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Steve81

If you don't want FBS, the Patriot maybe a good move with Holy Cross.

Steve81

I also think this gives URI a good sports home for the foreseeable future. It’s clearly a step down for Basketball, but I worry Dayton and VCU will leave the A10 and where does that leave the conference? I don’t think URI would ever have the popularity to lead a conference, URI is a follower and th...

Steve81

This is a link to the MAC board on the subject of MAC Expansion and a discussion on Rhody,
https://csnbbs.com/thread-970449-page-46.html

Steve81

It's no secret that would love for you guys to join us in the MAC. With Western Kentucky happy with the addition of Missouri State joining CUSA, this is a post from the MAC board. At this point I would venture to say that WKU is off the table !! Seems that a good majority of their fan base want to s...

Steve81

UMass bragging about anything football related is a joke. They haven't one more than 4 games in a season since joining the FBS and they are consistently one of the most irrelevant doormats in the FBS. True as being independent is very hard. Football, according to Don Brown is schemes. Offensive sch...

Steve81

A UMass fan was making fun of Meade on twitter, so Thorr responded with this. https://x.com/thorrbjorn/status/1786354426837361039 UMass bragging about anything football related is a joke. They haven't one more than 4 games in a season since joining the FBS and they are consistently one of the most ...

Steve81

ummmm.... Source? Perhaps a hope and a prayer, but the MAC is at 13 teams and will need a 14th team. Western Kentucky is preferred, but they have all the CUSA teams exit money to consume. Albany would be a tighter footprint wise, but would be nicer to have you guys over Albany. Noting the MAC media...

Steve81

Hopefully Meades new capacity will be closer to 15-18k. Thee reason is to get to stronger football conference. Please note- UNH unofficial long term-10- 20 years is to get rid of the track. Then bump the football field closer to the "new"grand stands while demolishing the current basketba...

Steve81

Have not seen this posted here and did send Scott Brand, but understandably he does not visit the site except for posting the podcast. Here is his Gorhody Podcast.

Steve81

Frank Martin has UMass on the up and up. If they can sustain winning, and beat some top 25 teams, the fans will return. The MAC is stable but the rust belt area has some better teams than the A10. Now Martin needs to get the AD on the phone and schedule a long term series with UConn again. Just win...

Steve81

Best wishes RF1 and do think we will try to schedule OOC games within 4-6 hour radius, as stated in the press conference. Hope Rhody is one of those teams. Best wishes until we meet.

Steve81

RF1, winning matters and is generally a trailing indicator. We have not been very good till this year. We have a terrible habit of losing when we start building momentum, for example 7,016 for the Bonnies game and we lose. There are other factors as hockey being a student favorite and sometimes play...

Steve81

Ok, Here Here!
4th place and double A10T bye. Perhaps in the next year plus we can leave you some NCAAT cash as well.

Steve81

No problem, we are currently in 5th places with the hope of 4th and hear next year. Will you guys still be in the bottom 1/3 of the A10.

Steve81

Wish you guys were #14, but it's a big hill to climb. FYI: Today 11 am https://twitter.com/UMassAthletics/status/1764807984377405462 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GH3bgQmX0AAhU7z?format=jpg&name=small UMass Athletics : https://t.co/82BUS9Rkly ESPN+ : https://t.co/92KKNJd78B YouTube : https://t.co/...

Steve81

Yup RF1, we'll be fine in the MAC. In the A10 teams can do a heavy spend on basketball. One more reason that we fit better in the MAC. The revenue stream will be higher. But do want to note, both UMass and Bonnies are under 3M and doing OK.

Steve81

Yeah Frank Martin can’t be happy about coaching in the MAC Frank Martin @coachFMartin 2 years ago “change” chose me, today WE chose change. Either way we should always be excited when there is change, because growth follows. The future is exciting. We are UMass #LetsBuildItTogether @MACSports we ap...

Steve81

After watching the UMass Sports Insider Special edition, believe we will be gone for the 2025-26 season. Which you guys luck, but words talking about a department move and we are an outlier in the A10 with Hockey and FBS. Which you guys the best with Meade and in general and here is the 30 minute vi...

