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Post by A&T AGGIE 96 on Apr 19, 2023 14:55:20 GMT -5
i swear, i see "zero" benefits to hampton for leaving the meac. they certainly ain't winning no conference championships in "anything" except track/field their first year in the bsc, otherwise not even "challenging" for a championship. they certainly ain't more "visible" relative to regional/national "exposure". other than occasionally beating a&t, they're basically a forgotten hbcu in terms of the hbcu national landscape. and clearly they haven't moved the needle relative to pwc's. but i guess, all that matters is that dr. harvey is "happy" even though he'll be stepping down soon... I can’t speak to Hampton’s reasons for not wanting to be in a HBCU conference outside of the same reasons NCA&T has for leaving the MEAC. That said, when you are talking about Hampton being a “forgotten” HBCU are you talking sports? From what I can see Hampton consistently ranks as one of the top HBCUs in the country in academics and endowment. I’ll have to check on Hampton’s enrollment, but I don’t think they are hurting in that area either. I’ve heard some make a similar arguments about NCA&T, yet we seem to be quite popular with students…research is growing every year, and our national rankings are great.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Apr 19, 2023 15:26:18 GMT -5
lol, even that didn't warrant national publicity...
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Apr 19, 2023 15:32:03 GMT -5
i swear, i see "zero" benefits to hampton for leaving the meac. they certainly ain't winning no conference championships in "anything" except track/field their first year in the bsc, otherwise not even "challenging" for a championship. they certainly ain't more "visible" relative to regional/national "exposure". other than occasionally beating a&t, they're basically a forgotten hbcu in terms of the hbcu national landscape. and clearly they haven't moved the needle relative to pwc's. but i guess, all that matters is that dr. harvey is "happy" even though he'll be stepping down soon... I can’t speak to Hampton’s reasons for not wanting to be in a HBCU conference outside of the same reasons NCA&T has for leaving the MEAC. That said, when you are talking about Hampton being a “forgotten” HBCU are you talking sports? From what I can see Hampton consistently ranks as one of the top HBCUs in the country in academics and endowment. I’ll have to check on Hampton’s enrollment, but I don’t think they are hurting in that area either. I’ve heard some make a similar arguments about NCA&T, yet we seem to be quite popular with students…research is growing every year, and our national rankings are great. hampton was a "very respected" academic institution and have always had amongst the largest hbcu endowments "BEFORE" they left the meac. as for a&t, our enrollment has been consistently growing every year "BEFORE" we left the meac. so those revelations are nothing new...
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Post by aggiechampd on Apr 20, 2023 7:39:21 GMT -5
i swear, i see "zero" benefits to hampton for leaving the meac. they certainly ain't winning no conference championships in "anything" except track/field their first year in the bsc, otherwise not even "challenging" for a championship. they certainly ain't more "visible" relative to regional/national "exposure". other than occasionally beating a&t, they're basically a forgotten hbcu in terms of the hbcu national landscape. and clearly they haven't moved the needle relative to pwc's. but i guess, all that matters is that dr. harvey is "happy" even though he'll be stepping down soon... I can’t speak to Hampton’s reasons for not wanting to be in a HBCU conference outside of the same reasons NCA&T has for leaving the MEAC. That said, when you are talking about Hampton being a “forgotten” HBCU are you talking sports? From what I can see Hampton consistently ranks as one of the top HBCUs in the country in academics and endowment. I’ll have to check on Hampton’s enrollment, but I don’t think they are hurting in that area either. I’ve heard some make a similar arguments about NCA&T, yet we seem to be quite popular with students…research is growing every year, and our national rankings are great. Their enrollment has fallen during the pandemic. That wasn’t the case for us, Howard, and other elite level HBCUs who are known to have high academics and a high endowment. We did a whole episode on HBCUNightly breaking this down. There’s no question that Hampton is a great institution academically. But their enrollment falling is an issue that isn’t discussed. Besides the fact that they really haven’t taken athletics seriously over the least 5 years or so
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Post by A&T AGGIE 96 on Apr 20, 2023 10:16:40 GMT -5
I can’t speak to Hampton’s reasons for not wanting to be in a HBCU conference outside of the same reasons NCA&T has for leaving the MEAC. That said, when you are talking about Hampton being a “forgotten” HBCU are you talking sports? From what I can see Hampton consistently ranks as one of the top HBCUs in the country in academics and endowment. I’ll have to check on Hampton’s enrollment, but I don’t think they are hurting in that area either. I’ve heard some make a similar arguments about NCA&T, yet we seem to be quite popular with students…research is growing every year, and our national rankings are great. Their enrollment has fallen during the pandemic. That wasn’t the case for us, Howard, and other elite level HBCUs who are known to have high academics and a high endowment. We did a whole episode on HBCUNightly breaking this down. There’s no question that Hampton is a great institution academically. But their enrollment falling is an issue that isn’t discussed. Besides the fact that they really haven’t taken athletics seriously over the least 5 years or so Thanks for the info…the enrollment drop is a concern, but like you said not uncommon for HBCUs and colleges in general because of the pandemic. That said, it would be interesting to see what Hampton’s plan is for athletics. They were steamrolling the CIAA…and came into the MEAC kicking all kinds of butt. Then things settled out, then after several years…they left the conference. They have new leadership now, and I wonder how committed they are to competing in the CAA? If they have a strategic plan for personnel, facilities, etc.
