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#Post#: 34152--------------------------------------------------
Re: Conference Realignment Rumors
DIR By: NoVA_Seawolf
Date: October 23, 2021, 7:52 pm
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> [quote author=VA_Seawolf link=topic=368.msg34146#msg34146
date=1634934305]
> [quote author=iBOsbu link=topic=368.msg34119#msg34119
date=1634830920]
> Now MAC likely to further expand by taking MT and WK from
CUSA. I hope we are staying as far away as possible from CUSA.
It would be the worst decision that would kill the SB athletics.
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If we moved everything from the AE and joined CUSA then I'd
agree with the massive travel and instability it wouldn't be
worth it.
If came down to the point where CUSA needed football only
schools to round out the conference and UConn, Liberty, etc.
didn't want to play ball then absolutely SBU should jump on
that. Football only in CUSA while keeping everything else in the
AE would be a damn good result for SBU Athletics.
[/quote]
As would I, which is why I sure hope Heilbron is working the
phones with the CUSA commissioner to at least be on her radar.
They need schools BADLY right now and even if it's football only
I'm sure she'd take the call.
If I were the AD and had the opportunity to join CUSA, I'd
seriously consider taking it. There wont be another opportunity
like this in our lifetime to move up in conference.
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#Post#: 34154--------------------------------------------------
Re: Conference Realignment Rumors
DIR By: ecasadoSBU
Date: October 23, 2021, 8:09 pm
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--- Quote from: Hammertime link ---
>
> [quote author=VA_Seawolf link=topic=368.msg34146#msg34146
date=1634934305]
> [quote author=iBOsbu link=topic=368.msg34119#msg34119
date=1634830920]
> Now MAC likely to further expand by taking MT and WK from
CUSA. I hope we are staying as far away as possible from CUSA.
It would be the worst decision that would kill the SB athletics.
>
--- End Quote ---
If we moved everything from the AE and joined CUSA then I'd
agree with the massive travel and instability it wouldn't be
worth it.
If came down to the point where CUSA needed football only
schools to round out the conference and UConn, Liberty, etc.
didn't want to play ball then absolutely SBU should jump on
that. Football only in CUSA while keeping everything else in the
AE would be a damn good result for SBU Athletics.
[/quote]
As would I, which is why I sure hope Heilbron is working the
phones with the CUSA commissioner to at least be on her radar.
They need schools BADLY right now and even if it's football only
I'm sure she'd take the call.
If I were the AD and had the opportunity to join CUSA, I'd
seriously consider taking it. There wont be another opportunity
like this in our lifetime to move up in conference.
[/quote]
I want no part of the CUSA. For me the CUSA is like the Big
South of the 2000s at this point. I prefer playing flagship
state state universities from the northeast (CAA) than playing
middle-of-nowhere second rate schools from the south...
You guys are sounding desperate and a bit crazy at this point.
I don't see any benefit of being at the FBS level right now in
one of those crappy leagues... especially with how things are
shifting so quickly. The whole model may implode in a few years
anyway. What we need to do is invest in our program, find a
better coach, win more games and aggressively market the teams
in hopes of tapping on more fans.
I think someday I envision that when its all said and done we
can have a northeast-midAtlantic non Power-5 football conference
consisting of...
Temple
Buffalo
Connecticut
Stony Brook
Massachusetts
Albany
Delaware
and who knows maybe Army?!?!
in the same conference. I would be happy with an alignment like
that. Just wish there could be football-only conferences
#Post#: 34220--------------------------------------------------
Re: Conference Realignment Rumors
DIR By: iBOsbu
Date: October 31, 2021, 7:18 am
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This realignment may create an opportunity for us to get into
A10. Big East is looking to expand by one more team, which most
likely will come from A10: SLU or Dayton or VCU. Another opening
could be because UMASS may move to MAC or stupidly to CUSA.
Either way, A10 will not stay at odd number 13. Unless both
those happen, then they will likely stay at 12. Let’s hope only
one team leaves A10.
A10 will likely add from the east. We need to audition
ourselves. Stony Brook must make it to the NCAA tournament this
year. Also beating GMU in our first game will help. GMU is
predicted to be middle of the A10 table this season. If we can
have an outstanding season, may be we will stand out from other
candidates like CofC, Northeastern, etc.
Lastly we need to reach out to A10 ADs and presidents and build
relationships so when an opportunity arises, they pull for us
instead of for other candidates. Let’s make friends with Rhody,
Fordham, GMU, GW etc. Need to play the athletics politics.
