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5 minutes ago, Outlaw said:

Judy started the trend of neglecting athletics for academics to attain AAU Status. We just found out again AAU status does nothing for athletics. SMU isn't AAU status and they are going to the ACC.

Yeah that is the typical answer of blaming Judy, but we had a BOT who approved all this crap

Problem is over the years we've seen OCs have problems being on field vs in box....now they are all out of the box and no one is sitting up top.

Its a recipe for disaster playing a good team in the first game.

5 minutes ago, Outlaw said:

Yep. People hated Strong after his second and third year, but he was pretty vocal in year one that we need an IPF to compete in recruiting. He mentioned several times after that we lack facilities to compete and need to upgrade them. AD MK didn't get the ball rolling fast enough, hired  then extended the  biggest loser in usf football history, and now we are left behind with AD MK and a first year head coach with a fired FAU DC ro

1 minute ago, Grateful Dad said:

Right.

 

Ok so who was it lol

2 minutes ago, Grateful Dad said:

Right.

 

Ok so who was it?

1 minute ago, Cat941 said:

ITA about winning tomorrow!  But, we can continue to rumor-monger without being negative.  I think.  

Okay what is ITA?

9 minutes ago, Grateful Dad said:

It is so easy to say.  Which member of the admin that is still here "crapped themselves" and refused to invest a single dollar in the program?

And "the fan's fault"?  Whatever, dude.  Strawman much?

Not sure what admin is still here that refused to invest in football because we havent had accurate reporting to identify who that was( prolly Judy). We just had reactionary board members promote the stadium after we got lapped by UCF.

I didnt say it was the fans fault. It is never the fans fault for not wanting to watch a garbage product.

1 minute ago, Bull Matrix said:

Probably because they believe Tulane, Memphis, USF and others are looking for a way out 

Guess we shouldnt tell SMU anything about the ACC...

3 minutes ago, WoolyBully said:

Well, what if - just throwing it out there - App State and friends were not interested in joining the AAC, for some reason or other. Hmmmm...

Why would that be? Because i could throw things out there too.

5 minutes ago, Grateful Dad said:

Just win.  Get ranked at the end of the season and it will work itself out.  There is so much noise right now that it is easy to lose focus on the goal which is to win as consistently as possible.  The rest is just noise.

I also believe that we fans need to be realistic in our expectations of the team and the admin.  Some people have been assuming  that since we are not now in a P conference that our admin forgot to try and do their job or they just stink at it.  This line of thinking is predicated on the proposition that USF is so valued and desired that Kelly need just let the football world know that we are available and we will have to fight off the offers.  Reality - Not everyone outside of our fanbase has such an inflated opinion of our program.  I know, I know - AAU, TV market, Florida address, yadda yadda.  We have no ***** wins!  We don't deserve a seat at the table...yet.  We're getting ready to go into debt for a project that I hope like Hell that we will be able to pay for.  And it turned out to not be our ticket into a P conference.  Perhaps an OCS was not keeping us out after all.  Maybe it is our record and institutional history with this program.  While the bells and whistles are nice, they are liabilities financially without the wins.

I suggest that we tune out the noise and accept that right now, we are not very marketable and that is why we missed out.  That changes tomorrow.

No, it is predicated on them not investing a single dollar in the program while getting lapped by other schools while getting relegated. This wasn't the fans fault it was the admin plain and simple.

Stop making excuses for this school crapping themselves.

Just now, belgianbull said:

I always thought it strange that we only added Conference USA teams. These adds seemed lazy and desperate to me.

 

The daily stampede/Bay area examiner people seem to think they did not want any part of the AAC. Hard to believe they turned down 7 mil.

If the D line is improved it will immediately bring my hopes up.

4 minutes ago, WoolyBully said:

Has Appalachian State expressed interest in leaving the Sun Belt? The reason I ask is it looks like the Sun Belt is pretty happy with their regional configuration. Some of that 'big fish small pond' sort of thinking might be beneficial. 

