You know, I used to be against bringing up FCS teams when FBS teams are available, but it worked so well for us the last time. There's not many good teams left in FCS, might as well take one of them.

(10-22-2021 12:19 PM)Goronic Wrote:  

(10-22-2021 12:09 PM)Bobcat87 Wrote:  

(10-22-2021 11:40 AM)Dukes94 Wrote:  Funbelters, if this pans out, y'all are getting a really quality school in JMU. I know I went there, but I'm old, cranky and not biased any more. JMU is a special place. The sports programs are well-supported across the board, the kids are smart, the alumni travel and I'm a little frightened to see our football team with 20 more scholarships. Don't let the Harrisonburg TV market fool you--most of the fan base is in the metro areas in Virginia, which are the DC suburbs, Richmond and the greater Norfolk area, so there will lots of eyes in big markets on the games.

I'm sincerely happy for the Sun Belt conference if it all works out.

Why are you happy for the Sun Belt Conference?

. . . shouldn’t you be happy for JMU?

I think JMU would be a nice add to Sun Belt - but man that take from the JMU poster makes me think he is saying Sun Belt is lucky to have them. I don't much care for that kind of approach. Maybe they should just go over and 'save' Conference USA. LOL

I think most of us see the world through purple-and-gold sunglasses, and since this is a forum for very active fans, I assume most posters on here are coming from a similar place for their school. Assuming all this is actually happening, you wouldn't be calling up another FCS school if we couldn't bring some benefit to the conference, and most of us think we can. Of course we'll have to see how it all turns out, on and off the field.

(10-22-2021 12:15 PM)ODU-Z8 Wrote:  Yes, Sun Belt fans. I'm afraid you will quickly learn that JMU fans have a very high opinion of themselves

Plenty of others around these parts too. They'll fit right in.

(10-22-2021 12:25 PM)Michael in Raleigh Wrote:  Re: soccer

Could the SEC soccer playing schools (S. Carolina, Kentucky, anyone else?) who play in CUSA come over to the SB for futbol?

I think they would. CUSA soccer (without those affiliates) would be dead. It would also make sense from a geographical standpoint.

UK is real close to Marshall, WVU is close to ODU/JMU/Marshall/App St.

South Carolina is close to pretty much everyone.

Plus, Marshall/UK/WVU/Coastal would make SBC one of the top soccer conferences. I hope we could add FIU as an affiliate as well.

I also expect Ga St to become a real player in soccer with their badass facilities they are building and the recruiting hotbed they are in.

(10-22-2021 12:27 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  You know, I used to be against bringing up FCS teams when FBS teams are available, but it worked so well for us the last time. There's not many good teams left in FCS, might as well take one of them.

JMU will be a SOLID add and will fit in from a football first culture.

This is another team who can potentially have a Top 25 team and will put 25-30k in the stands on a regular basis with a SBC schedule.

(10-22-2021 12:25 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(10-22-2021 11:40 AM)Dukes94 Wrote:  Funbelters, if this pans out, y'all are getting a really quality school in JMU. I know I went there, but I'm old, cranky and not biased any more. JMU is a special place. The sports programs are well-supported across the board, the kids are smart, the alumni travel and I'm a little frightened to see our football team with 20 more scholarships. Don't let the Harrisonburg TV market fool you--most of the fan base is in the metro areas in Virginia, which are the DC suburbs, Richmond and the greater Norfolk area, so there will lots of eyes in big markets on the games.

I'm sincerely happy for the Sun Belt conference if it all works out.

Just curious but which way do most James Madison grads vote? Seeing how this all goes down from a cultural standpoint.

Privately in a voting booth like everyone else.

(10-22-2021 12:25 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(10-22-2021 11:40 AM)Dukes94 Wrote:  Funbelters, if this pans out, y'all are getting a really quality school in JMU. I know I went there, but I'm old, cranky and not biased any more. JMU is a special place. The sports programs are well-supported across the board, the kids are smart, the alumni travel and I'm a little frightened to see our football team with 20 more scholarships. Don't let the Harrisonburg TV market fool you--most of the fan base is in the metro areas in Virginia, which are the DC suburbs, Richmond and the greater Norfolk area, so there will lots of eyes in big markets on the games.

I'm sincerely happy for the Sun Belt conference if it all works out.

Just curious but which way do most James Madison grads vote? Seeing how this all goes down from a cultural standpoint.

You sound as though you might be surprised how a lot of Southern Miss grads vote.

(10-22-2021 12:09 PM)Bobcat87 Wrote:  

(10-22-2021 11:40 AM)Dukes94 Wrote:  Funbelters, if this pans out, y'all are getting a really quality school in JMU. I know I went there, but I'm old, cranky and not biased any more. JMU is a special place. The sports programs are well-supported across the board, the kids are smart, the alumni travel and I'm a little frightened to see our football team with 20 more scholarships. Don't let the Harrisonburg TV market fool you--most of the fan base is in the metro areas in Virginia, which are the DC suburbs, Richmond and the greater Norfolk area, so there will lots of eyes in big markets on the games.