#Post#: 34405--------------------------------------------------
Re: Conference Realignment Rumors
DIR By: iBOsbu
Date: November 10, 2021, 4:11 pm
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Looks like MAC staying on 12. WKU and MTSU staying in CUSA. MTSU
doesn’t want to move to MAC, and MAC probably won’t take WKU
alone.
#Post#: 34407--------------------------------------------------
Re: Conference Realignment Rumors
DIR By: Chairman of the Board
Date: November 10, 2021, 4:17 pm
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is that good or bad for opportunists? id think bad right?
#Post#: 34408--------------------------------------------------
Re: Conference Realignment Rumors
DIR By: iBOsbu
Date: November 10, 2021, 4:55 pm
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I think that’s good? Lol not sure. But it keeps the eastward
expansion idea open. I have been reading a lot of realignment
stuff last couple of weeks. My hope for A10 is perhaps wishful
thinking. Even if A10 loses members, they are unlikely to add
anyone. It’s already become a 2 bid league. Not the old 4/5 bids
A10 anymore. And Stony Brook won’t help with at-large bid.
So I have been thinking that then perhaps after A10, MAC is the
best idea. I will never advocate CUSA- flying to El Paso, Las
Cruces, Miami, Louisiana, Mississippi makes no sense. It would
be a big mistake, that would drag the AD down financially to
bankruptcy. We don’t have sugar-daddy like Coastal Carolina.
Perhaps Stony Brook with UMASS or Delaware, can give MAC an
eastern presence in a population heavy region. MAC will be 14
members with SBU and UMASS/UD. They can continue East/west
divisions. MAC basketball is not as good as A10, but is not as
bad as Sunbelt either. Besides perhaps Buffalo and Stony Brook
will start something like rivalry? Lol.
#Post#: 34410--------------------------------------------------
Re: Conference Realignment Rumors
DIR By: iBOsbu
Date: November 10, 2021, 6:38 pm
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Here is a link to conference realignment talks... crazy,
entertaining, popcorn stuff lol
HTML https://csnbbs.com/forum-637.html
#Post#: 34412--------------------------------------------------
Re: Conference Realignment Rumors
DIR By: guest419
Date: November 10, 2021, 9:14 pm
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--- Quote from: Hammertime link ---
>
> [quote author=VA_Seawolf link=topic=368.msg34146#msg34146
date=1634934305]
> [quote author=iBOsbu link=topic=368.msg34119#msg34119
date=1634830920]
> Now MAC likely to further expand by taking MT and WK from
CUSA. I hope we are staying as far away as possible from CUSA.
It would be the worst decision that would kill the SB athletics.
>
--- End Quote ---
If we moved everything from the AE and joined CUSA then I'd
agree with the massive travel and instability it wouldn't be
worth it.
If came down to the point where CUSA needed football only
schools to round out the conference and UConn, Liberty, etc.
didn't want to play ball then absolutely SBU should jump on
that. Football only in CUSA while keeping everything else in the
AE would be a damn good result for SBU Athletics.
[/quote]
If I were the AD and had the opportunity to join CUSA, I'd
seriously consider taking it. There wont be another opportunity
like this in our lifetime to move up in conference.
[/quote]
SB cant afford to be in the CUSA. They probably cant afford to
be in the CAA with all sports. If SH is extended you will see SB
sports continue to be what it is today and not get any much
better.
#Post#: 34413--------------------------------------------------
Re: Conference Realignment Rumors
DIR By: NoVA_Seawolf
Date: November 10, 2021, 9:16 pm
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UMASS will never leave the A10 for the MAC, so the MAC will stay
put for now and for the foreseeable future. CUSA should
stabilize at 9, and without ESPN bankrolling any additions will
probably add one more school and then stop.
--- Quote from: iBOsbu link ---
>
> Here is a link to conference realignment talks... crazy,
entertaining, popcorn stuff lol
>
>
HTML https://csnbbs.com/forum-637.html
>
--- End Quote ---
I've lurked that forum for a good five six years now. Always
hilarious. Especially that one guy who lists every NCAA school
as an FBS candidate ;D
#Post#: 34416--------------------------------------------------
Re: Conference Realignment Rumors
DIR By: Accelerator
Date: November 10, 2021, 10:29 pm
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I don’t see why Heilbron would get extended. He’s done nothing
right. What justification would the powers that be have for
keeping him? His tenure has been a disastrous failure.
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