(03-28-2023 08:59 PM)Steve1981 Wrote:  

(03-28-2023 09:54 AM)AllBronco Wrote:  Who is next in line in MWC and AAC when SDSU and SMU move to PAC-12?

Has to be UMass to the MWC.

Quote: A four-year scholarship athlete and letter-winner in basketball at the University of Massachusetts, she graduated *** laude from UMass. She served on the board of advisors for the UMass sports management department, a division of the Isenberg School of Business.

UMass to MWV.... LMFAO... good one

(04-17-2023 08:03 AM)IamN2daRockets! Wrote:  

(03-28-2023 08:59 PM)Steve1981 Wrote:  

(03-28-2023 09:54 AM)AllBronco Wrote:  Who is next in line in MWC and AAC when SDSU and SMU move to PAC-12?

Has to be UMass to the MWC.

Quote: A four-year scholarship athlete and letter-winner in basketball at the University of Massachusetts, she graduated *** laude from UMass. She served on the board of advisors for the UMass sports management department, a division of the Isenberg School of Business.

UMass to MWV.... LMFAO... good one

It is the slow season. But equally funny is the site can not handle graduating with Latin Honors.

(03-28-2023 10:28 AM)FMRocket Wrote:  

(03-28-2023 09:54 AM)AllBronco Wrote:  Who is next in line in MWC and AAC when SDSU and SMU move to PAC-12?

UTEP to MW and possibly Buffalo or MTSU to the AAC … I would not mind if Toledo had a shot to upgrade, but with all the travel and other expenses, not sure if it would be worth it !!
I like having to be able to drive to other MAC schools within 5 hours.

Why would Buffalo (UB) leave the MAC for the higher costs of the AAC? If UB or any MAC school was to spend that kind of money in the MAC UB or any MAC school potentially becomes Gonzaga of the MAC. Why would UB or any MAC school give up the potential of owning the other MAC schools potentially for a AAC with higher cost going against Temple and the growing population nicer weather states than MAC schools. UB isn’t going to make the greedy UMass, Marshall mistake leaving the MAC. UMass would be perfect for the AAC because they have nothing. BSF you don’t know that? Yes I do as a Buffalonian who follows the Buffalo Big 4 UMass doesn’t own anyone in the Atlantic 10 Conference including Buffalo’s Bonnies that are located in the Southtowns of Western New York so it’s not like UMass is giving up a lot to leave the Atlantic 10 because UMass doesn’t win there either in the Atlantic 10 in my opinion! UB Horns Up! Go Bulls! Let’s Go Buffalo

(04-17-2023 11:59 PM)Buffalo Super Fan Wrote:  

(03-28-2023 10:28 AM)FMRocket Wrote:  

(03-28-2023 09:54 AM)AllBronco Wrote:  Who is next in line in MWC and AAC when SDSU and SMU move to PAC-12?

UTEP to MW and possibly Buffalo or MTSU to the AAC … I would not mind if Toledo had a shot to upgrade, but with all the travel and other expenses, not sure if it would be worth it !!
I like having to be able to drive to other MAC schools within 5 hours.

Why would Buffalo (UB) leave the MAC for the higher costs of the AAC? If UB or any MAC school was to spend that kind of money in the MAC UB or any MAC school potentially becomes Gonzaga of the MAC. Why would UB or any MAC school give up the potential of owning the other MAC schools potentially for a AAC with higher cost going against Temple and the growing population nicer weather states than MAC schools. UB isn’t going to make the greedy UMass, Marshall mistake leaving the MAC. UMass would be perfect for the AAC because they have nothing. BSF you don’t know that? Yes I do as a Buffalonian who follows the Buffalo Big 4 UMass doesn’t own anyone in the Atlantic 10 Conference including Buffalo’s Bonnies that are located in the Southtowns of Western New York so it’s not like UMass is giving up a lot to leave the Atlantic 10 because UMass doesn’t win there either in the Atlantic 10 in my opinion! UB Horns Up! Go Bulls! Let’s Go Buffalo

Buffalo has the metro, and winning to move on. They don't have the fan base or facilities though.

WMU has the money and borderline facilities. Winning could come soon because they have the crowds and cash who care. If they traded the energy from hockey to basketball they would be a candidate. Also in a decent metro for MAC standards.

Toledo has most of the things but student enrollment and money. Facilities, competitively and support is already good enough.

Marshall had it all and it honestly worked. The SBC is better for them than CUSA was for a decade. They still beat our Champ multiple times during their CUSA stop. Geographically, and academically they didn't belong in the MAC.

