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Post by aggie2039 on Jan 11, 2021 16:35:42 GMT -5
Winning a national championship will due great things for our university and HBCUs in general. Yes, our sponsorship dollars will increase and so will the publicity associated with winning the title. Winning a national championship is the pinnacle of all sports competition. If the goal is not to win a National Championship why are we playing sports? We should drop sports all together... The MEAC does not put us in the best position to win a National Championship in any spring sport. The spring sports championships are held a week earlier than any other legitimate Div 1 conference, having a 3 week break between competition is not ideal for our athletes. Post MEAC championship are times are slower at regionals due to that time off. Again, if the MEAC made those changes we would still be in the conf. "Post MEAC championship are times are slower at regionals due to that time off " WTF are you talking about . A&T's times have been exceptional in Regionals . The MEAC is not the only conference that have the two week break before Nationals because that gives your Athletes that won the conference but there time did not meet the USTFCCCA standards, it gives them at least two opportunities to make the qualifiers standards . Also as far as T&F is concerned the BS is by far a weaker conference then the MEAC . And if the MEAC is so weak tell me How many Drafted Football players or players period have they sent to the NFL and Pro Track and Field in the past 10 years. I for one do not hold the Big South in such high regard but as the saying goes time will tell . Please see attachment with times comparison for both meets. You will see that all participants ran slower at regionals than at the MEAC championships. The other conf that has a break is the SWAC...let that sink in. The MEAC is weak in football...the BSC has more playoff victories than the MEAC. Attachments:Doc1.pdf (456.85 KB)
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Post by marchingband1969 on Jan 11, 2021 17:22:18 GMT -5
We all have opinions about what moving to the Big South will or will not do for A&T but honestly, nobody really knows. For the sake of the student athletes and the University, I hope it is a positive move. If it isn't, a lot of you will be able to say..."I told you so!"
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Post by captaggie on Jan 11, 2021 18:14:24 GMT -5
So, until we have real results/data, why are rehashing this topic again?
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Post by aggieblackie2 on Jan 11, 2021 19:16:36 GMT -5
Thanks captaggie.
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Post by lobengula on Jan 17, 2021 15:44:11 GMT -5
So, until we have real results/data, why are rehashing this topic again? Cause some are still pissed off maybe pissed on
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Post by outsidethinker on Jan 17, 2021 23:28:43 GMT -5
This forum is great to read daily. You can see the age difference amongst us all treating A&T like our baby.
The younger Aggies are excited about seeing our baby "A&T" get up and walk and become more independent.
The older Aggies are dreading their "baby A&T" growing up and going out into the real world moving away from home for the first time.
It all makes sense. Neither side is wrong, we're just encountering the circle of life together lol.
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Post by DECKS on Jan 18, 2021 12:00:43 GMT -5
The BSC and the MEAC are headed towards an eventual merger. With both conferences having dwindling football schools and significant market overlap it only makes sense.
It could be positioned as a merger of equals (even though it wouldn't be). MEAC could be the conference name and Kyle Kallander as commish. Drop DSU, UMES, Coppin, Morgan and associate members Robert Morris and Monmouth. That would primarily give a three state line up of:
*Howard *Hampton *NSU Longwood Radford *NCCU *A&T High Point *Campbell *Gardner Webb *SCSU USC Upstate Winthrop UNCA *Charleston Southern
With a little luck you could possibly pull Elon into the mix.
Highest ranking non playoff hbcu could go to Celebration Bowl.
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Post by Maxell on Jan 18, 2021 12:16:15 GMT -5
Interesting.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2021 13:06:32 GMT -5
The BSC and the MEAC are headed towards an eventual merger. With both conferences having dwindling football schools and significant market overlap it only makes sense. It could be positioned as a merger of equals (even though it wouldn't be). MEAC could be the conference name and Kyle Kallander as commish. Drop DSU, UMES, Coppin, Morgan and associate members Robert Morris and Monmouth. That would primarily give a three state line up of: *Howard *Hampton *NSU Longwood Radford *NCCU *A&T High Point *Campbell *Gardner Webb *SCSU USC Upstate Winthrop UNCA *Charleston Southern With a little luck you could possibly pull Elon into the mix. Highest ranking non playoff hbcu could go to Celebration Bowl. What about the agreement between the ASun and Big South? It makes sense for a scheduling agreement to occur between those two than the Big South and MEAC because of that relationship.
