Its the Sun Belt... W/link.. Marshall, JMU, ODU, So. Miss

[RhinoD]

https://jmusportsnews.com/2021/10/22/reports-jmu-to-join-sun-belt/

JMU Sports is reporting that we are in fact headed to the Sun Belt with the teams we have been heard rumored... This article was just posted 10 mins ago (2:25 p.m., 10/29)

Matt Brown from Extra Points, and WAVY TV which covers ODU, is also reporting the same.

 

[sluggo72]

https://jmusportsnews.com/2021/10/22/reports-jmu-to-join-sun-belt/

JMU Sports is reporting that we are in fact headed to the Sun Belt with the teams we have been heard rumored... This article was just posted 10 mins ago (2:25 p.m., 10/29)

Matt Brown from Extra Points and WAVY, which covers ODU is also reporting the same.

I hear we have until 4 pm Friday to say yes or no. and DD is 100% against it!

 

[RhinoD]

I hear we have until 4 pm Friday to say yes or no. and DD is 100% against it!

My question would be, why would DD care?... We go from a 1 bid league for the NCAA and NIT, to a 1 bid league for the NCAA and NIT... And the new league will be "easier."

Also, as it has been from the second Texas and Oklahoma announced their move, realignment is a football decision, and nothing else matters (no offense to any other sport/coach).

 

[sluggo72]

My question would be, why would DD care?... We go from a 1 bid league for the NCAA and NIT, to a 1 bid league for the NCAA and NIT... And the new league will be "easier."

Also, as it has been from the second Texas and Oklahoma announced their move, realignment is a football decision, and nothing else matters (no offense to any other sport/coach).

Word is, he is 100% against it as the SBC is, in his mind inferior to cUSA, and I would guess he has Big Jim's backing

 

[MU PIKE]

I would say Grassie should have more say on the move since his team has actually won Something.

 

[sluggo72]

I would say Grassie should have more say on the move since his team has actually won Something.

I would think he has 0 to say about it.

 

[johns1124]

I would be careful with Matt Brown. He has jumped the gun before.

My question would be, why would DD care?

Because according to some of the Parrots on another board, they feel if we go to a better basketball conference it will help with recruiting. When I pointed out, that holds no water. We are basically just recruiting against the other members of the conference and DD has not done such a great job so far in CUSA. What makes us feel he will do better elsewhere ie the MAC where they (apparently) want to go. I was met with resistance.

 

[RhinoD]

CollegeAD is also reporting MU, ODU, JMU and So. Miss will officially be announced to the Sun Belt next week.

 

[WV_Celt]

The good of MU basketball means nothing in this realm. Football is king, as it should be.

 

[Marine03]

The good of MU basketball means nothing in this realm. Football is king, as it should be.

We Are….A Soccer school

 

[WV_Celt]

Soccer may have a title, but it draws diddly.

 

[RhinoD]

https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...ur-teams-expected-to-join-sun-belt-next-week/

Dennis Dodd at CBS Sports with the report as well.

 

[Shark19]

Good move if true.....not as believable until getting National media verification though.

 

[MU PIKE]

Still has a title.

 

[IslandHerd1]

I hear we have until 4 pm Friday to say yes or no. and DD is 100% against it!

**** DD

 

[RhinoD]

Feeling a bit bad for La. Tech, WKU, MTSU fans... Stuck with FIU and UTEP and possibly adding some mix of --

Liberty, New Mexico State, Sam Houston State, Jacksonville State, Missouri State, McNeese State... Not much to look at there.

 

[19MU88]

My question would be, why would DD care?... We go from a 1 bid league for the NCAA and NIT, to a 1 bid league for the NCAA and NIT... And the new league will be "easier."

Also, as it has been from the second Texas and Oklahoma announced their move, realignment is a football decision, and nothing else matters (no offense to any other sport/coach).

I think the quality of basketball is one reason and the impact of recruiting that goes with that. So, I'm sure he is for something like the MAC which is far better basketball and easy travel, but that doesn't mean he can or will "block" it. I did hear him talk about traveling and schools that are not near major airports. Ga Southern was the example. We have a basketball team that uses bus, commercial and I think an occasional charter flight to travel. I don't think travel challenges are enough to not go, but I get why he is thinking about it. So even with the old cusa travel was easier despite a similar footprint.

Does anyone know how the belt does it's league games? will they be doing a Thursday / Saturday like CUSA did to reduce the amount of time student athletes are gone?

just passing on info and asking questions....no one freak out.

 

[ARandomHerdFan]

**** DD

It’s a race to the bottom between you and @BleedsGreen33.

 

[BleedsGreen33]

It’s a race to the bottom between you and @BleedsGreen33.

Just so you know your opinion of me means absolutely nothing. IF Dan is doing half of what is being discussed on here and various other forums and you still would support him then it is you that are at the bottom.

 

[ARandomHerdFan]

Just so you know your opinion of me means absolutely nothing. IF Dan is doing half of what is being discussed on here and various other forums and you still would support him then it is you that are at the bottom.

Whatever happens, I’ll support the school and the players who chose to come here.

I won’t go to the games just to root against Marshall like you posted. The post you deleted doesn’t really shock me, though, since you’ve been proven to a bandwagon fan.

