If the American was all that great it would not have been raided by the Big IX, it would have raided the Big IX when it was on the verge of collapse. Even the ACC in North Carolina would not be the same if we were to join without NC State, UNC-Ch, Duke or WF. If they were really interested in stabil...

You should be. There is a lot of dissatisfaction, discussion and planning going on within and between some of the Sunbelt schools. Not surprising. There’s a very large resource gap between the east and west schools. No offense to La tech, but their addition when we had La Monroe showed the ambition...

You should be. There is a lot of dissatisfaction, discussion and planning going on within and between some of the Sunbelt schools. Not surprising. There’s a very large resource gap between the east and west schools. No offense to La tech, but their addition when we had La Monroe showed the ambition...

Very telling numbers. I tried to keep up but what is generally our bottom line as far as “available funds” that could go for player salaries? Always heard generally nothing really left over. Also as far as conferences go it’s really a no brainer. App, JMU, Coastal and probably Marshall should be al...

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Mon Jul 21, 2025 9:52 pm

Not to be outdone by the AAC…IMG_3499.jpeg

I could’ve asked ChatGPT to make this fancier, but it’s late and I got to work tomorrow.

If you are not careful, thatSHiNy will become a thing... (Why is S, H, and N capitalized? do they represent something?)

https://theamerican.org/images/2025/7/16/BrandRelaunch_WepPopUps400x400.jpg Speaking of rebrand…guess they liked what we did a while back. Funny how the American is trying to rebrand itself the SBC. If you notice the school's logos at the bottom, the most prominent is the Charlotte C logo. I think ...

My two takeaways: 1. I feel for them. They’ve performed in athletics. 2x runner up in the NCAAB tournament. Played in NY6 bowls. Put some legit dudes in the pros. Reasonably large tv market. THROWING a money at a “barely P4” conference, yet stuck surrounded by a bunch of never-will-be’s. Watched al...

https://x.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/1947358520661196985 Apparently, Memphis is stuck in the American . The American tried to be P6, but ended up being G6. Think there will eventually be P3 or P4, then like G7. What will happen eventually is that these super conferences will all fall apart like they...

Memphis has the money to not need the Sun Belt, Pack12, or the American. They must see themselves as much bigger than others see them. Now we understand why they said no to the PAC12.

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Mon Jul 21, 2025 1:56 pm

https://x.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/1947358520661196985

Apparently, Memphis is stuck in the American.

The American tried to be P6, but ended up being G6.

It seems that they are seeking the same branding as Conference USA, The American Conference.

I'd like to be the first to say I knew Tre Lamb should have been the guy! Trolling EricSaid? He was so far into Lamb that he essentially stopped posting when we went in another direction. Not before he spent a month or more complaining every chance he got. GO APPS!! He now spends all of his time he...

.I wonder how many of these schools pay to be part of the advertisement for the game. NCAA Football 26 is just advertisement for the schools

I am very happy with Dowell Loggains. I think Tre Lamb would be gone in a year or so just like Drinkwitz. I think in this day and age, Dowell Loggains is the coach or type of coach that will thrive. One thing I do like is that regardless of what happens, Chapel Hill will be where all the eyes are th...

If you really are honest about ECU, they have spent the last 50 years trying to climb that next rung on the ladder. I imagine that when the Sun Belt brought in App and GS many thought that would be the end of the Sun Belt, bringing in two FCS schools or in their minds two Division II schools. Manyu ...

I do not agree with the guy either. I do not think anyone in the SBC understood the rivalry we have with Georgia Southern when we joined. We did not have much of a history with any of the schools that were currently in the Sun Belt. However, the two of us showed the conference just how important riv...

The only reason that Troy was good in '22 and '23 is because they did not have to run the gauntlet of the SBC East. They were glad to get out of the Sun Belt East. It is easier to dominate the Sun Belt West.

Some back scratching was behind this LA Tech move. I really do believe that ULM wants them in because they want to play them. La Tech has been avoiding them all these years. Much like NC State has been avoiding us all these years. I mean La Tech missed out on a bowl game just to avoid playing ULM. ...

I believe the real reason that ULM, USM and Louisiana want La Tech in is so that La Tech has no excuse to not play them. I think La Tech is like ECU they believe they should be in the ACC with NC State just like La Tech believes it should be in the SEC with LSU. La Tech and ECU believe that schools ...