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TKthunder2

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  1. Does anyone care what other fans think about us? This list basically just follows the SDS poll they put out before we even joined…but he’s less annoyed by aggy, Oklahoma, Auburn, and more annoyed by LSU, gamecocks, and ole miss.
  2. I actually believe they are right and aggy recruits are being dropped. This happened to Texas in the later years of FUPM up until Sark because we did a horrendous job of developing talent. So if there were a borderline recruit they’d drop if they committed to Texas and would go up if they committed to Alabama. Seeing the number one class of all time flame out and with Elko not having many skins on the wall it’s not completely reasonable to think they’d get the same treatment until they prove it on the field/in the draft.
  3. This is an incredibly naive take. As a father of both a son and daughter I agree that there should be an easy way to access criminal records to protect women but this site is an online slander forum that gives men no ability to correct or remove verifiable false information. I don’t agree with the hack, but understand why people may have had strong negative feelings about a site like this which sounds like it would violate Europe/California data privacy protection laws.
  4. But if they go to 9 games then the SEC would want the 4422 model…
  5. Is this the same one that slapped the French president a few months back? yes it was https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/emmanuel-macron-wife-brigitte-slap-video-vietnam-bgn8n9qtz
  6. It is, UNC is likely the only school outside a handful in the Big Ten that the SEC would expand for.
  7. UNC to the SEC confirmed /jk
  8. LA Tech is officially leaving CUSA for the Sun Belt Conference (replacing Texas State in the West) https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/louisiana-tech-accepts-invitation-to-sun-belt-replacing-texas-state-after-departure-to-pac-12/ Sun Belt will remain at 14 CUSA drops to 10
  9. Unless he graduated or gets a waiver he’ll have to sit out this season. Transfer portal is closed.
  10. In actual realignment news…
  11. NFL Legend?
  12. Next year they add UC-Davis (non fb for now) and Northern Illinois (fb only). NMSU and Sac State are still available, plus they might be interested in Cal Poly as well.
  13. Only when we go head to head with Stanford…
  14. Yes the AAC’s TV deal is better…for now. Memphis and Tulane are getting a bigger share of it so they aren’t going anywhere other than if they are invited by the P4…for now. Moving to the Sun Belt would be a clear step down for the AAC teams, I simply stated that in Louisiana Tech’s nonP4 dream scenario that is the best case scenario what they could wish for.
  15. The reason is their president and AD have never wanted to associate with ULM. But they realize the writing is on the wall this time as the Sun Belt is a better conference with a better TV deal which also limits travel costs. The 6 teams in the Sun Belt Western division is basically a bus league for LA Tech while CUSA has maybe 4? teams they could bus to. LA Tech would prefer to join the American with UAB/Memphis but has seen programs like UNT, UTSA, FAU, and UNCC pass them by. The Sun Belt with Southern Miss, App State, Georgia Southern, Marshall, and Coastal Carolina are far more attractive than anything left in CUSA. Add in Memphis and ECU for 16 and the Sun Belt would be nearly perfect for them (their unrealistic dream would be to drop both the Bama schools and ULM for UAB, Tulane and Rice).
  16. Sac State leaving Big Sky and joining Big West in all sports but football (Independent but trying to move up to FBS) https://newuniversity.org/2025/06/24/california-state-university-sacramento-to-join-big-west-in-2026/ Two Utah schools (Utah Tech and Southern Utah) and joining the Big Sky https://www.montanasports.com/college/big-sky-conference-adding-southern-utah-utah-tech Texas schools (Tarleton, UTA, Abilene Christian) are staying in the WAC (keeping tournament bids and exit fees) and bringing in the Eastern based football schools (West GA, North Bama, Austin Peay (TN), Eastern Kentucky, and Central Arkansas) from the Atlantic Sun into the WAC and rebranding under their football league’s name United Athletic Conference. https://fbschedules.com/multiple-fcs-football-leagues-realigning-per-report/
  17. This is a weak announcement. 5 year “extension” for 3 games on CBS with no dollars disclosed…
  18. https://awfulannouncing.com/ncaa/espn-1-billion-deal-aac-espn-plus.html 12 year deal signed in 2019 when they had Houston, SMU, Cincy, and UCF. They have since expanded and diluted the per school number by adding UNCC, FAU, UNT, UTSA, UAB, and Rice as full members plus Army as football only. If Memphis, Tulane, USF, ECU moved to the Sun Belt that conference would be head and shoulders over the AAC if they were to renegotiate the TV contracts tomorrow.
  19. Yeah I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree. App State has fairly good brand power. Not claiming they are Boise State but they are up there and are way better than Charlotte. The Sun Belt has gone after good football schools with passionate fans bases. ECU fits that mold more so than any Eastern school in the American Conference.
  20. Because in this new era of college football markets don’t mean as much. Eyeballs and fan engagement mean more. If you don’t have a major national TV contract then markets mean next to nothing. The American and the PAC12 are both on the cusp of this size. But the Sun Belt and MAC have proved that having a smaller regional conference of passionate fans is still a good TV product for casual fans. For now ECU chasing the money is not a bad strategy, but if they are trying to drive more regional interest and fan engagement playing then the Sun Belt is a far better fit. The “local” teams for ECU in the American are Charlotte, UAB, a pair of South Florida schools, Temple, Army and Navy. Everyone else is basically on or West of the Mississippi River. The local teams in the Sun Belt are App State, Coastal, Georgia State, Georgia Southern, and a trio in the Virginias. These are more similar to ECU’s profile and would drive more engagement and future dollars.
  21. Because they are in a state with 1/3rd the population of Texas with 4 schools in the P4 and 2 others in the G5. They just aren’t going to move the needle for realignment. Pairing them with App State would be far better for them than putting them with UNC-Charlotte (if there wasn’t money involved).
  22. So if what is being reported is true… Texas State > PAC12 LA Tech > Sun Belt Tarleton State > CUSA That mean that the remaining WAC: UT-Arlington (no fb), Abilene Christian, Utah Tech, Southern Utah Seems like UTA and ACU should beg the Southland for an invite at this point. Weird that they haven’t already… Sac State appears to be leaving the Big Sky so maybe the Utah schools lands there and the WAC can finally be put out of its misery.
  23. Sam Houston’s football stadium seats 12,000. They belong in FCS. Louisiana Tech is a good fit for the Sun Belt (so is WKU). Chasing markets is how CUSA fell below the Sun Belt in the pecking order. Markets at this level aren’t very important. Fan engagement and travel costs are the priority. ESPN/FOX aren’t paying for Sun Belt content for national audiences. They are paying for it to drive users to their streaming services/apps. Eyeballs are more important than markets at the G5 level. (All that being said, I wouldn’t blame them for going after FIU for the size of the school and market)
  24. We all assume so. I think the league might have preferred UNLV but Texas State seems to be the best realistic candidate with the MWC locked up and the AAC teams turning them down. These are the only real remaining options: Texas State NMSU Sac State other FCS (think Montana or NDSU)
  25. He’s wrong they only have 3.
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