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  1. On 7/15/2019 at 9:37 AM, DeepGreen said:

    Short of moving to the AAC or MWC, based on "swapping teams" with the Sunbelt and being more regionalized, what would be your ideal 10 team conference?

    UNT, La Tech, Arkansas State, USM, UTEP, UAB, nutsak, WKU, Tx State, RICE

     

    Edit:  Forgot about Rice.  Eliminated Troy

     

    I just can't see why anyone would want to be in a conference with these teams. Is it more important that we can travel to a few of the games rather than playing an opponent that generates pride if we beat them because they are not a small regional school? These teams do not travel well, we do not travel well when we play them. Why? Simply because not many care about them, have heard of them, or care to see our school play them. Period. I feel like people who want this small regional conference are really disconnected about what the students want. The majority want to see UNT playing higher caliber, better known teams. That's what they will show up to see. What do you think the attendance will be when we play ACU? Probably not very good. 

    This tired and worn out discussion is still taking place despite us moving to a marginally better conference. Let's move on. Let's set our sights a little bit higher than Arkansas State and Texas State...please. 

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  2. 19 hours ago, UNT90 said:

    Is at QB. Not one pass over 20 yards the entire 1st half. Not one. 

    9 and sometimes 10 guys in the box. And the routes most plays don't have a receiver more than 10 yards from the LOS. 

    If anyone is expecting more than 4 or 5 wins outta this thing, you are delusional. 

    Put in the kid from Ok St if you don't think Fine can throw deep. He can't be worse.

    I disagree...sort of. I've followed this program for years. The years we've done well are hands down when we have a stout offensive line, which in turn gives our receivers time to let the plays develop. I watched last week as well as this week and our O-Line is bad. Our QB was either running or waiting to step into the pocket every passing play, hence the short passes. I fear this season will not be good unless we can fix our O-Line and quickly. 

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  3. I think this is a great discussion and one that, as a new father, I have contemplated multiple times. My wife says no but I'm okay with it (I think). But then I see guys getting carted off the field, or read stories about someone getting hit so hard their helmet broke, etc. One other aspect of this, and why I think football will not go away, is that it affords many students the ability to attend college when they otherwise wouldn't be able to through scholarships. I think they will continue to change the game to make it safer for the players; ie moving up the kick-offs, stricter penalties (targeting), etc. and while I joke that football will one day become a touch sport, it's also not my son out there playing (yet).

  4. With the uncertainty surrounding the University of Alabama-Birminghams future with Conference-USA, it may be time for the Louisiana Ragin Cajuns athletic department to consider leaving the Sun Belt Conference.

    C-USA requires all of its members to carry football for full membership, but following the 2014 season UAB dropped football. UAB officials cited financial issues as the reason to end their football program, which began in 1991.

    With the addition of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Charlotte), C-USA will have 13 football playing members for its 2015 season. They havent officially announced they are looking for a replacement for UAB, but having even-numbered divisions could be a future goal.

    The Cajuns would be a viable option for C-USA if they consider adding schools. The Cajuns football program is coming off a fourth straight R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl win. This makes them the only school in the history of the NCAA to win the same bowl four straight years.

    In comparison to C-USA schools, the Cajuns would have had the fourth-best average attendance record in football with 25,775. Under current head coach Mark Hudspeth, the Cajuns are 8-3 versus current C-USA schools.

    Read more: http://thevermilion.com/?p=3100

    Gosh I hope not. This conference keeps getting worse.

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