Steve81

Lots of smoke regarding UMass to CUSA for 2025-26. Matt Brown Here's what I'm hearing about UMass potentially joining CUSA, what might happen with the CAA post-Delaware Departure, and more. My recommendation is that UMass fans do not panic this month if they don't see any press releases: https://www...

Steve81

If the A10 does not make the great split, URI would be in a better position. Have you looked at the CAA football recent adds. It would provide a future path for the football team. If URI and UMass get their sh-t together and the A10 is raided in 2026, it would be pretty close to the wounded again A...

Steve81

If the A10 does not make the great split, URI would be in a better position. Have you looked at the CAA football recent adds. It would provide a future path for the football team. If URI and UMass get their sh-t together and the A10 is raided in 2026, it would be pretty close to the wounded again A1...

Steve81

So imagine UMass, UConn FB, and URI Olympic sports to the MAC. That's all three Southern New England Flagships to the MAC. It would be a step down for basketball initially. But if URI and UMass get their sh-t together and the A10 is raided in 2026, it would become pretty close. More importantly if t...

Steve81

This has been going on for 15 years, and Rhody has no plan to upgrade, just stay stagnant, which is to say falling behind. And what would that be? The upgrade? Curious to hear what these upgrades would be. I assume you mean jumping up to FBS. Join Conference USA? Be like UMass with a rudderless foo...

Steve81

That takes time to questimate on, but we are not getting a full share of CFP now, almost 1M short. Also don't know what CUSA is thinking if it's just 2 teams or 4 teams and how the division split would work. My gut feeling it will be slightly positive as travel is no longer cheap in the A10. the rev...

Steve81

They are a stripped down sports conference with about 17 sports and 3 of those are in sports we don't have, men's tennis, volleyball and beach volleyball. Around 8 sports would not fit. Lacrosse could stay or go to the Big East. Swimming & diving, field hockey, men's ice hockey, soccer, and wome...

Steve81

If UMass goes to CUSA for all sports, it will just be another bad decision in a continuing series made by its athletics dept. It would be sure to make Minutemen Sports even more irrelevant. CUSA Present Membership Florida International Jacksonville State Liberty La Tech Middle Tenn St New Mexico St...

Steve81

The problem is parking if Meade expands. At some point a 13-15k stadium would be ideal for hosting bigger football programs- ACC outcasts or New England Pillow biters- UConn/UMass. These teams will be looking for local action once they are left out of the ACC. There may come a time in the next 10 y...

Steve81

Steve81 is on the UMass, A-10, VCU, and various other forums openly advocating for UMass to leave the A-10 and join the MAC. He has been doing so on some of them for years, well before the decline the A-10 is presently facing. He states that the move to the MAC is a certain eventuality. It seems ho...

Steve81

Jersey77, when we leave, a very long basketball series with Rhody will be good for all.

Steve81

I think we are discussing basketball games not football. Yes, the finances will push us to the MAC and once you do not have multiple teams in the top 40-50, it's a 1 bid conference. Then you have VCU and St.Louis looking at the AAC as a pairing with Army. VCU forum. https://www.vcuramnation.com/for...

Steve81

So UMASS basketball would go down to the MAC and play the Eastern Michigans and Kent states? Yikes. You realize that Kent State was in the Elite 8 in 2002 and in the tournament last year. Yes, the finances will push us to the MAC and once you do not have multiple teams in the top 40-50, it's a 1 bi...

Steve81

Losing the UMass men's basketball program would not be a big blow to the A-10. Losing VCU or Dayton would be catastrophic. UMass has only had real men's hoops success under Calipari. He is their only head coach that has ever won an NCAA game. They draw sparse crowds and have little support from mos...

Steve81

Have to think UMass will be gone as A10 revenue is declining. MAC 35.7M and A10 just shy of 26M but don't understand that in light of the detailed page showing 20.5M Revenue. https://s3media.247sports.com/Uploads/Assets/28/978/11978028.jpeg https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/search?q=Atlanti...

