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Post by gwalphachiba on Nov 4, 2011 15:08:04 GMT -5
Stony Brook (6-3) Record: L) UTEP 24-31 L) Buffalo 7-35 L) Brown 20-21 W) Lafayette 37-20 W) Presbyterian 42-24 W) St. Anselm 55-6 W) VMI 42-14 W) Coastal So. Carolina 42-0 W) Charleston Southern 50-31 SUNY SBU joined NCAA Division I in 1999. Their athletics are wacky in that all varsity sports teams compete in the America East Conference, with the exception of football, which has been part of the Big South Conference as a football-only member since 2008. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_East_Conference
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Post by goseawolves on Nov 5, 2011 8:23:08 GMT -5
Sorry to interrupt this winning streak, but trouble is coming your way.
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Post by gwu student on Nov 6, 2011 14:42:02 GMT -5
Sorry to interrupt this winning streak, but trouble is coming your way. AGREED!! GW isnt very good games are boring to watch
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Post by eagledawg on Nov 7, 2011 17:25:57 GMT -5
gwustudent - Not very good, boring to watch? I guess you weren't at the Coastal Carolina game. If you were and found that boring then football at any level is probably not going to be your cup of tea. While projecting game results is something I usually don't often do, this is a circumstance that is appropriate. I know you're probably a college student but try to follow me here. Gardner-Webb beat Coastal Carolina, Coastal Carolina beat Furman, Furman beat Appalachian State, Appalachian State beat then #1 Georgia Southern.
So there, the Running Bulldogs can be exciting, can beat a playoff team (2010) on the road who beat a quality Southern Conference and likely FCS playoff team (2011) in Furman and Furman beats App. State which if you weren't under a rock won 3 consecutive FCS National Championships not too long ago and the Mouontaineers beat a Georgia Southern program who has 6 total FCS National Championships. So, what I'm saying is we got a chance and with improved coaching, conditioning, strength training, recruiting and yes student fan support, my Dawgs, your Dawgs may one day soon make that run. Being a part of it, regardless of how soon, for how long and how successful is anything but boring and often times pretty damn exciting.
Go Running Bulldogs!
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Post by gwebb1994 on Nov 7, 2011 20:09:55 GMT -5
gwustudent - Not very good, boring to watch? I guess you weren't at the Coastal Carolina game. If you were and found that boring then football at any level is probably not going to be your cup of tea. While projecting game results is something I usually don't often do, this is a circumstance that is appropriate. I know you're probably a college student but try to follow me here. Gardner-Webb beat Coastal Carolina, Coastal Carolina beat Furman, Furman beat Appalachian State, Appalachian State beat then #1 Georgia Southern. So there, the Running Bulldogs can be exciting, can beat a playoff team (2010) on the road who beat a quality Southern Conference and likely FCS playoff team (2011) in Furman and Furman beats App. State which if you weren't under a rock won 3 consecutive FCS National Championships not too long ago and the Mouontaineers beat a Georgia Southern program who has 6 total FCS National Championships. So, what I'm saying is we got a chance and with improved coaching, conditioning, strength training, recruiting and yes student fan support, my Dawgs, your Dawgs may one day soon make that run. Being a part of it, regardless of how soon, for how long and how successful is anything but boring and often times pretty damn exciting. Go Running Bulldogs! Kudos Eagle! You hit the nail on the head. The projection idea of who beat who is nice, but actually, if Coastal hosted Furman today, Furman would wipe the field with them. You could make a case for 4 SOCON teams in the playoffs this year, but that won't happen, and likely that Coastal loss might be the thorn in the Paladin achilles that keeps them out of the playoff dance. I'm feeling good about an upset Saturday if we can slow down the SBU run game and not turn the ball over.
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Post by gwalphachiba on Nov 8, 2011 10:52:14 GMT -5
The GWU and SB score last year was very ugly. Hopefully, very soon another America East Conference university will step up and add football to their college sports. Then, far away new england SUNY Stony Brook can leave the Big South Conf. and join with SUNY Albany (Northeast Conf.), New Hampshire (CAA), Maine (CAA), and the fifth America East Conf. university with a football team. Looks like Boston Univ could easily add football. Maryland-Baltimore County and SUNY Binghamton could also be added to the AEC football study list. 1) Boston Univ. MA (Private) Enrollment : 31,766 Football: No Soccer stadium: 10,400 seats in urban area (Nickerson) sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1011495/index.htmwww.pbs.org/newshour/bb/sports/jan-june98/football_1-1.htmlen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_University_Terriers2) SUNY Stony Brook NY (Public) Enrollment : 24,594 Football: Yes, Big South Conference member Stadium: 8,300 seats 3)SUNY Albany NY (Public) Enrollment :18,202 Football: Yes, Northeast Conference member Stadium: 10,000 seats 4) New Hampshire NH (Public) Enrollment : 14,964 Football: Yes, CAA member Stadium: 8,000 seats 5) SUNY Binghamton NY (Public) Enrollment : 14,898 Football: No 6) Maryland-Baltimore County, MD (Public) Enrollment : 12,268 Football: No Stadium: Has graded field used for club sports 7) Maine ME (Public) Enrollment : 11,818 Football: Yes, CAA member Stadium: 10,000 seats 8) Vermont VT (Public) Enrollment : 11,054 Football: No 9) Hartford CT (Private) Enrollment : 7,366 Football: No www.americaeast.com/
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Post by gwebb1994 on Nov 8, 2011 15:09:05 GMT -5
Boston U. dropped football due to financial reasons.
