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11 minutes ago, Bulls On Parade said:

I so want to beat WKU if only so that CAG can equal Scott in FBS wins in one game. 

 

That thought hadn't occurred to me, but would be hilarious.

Unless someone else is crushing it I think you go with the experience of GB through the Bama game. Can't have BB or Carter get injured by Bama.

31 minutes ago, olafberserker said:

No one IS discussing ucf ... you were discussing control over what a school could acquire .... ucf was an example I gave of a school choosing athletics and acquiring what they desired

and I don't advocate for either choice but it appears both schools got what they wanted

Yup they did go all in with athletics instead of academics and they are a good example for the convo.

18 minutes ago, Grateful Dad said:

No, you didn't.  You are correct.

 

troll away then

17 minutes ago, Grateful Dad said:

Kind of an odd choice, being an EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING and all.

Nobody said it was an odd choice to go after it.

1 hour ago, Outlaw said:

I really don't think power conferences care about AAU status as much as winning games against top 25 teams.

Not exactly what I meant. I was asking for the returns of AAU vs us getting in a conference making 30-60 million a season. The admin chose AAU vs going after P5 status.

Wondering which will be worth it after a decade or two or three?

It will be interesting going forward to see the returns from AAU status vs what some of the top 2-3 conferences are making.

10 minutes ago, Outlaw said:

Strong.....Charlie Strong.

19 minutes ago, Cat941 said:

 

Chances of this improving things for all schools is 0.01%.

def going to unfollow those accounts if they arent released

1 minute ago, KB said:

Jaffx2 is a UCFer.  

ahh thanks

1 minute ago, JAFFX2 said:

WTF?

 

What is the problem? It is on brand.

Hard to believe the MWC would just sit back and wait for their conference to get raided to death.

58 minutes ago, michibull said:

True, we are not the same, BUT, South Florida has a name recognition and vibe that is attractive, Tampa a vibrant city and AAU status, there is a brand that can still be rebuilt. Just because the previous admin screwed up, doesn’t mean we stop trying to build it back up. 

This is is the clueless take most are at.

1 minute ago, michibull said:

For real, there is no way Stamford leaves Navy out. Also, we CANNOT be in the same conference as FAU, it weakens our brand while strengthening theirs; we’ve been there and done that. I would rather pay the exit fee just to get away from FAU!!

The admin killed whatever brand was built during the late 00's.

5 minutes ago, puc86 said:

I’m on year 12 of anger, no reason to switch stages at this point 

As a fan that is where we should all be at this point.

28 minutes ago, Sk00b said:

Easy now. If you change a few letters, that could be quite a few people here in these 3100+ pages.

without a doubt, but we are entering the acceptance stage while they are entering the denial stage.

shock, disbelief during Willie, guilt anger druing Strong, depression during Scott and acceptance\reconstruction Goach.

3 minutes ago, ThePuddingMan said:

He just makes stuff up. Tomorrow he will post that the deal fell apart. 

Dude is a delusional OSU fan that hasn't accepted nobody cares about them or WSU outside of their regions.

Would have kicked out UAB or FAU for UCONN, but I would take it.

Just now, Peatearpan said:

Is this an official document?

100%

12 minutes ago, Bull Matrix said:

Lol yeah. That is the beauty of AAC teams getting about $7M. They are hungry a bigger payout and will be celebrating over an increase 

Well, I dont mean it in that respect when the Big12 teams are getting 3 times that amount. Moreso in that when they get left out and they have to survive off the peanuts like we do that WSU and OSU are now realizing.

WSU and OSU need to eat a slice of humble pie. Same goes for VT, Cal, KState, Utah and ISU,etc.. of the world.

These 2nd 3rd tier power 5 schools are going to have a harsh realization.

8 minutes ago, Jim Johnson said:

Correct. Apple wanted the whole package because they didn't want a network to take, say, Oregon v Washington while getting AppleTV+ users stuck with Oregon State vs Arizona State.  Apple wanted to make sure they would get the best games -- to help drive subscribers.

The future is streaming... at some point (5? 10?) years from now we will have streaming services and over-the-air broadcasts as cable TV goes away.

Heck... even the Big Ten has a bunch of games only available on Peacock this fall.

So, Apple didn't want that to happen, but let them walk to the networks anyway and now they'll get an even worse match up of Oregon State vs Tulane\SMU\USF\Memphis. Make that make sense?

2 minutes ago, michibull said:

Apple TV for 15-20 mil, keep Auto Playoff and there is no iron clad GoR’s, this maybe a great landing spot for us while we turn thing around. 

I refuse to believe we could get this lucky.

20 minutes ago, SilverBull said:

There could be a great new truly "American" conference with a PAC-4, MWC AAC blend.  But surely the schools and their "leadership" will find a way to screw it up.

I find it ironic and darkly humorous that the football-playing universities formed the NCAA to provide oversight because they couldn't police themselves, then started chafing under the NCAA collar when some of the big boys couldn't have everything their way and now people are talking that we need some sort of national college football "czar" because its now every U for themselves.  

 

Seems quite obvious the top schools in each of these conferences need to figure out a way to make it work or they will get left out. This is also a play to get some of the ACC schools once it gets raided to death.