Official 2015 Sun Belt Football Thread

[dbackjon]

ASU beats ASU

[AshevilleApp]

ASU beats ASU

ASU was definitely better than ASU last night.

[Ivytalk]

ASU beats ASU

Really? I heard that ASU beat ASU, although ASU was leading at the half.

[ASUG8]

ASU beats ASU

Really? I heard that ASU beat ASU, although ASU was leading at the half.

ASU is good, but they're clearly no ASU.

[Baldy]

Really? I heard that ASU beat ASU, although ASU was leading at the half.

ASU is good, but they're clearly no ASU.

I think ASU shot its wad against GSU.

[AshevilleApp]

ASU is good, but they're clearly no ASU.

I think ASU shot its wad against GSU.

Seems that way.

[dbackjon]

18,721 came out to see this battle for the top of the Sun Belt.

Smallest regular season crowd in 10 years (when official capacity was 8K less)

[dbackjon]

In what ways?

Just off the top of my head...

1. Exposure
2. Money
3. Schedule
4. Competition
5. Attendance
6. Season Tickets
7. Not playing in front of 5,000 people
8. Television

1) Exposure? How?
2) Spend as much as you make
3) ooh, Troy, So Alabama, Georgia State.
4) See above.
5) Attendance for App is down
6) You have those in FCS as well
7) You have to go to the Georgia Dome and Monroe.
8) yeah, all 190K

[ASUG8]

18,721 came out to see this battle for the top of the Sun Belt.

Smallest regular season crowd in 10 years (when official capacity was 8K less)

On a Thursday.

It's not like a 7:30 start on a school night is easy when most of the alumni base are 2 hours away.

[dbackjon]

18,721 came out to see this battle for the top of the Sun Belt.

Smallest regular season crowd in 10 years (when official capacity was 8K less)

On a Thursday.

It's not like a 7:30 start on a school night is easy when most of the alumni base are 2 hours away.

And you will have one-two Thursday night games a year as part of the "Fun" Belt. Just think of the exposure, though!!

[ASUG8]

On a Thursday.

It's not like a 7:30 start on a school night is easy when most of the alumni base are 2 hours away.

And you will have one-two Thursday night games a year as part of the "Fun" Belt. Just think of the exposure, though!!

Well, we managed to snare you as a viewer, now didn't we?

[Baldy]

Just off the top of my head...

1. Exposure
2. Money
3. Schedule
4. Competition
5. Attendance
6. Season Tickets
7. Not playing in front of 5,000 people
8. Television

1) Exposure? How?
2) Spend as much as you make
3) ooh, Troy, So Alabama, Georgia State.
4) See above.
5) Attendance for App is down
6) You have those in FCS as well
7) You have to go to the Georgia Dome and Monroe.
8) yeah, all 190K

1. Thursday night games on ESPN for starters.
2. Would you rather spend as much as you make working at WalMart or working at Macy's.
3. Also GA Tech, NC State, UGAy, Auburn, Indiana, LSU, Clemson. Appy has got da U and Wake coming to Boone.
4. See above.
5. Our attendance is up.
6. We had less in FCS.
7. We also get to go to Grant Field, Sanford Stadium, both Death Valleys, etc...
8. $1,000,000 per year minimum > $0.00 from the NoCon.

We can do this all day...

[Skjellyfetti]

5) Attendance for App is down

Our attendance is slightly down. I mean about 1k. We would still lead FCS in attendance (Montana's attendance dropped by about the same amount). And, we're still averaging more than our capacity.



But, we're aren't comparing individual teams. This is the "shit on the Sun Belt" thread.

Compare the Sun Belt's attendance to the SoCon's.

I think Chattooga and Mercer were leading the pack last year at just over 10k.

[dbackjon]

And you will have one-two Thursday night games a year as part of the "Fun" Belt. Just think of the exposure, though!!

Well, we managed to snare you as a viewer, now didn't we?

Last night, nope.

[AshevilleApp]

Well, we managed to snare you as a viewer, now didn't we?

Last night, nope.

Sure garnered your interest though.

[dbackjon]

Last night, nope.

Sure garnered your interest though.

Cause I love my App and GSU posters

[dbackjon]

Big Week of action in the Fun Belt

Thursday, ULL travels to Mobile to face USA. Both already have 5 losses.

Saturday, we have Conference leader ArkyState traveling to UL-M
Also, the boys from Statesboro travel to 6-loss Troy.
Georgia State goes to Texas State in a battle of 6 loss teams.

Finally, AppyState plays regional rival Idaho in Moscow. Idaho that is. Only 2500 miles away. Moscow Russia is 5000 miles away, so App could have traveled to Russia.

