Texas State "heavy favorite" to join Pac-12, LaTech favored to join Sun Belt

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Re: Texas State "heavy favorite" to join Pac-12, LaTech favored to join Sun Belt

Unread post by Stonewall » Sat Jul 12, 2025 3:56 pm

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Re: Texas State "heavy favorite" to join Pac-12, LaTech favored to join Sun Belt

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Stonewall wrote:
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This is not the end. Long game.
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Re: Texas State "heavy favorite" to join Pac-12, LaTech favored to join Sun Belt

Unread post by ASUFan4863 » Sat Jul 12, 2025 6:57 pm

The Sun Belt has peaked. App hasn’t. Leaders know this

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Re: Texas State "heavy favorite" to join Pac-12, LaTech favored to join Sun Belt

Unread post by AppStFan1 » Sat Jul 12, 2025 7:42 pm

ASUFan4863 wrote:
Sat Jul 12, 2025 6:57 pm
The Sun Belt has peaked. App hasn’t. Leaders know this
Indeed. The only way the Sun Belt can go higher is if we banished ULM and a few others to replace them with Memphis, Tulane, ECU, and a couple others. I don't see the league kicking out 4-5 schools so it won't happen.

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Re: Texas State "heavy favorite" to join Pac-12, LaTech favored to join Sun Belt

Unread post by ASUFan4863 » Sat Jul 12, 2025 8:14 pm

AppStFan1 wrote:
Sat Jul 12, 2025 7:42 pm
ASUFan4863 wrote:
Sat Jul 12, 2025 6:57 pm
The Sun Belt has peaked. App hasn’t. Leaders know this
Indeed. The only way the Sun Belt can go higher is if we banished ULM and a few others to replace them with Memphis, Tulane, ECU, and a couple others. I don't see the league kicking out 4-5 schools so it won't happen.
Sounds like you want us to be in the AAC, which is a financially better conference. I agree.

Everyone that supports the Sun Belt keeps saying wait until the new media deal to be even to the AAC. It’s not happening. We can join the AAC and bring that conference even more value.

Why fight for $5m when we can get $15m in a better conference.

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Re: Texas State "heavy favorite" to join Pac-12, LaTech favored to join Sun Belt

Unread post by AppWyo » Sat Jul 12, 2025 10:38 pm

ASUFan4863 wrote:
Sat Jul 12, 2025 8:14 pm
AppStFan1 wrote:
Sat Jul 12, 2025 7:42 pm
ASUFan4863 wrote:
Sat Jul 12, 2025 6:57 pm
The Sun Belt has peaked. App hasn’t. Leaders know this
Indeed. The only way the Sun Belt can go higher is if we banished ULM and a few others to replace them with Memphis, Tulane, ECU, and a couple others. I don't see the league kicking out 4-5 schools so it won't happen.
Sounds like you want us to be in the AAC, which is a financially better conference. I agree.

Everyone that supports the Sun Belt keeps saying wait until the new media deal to be even to the AAC. It’s not happening. We can join the AAC and bring that conference even more value.

Why fight for $5m when we can get $15m in a better conference.
I do not think the AAC is a better conference, because when Texas and Oklahoma left the Big XII, they backfilled with their only stars, Cincinati, UCF, and Houston, While SMU went to the ACC. SMU is the only one that was relevant last year at all. The AAC then replaced them with programs from C-USA, as did the SBC. The Sun Belt Conference got the best three from C-USA, Marshall, USM, and ODU, when the AAC got programs that were not the best in UNCC, UAB, FAU, North Texas, and UTSA.

The fans need to care about the games; it is easier to care about the games if it is easy for the fans to attend. The AAC is a shell of its former self just like C-USA and the PAC-12. In many ways the Big XII is a shell of its former self.

10 million more sounds like a lot of money, but it has not helped Charlotte or ECU win more games than teams in the SBC.

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Re: Texas State "heavy favorite" to join Pac-12, LaTech favored to join Sun Belt

Unread post by AtlAppMan » Sat Jul 12, 2025 11:10 pm

Even though LaTech may be voted in, did/will App still be a NO vote? I hope so. And who else is with us?

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Re: Texas State "heavy favorite" to join Pac-12, LaTech favored to join Sun Belt

Unread post by BambooRdApp » Sun Jul 13, 2025 1:58 am

ASUFan4863 wrote:
Sat Jul 12, 2025 8:14 pm
AppStFan1 wrote:
Sat Jul 12, 2025 7:42 pm
ASUFan4863 wrote:
Sat Jul 12, 2025 6:57 pm
The Sun Belt has peaked. App hasn’t. Leaders know this
Indeed. The only way the Sun Belt can go higher is if we banished ULM and a few others to replace them with Memphis, Tulane, ECU, and a couple others. I don't see the league kicking out 4-5 schools so it won't happen.
Sounds like you want us to be in the AAC, which is a financially better conference. I agree.

Everyone that supports the Sun Belt keeps saying wait until the new media deal to be even to the AAC. It’s not happening. We can join the AAC and bring that conference even more value.

Why fight for $5m when we can get $15m in a better conference.
The AAC getting $15 million per school in its next TV contract?
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