(04-18-2023 01:59 PM)UofToledoFans Wrote:  

(04-17-2023 11:59 PM)Buffalo Super Fan Wrote:  

(03-28-2023 10:28 AM)FMRocket Wrote:  

(03-28-2023 09:54 AM)AllBronco Wrote:  Who is next in line in MWC and AAC when SDSU and SMU move to PAC-12?

UTEP to MW and possibly Buffalo or MTSU to the AAC … I would not mind if Toledo had a shot to upgrade, but with all the travel and other expenses, not sure if it would be worth it !!
I like having to be able to drive to other MAC schools within 5 hours.

Why would Buffalo (UB) leave the MAC for the higher costs of the AAC? If UB or any MAC school was to spend that kind of money in the MAC UB or any MAC school potentially becomes Gonzaga of the MAC. Why would UB or any MAC school give up the potential of owning the other MAC schools potentially for a AAC with higher cost going against Temple and the growing population nicer weather states than MAC schools. UB isn’t going to make the greedy UMass, Marshall mistake leaving the MAC. UMass would be perfect for the AAC because they have nothing. BSF you don’t know that? Yes I do as a Buffalonian who follows the Buffalo Big 4 UMass doesn’t own anyone in the Atlantic 10 Conference including Buffalo’s Bonnies that are located in the Southtowns of Western New York so it’s not like UMass is giving up a lot to leave the Atlantic 10 because UMass doesn’t win there either in the Atlantic 10 in my opinion! UB Horns Up! Go Bulls! Let’s Go Buffalo

Buffalo has the metro, and winning to move on. They don't have the fan base or facilities though.

WMU has the money and borderline facilities. Winning could come soon because they have the crowds and cash who care. If they traded the energy from hockey to basketball they would be a candidate. Also in a decent metro for MAC standards.

Toledo has most of the things but student enrollment and money. Facilities, competitively and support is already good enough.

Marshall had it all and it honestly worked. The SBC is better for them than CUSA was for a decade. They still beat our Champ multiple times during their CUSA stop. Geographically, and academically they didn't belong in the MAC.

Marshall, geographically DID belong in the MAC !!
Kind of wish they still were !!

(04-19-2023 08:37 AM)FMRocket Wrote:  

(04-18-2023 01:59 PM)UofToledoFans Wrote:  

(04-17-2023 11:59 PM)Buffalo Super Fan Wrote:  

(03-28-2023 10:28 AM)FMRocket Wrote:  

(03-28-2023 09:54 AM)AllBronco Wrote:  Who is next in line in MWC and AAC when SDSU and SMU move to PAC-12?

UTEP to MW and possibly Buffalo or MTSU to the AAC … I would not mind if Toledo had a shot to upgrade, but with all the travel and other expenses, not sure if it would be worth it !!
I like having to be able to drive to other MAC schools within 5 hours.

Why would Buffalo (UB) leave the MAC for the higher costs of the AAC? If UB or any MAC school was to spend that kind of money in the MAC UB or any MAC school potentially becomes Gonzaga of the MAC. Why would UB or any MAC school give up the potential of owning the other MAC schools potentially for a AAC with higher cost going against Temple and the growing population nicer weather states than MAC schools. UB isn’t going to make the greedy UMass, Marshall mistake leaving the MAC. UMass would be perfect for the AAC because they have nothing. BSF you don’t know that? Yes I do as a Buffalonian who follows the Buffalo Big 4 UMass doesn’t own anyone in the Atlantic 10 Conference including Buffalo’s Bonnies that are located in the Southtowns of Western New York so it’s not like UMass is giving up a lot to leave the Atlantic 10 because UMass doesn’t win there either in the Atlantic 10 in my opinion! UB Horns Up! Go Bulls! Let’s Go Buffalo

Buffalo has the metro, and winning to move on. They don't have the fan base or facilities though.

WMU has the money and borderline facilities. Winning could come soon because they have the crowds and cash who care. If they traded the energy from hockey to basketball they would be a candidate. Also in a decent metro for MAC standards.

Toledo has most of the things but student enrollment and money. Facilities, competitively and support is already good enough.

Marshall had it all and it honestly worked. The SBC is better for them than CUSA was for a decade. They still beat our Champ multiple times during their CUSA stop. Geographically, and academically they didn't belong in the MAC.

Marshall, geographically DID belong in the MAC !!
Kind of wish they still were !!

Not so much geographically... but the type of fan lifestyle fits the south better.

