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Post by durhamgsoaggie on Feb 15, 2020 11:11:24 GMT -5
Yesterday I got to thinking about no longer making the trips to del state, Howard, Norfolk, or Morgan (when my schedule permitted) and I became nostalgic and sad. Then I thought about the dc alumni chapter and wondered how in the hell could they justify taking those opportunities away from the chapter. Today I thought about the celebration bowl and how the success of the game is not judged by the number of people in the seats but by how many viewers there are. That’s where the financial benefit is in the eyes of ABC and that appears to be the model we’re following. The forward thinking going on at Ayantee right now is astonishing. I also realized we don’t get that much money from filling the aforementioned teams’ stadiums with our fans, and if some (well, a lot) don’t feel like going to see us play at our new conference opponents ‘ stadiums it won’t matter so long as we watch online. Enough of us should still attend to give us the equivalent of a home field advantage in most games. We’re in very good hands guys. It will take time to reveal fully but we are. It's amazing what happens sometimes when you're able to shift your paradigm view.
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Post by aggieblackie2 on Feb 15, 2020 20:32:26 GMT -5
Dooms is correct about the fan base at Hampton. They are pitiful. I remember when they had very good football teams in the early 2000's.
When we traveled to Hampton to see the Aggies play Hampton in football we had 3 times more fans than they did. After the second visit to Hampton, I never returned for a football game because of their poor attendance and lack of electricity.
However, Hampton not winning in the BS Conference is not the main reason they have disappeared. Who on this site has kept up with the BS Conference on a regular basis? Who has kept up with who won the basketball and football championships in the BS and other sports also.
This conference is invisible to the public. Very few people who are not connected to that conference or has a child playing a sport in that conference keeps up with the teams or who won.
Hampton and now A&T will be participating in a conference that is invisible to the outside world. We too will go under the radar whether we win or lose.
This conference teams are not popular to the general public thus that is why the teams are not well known, respected or show cased.
Watch us disappear off of the National scene sooner rather than later.
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Post by aggie252 on Feb 15, 2020 21:52:30 GMT -5
br]This conference is invisible to the public. Very few people who are not connected to that conference or has a child playing a sport in that conference keeps up with the teams or who won. Hampton and now A&T will be participating in a conference that is invisible to the outside world. We too will go under the radar whether we win or lose. This conference teams are not popular to the general public thus that is why the teams are not well known, respected or show cased. Watch us disappear off of the National scene sooner rather than later. This can be said about almost all non P5 conferences. Outside of those connected to HBCUs, you think the average sports fan can tell you who won the meac last year? Before i got to A&T i couldn’t tell you who won the meac. The meac is also invisible to the general public. Even with the celebration bowl and the track success, we’re under the radar with the general public.
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Post by Freeze on Feb 15, 2020 21:58:13 GMT -5
Does anybody else chuckle that the abbreviation for the Big South is BS? Cant tell you how many times I have grinned when seeing somebody refer to it as the BS conference. LMAO.
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Post by aggieblackie2 on Feb 15, 2020 22:07:03 GMT -5
Yes, the MEAC may be invisible to the general public but they ain't invisible to HBCU fans.
We are well known to our brand and that has been the case for decades. We had a culture and heritage just as other HBCU schools have.
Now, that culture and our heritage will be dissolved. People in general don't give a hoot about UNCA, High Point College, Gardner Webb and other schools in the "BS" Conference. They don't have any NATIONAL recognition in sports but we do.
Our National recognition in sports will dissipate in this conference in just a few years. Even if we win we lose because we gave up our HBCU culture to join a bunch of farmers.
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Post by aggieblackie2 on Feb 15, 2020 22:09:20 GMT -5
Hey Freeze that is why I put "BS" in quotations to highlight what it really means.
It is a "BS" Conference.
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Post by DOOMS on Feb 15, 2020 23:22:22 GMT -5
It really depends.
I grew up in Georgia. It was UGA, Georgia Tech, Georgia Southern, and then the rest of the world, and Georgia Southern was held in as high a regard as Tech. Southern was an independent at the time but the key was THEY WERE WINNING.
