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Post by garbageman80 on Aug 5, 2022 5:18:07 GMT -5
Well it looks like the dominoes are falling in the Big South Conference Campbell along with NC AT are headed to the CAA! Football Scoop reporting that Campbell is leaving now and more and more the Big South is on Life support at this juncture
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Post by garbageman80 on Aug 5, 2022 5:21:56 GMT -5
The leadership at GWU is going to have to do something we can't stay in this conference but I know the conversation and debate have been about where we go and what the right fit for GWU is in conference realignment. I don't have any answers but man I feel like the school at this point has to make some sort of move towards another Conference!!!
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Post by gwebb1994 on Aug 5, 2022 18:20:51 GMT -5
We've got to hope we make the correct AD hire to try and force our way into the SOCON. We are paying dearly for having an empty suit as AD for the past decade plus.
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Post by dawg86 on Aug 6, 2022 8:12:29 GMT -5
“…force our way into the SOCON”? Not sure what you mean. How would we “force” our way into the SOCON?
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Post by garbageman80 on Aug 6, 2022 11:41:27 GMT -5
At this point now the Pioneer Football League looks great lol!!! I don't know at this point if we can even get into the SoCon let alone smell it lol!!!
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Post by gwebb1994 on Aug 6, 2022 14:20:27 GMT -5
“…force our way into the SOCON”? Not sure what you mean. How would we “force” our way into the SOCON? "Force" may have been the wrong term. "Sell GW" would be more accurate. Burch couldn't sell a life vest to a drowning man. |
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Post by dawg86 on Aug 8, 2022 8:34:46 GMT -5
I agree with the idea of "selling" the GW brand to the SOCON, etc. The problem at the moment is that, in the eyes of the SOCON, we have nothing to sell them that benefits them other than geographical location. If location is such a hot commodity, seems they would have invited Kennesaw and/or NC A&T. Or even Coastal back in the day. [On a side note and IMO, we do have a good basketball program that would fit in with the SOCON. But I think it will take more than that.]
If we want to get into the SOCON, what we need to offer them as a small private university is a WINNING football program. By "winning" I mean a "consistent winner". With the BS at death's door, we need to not only join a conference where we can compete and win (OVC), but invest the money necessary to build the program into a bona fide winner. If we could get into the OVC - which would more likely than the SOCON invite us at the current moment - and spend a few seasons winning that conference (or at the very least, contending to win that conference), then the SOCON would likely begin to see us as SOCON material. [We don't need to necessarily leave the BS to join the OVC, but join them as a football affiliate member. The OVC needs football members.]
Personally, I think the SOCON is playing a waiting game to see if the CAA can actually exist long-term at its enlarged size (especially the southern half), or to see if the ASUN actually survives at all. If either does not, the SOCON is in a position to swoop in and pick up the pieces they would want, if any.
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Post by dawgjowls on Aug 8, 2022 20:06:38 GMT -5
Hard to argue with dawg86. I do think we bring something to the table in basketball, but not so much that the SoCon will be seriously tempted. We have to change the culture in football, and that will mean stringing together solid seasons--and investing, conspicuously, in athletics. I do think the Downs has something like that in mind. It's clear that he wants to build pride in the school and sees sports as an obvious way to do it while also gaining the right sort of attention.
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