thepostman wrote:Aka The Gospel of BJBuryYourDuke wrote:I suppose I should clarify that it's not necessarily directed at anyone here. However, on twitter you would think someone died.Dude, it's twitter.
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thepostman wrote:Aka The Gospel of BJBuryYourDuke wrote:I suppose I should clarify that it's not necessarily directed at anyone here. However, on twitter you would think someone died.Dude, it's twitter.
bluejacket wrote:According to their Carr report, UAB plans to add men's cross country, men's outdoor track, and men's outdoor track and drop football. On the women's side, they will eliminate rifle and bowling in order to maintain Title IX compliance. Getting back to 6 (or more) men's sports and getting in step with Title IX are what they will have to do in order to remain in D-I.That's the point I was going to make. The moves they are taking are practically spelled out for them in their Carr study.
SuperJon wrote:Beej - hashtags don't work on message boards.I figured as much (I remember #nosharing not working too). makes it easy to remember for twitter later at least
BuryYourDuke wrote:Depends on how you look at it. I can see the logic that one school shouldn't be governed by another. However, some states have university systems that are set up as main hubs with branch campuses. UAB was definitely originally intended to be a branch of UA. It has obviously developed into it's own. I definitely would support separating them though.They aren't going to separate. If they attempted to do that, UAB would be gutted and could not survive in its present form.
jcmanson wrote:The other big boost when we're FBS is OOC scheduling. Playing UVA, Tech, ODU, ECU, etc. should become the norm.IF we get into CUSA, ODU will be the norm on our schedule.
rmiller1959 wrote:UAB Football Shutdown: Who Replaces the Blazers in Conference USA?
"Liberty has been strongly considering the Conference USA move for awhile, but could the private Evangelical school compete with the bigger budgets (yes, I use that term lightly) of its foes in Conference USA?"
http://www.underdogdynasty.com/2014/12/ ... erence-usa
The university, which was founded in 1971, has quickly risen to the top of the FCS level. Liberty has the financial backing to support a major college athletic department. The Flames over the past decade have upgraded every athletic venue including the football stadium, which saw a 55,000 square foot facility added. The facility houses athletic offices along with club and suite levels, giving Liberty the ability to host functions inside its football facility. Liberty was rated as the 80th best university in the South region by US News and World Report. The Flames also have the ability to reach nearly half a million homes thanks to expansive Roanoke-Lynchburg, Virginia market.http://collegead.org/7-cusa-members/
ATrain wrote:Not going to lie, it would be awesome if C-USA passsed over Arkansas State and the UL-U-Pick-Ems for us :I chortle audibly.:Agreed, mostly to be FBS and in a perceived higher conference than SBC, if only to stick it to those so vocally opposed to us over there, in the most gracious way possible that is.
jcmanson wrote:I realize that. So would Charlotte and Marshall.