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#Post#: 2021--------------------------------------------------
Stony Brook to CAA?
DIR By: Redwyn
Date: May 19, 2012, 8:04 pm
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AP feature on CAA expansion has Yeager quoted that CAA Football
MUST add at least one member to preserve an 8 game conference
schedule (as has pretty much already been set in stone for the
2013 season).
HTML http://sports.yahoo.com/news/defections-caa-looking-add-members-213844975--spt.html;_ylt=Ah6dY6Iyq2DxPiwXB0SBpoDevbYF
Fiore mentioned a "transformative change", and Inside Man
asserted that this change wasn't the transfer from Maryland.
With Liberty and Coastal looking to go (although realistically
without an NCAA waiver they'll never get to FBS - no conference
would want that headache from donors and fans), gotta think that
SBU is chomping at the bit to align with better competition.
Are we in CAA football in 2013?
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Re: Stony Brook to CAA?
DIR By: ecasadoSBU
Date: May 20, 2012, 3:34 am
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We are getting ready Baiiiby. Ready for the "jump"
Stony Brook to begin $21.1M arena renovation: (Newsday)
HTML http://www.newsday.com/sports/college/stony-brook/stony-brook-to-begin-21-1m-arena-renovation-1.3728108
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Re: Stony Brook to CAA?
DIR By: Seawolf97
Date: May 20, 2012, 2:00 pm
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First Congratulations to our poster EcasadoSbu on his
graduation! Best of luck going forward ! And yes the new arena
certainly puts us in the running for the CAA. It wiill be an
awesome addition to our facilities and University in general.
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Re: Stony Brook to CAA?
DIR By: sbufan
Date: May 20, 2012, 6:21 pm
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Here's Fiore's press release on conference expansion.
HTML http://www.goseawolves.org/genrel/052012aac.html
I don't know what to take away from that.
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Re: Stony Brook to CAA?
DIR By: ecasadoSBU
Date: May 20, 2012, 6:44 pm
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So what does that mean. Does this mean we are staying in BSC and
AEC for the next couple of years?!?
Or does it mean that as soon as the CAA call us we'll leave?
#Post#: 2029--------------------------------------------------
Re: Stony Brook to CAA?
DIR By: Seawolf97
Date: May 20, 2012, 8:02 pm
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Kind of plain vanilla response. Just have to wait and see
over the summer. I suspect exit fees would be imposed by the AE
and BSC if we left, plus we would leave both conference's in
bind especially the Big South in football. Who knows ? Maybe
we will wait and move to the FBS sooner rather than later.
#Post#: 2030--------------------------------------------------
Re: Stony Brook to CAA?
DIR By: sbufan
Date: May 20, 2012, 8:58 pm
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Bosydid, an Albany fan on the AE basketball forum, is saying
Stony Brook to the CAA is a done deal. Some of the Albany
posters are well connected so there might be something to it.
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Re: Stony Brook to CAA?
DIR By: ecasadoSBU
Date: May 20, 2012, 10:05 pm
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btw, Seawolf97. Thanks for the congrats! Go Seawolves
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Re: Stony Brook to CAA?
DIR By: Redwyn
Date: May 20, 2012, 10:08 pm
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--- Quote from: Seawolf97 link ---
>
> Kind of plain vanilla response. Just have to wait and see
over the summer. I suspect exit fees would be imposed by the AE
and BSC if we left, plus we would leave both conference's in
bind especially the Big South in football. Who knows ? Maybe
we will wait and move to the FBS sooner rather than later.
>
--- End Quote ---
That response was far more than vanilla. It was loaded, and
nearly identical to the ones posted by programs like Virginia
Commonwealth before they hopped conferences.
Example:
HTML http://articles.dailypress.com/2012-03-26/sports/dp-spt-caa-membership-20120326_1_vcu-and-mason-mason-athletic-director-caa-commissioner-tom-yeager
My guess is negotiations are nearly complete - and someone who
shouldn't have has gotten wind that SBU is out. My guess is also
that this knowledge came before a particular deadline (perhaps
6/1) that would perhaps have made such an exit more expensive,
or ruined a timeline that was set by the new conference. Much of
it may directly have to do with the completion date of the
arena, and the rumored expansion of LaValle that posters have
tossed around.
Regardless - no question in my mind with that statement that SBU
is not long for the America East/Big South...and everyone knows
it.
#Post#: 2037--------------------------------------------------
Re: Stony Brook to CAA?
DIR By: ecasadoSBU
Date: May 21, 2012, 2:43 am
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Jim Fiore and Steve Pikiell spoke a few hours ago in the Sports
Section. listen to the podcat at:
HTML http://wusb.fm/station/schedule/week
You gotta love Jim Fiore... Press release about the Arena
tomorrow
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