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Post by Whup Em All on Oct 18, 2022 12:10:38 GMT -6
There's some speculation over on the TUNA board about future meetups between us, which I would normally disregard as the same type of fun but idle speculation we see around here. But it does include include a cryptic comment attributed to AD Seitz: unapride.proboards.com/post/16401/threadI learned my lesson nearly two years ago about blowing off comments by UNA fans. Random UNA fan: "I heard a rumor Jax State will be leaving the OVC and joining UNA in a new football league sponsored by the ASUN." Me: "That's cute." (JSU and EKU leave the ASUN, UCA leaves the Southland, and UNA and KSU leave the Big South to form the ASUN Football conference.) Me: "Oh." That said, even if Seitz and his co-conspirators are up to no good with a plan to bring all our FCS rivals up to FBS, this is NOT something that's going to happen soon. UNA is working out a lot of internal issues trying to find their footing in D-I (facilities, funding, and even coaching). UCA's funding is nowhere near the level it needs to be, with no hope for an increase in sight, and they were explicitly pulled off the CUSA expansion table, according to one well-placed twitter rumor. SFA is also facing institutional issues, and may be in no position to join their ol' pals from the Piney Woods up in FBS. I'm not sure Peay has any FBS intentions whatsoever. Tarleton is spending money left and right on facilities (and facility upgrade announcements) but is years away from having most of those facilities completed. So that leaves the current WAC-ASUN with only one team (EKU) ready and willing to commit to an FBS move at this time. But the ASUN's original FBS timeline was 8-10 years, so Seitz and company could be playing the long game here. If UNA, SFA, etc., actually have a real desire to move up, 10 years is plenty of time for them to prove it. It may seem like that isn't much time to make improvements, but 10 years ago, JSU was wrapping it up its final season under Jack Crowe, after having just upgraded and expanded Paul Snow Stadium. Renovations to the Pete hadn't been announced yet, the baseball team played in a 2A-high-school-quality stadium, the softball team was still using the old leftover D-II baseball stands at University Field (their renovation came in 2013). And that doesn't even factor in all the changes on the academic side of campus. I'm not ruling out a surprise announcement, but I'd be shocked if anything big changes within the next 2-3 years. |
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Post by Whup Em All on Oct 18, 2022 12:14:52 GMT -6
Like in person it sounds, damn near unwatchable. I had it streaming on a second tv and would literally have to walk up closer to the tv to see what was happening. Needless to say it didn't command a lot of my attention during the night. Putrid. I normally sync the video stream with The Voice on TuneIn and get the best of both worlds. This go round, I just turned off the video. What's really funny is, before I got Mike going, I had to listen to the UNA broadcasters. Their audio quality was worse than the video quality. It was literally small-time Friday night football radio broadcast quality. "Turrible..." EDIT: Just for clarification... the technical quality of the broadcast was the issue. Not the announcers themselves. They were fine. Not great, but no worse than anyone else outside the P5. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2022 14:05:29 GMT -6
So UNA has a conditional invite but they need to have some improvements done before it's official?
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Post by Cleburneslim on Oct 18, 2022 15:50:17 GMT -6
We better not play an FCS school in a baseball stadium ever again. It is just a bad look. We have a very nice stadium and any games against UNA should be played there. If they ever join FBS they can have a home/home with their half wherever they want it. Pay no attention to this ridiculous nonsense. There are a few at TUNA who claim to be in the know. And others believe them. As did I, once before, but this lie about Greg having a secret meeting in Florence busted them for the perveyorers of propaganda. He was in Florence with Family at a game. Due to tax season there was NO secret meeting. Also we will likely follow the pattern for fcs games if we play them it will not be home and home. But more likely a pay game at home. |
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Post by Whup Em All on Oct 18, 2022 17:56:39 GMT -6
So UNA has a conditional invite but they need to have some improvements done before it's official? I'd be more inclined to believe UNA has been told something more along the lines of "Get your crap together. If there's an opening in CUSA, we'll call you." If UNA really DOES get their crap together, they're in a solid spot for CUSA interest. Far enough West to go West if needed. Far enough East to go East. Close enough to JSU, MTSU, and WKU to be a solid option to replace whichever one of us is first to get an SEC invite.  If UNA fails to find its mojo, we're under no obligation. |
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