Stony Brook needs to stay in the Big South to keep the automatic playoff bid in place, since Liberty will be leaving for greener pastures at some point.
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Post by elcid83 on Nov 8, 2011 18:36:44 GMT -5
Be careful who we wish out of the Big South Conference boys. We have a difficult enough time filling up an 11 game schedule as it is.
Go Runnin' Bulldogs!
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Post by gwebb1994 on Nov 8, 2011 20:09:43 GMT -5
Be careful who we wish out of the Big South Conference boys. We have a difficult enough time filling up an 11 game schedule as it is. Go Runnin' Bulldogs! More reason for the G-W brass to really push a move to the SOCON not if, but when Appy bolts.....
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Post by gwalphachiba on Nov 9, 2011 12:31:41 GMT -5
The Commissioner of the America East Conference may be looking into adding football to their conference teams. The league may look like this:
1) SUNY Albany 2) SUNY Stony Brook 3) Maine 4) New Hampshire 5) SUNY Binghamton? or Maryland-Baltimore County 6) Other?
Vermont? Hartford? Boston University?
Maybe a few more of these AEC universities will add football, which will offer more teams and games to help the FCS scheduling situation.
They have the option of making a second bold move and make this a North Division, and add a South Division (like ACC did).
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Post by gwebb1994 on Nov 9, 2011 14:00:26 GMT -5
The Commissioner of the America East Conference may be looking into adding football to their conference teams. The league may look like this: 1) SUNY Albany 2) SUNY Stony Brook 3) Maine 4) New Hampshire 5) SUNY Binghamton? or Maryland-Baltimore County 6) Other? Vermont? Hartford? Boston University? Maybe a few more of these AEC universities will add football, which will offer more teams and games to help the FCS scheduling situation. They have the option of making a second bold move and make this a North Division, and add a South Division (like ACC did). No way Maine and UNH leave the CAA. Heck, look at the current CAA standings....Maine and UNH are 1/2.
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Post by elcid83 on Nov 9, 2011 22:02:09 GMT -5
Be careful who we wish out of the Big South Conference boys. We have a difficult enough time filling up an 11 game schedule as it is. Go Runnin' Bulldogs! More reason for the G-W brass to really push a move to the SOCON not if, but when Appy bolts..... 94, As much as I would like to see GW in the Southern Conference, I suspect there is a fairly long list of schools ahead of GW who can prove their current ability to compete in and enhance the bottom line for the Southern Conference. We're not there yet, but I think we'll get there. Go Runnin' Bulldogs!
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Post by gwebbdawg on Nov 9, 2011 22:17:00 GMT -5
We have our foot in the door with the Southern Conference with wrestling.
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Post by gwebb1994 on Nov 9, 2011 23:56:11 GMT -5
We have our foot in the door with the Southern Conference with wrestling. That is why I am hopeful...it is a start. Coastal has NCAA baggage galore that the SOCON wants no part of. Liberty is looking at CAA. We stand a good chance IMHO if our admin pushes for a move when Appy leaves.
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Post by seawolves on Nov 10, 2011 17:37:24 GMT -5
The Commissioner of the America East Conference may be looking into adding football to their conference teams. The league may look like this: 1) SUNY Albany 2) SUNY Stony Brook 3) Maine 4) New Hampshire 5) SUNY Binghamton? or Maryland-Baltimore County 6) Other? Vermont? Hartford? Boston University? Maybe a few more of these AEC universities will add football, which will offer more teams and games to help the FCS scheduling situation. They have the option of making a second bold move and make this a North Division, and add a South Division (like ACC did). No way Maine and UNH leave the CAA. Heck, look at the current CAA standings....Maine and UNH are 1/2. They could probably get Fordham and URI to join as associate members. Fordham went full scholarship and is no longer eligible for the Patriot League AQ so they are looking for a place to go. URI is headed to NEC to cut costs, but I could see them joining this hypothetical conference. Maine and especially UNH have had success in the CAA but this could cut costs for them pretty significantly for them. It would also be a pretty respectable football conference.
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