AAC gets 7 times the amount as the Sun Belt. If Sun Belt teams wont come to the AAC then Aresco needs to be fired immediately.

18 minutes ago, Who'sYourData? said:

There has not even been one down of football played and you are already looking for red flags?

Seriously?  

This is exactly why I spend way less time here than I used to.  So, uh, congrats?

To be fair, we know red flags at this point.

7 minutes ago, Gatorbull325 said:

Appalachian State has done but win games. Them and Marshall would pretty much make us a stronger conference "on the field"

Ehh Marshall is what they are at this point. They dont have any growth left in them

.

4 minutes ago, WoolyBully said:

What is this fascination with Appalachian State University? And Marshall University? Why not invite Coastal Carolina, or James Madison? Why say such a thing? 'Cause my nieces went there. That's it. That's where my interest in adding for sake of adding comes to an abrupt end. 

So you dont follow college football, got it. They've won like 9 games a year on average since the late 80s.

7 minutes ago, Gatorbull325 said:

Did we not add teams recently? The additions included a RANKED UTSA. OSU and WSU are trash. Stop it. 

I missed where UTSA was playing a Pac12 schedule. They are trash....in the Pac.

It remains to be seen what they will be like outside of that conference.

3 minutes ago, 350_BULL said:

Exactly right. WSU and OSU wtf cares. Not needle movers. I think ppl are just throwing them a bone bc they essentially got kicked out of the glorious almighty power status. I feel bad for them though bc at least when we got dropped the haves and have nots were not as clearly defined as they are now. We should welcome them to not purgatory but hell with open arms.

Yes. This right here. That's the end game. All about name brand. NCAATs and football post seasons will come due to the recruiting appeal. That's where foregoing the low media money from the AAC washes out in the end. Smart move.

Exactly, they just became part of the haves for the next 9 years, if not longer.

Either AAC raids MWC when their contract ends or the MWC should raid USF, Tulane, Memphis, UTSA and whoever else.

The top G5 schools need to get a clue here and combine to have a conference that can get a playoff spot or at least own that bid.

12 minutes ago, Peatearpan said:

Here me out, Add Army to replace SMU

Grab teams with a high potential that care about winning football games and have won games. Consistently grabbing that playoff spot is absolute main priority for the conference.

Army is what they are.

4 minutes ago, Bull94 said:

I can't say one way or another but if he went to them with the possibility of joining and they said no thanks what else can he do

I guess let teams leave and continue to weaken the conference.

27 minutes ago, Triple B said:

There's going to be a learning curve for a lot involved tomorrow ....

For sure. I just kinda assumed play calling wouldn't be one of those things, but now it could be.

2 minutes ago, BullyPulpit said:

Not if they tier their content they won't. First, I fully expect that Disney/ESPN will have partnered with a tech giant by 2025 before they are offering a standalone package. People are willing to pay $500 for a season of the NFL Sunday Ticket, I can certainly see SEC fans willing to pay $300 a year for access to all SEC programming. Soon, they won't have a choice. 

As much as I despise both of them deeply, Apple and Disney would be a force.

3 minutes ago, Bull Matrix said:

How long is he going to take? They brought him back a while ago. 

They brought him back near the end of 22', so less than a year. I imagine it would take more than a year to get the ship back on course.

2 minutes ago, Bull Matrix said:

Disney stock continues to struggle due to bad leadership. They are hurting so they wanted to raise rates yet again. 

They brought back Bob Iger to fix the issues from previous leadership. He's just cleaning up the mess now.

5 minutes ago, DontPushMe said:

Everyone involved in managing our pathetic program over the past 10 years should be fired out of a cannon into the bay. 

This times a million, but go back maybe 15-20 years.

Would it be a better situation for USF, Memphis, Tulane and Navy to jump ship to the Sun Belt?