also ran even in the nAAC.

B12 or bust baby!

You must talk to IKE a lot. By the time we get into the big 12 , it will look like The CUSA or AAC bc the other schools will leave for the mega conferences

Who pulled your string? When I need any **** out you I'll squeeze.
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