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Post by King_Gamecock on May 21, 2020 1:54:00 GMT -6
The GSC was more fun than the OVC!
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Post by Dixon Hall on May 21, 2020 12:08:55 GMT -6
No argument here. I will add that the FCS playoffs are more fun.
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Post by King_Gamecock on May 21, 2020 13:33:23 GMT -6
No argument here. I will add that the FCS playoffs are more fun. Winning playoff games is fun... when it is FCS it is more fun. Let’s do that! |
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Post by JSUSoutherner on May 21, 2020 16:37:08 GMT -6
*Insert conference realignment conspiracy theory here*
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Post by troysux on May 21, 2020 18:14:01 GMT -6
The GSC featured four schools in Alabama. That makes for better rivalries. Nobody cares about anyone in the OVC.
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Post by JSUSoutherner on May 21, 2020 18:16:49 GMT -6
The GSC featured four schools in Alabama. That makes for better rivalries. Nobody cares about anyone in the OVC. Well you hit on the reason why, regionality. That's why we have 'rivalries' with UTC and KSU, because they're not 4.5+ hours away. Geographically, the OVC is cheeks for us. |
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Post by King_Gamecock on May 21, 2020 18:22:50 GMT -6
The GSC featured four schools in Alabama. That makes for better rivalries. Nobody cares about anyone in the OVC. True... even Delta State and Valdosta had more interest. |
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Post by pubdaze on May 22, 2020 7:54:38 GMT -6
I loved the GSC days. Loath the OVC days. Except for those cool OVC flags. I literally laugh to myself all the time when I have to explain to someone what conference JSU plays in.
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Post by King_Gamecock on May 22, 2020 7:57:21 GMT -6
I loved the GSC days. Loath the OVC days. Except for those cool OVC flags. I literally laugh to myself all the time when I have to explain to someone what conference JSU plays in. I noticed on AGS that the MVFC is calling themselves the MOVC now. I don't know what it matters or means... but there it is. The OVC... the "we have Murray State in basketball conference?" |
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Post by ajc4jsu on May 22, 2020 13:24:34 GMT -6
I loved the back and forth of real rivals in the GSC. I like the feel of FCS more. If we could land where we have real rivals again with regional rivals, it would be perfect.
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Post by King_Gamecock on May 23, 2020 3:02:40 GMT -6
I loved the back and forth of real rivals in the GSC. I like the feel of FCS more. If we could land where we have real rivals again with regional rivals, it would be perfect. Careful, that's how the dreaded "conference realignment" conspiracy threads get started hahah! That said, I 100% agree with you. It doesn't make sense the way things are set up now. There are plenty of good regional teams we could be in a conference with. TUNA, Kennesaw, UTC, Sammy, Jax State, TTU, Mercer, and APSU would make a nice regional conference.  |
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Post by pubdaze on May 23, 2020 5:06:42 GMT -6
I loved the back and forth of real rivals in the GSC. I like the feel of FCS more. If we could land where we have real rivals again with regional rivals, it would be perfect. Careful, that's how the dreaded "conference realignment" conspiracy threads get started hahah! That said, I 100% agree with you. It doesn't make sense the way things are set up now. There are plenty of good regional teams we could be in a conference with. TUNA, Kennesaw, UTC, Sammy, Jax State, TTU, Mercer, and APSU would make a nice regional conference. But that trip to SEMO every other year makes so much sense. |
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Post by HighSheriffOfBoom on May 23, 2020 19:39:40 GMT -6
I loved the back and forth of real rivals in the GSC. I like the feel of FCS more. If we could land where we have real rivals again with regional rivals, it would be perfect. That would be like Budweiser.... Bud Light.... Budweiser.... Bud Light or Less Filling.... Tastes Great.... Less Filling.... Tastes Great. |
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Post by Whup Em All on May 31, 2020 13:37:27 GMT -6
The old GSC was great not only because of the four Alabama teams, but because of the two Georgia teams.
I said it many times on GJS, especially in the old days. When you graduate from an Alabama high school and have multiple high school classmates attending a rival school, it makes that game matter more. As an alumnus, when you have coworkers who attended a rival school, it makes the game matter more.
Coming from Georgia, I didn't know squat about una, and even less about livingston. But I knew a couple people at troy state, had some cousins at valdosta state, and knew about half the campus of west georgia. Those games mattered to me. I once worked in an office with a rabid troy state fan and former sots member. We had some times during troy week.
We don't get that in the OVC. I'd be OK with that, if the OVC were a dominant power in football (a la MVFC or 1980s-early-2000s SoCon) but it's not. I'd be willing to give it a pass as a "basketball conference" if it were truly dominant (in mid-major terms) in hoops. But it's not. It's a basketball conference only in the sense that most OVC fans care more about hoops than pigskin. This isn't reflected in on-court success.
I'm over the realignment conspiracy theories. It was fun when it seemed like there was hope. Now we're just stuck. On the plus side, our hoops have improved enough to make us competitive in the OVC... and our football team has backslid just enough to do the same. Now we can be on pins and needles every game, even when we're playing some of the worst teams in the country.
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Post by pubdaze on Jun 1, 2020 6:10:48 GMT -6
“ Now we can be on pins and needles every game, even when we're playing some of the worst teams in the country“. Tough days lately for Gamecock fans.
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