Yeah, he was really going to play here if we stayed in the SoCon. :roll: http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/24275239/no-shot-in-hell-devonte-graham-ends-up-at-appalachian-state "When he signed his letter of intent, the Mountaineers were in the Southern Conference -...

Akron is much improved this season and was 4 seconds away from winning at Michigan. I'd love to quote Harvey Keitel's character from PULP FICTION when Vincent & Julius thought he'd solved their little murder problem but it's a family msg board and I'm happily hetero. LOL! :lol: I agree, that's why ...

Akron definitely should be a winnable game. As always, I look at these with an eye toward recruiting. I don't think App has ever really had a presence in Ohio, but I wonder if we might use these as a way to try to expand our recruiting footprint? Lots of talent in that area.

BeauFoster wrote: envious are the ones who talk the loudest. It's no wonder that the threads about App are always amongst the most popular over there.

They all say that they're looking forward to watching App lose in the Sun Belt,

And I'm looking forward to continuing not paying attention to WCU.

Meanwhile, CUSA-bound ODU loses 80-0 in a blowout so bad the refs called the game early. Did they go to a running clock in the 4th qtr? I came home and it was 80 to 20 with a couple of minutes left in the 3rd. Flipped back over shortly thereafter and is was down to 2:00 minutes left. No running clo...

I find "Appy State" to be grating. That said, when I was in school I remember our starting QB wearing an "Appy State Football" shirt in class, so I guess it's not that much of an outsider thing.

I like the Southern Miss addition for the reasons others have stated - traditionally good program with a fairly recognizable name, but they are absolutely cratering right now. Best of both worlds.

I went over the history of playing sub-D1's and the myths of not getting big-name schools last year. http://tinyurl.com/cd2re74 IMO, there's no reason to play any sub-D1 during the season. There's the preseason for that. Thanks, that's a good, informative rundown. I believe the supposed inconvenien...

I have no problem scheduling one FCS team per year. Not only does it get us another home game, it gets us what should be an easy win, which we'll need to try and get bowl-eligible. However, the idea of preserving a "rivalry" with any FCS teams - let alone WCU - is laughable. Obviously maintaining su...

I don't love it either, but I could give App a pass if it were just LMC. But FOUR D2 games in one season almost defies belief. I know it's tough to get good opponents to come to Boone, but surely we can do better than that. When I was a student in the late '90s, we had home games vs. Georgia and a t...

Man, that sucks. Seemed like the Browns might have been willing to give him a real shot.

My preference for a home an home would be FIU or FAU simply from a recruiting standpoint. I doubt USF would do a home and home but I would certainly ask. Agreed. Nothing particularly wrong with WMU, but also hard to see what you gain from playing up there in terms of recruiting, appealing road trip...

GoApps70 wrote:ODU's AD credits their new stadium as locking up the home and homes, seven total game with three in Norfolk with Virginia Tech.

That and the fact that it's the best recruiting area in the state and one of the best in the region. App can match the stadium, but we can't match that.

Recruits can sign early enrollment papers for January already, right? Wonder if App will publicly announce any of those or wait until they're enrolled.

It's regional and for purely economic reasons, I guess it's good, but ODU really does not move my needle and I wouldn't categorize it as "huge." I hope the other announcement is more exciting or I'd say this was a bit overhyped according to the thread title. This sums up my feelings as well. It's f...

So, back on topic. Is there any indication of when this news will be made? I anxiously awaiting an announcement. Anything...anyone... Well not sure if you saw the article from last week that was linked earlier in the thread, but that said "probably within the next two or three weeks" according to t...

A big problem shared by the SunBelt and the MAC is we can't hang on to good coaches. As soon as a coach has a couple winning seasons he moves to a larger program, usually one of the P5 schools. That's a problem that is shared by all but about 15-20 programs in America. And let's face it, another pr...

This is not meant to belittle any school or any fan --- I would say the huge majority of our fans who attend games would not know the difference or really care if we had home games with Central Michigan or LA-Lafayette, Ohio or New Hampshire or Delaware, Buffalo or Akron or Towson. Texas St or Sam ...

The two teams that I would most like to see us schedule would be Marshall and Charlotte. The Sun Belt doesn't provide any name opponents or geographical rivals (outside of GSU), so I think both of those would generate a lot of fan interest. There's nothing compelling about UNCC as far as their "nam...

Also, re: the ECU speculation: When I said my top two opponents would be Marshall and UNCC, I assume it goes without saying that all of the other in-state FBS schools would be in that mix as well. I assume UNC, State and Duke would likely be occasional opponents at best. But regular or semi-regular ...