I'm sincerely happy for the Sun Belt conference if it all works out.

Why are you happy for the Sun Belt Conference?

. . . shouldn’t you be happy for JMU?

I'll be happy for both when it's announced.

(10-22-2021 12:13 PM)herdfan129 Wrote:  As the SBC will soon find out, the most pompous, ridiculous, and most annoying fan base is and will be JMU.

Probably true. But you know, it's not bragging if you back it up.

(10-22-2021 12:15 PM)ODU-Z8 Wrote:  Yes, Sun Belt fans. I'm afraid you will quickly learn that JMU fans have a very high opinion of themselves

This post sponsored by the Coalition Seeking ODU Favoritism in Future ODU JMU Rivalry Games

It's well-deserved.

(10-22-2021 12:19 PM)Goronic Wrote:  I think JMU would be a nice add to Sun Belt - but man that take from the JMU poster makes me think he is saying Sun Belt is lucky to have them. I don't much care for that kind of approach. Maybe they should just go over and 'save' Conference USA. LOL

I think the Sun Belt is lucky. Most schools are diploma mills full of morons. (I can think of a couple within a few miles of where I'm sitting.) JMU isn't one. And JMU is lucky for a chance to move up to a great conference with some peer institutions, and Old Dominion.

(10-22-2021 12:25 PM)AppfanInCAAland Wrote:  He will learn how it is on this board and in this conference. We make fun and beat up on each other but we all know we are in it together and more or less equals in the grand scheme of college sports.

Nah, didn't mean it that way. I think we're lucky to have each other. JMU isn't begging to join the Sun Belt, and the Sun Belt isn't begging JMU, either. It's an opportunity for both. I think you're going to see a lot of mutual admiration from both sides. It's not like our current conference is crumbling and we're looking for a safe place to land. We've just outgrown it. It was good to us and we were good to it for a long, long time.

(10-22-2021 12:06 PM)sstaedtler88 Wrote:  IF this report is true, Liberty would have ZERO interest in joining any type of new CUSA. What they wanted was a regional conference that included ODU, JMU, and Marshall. This is absolutely the worst possible scenario for Liberty, which will remain Independent. Though independence might be harder for WKU, Middle Tenn, FIU, La. Tech, and UTEP, then it is for Liberty.

You do understand that it is actually possible for Liberty to be #5 in the country and miss post-season. Five doesn’t get you in the playoff. You can’t go to NY6 unless selected at-large over a at-large P5 rated lower who sells 70k seats and draws massive ratings and at least one contracted bowl has an open slot.

As a member of a beaten down but surviving CUSA you are in NY6 unless another G5 champ is rated higher.

(10-22-2021 11:25 AM)jmu18 Wrote:  

(10-22-2021 11:19 AM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  There were some extremely delusional CAAF fans on AGS over the years adamant that JMU had no interest in leaving the CAA and people who thought JMU would go FBS had no clue what they were talking about. Wonder how they're taking this.

Most JMU fans will love this move. We’ve outgrown the CAA and are ready and excited to move on.

You guys will have fun here. And the way you play you should be a threat the moment you start entering conference play.

I for one absolutely LOVE JMU.

If JMU hadn’t scoffed at joining the lowly Sun Belt we never would have added Coastal Carolina.

(10-22-2021 12:58 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  

(10-22-2021 12:06 PM)sstaedtler88 Wrote:  IF this report is true, Liberty would have ZERO interest in joining any type of new CUSA. What they wanted was a regional conference that included ODU, JMU, and Marshall. This is absolutely the worst possible scenario for Liberty, which will remain Independent. Though independence might be harder for WKU, Middle Tenn, FIU, La. Tech, and UTEP, then it is for Liberty.

You do understand that it is actually possible for Liberty to be #5 in the country and miss post-season. Five doesn’t get you in the playoff. You can’t go to NY6 unless selected at-large over a at-large P5 rated lower who sells 70k seats and draws massive ratings and at least one contracted bowl has an open slot.

As a member of a beaten down but surviving CUSA you are in NY6 unless another G5 champ is rated higher.

As always Arkstfan, you are on top of the situation. Posters would be wise to pay attention to what you post.

(10-22-2021 12:25 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(10-22-2021 11:40 AM)Dukes94 Wrote:  Funbelters, if this pans out, y'all are getting a really quality school in JMU. I know I went there, but I'm old, cranky and not biased any more. JMU is a special place. The sports programs are well-supported across the board, the kids are smart, the alumni travel and I'm a little frightened to see our football team with 20 more scholarships. Don't let the Harrisonburg TV market fool you--most of the fan base is in the metro areas in Virginia, which are the DC suburbs, Richmond and the greater Norfolk area, so there will lots of eyes in big markets on the games.