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Post by aggie2039 on Jan 18, 2021 13:14:39 GMT -5
The BSC and the MEAC are headed towards an eventual merger. With both conferences having dwindling football schools and significant market overlap it only makes sense. It could be positioned as a merger of equals (even though it wouldn't be). MEAC could be the conference name and Kyle Kallander as commish. Drop DSU, UMES, Coppin, Morgan and associate members Robert Morris and Monmouth. That would primarily give a three state line up of: *Howard *Hampton *NSU Longwood Radford *NCCU *A&T High Point *Campbell *Gardner Webb *SCSU USC Upstate Winthrop UNCA *Charleston Southern With a little luck you could possibly pull Elon into the mix. Highest ranking non playoff hbcu could go to Celebration Bowl. Howard is out of the geographic footprint of the Big south. Howard, Morgan, del state, UMES and Coppin can join a league together. This merged conf will never happen because old white and old black people cant let go of the past.
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Post by aggierattler on Jan 18, 2021 13:43:56 GMT -5
The BSC and the MEAC are headed towards an eventual merger. With both conferences having dwindling football schools and significant market overlap it only makes sense. It could be positioned as a merger of equals (even though it wouldn't be). MEAC could be the conference name and Kyle Kallander as commish. Drop DSU, UMES, Coppin, Morgan and associate members Robert Morris and Monmouth. That would primarily give a three state line up of: *Howard *Hampton *NSU Longwood Radford *NCCU *A&T High Point *Campbell *Gardner Webb *SCSU USC Upstate Winthrop UNCA *Charleston Southern With a little luck you could possibly pull Elon into the mix. Highest ranking non playoff hbcu could go to Celebration Bowl. Howard is out of the geographic footprint of the Big south. Howard, Morgan, del state, UMES and Coppin can join a league together. This merged conf will never happen because old white and old black people cant let go of the past. You very well could be right about a merged MEAC-BSC conference never happening...but the Big South would love to be able to include Washington DC in their footprint if they could pull it off.
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Post by AggiePride on Jan 18, 2021 14:59:11 GMT -5
Howard is out of the geographic footprint of the Big south. Howard, Morgan, del state, UMES and Coppin can join a league together. This merged conf will never happen because old white and old black people cant let go of the past. You very well could be right about a merged MEAC-BSC conference never happening...but the Big South would love to be able to include Washington DC in their footprint if they could pull it off.And that is why i find this intriguing. Although, I think Morgan would make the cut. Possibly DSU because they play football.
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Post by aggie2039 on Jan 18, 2021 15:06:07 GMT -5
You very well could be right about a merged MEAC-BSC conference never happening...but the Big South would love to be able to include Washington DC in their footprint if they could pull it off. And that is why i find this intriguing. Although, I think Morgan would make the cut. Possibly DSU because they play football. BS wouldnt go for this...they already have 12 teams. BS and MEAC could do a football only conference but outside of that it doesnt fit the tight geography the schools like.
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Post by aggie2039 on Jan 18, 2021 15:08:20 GMT -5
The BSC and the MEAC are headed towards an eventual merger. With both conferences having dwindling football schools and significant market overlap it only makes sense. It could be positioned as a merger of equals (even though it wouldn't be). MEAC could be the conference name and Kyle Kallander as commish. Drop DSU, UMES, Coppin, Morgan and associate members Robert Morris and Monmouth. That would primarily give a three state line up of: *Howard *Hampton *NSU Longwood Radford *NCCU *A&T High Point *Campbell *Gardner Webb *SCSU USC Upstate Winthrop UNCA *Charleston Southern With a little luck you could possibly pull Elon into the mix. Highest ranking non playoff hbcu could go to Celebration Bowl. you left out Presbyterian
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Post by neighborhoodsuperstar on Jan 18, 2021 15:18:12 GMT -5
The older Aggies are dreading their "baby A&T" growing up and going out into the real world moving away from home for the first time. You can miss me on this line alone.....
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