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Post by planoaggie on Jul 24, 2023 2:28:44 GMT -5
Brought this back since a lot has happened since April. We have more social media predictions and Coach Brown interviews as well to go off of.
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Post by A&T-roy on Jul 24, 2023 11:35:44 GMT -5
Brought this back since a lot has happened since April. We have more social media predictions and Coach Brown interviews as well to go off of. Still not enough for me. I'll probably wait until I learn/see what we have at the Fanfest practice, if they have one.
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Post by AggiePride on Jul 24, 2023 12:10:19 GMT -5
Their enrollment has fallen during the pandemic. That wasn’t the case for us, Howard, and other elite level HBCUs who are known to have high academics and a high endowment. We did a whole episode on HBCUNightly breaking this down. There’s no question that Hampton is a great institution academically. But their enrollment falling is an issue that isn’t discussed. Besides the fact that they really haven’t taken athletics seriously over the least 5 years or so Thanks for the info…the enrollment drop is a concern, but like you said not uncommon for HBCUs and colleges in general because of the pandemic. That said, it would be interesting to see what Hampton’s plan is for athletics. They were steamrolling the CIAA…and came into the MEAC kicking all kinds of butt. Then things settled out, then after several years…they left the conference. They have new leadership now, and I wonder how committed they are to competing in the CAA? If they have a strategic plan for personnel, facilities, etc. They had a recent announcement that their retention rate is 96% and a 39% increase in first year enrollment.
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Post by saabman on Jul 24, 2023 13:36:43 GMT -5
Thanks for the info…the enrollment drop is a concern, but like you said not uncommon for HBCUs and colleges in general because of the pandemic. That said, it would be interesting to see what Hampton’s plan is for athletics. They were steamrolling the CIAA…and came into the MEAC kicking all kinds of butt. Then things settled out, then after several years…they left the conference. They have new leadership now, and I wonder how committed they are to competing in the CAA? If they have a strategic plan for personnel, facilities, etc. They had a recent announcement that their retention rate is 96% and a 39% increase in first year enrollment. Retention rate is the key . What is A&T's Retention rate 🤔
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Post by The Professor on Jul 24, 2023 14:08:49 GMT -5
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Post by planoaggie on Jul 26, 2023 14:50:47 GMT -5
Brought this back since a lot has happened since April. We have more social media predictions and Coach Brown interviews as well to go off of. Still not enough for me. I'll probably wait until I learn/see what we have at the Fanfest practice, if they have one. Tough with so much change.
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Post by jbrob on Aug 26, 2023 14:48:53 GMT -5
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Post by jbrob on Aug 26, 2023 14:51:26 GMT -5
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Post by DOOMS on Nov 8, 2023 21:07:46 GMT -5
One of y'all is on a lot of sheeet.
24 of y’all is on that particular sheeet.
Seven of y’all in rehab.
Me and four others been clean or whole lives.
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Post by planoaggie on Nov 8, 2023 23:23:43 GMT -5
One of y'all is on a lot of sheeet. 24 of y’all is on that particular sheeet. Seven of y’all in rehab. Me and four others been clean or whole lives. I created this poll and predicted that we would finish in the middle of the pack. I was not following football as much and was not fully aware of how much talent we had lost and did not give the teams in the CAA the credit they deserve. After watching the 1st 2 games, I knew I had made a big mistake.
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