App - ECU in Charlotte?

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App - ECU in Charlotte?

Unread post by appfanjj » Tue Jul 14, 2015 5:29 pm

Evidently there have been serious discussions with the ECU AD about scheduling this possibly in 2018 @ BofA. Anyone heard anything?

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Re: App - ECU in Charlotte?

Unread post by mtnjax » Tue Jul 14, 2015 6:22 pm

Please oh PLEASE let us play a game at BoA before UNCc does!

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Re: App - ECU in Charlotte?

Unread post by mountaineerman » Tue Jul 14, 2015 6:53 pm

http://www.underdogdynasty.com/sun-belt-conference
I would say its done ,just not finalized! :D

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Re: App - ECU in Charlotte?

Unread post by huskie3 » Wed Jul 15, 2015 6:16 am

mountaineerman wrote:http://www.underdogdynasty.com/sun-belt-conference
I would say its done ,just not finalized! :D
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Re: App - ECU in Charlotte?

Unread post by appst89 » Wed Jul 15, 2015 7:07 am

If it is two in Charlotte, I am okay with it. If it is one in Greenville, one in Boone and one in Charlotte, I am okay with it. If it is one in Greenville and one in Charlotte, then I am absolutely not okay with it.

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Unread post by asucrutch23 » Wed Jul 15, 2015 7:13 am

appst89 wrote:If it is two in Charlotte, I am okay with it. If it is one in Greenville, one in Boone and one in Charlotte, I am okay with it. If it is one in Greenville and one in Charlotte, then I am absolutely not okay with it.
What about two in Greenville, one in Boone, and one in Charlotte? I have seen this thrown around by ECU fans and I believe I would take that.

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Unread post by AppDawg » Wed Jul 15, 2015 7:17 am

asucrutch23 wrote:
appst89 wrote:If it is two in Charlotte, I am okay with it. If it is one in Greenville, one in Boone and one in Charlotte, I am okay with it. If it is one in Greenville and one in Charlotte, then I am absolutely not okay with it.
What about two in Greenville, one in Boone, and one in Charlotte? I have seen this thrown around by ECU fans and I believe I would take that.
Absolutely not.

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Unread post by 97APP » Wed Jul 15, 2015 7:24 am

AppDawg wrote:
asucrutch23 wrote:
appst89 wrote:If it is two in Charlotte, I am okay with it. If it is one in Greenville, one in Boone and one in Charlotte, I am okay with it. If it is one in Greenville and one in Charlotte, then I am absolutely not okay with it.
What about two in Greenville, one in Boone, and one in Charlotte? I have seen this thrown around by ECU fans and I believe I would take that.
Absolutely not.
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Re: App - ECU in Charlotte?

Unread post by appst89 » Wed Jul 15, 2015 7:26 am

asucrutch23 wrote:
appst89 wrote:If it is two in Charlotte, I am okay with it. If it is one in Greenville, one in Boone and one in Charlotte, I am okay with it. If it is one in Greenville and one in Charlotte, then I am absolutely not okay with it.
What about two in Greenville, one in Boone, and one in Charlotte? I have seen this thrown around by ECU fans and I believe I would take that.
Absolutely not.

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Re: App - ECU in Charlotte?

Unread post by appmaj » Wed Jul 15, 2015 8:01 am

The ECU fan argument is we gain nothing by playing App-The same thing UNC and State said about playing them.

None of the games have taken place at neutral site to my knowledge.

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Unread post by Saint3333 » Wed Jul 15, 2015 8:31 am

They gain the same thing we do, a quality regional drivable away game for our fanbase and a team that will pack the visitors section for the home game.

Neither will do it for recruiting purposes.

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Re: App - ECU in Charlotte?

Unread post by roachgone » Wed Jul 15, 2015 8:53 am

Until we can have real seats for 30,000 people I don't see any way we could play ECU in Boone. We need that many seats with a bank overflow of another 8ooo or so. Kidd Brewer needs this many seats to realistically play good G5s and P5s.. Wake and Duke are probably the only exceptions at the P5 level.

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Unread post by beav910 » Wed Jul 15, 2015 9:18 am

ECU fans are talking serious trash about this matchup on Facebook:

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Re: App - ECU in Charlotte?

Unread post by asu66 » Wed Jul 15, 2015 9:32 am

roachgone wrote:Until we can have real seats for 30,000 people I don't see any way we could play ECU in Boone. We need that many seats with a bank overflow of another 8ooo or so. Kidd Brewer needs this many seats to realistically play good G5s and P5s.. Wake and Duke are probably the only exceptions at the P5 level.
Exactly right! ECU won't come to KBS until we can handle the crowd. The same can be said for most P5 and the higher profile G5 programs. It's completely understandable.

Knowledgeable fans knew when we moved to FBS that we'd be joining the facilities wars. We'll forever be scraping up funding from everywhere we can find it to catch up and try to keep up with our peers. It's just a fact. Sooner, rather than later, everybody in G5 will be trying to compact conference membership to reduce travel outlay. Air travel isn't going to get less expensive--ever.

Doug Gillin was hired, in part, for his expertise in marketing and fundraising. We have to have major donors (both individual and corporate) in the fold to help finance our program going forward. We have yet to really break in to the corporate donor world. That's a must for us!
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Re: App - ECU in Charlotte?

Unread post by EastHallApp » Wed Jul 15, 2015 9:37 am

Love this quote from Gillin at the end of the original Journal article (http://www.journalnow.com/sports/asu/ap ... 1e5a8.html):

“We talk about building a brand, we want to go play. We want to go play where our fans can come watch us. I think that’s important for us. We want to play where our kids on our team are from so their parents can come see them, and where we recruit. It’s really regional for us, where we’re looking at.”

From everything Gillin says, this guy gets it.

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Re: App - ECU in Charlotte?

Unread post by appfanjj » Wed Jul 15, 2015 9:42 am

ESPN pre season power rankings have us at 54 and ECU at 82 nationally. :D

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Re: App - ECU in Charlotte?

Unread post by APPARJ » Wed Jul 15, 2015 10:01 am

I hope App State never plays a home game outside of Boone, NC. I don't care if that seems backwards or not. Playing major college football in a beautiful, small town in the western NC mountains is infinitely more unique than playing in the concrete jungle of Charlotte.

Give me six home games in Boone and I'll be fine with these out of the box scenarios.
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Re: App - ECU in Charlotte?

Unread post by TheMoody1 » Wed Jul 15, 2015 10:08 am

beav910 wrote:ECU fans are talking serious trash about this matchup on Facebook:


Funny. They think they are P5 bound and that we are still FCS.

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Re: App - ECU in Charlotte?

Unread post by boonetown1 » Wed Jul 15, 2015 10:24 am

It's is funny they think they are light years ahead of us. We are literally on the same playing field now. If we played them this year, we would kill them....ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

I say bring it wherever they want to play and drive them into the ground.

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