I'm sincerely happy for the Sun Belt conference if it all works out.

Just curious but which way do most James Madison grads vote? Seeing how this all goes down from a cultural standpoint.

This is no time to start a fight over which type BBQ is the best.

(10-22-2021 01:01 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  I for one absolutely LOVE JMU.

If JMU hadn’t scoffed at joining the lowly Sun Belt we never would have added Coastal Carolina.

Ha, yeah if this becomes official I'd say it all worked out very well for both sides in the end. If JMU were left out this time around, not so much for our side of it. Although I'm very much an FBS-at-all-costs JMU fan so not everyone would see it as such a disaster as I would.

(10-22-2021 12:34 PM)rokamortis Wrote:  

(10-22-2021 12:15 PM)ODU-Z8 Wrote:  Yes, Sun Belt fans. I'm afraid you will quickly learn that JMU fans have a very high opinion of themselves

Plenty of others around these parts too. They'll fit right in.

Wait until GS football gets back on track.

(10-22-2021 01:08 PM)trueeagle98 Wrote:  

(10-22-2021 12:25 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(10-22-2021 11:40 AM)Dukes94 Wrote:  Funbelters, if this pans out, y'all are getting a really quality school in JMU. I know I went there, but I'm old, cranky and not biased any more. JMU is a special place. The sports programs are well-supported across the board, the kids are smart, the alumni travel and I'm a little frightened to see our football team with 20 more scholarships. Don't let the Harrisonburg TV market fool you--most of the fan base is in the metro areas in Virginia, which are the DC suburbs, Richmond and the greater Norfolk area, so there will lots of eyes in big markets on the games.

I'm sincerely happy for the Sun Belt conference if it all works out.

Just curious but which way do most James Madison grads vote? Seeing how this all goes down from a cultural standpoint.

This is no time to start a fight over which type BBQ is the best.

As a lifelong NC/VA resident, it pains me somewhat to say...the SBC BBQ Crown goes to Texas State and it isn't close.

(10-22-2021 11:22 AM)HerdZoned Wrote:  

(10-22-2021 11:03 AM)GreenFreakUAB Wrote:  C-USA is dead... long live Judy... er... or, something like that...

Congrats to the ones headed to the Belt... football will be even MORE STOUT and will look forward to many more awesome FunBelt games like the Appy/CC the other night!!!

Judy might be incompetent but the majority of the mistakes fall on Britton Banowsky's head. He was in charge when TV went away from ESPN. That was the work of RC Johnson at Memphis. Marshall at the time was one of the last if not the last member to sign off on leaving ESPN, mainly because we had an alum that worked there high up and knew it would be bad.

...well sure... the last decent (well, dang good) commish C-USA had was of course Slive... but BB was a dunderhead no doubt...

(10-22-2021 01:11 PM)AppfanInCAAland Wrote:  

(10-22-2021 01:08 PM)trueeagle98 Wrote:  

(10-22-2021 12:25 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(10-22-2021 11:40 AM)Dukes94 Wrote:  Funbelters, if this pans out, y'all are getting a really quality school in JMU. I know I went there, but I'm old, cranky and not biased any more. JMU is a special place. The sports programs are well-supported across the board, the kids are smart, the alumni travel and I'm a little frightened to see our football team with 20 more scholarships. Don't let the Harrisonburg TV market fool you--most of the fan base is in the metro areas in Virginia, which are the DC suburbs, Richmond and the greater Norfolk area, so there will lots of eyes in big markets on the games.

I'm sincerely happy for the Sun Belt conference if it all works out.

Just curious but which way do most James Madison grads vote? Seeing how this all goes down from a cultural standpoint.

This is no time to start a fight over which type BBQ is the best.

As a lifelong NC/VA resident, it pains me somewhat to say...the SBC BBQ Crown goes to Texas State and it isn't close.

More of a pork BBQ fan myself. Love a good steak too.

(10-22-2021 01:10 PM)trueeagle98 Wrote:  

(10-22-2021 12:34 PM)rokamortis Wrote:  

(10-22-2021 12:15 PM)ODU-Z8 Wrote:  Yes, Sun Belt fans. I'm afraid you will quickly learn that JMU fans have a very high opinion of themselves

Plenty of others around these parts too. They'll fit right in.

Wait until GS football gets back on track.

Hey, whoa, take your time with that. We owe you some beatdowns, we ain't forget That quarterback you beat is starting in the NFL right now

(10-22-2021 01:01 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  I for one absolutely LOVE JMU.

If JMU hadn’t scoffed at joining the lowly Sun Belt we never would have added Coastal Carolina.

Yep. Thank you JMU ... and the rest of the SBC who rescued us from the Big South.