Steve81

Idk, this is a conference realignment thread and Matt Brown is talking about College of Charleston and Delaware. The former directly related to the A10 and the later with Delaware could be connected if they partner with us to the MAC. They are not the only option.

Steve81

We'd need a partner to join the MAC whether it was all sports or even FB only. The later has been tried, do idk. Matt Brown @MattBrownEP I've actually been making calls about this for *weeks*, and hope to have more to share by the end of this week. Been also calling about the A10 and also Delaware, ...

Steve81

FYI Matt Brown is pretty well respected. DanSteenkamer is a Delaware student reporter and Schadenfreude is a MAC poster CUSA is what I would classify as a nonstarter, as Matt Brown does/did, for similar reasons (probably more so). If you're giving up rubbing academic all-sports shoulders with W&...

Steve81

https://twitter.com/NCAAsports/status/1701242438352789908?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September Was told by a well connected big donor that CUSA wanted UConn and UMass football only but both presidents said no because of the type of institutional quality in CUSA. The MAC makes the most geographic sen...

Steve81

Congrats on the solid showing and condolences on the bias ref crew. Taking your word for it as did not see the game.

Steve81

Good luck to your season except against Delaware.

Don't have an answer for your coverage, ours is ok in Western Mass and will be on ESPN back to back Saturdays.
Tonight@7PM primetime on ESPN. Not sure you guys could every cheer for us, but good luck again and coverage will come.

Steve81

If you are going FBS, you need to get off the pot quickly, before the vote to increase the FBS fee from 5k to 5M. Capital projects are viewed through a different lense if going FBS. https://footballscoop.com/news/ncaa-working-to-increase-cost-to-transition-from-fcs-to-fbs The proposals will now be ...

Steve81

If you are going FBS, you need to get off the pot quickly, before the vote to increase the FBS fee from 5k to 5M. Capital projects are viewed through a different lense if going FBS. https://footballscoop.com/news/ncaa-working-to-increase-cost-to-transition-from-fcs-to-fbs The proposals will now be f...

Steve81

The Meade Stadium project would be viewed thru a different lenses if you were to go FBS. Figured it will take a year to determine that it's something you'd want to pursue. Been posting a lot on the Delaware FBS thread and want you guys to go FBS. Here is the last current page 23. Delaware looking at...

Steve81

The worst case senario is generally you'd loss the same amount as FCS. They can do funny things with numbers but... Actually this is a more interesting site: ope.de.gov/athletics You'd be interest to see the MAC financials as three universities, surprisingly make a profit. Important note the article...

Steve81

Dreams by some of URI operating FBS football and men's and women's D1 hockey programs is a good illustration of how many people are completely detached from the financial realities in Kingston. Remember RF1, UMass losses less money at the FBS level than FCS, so financially it would be better for Ki...

Steve81

I appreciate the perspective, Steve81. It is certainly interesting following the realignment news and rumors. Though I am aware the moves and potential move are football driven, my concern is what happens on the basketball side of things and Rhody being able to legitimately compete for automatic an...

Steve81

Found this thread interesting as a fellow A10 member and hopes that you continue to enjoy football as beat us in our home at McGuirk. It would be nice to be playing us regularly as the A10 with Football. See many like hockey and at UMass there is talk of the women's program as well. Think the commen...

Steve81

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/37873978/how-bob-huggins-career-west-virginia-ended-next While seeing the ESPN story, was surprised to see in the other coaches to be considered 4 MAC HC coaches, Pat Kelsey and did not spot a current A10 coach, but did see Chris Mack formerly...

Steve81

Brian Forster wrote: ↑11 months ago https://herosports.com/fcs-schools-high ... enue-bzbz/

Just think how much more $$ hockey could bring in!!

Regardless, do think it is a good measure of institution support of Athletics.

Steve81

Thought when we were part of the CAA, NESN picked up CAA games. Not sure about the hopper, but hope there is some exposure and especially the ability to see your team on the road.

Steve81

This really is a great topic. We can see a potential deterioration of the A10 BB conference, what if UConn leaves the BE, do they poach Dayton or VCU? They not us are the most interesting replacements. Basketball has drove the athletic conference conversation at URI and it’s still our most popular ...

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