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Post by williamtsherman on Oct 2, 2024 14:13:55 GMT -6
With the current atmosphere, if the MAC would waive the manditory FBS football thing, the conference might be able to bring in some strong midwestern schools and have a pretty attractive conference for basketball, baseball, etc. Ask the Big East how that turned out. The current BE schools prioritized basketball, while the now-AAC schools prioritized football. You can't serve 2 masters. I don't have access to any Big East AD's to ask...so how DID it turn out? Seems to have turned out pretty well basketball strength-wise as they just won a natl championship and had 4 others in the top 25. But I have absolutely no idea how the whole sports picture worked out for them financially. |
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Post by cardsfan606 on Oct 2, 2024 14:44:20 GMT -6
Tarleton State being rumored with Mount West, assuming Memphis to pac 12 if they bump the offer up to 10
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Post by david75bsu on Oct 2, 2024 15:05:12 GMT -6
MAC needs to get off its butt and get Western Kentucky! Middle Tennessee would be nice, but not necessary. It should also get Mo State and Delaware to drop CUSA AND JOIN THE MAC. DAMN, how can the MAC be so slow in doing the right thing to strengthen the conference?
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Post by lmills72 on Oct 2, 2024 16:17:30 GMT -6
I'm just waiting and wishing for the MAC to dissolve with the hope that schools like Ball State will be forced into making the decisions they need to make but seem unable to make on their own as long as they're tied to the conference.
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Post by steve on Oct 2, 2024 17:17:44 GMT -6
MAC needs to get off its butt and get Western Kentucky! Middle Tennessee would be nice, but not necessary. It should also get Mo State and Delaware to drop CUSA AND JOIN THE MAC. DAMN, how can the MAC be so slow in doing the right thing to strengthen the conference? The buyout for UTEP to leave Conference USA is about $8 million, as reported by The Athletic. I think the Mac gets $800,000 per team from espn..it would take wku or MTSU 10 years (if my ball state math is correct) to break even… I don’t think it’s going to happen.. |
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Post by cardfan on Oct 2, 2024 18:57:02 GMT -6
MAC needs to get off its butt and get Western Kentucky! Middle Tennessee would be nice, but not necessary. It should also get Mo State and Delaware to drop CUSA AND JOIN THE MAC. DAMN, how can the MAC be so slow in doing the right thing to strengthen the conference? The buyout for UTEP to leave Conference USA is about $8 million, as reported by The Athletic. I think the Mac gets $800,000 per team from espn..it would take wku or MTSU 10 years (if my ball state math is correct) to break even… I don’t think it’s going to happen.. Yeah Wku isn’t gonna be a candidate for the MAC. |
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Post by Lurkin McGurkin on Oct 3, 2024 9:17:20 GMT -6
Tarleton State being rumored with Mount West, assuming Memphis to pac 12 if they bump the offer up to 10 I don't see how Tarleton State brings anything to the MWC. They'd be better off getting Idaho to bump back up to FBS. |
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Post by williamtsherman on Oct 3, 2024 9:39:46 GMT -6
Tarleton is a college? I thought it was a cigarette brand.
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Post by 00hmh on Oct 3, 2024 9:57:04 GMT -6
Tarleton is a college? I thought it was a cigarette brand. The magic of FBS branding hasn't worked there, I guess? |
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Post by JacksonStreetElite on Oct 3, 2024 9:58:47 GMT -6
Tarleton is a college? I thought it was a cigarette brand. I thought he was the bad guy from the Battle of Cowpens. |
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Post by universityjim on Oct 3, 2024 10:20:37 GMT -6
Tarleton is a college? I thought it was a cigarette brand. I thought he was the bad guy from the Battle of Cowpens. Banastre Tarleton wasn't a founding father so he hasn't been cancelled yet. Plus he was a Green Dragoon and you know how the left feels about anything "Green". |
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Post by Lurkin McGurkin on Oct 3, 2024 10:26:57 GMT -6
ARE YOU READY FOR A WAR?!?!?!?! |
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Post by universityjim on Oct 3, 2024 10:35:50 GMT -6
Wrong Mel Gibson movie.
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Post by Lurkin McGurkin on Oct 3, 2024 10:44:39 GMT -6
Yeah, I always get Falkirk confused with South Carolina.
Essentially the same character, though.
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Post by williamtsherman on Oct 3, 2024 10:48:07 GMT -6
Pretty sure this was the bad guy at Cowpens:  |
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