People want to be associated with winners. If we keep winning we’ll be alright. If we don’t we’ll be in trouble.
Had Hampton not gone before us I’d say it was a bad move. We’re not in it alone and we’ll be one of the major players in a conference with a smaller footprint but regular access to more tv screens and a much broader group of sponsors. We very well could gain double in sponsorship dollars in what we lose in empty seats in the coming years.
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Post by aggieblackie2 on Feb 16, 2020 0:37:13 GMT -5
Might work.
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Post by DOOMS on Feb 16, 2020 20:00:28 GMT -5
It’s really gonna have to work to make up from lost game revenue. A lot of folk won’t pay $25 to see a season of Big South opponents at Blue Death Bank.
I hope our alumni associations will be very active in setting up game day “tailgates” where local alumni in a particular region can watch games together as a body in front of a big screen, eat, fellowship, and pass the hat. That would be an opportunity to strengthen the associations or create new ones that aren’t as spread out.
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Post by Aggie Monster on Feb 16, 2020 20:16:50 GMT -5
No one outside the MEAC really knows anything about the MEAC either. No AVERAGE Aggie fan is going to keep up with what anyone an the MEAC is doing except for NCCU for the most part. We'll see who makes the Celebration bowl if its still around and who wins the bball tourney, but outside of that we will eventually stop caring. That's just the nature of FCS sports. No one outside of the conference(no matter the conference) really cares until they get to the playoffs. I'm sure other mid majors aren't checking for who won the MEAC either. To say no one is watching the BS outside of the BS isn't really a thing. Thats the case with any conference.
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Post by saabman on Feb 16, 2020 20:25:44 GMT -5
It’s really gonna have to work to make up from lost game revenue. A lot of folk won’t pay $25 to see a season of Big South opponents at Blue Death Bank. I hope our alumni associations will be very active in setting up game day “tailgates” where local alumni in a particular region can watch games together as a body in front of a big screen, eat, fellowship, and pass the hat. That would be an opportunity to strengthen the associations or create new ones that aren’t as spread out. A&T should look to keep NCCU , SCSU, FAMU and possibly Norfolk State on there schedules some how along with one FBS money game ; this could recoup some of the lost Revenue . But under no reason should A&T ever schedule an BS team for Homecoming outside of Hampton U .
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2020 20:36:41 GMT -5
It’s really gonna have to work to make up from lost game revenue. A lot of folk won’t pay $25 to see a season of Big South opponents at Blue Death Bank. I hope our alumni associations will be very active in setting up game day “tailgates” where local alumni in a particular region can watch games together as a body in front of a big screen, eat, fellowship, and pass the hat. That would be an opportunity to strengthen the associations or create new ones that aren’t as spread out. A&T should look to keep NCCU , SCSU, FAMU and possibly Norfolk State on there schedules some how along with one FBS money game ; this could recoup some of the lost Revenue . But under no reason should A&T ever schedule an BS team for Homecoming outside of Hampton U . That may be harder to do due to the Furniture Market that dictates when we have our Homecoming.
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Post by 1997aggie on Feb 16, 2020 22:04:40 GMT -5
I am so surprised at how negatively some in our Aggie Family are responding to a conference move...when I hit the road with the Aggies. I go to support the Aggies and could care less who we play...we don't have discuss supporting home games. All I know is I bleed blue and gold and attended game when we were winless as well as undefeated. If u love your school stop trolling your school....Aggie Pride mfers
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Post by thefriscotxaggie on Feb 17, 2020 7:38:37 GMT -5
No one cares who we play for homecoming that has no affect on the turnout. Because all the folk who only make homecoming either never make it into the game or they gone by halftime to tailgate
Whether we playing Campbell , Garner Webb or Del State no one cares who the opponent is for homecoming
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Post by aggieblackie2 on Feb 17, 2020 7:52:13 GMT -5
I do. Glad we will have some competition this year against SC State. I know most teams schedule a powder puff so they can win easily.
Back in the day we always alternated each year against Morgan State or Maryland State for Homecoming. We lost 3 out of 4 Homecoming games my years at T.
Yes, I do care who our opponent is. The better the opposition and we win makes Homecoming extra special to me.
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