That was Wednesday though. Since then it appears Marshall is entertaining Judy's grift. Also rumors of a certain someone in the athletic department screwing things up.
No way?!?! You mean their admin is doing what needs to be done to allow conf expansion? Next you will tell us that water is wet
No, no, and a little bit more no.
Facts don't side with your opinion. Go through the current Sagarin ratings for each school of what will be the new AAC and what is rumored to be the new Sun Belt. The new AAC is still significantly better rated, and that doesn't even take into account the large name brand advantage they will have between teams in the conferences.
They took markets ! Is the SBC better team wise maybe not now but potential is there and will happen quickly IMO. Payouts from what heard not much difference after their contract redone. ESPN did this for reason kill cusa. We had no choice sorry !
Sunbelt had two ranked last year. Where would you want us to be stay in CUSA ? We had no choice !
What? How old are you? This discussion hasn’t been about Marshall staying in C-USA. This discussion hasn’t been about Marshall going to the AAC.
Exactly goherd17! And - you’ll notice that spell check doesn’t propose a better choice, just throwing cold water on the proposed move. Sagarins aren’t the end all be all! The fanbase has always been southern oriented. This gives us several schools w/in an 8 hour drive of Huntington. The reaffiliation with ESPN has some damn good intrinsic value, and all the other sports (save soccer) have a home as well. We’ll have to wait 5 days for it to be official, but this is a home run imo.
Really Rifle - The OP didn’t start the thread making the assertion one way or the other about AAC 2.0 vs SBC 2.0 - as usual you like to hijack threads for your own purposes. Simmer down! It is going to be, regardless of the opinions of this message board, one thing or the other. Hurling insults at fellow HN posters doesn’t reflect well…..
I’m 54 and been Herd Fan since was 6. So have good day sir . And I think long run SBC will be better why it’s the south and they love football. Tv contracts won’t be much different IMO
No lie, I have been a Herd fan since I was 5. I honestly had a Marshall football short when I was in kindergarten!
Finally, somebody who is able to read!
I don’t recall anyone saying it is “big” right now. I remember somebody saying it is significant. And it is. The 2.1 difference is about the same as the difference between the SEC East and the PAC 12 South, and any sane person would much rather play the PAC 12 South over the SEC East, because the SEC East is far better . . . shown by a 2.98 difference over the PAC 12 South.
No, it really isn’t. A 2.1 difference for a conference is significant.
Where was the Sun Belt rated 23rd? Sagarin had them 16th and 19th, Net had them at 18 and RPI had them 15.
Thanks for sharing the info. I actually look at the move as a tremendous opportunity for our program to take SB basketball and raise it up a notch or two. I am sure ODU feels the same.
Plus you get a bump from UTSA which is having a great season but always sucks. I say Marshall and even So. Miss are better adds than any of the teams that the AAC picked over them. Of course I am saying that based on say the past 25 years not cherry picking 2-3 seasons.
I totally agree. I was just pointing out that we are joining what was a very bad basketball league. Obviously ODU, Marshall and JMU will make it stronger. Those 3 and Louisiana have probably the best basketball tradition in the what will be new SBC
Actually, you would be, if not wrong, at least incorrect. MU would be leaving one bottom league where the tournament champion is seeded something like 13th for another bottom league where the tournament champion is seeded something like 13th. Red apples to green apples.
He did not push that idea. His hope was to make it better by adding JMU and Liberty. Again, that was BEFORE the CUSA defections. He would have REALLY preferred a new league with most CUSA east along with JMU and Liberty
Every time he speaks, he does.
JMU, which a whopping 5 total NCAAs, the last being 9 years ago and three of those being in a row in the early 80s, and which has fired its last FIVE coaches, all of which had losing records; and Liberty, which was in the Big South, which is right with the MAAC, HBCUs and Southland as the bottom Div I conferences not 4 seasons ago, and which is now in the hardly better ASUN, home of such powers as Central Arkansas, Kennnesaw State, and North Florida, with 5 NCAAs and one win (matching DD) do not make CUSA better.