[Grizalltheway]

5) Attendance for App is down

Our attendance is slightly down. I mean about 1k. We would still lead FCS in attendance (Montana's attendance dropped by about the same amount). And, we're still averaging more than our capacity.



But, we're aren't comparing individual teams. This is the "shit on the Sun Belt" thread.

Compare the Sun Belt's attendance to the SoCon's.

I think Chattooga and Mercer were leading the pack last year at just over 10k.

Montana is averaging 25,837 this year, App State 22,526.

[CAA Flagship]

Our attendance is slightly down. I mean about 1k. We would still lead FCS in attendance (Montana's attendance dropped by about the same amount). And, we're still averaging more than our capacity.



But, we're aren't comparing individual teams. This is the "shit on the Sun Belt" thread.

Compare the Sun Belt's attendance to the SoCon's.

I think Chattooga and Mercer were leading the pack last year at just over 10k.

Montana is averaging 25,837 this year, App State 22,526.

There's nothing else to do in Montanada.

[Grizalltheway]

Montana is averaging 25,837 this year, App State 22,526.

There's nothing else to do in Montanada.

And there is in Boone?

[Baldy]

Big Week of action in the Fun Belt

Thursday, ULL travels to Mobile to face USA. Both already have 5 losses.

Saturday, we have Conference leader ArkyState traveling to UL-M
Also, the boys from Statesboro travel to 6-loss Troy.
Georgia State goes to Texas State in a battle of 6 loss teams.

Finally, AppyState plays regional rival Idaho in Moscow. Idaho that is. Only 2500 miles away. Moscow Russia is 5000 miles away, so App could have traveled to Russia.

Ummm jon...do you really wanna go there?

You are probably the last one who needs to say anything about "regional rivals" when NAU is, give or take, 1,000 miles or more to no less than half a dozen of your fellow Big Sky conference members.

Idaho and NMSU are outlier football only members. NAU has to travel to Missoula, Portland, Sacramento, Bozeman, Grand Forks, Cheney, etc. for all sports.

[89Hen]

Ummm jon...do you really wanna go there?

You are probably the last one who needs to say anything about "regional rivals" when NAU is, give or take, 1,000 miles or more to no less than half a dozen of your fellow Big Sky conference members.

Idaho and NMSU are outlier football only members. NAU has to travel to Missoula, Portland, Sacramento, Bozeman, Grand Forks, Cheney, etc. for all sports.

There's a big difference IMO. The Big Sky is as geographically compact as it can be Baldy, you know that.

[Baldy]

Ummm jon...do you really wanna go there?

You are probably the last one who needs to say anything about "regional rivals" when NAU is, give or take, 1,000 miles or more to no less than half a dozen of your fellow Big Sky conference members.

Idaho and NMSU are outlier football only members. NAU has to travel to Missoula, Portland, Sacramento, Bozeman, Grand Forks, Cheney, etc. for all sports.

There's a big difference IMO. The Big Sky is as geographically compact as it can be Baldy, you know that.

Not when you include the Big Sky's associate members Binghamton (New York) and Hartford (Connecticut).

Football wise, once Coastal joins, the Sun Belt will be nicely divided along Eastern and Western divisions. GSU, GAg State, Appy, Troy, Coastal, and South Alabama in the East with TX State, UL, ULM, stAte, NMSU and Idaho in the West. A nice geographically compact conference.

[AshevilleApp]

Meanwhile, over in CUSA

Second-place CUSA east team Marshall attempts to bounce back from their losses to Ohio and 4-5 MTSU as they take on former FCS powerhouse FIU!

MTSU hopes to up even up their record at 0.500 by beating one-time FCS semifinalists FAU but not if the Owls and their high-powered offense averaging 22 points a game have anything to say about it!

San Antonio travels to Charlotte to find out which CUSA division has the better doormat!

UTEP travels to regional rival Old Dominion in the hard-hitting heavyweight matchup of 4-5 teams!

And can North Texas put a crushing defeat at the hands of a two-loss FCS team behind them and upset the Volunteers of UT?

It's only on the sports network juggernaut, the ASN! Your #1 source for sports on television!

C'mon now, start your own Conference bashing thread!

[Baldy]

College football is a fickle game.

We get skull drug out of Boone with our tails between out legs. The next week, App gives up 41 points, 450 yards, and needs divine intervention to keep from losing to Troy by two scores...in Boone.

We go to Troy yesterday, barely give up 200 yards of offense, hold them to 3 offensive points, and beat them by 5 TD's.

I love this game.