 

[herdfan429]

I hear we have until 4 pm Friday to say yes or no. and DD is 100% against it!

Fvck dantoni if that’s true. He’s scared of an easier basketball league? That’s still one bid

 

[BleedsGreen33]

Whatever happens, I’ll support the school and the players who chose to come here.

I won’t go to the games just to root against Marshall like you posted. The post you deleted doesn’t really shock me, though, since you’ve been proven to a bandwagon fan.

I'm not a bandwagon fan. I just refuse to root for selfish people. If Dan would rather keep us from moving to the SBC so he can "have better basketball" with Sam Houston State and McNeese State it shows how selfish he is. Especially when he may not even be able to coach 5 years from now.

The damage that would do to this athletic department would be irreparable, but please go on and support that.

I might be more inclined to see his point of view if he were constantly winning the conference and we were a consistent tournament team, but we're not. Outside of one good year and one magical conference tournament run he has done next to nothing.

I'm not saying he shouldn't have any input, but his wishes should not carry that much weight.

The only reason Dan can do what Dan can is because he's MU royalty. If he were just some other HC no one would put up with half of what he's rumored to have pulled.

And since you're pulling fan cards start calling out those that told us that Dan is playing a big role in slowing this from happening. It's not like myself or anyone else upset about just pulled it out of thin air.

 

[BleedsGreen33]

Fvck dantoni if that’s true. He’s scared of an easier basketball league? That’s still one bid

Shhhh. Don't be such a bandwagon fan. You should just enjoy your 20 win CBI basketball seasons and the heck with football.

 

[Cappy Morgan]

hello old frenemy....welcome to the Sun Belt from App nation...I can tell you that App fans on our message boards almost unanimously wanted you. Time for one of college football's best rivalries to come back permanently.

 

[The Real SamC]

Feeling a bit bad for La. Tech, WKU, MTSU fans... Stuck with FIU and UTEP and possibly adding some mix of --

Liberty, New Mexico State, Sam Houston State, Jacksonville State, Missouri State, McNeese State... Not much to look at there.

And in this collection, and I assume WKU and MTSU are going to the MAC, you see why DD is the problem here. This would be one of the worst basketball conferences there is, right at the bottom of Div I with the Big South, the HBCUs, the MAAC, and the Southland. Just the kind of non-competition he wants, and the kind of cheap victories his sycophantic minions praise.

 

[raleighherdfan]

My question would be, why would DD care?.

He probably doesn't. Marshall fans need a conspiratorial component to this story. "Big Jim", BOG, DD.....the new, not yet named school President...

 

[19MU88]

He probably doesn't. Marshall fans need a conspiratorial component to this story. "Big Jim", BOG, DD.....the new, not yet named school President...

No kidding. A couple of these spaz posters are down right embarrassing.

 

[Marine03]

Soccer may have a title, but it draws diddly.

Football draws didly with no D1 Titles. Soccer with Dub on this one

 

[bbneutralfan]

And in this collection, and I assume WKU and MTSU are going to the MAC, you see why DD is the problem here. This would be one of the worst basketball conferences there is, right at the bottom of Div I with the Big South, the HBCUs, the MAAC, and the Southland. Just the kind of non-competition he wants, and the kind of cheap victories his sycophantic minions praise.

Where in the Wide World of Sports have you seen WKU and MTSU going to the MAC?

 

[IslandHerd1]

Soccer may have a title, but it draws diddly.

Wrong

Football draws didly with no D1 Titles. Soccer with Dub on this one

soccer is king for sure

 

[19MU88]

Football draws didly with no D1 Titles. Soccer with Dub on this one

And actually relative to soccer attendance anywhere, soccer draws very very well.

 

[herdfan429]

Wrong

soccer is king for sure

Let them have a losing season or two and see what attendance is.

 

[19MU88]

Let them have a losing season or two and see what attendance is.

That’s not going to happen as long as Grassie is here. Not at all

 

[Catfanatic1979v1]

I am sick of hearing "Back to the MAC" over the years so I hope this is a done deal.

 

[herdfan429]

ESPN is saying it may not be a done deal just yet. Talks aren’t as far along with Marshall as they are with odu and jmu

 

[RhinoD]

ESPN is saying it may not be a done deal just yet. Talks aren’t as far along with Marshall as they are with odu and jmu

I just read that too... We better not screw the pooch at this point.

Tell the Sun Belt thank you, get excited about where we are headed, and don't let the thought of being in a league with McNeese State or Missouri State, led by Judy, cross our collective mind.

 

[exHerdSID]

The announcement of the new President on Thursday gives them a chance to say the new person had input into the decision. Technically not a done deal yet.

 

[Marine03]

Let them have a losing season or two and see what attendance is.

It’ll look like it the John Holiday era on a 3 game losing skid. Grassie won’t lose 3 in a row though

 

[anon_0314hp8ssprnn]

Fvck dantoni if that’s true. He’s scared of an easier basketball league? That’s still one bid

Agree wholeheartedly. Let the door knob hit him where the good Lord split him.

 

[marshallisqbu]

I don’t follow basketball’s reservation against sun belt either. If we were needing a good schedule to boost a bid to the tournament I could see it, but D’Antoni isn’t getting us an at large in any league.

You play your league and win the tournament to go to the big dance. That’s it.