I don't know how to say what I'm getting at. But politically? Southern accent, rustbelt town, isolated living. It's nothing like a Miami or Ohio fan which are the closest geographically.

And that's not even a bad thing to be different. But there are some crazy racist stories about UT fb and mbb traveling there in the 60s and 70s. Did it change some by the late 90s and 2000s when the football iron struck hot? Yes, but still there are wild stories of their fans and our teams not getting along. And Toledo was one of the rougher type of teams from back then.

(04-19-2023 09:39 AM)UofToledoFans Wrote:  

(04-19-2023 08:37 AM)FMRocket Wrote:  

(04-18-2023 01:59 PM)UofToledoFans Wrote:  

(04-17-2023 11:59 PM)Buffalo Super Fan Wrote:  

(03-28-2023 10:28 AM)FMRocket Wrote:  UTEP to MW and possibly Buffalo or MTSU to the AAC … I would not mind if Toledo had a shot to upgrade, but with all the travel and other expenses, not sure if it would be worth it !!
I like having to be able to drive to other MAC schools within 5 hours.

Why would Buffalo (UB) leave the MAC for the higher costs of the AAC? If UB or any MAC school was to spend that kind of money in the MAC UB or any MAC school potentially becomes Gonzaga of the MAC. Why would UB or any MAC school give up the potential of owning the other MAC schools potentially for a AAC with higher cost going against Temple and the growing population nicer weather states than MAC schools. UB isn’t going to make the greedy UMass, Marshall mistake leaving the MAC. UMass would be perfect for the AAC because they have nothing. BSF you don’t know that? Yes I do as a Buffalonian who follows the Buffalo Big 4 UMass doesn’t own anyone in the Atlantic 10 Conference including Buffalo’s Bonnies that are located in the Southtowns of Western New York so it’s not like UMass is giving up a lot to leave the Atlantic 10 because UMass doesn’t win there either in the Atlantic 10 in my opinion! UB Horns Up! Go Bulls! Let’s Go Buffalo

Buffalo has the metro, and winning to move on. They don't have the fan base or facilities though.

WMU has the money and borderline facilities. Winning could come soon because they have the crowds and cash who care. If they traded the energy from hockey to basketball they would be a candidate. Also in a decent metro for MAC standards.

Toledo has most of the things but student enrollment and money. Facilities, competitively and support is already good enough.

Marshall had it all and it honestly worked. The SBC is better for them than CUSA was for a decade. They still beat our Champ multiple times during their CUSA stop. Geographically, and academically they didn't belong in the MAC.

Marshall, geographically DID belong in the MAC !!
Kind of wish they still were !!

Not so much geographically... but the type of fan lifestyle fits the south better.

I don't know how to say what I'm getting at. But politically? Southern accent, rustbelt town, isolated living. It's nothing like a Miami or Ohio fan which are the closest geographically.

And that's not even a bad thing to be different. But there are some crazy racist stories about UT fb and mbb traveling there in the 60s and 70s. Did it change some by the late 90s and 2000s when the football iron struck hot? Yes, but still there are wild stories of their fans and our teams not getting along. And Toledo was one of the rougher type of teams from back then.

Yeah, I totally agree.... No thank you to Marshall. West Virginia is more southern in culture, and being in the SBC suits them well. Ohio is the closest to them in proximity and Athens is nothing like Huntington... AT ALL.... Neither is Miami(OH), which is the next closest in Oxford. I also agree their academics fit better in the SBC than the MAC. Peace out Marshall.... Enjoy your conference with a bunch of teams that barely have any FBS history, have terrible basketball, and even worse academics. Is the SBC getting better, yes..... But it is not up to MAC standards in my opinion. Besides the COVID season, they have not even sniffed a New Years Six Bowl Game. The MAC has 2, and nearly had 3. Add Marshall and Miami(OH) from 99 and 03' into the mix and they would have been NY6 bowl teams as well. The MAC has also had a better history in the NCAA tourney in both women's and men's basketball.

I have no bias but in regard to Marshall football I have been to a game and I have been to games at BGSU Miami Akron OU CMU. The facility, atmosphere, fan attendance is far better at Marshall than the aforementioned MAC schools.

(04-21-2023 10:00 AM)doss2 Wrote:  I have no bias but in regard to Marshall football I have been to a game and I have been to games at BGSU Miami Akron OU CMU. The facility, atmosphere, fan attendance is far better at Marshall than the aforementioned MAC schools.

Agree, they love their football down in Huntington and most do not hold allegiance to big school state up in Morgantown (WVU)…
Plus, Herd fans travel pretty well !!