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But *why* would the G5 agree to any of that? I completely believe that you are hearing from people that there is a push for this from certain schools, but why would the G5 concede the high ground to schools they currently have a leg up on?

ekugrad1970 wrote: ↑Fri May 10, 2024 8:10 pm We have to get past the Funderburke disaster and play catch up……that means more effort and money…..hope the new AD and bring more ideas, new innovation and creativity

We're already raising and spending at record levels. Getting substantially more many is easier said than done.

Roll Kerns, I agree with a lot of what you have to say, but I have a couple of additional nuances to add: (Also, for context, I'm 40 and graduated from EKU in 2005 so Funderburk is before my time as well). 1. This is likely the most dedicated portion of the EKU fan base. A fan base that is pretty sm...

We will just have to agree to disagree on that note. And, even if I accepted that “we are no different” I’d say that we could be different and maybe that’s part of our problem or we can continue to sound like the only girl with no prom date. Either way, it make me no difference. Just pointing out a...

ekugrad1970 wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 5:41 pm Again, our football program is better than Kent state….but they are fbs

I'm just curious. Can you explain what you mean by this without referencing wins from more than 30 years ago? I can't think of a single tangible way in which anyone would see us as a better program than Kent State.

I wonder if it is going to have any CUSA news. Any candidate for the 14th spot has to be in by May 15th 12th spot, right? I haven't heard anything about them going to 14. We genuinely might be in if that did that right now. I'd be surprised if Missouri State doesn't grab spot number 12 unless they ...

No doubt about peers leaving us in the dust. Do you really think it's all about Kidd retiring, though? He didn't make the playoffs the last 5-6 seasons, and you have to go even further back to get a playoff win. His last title game appearance came two decades before he hung up the whistle. I'm not b...

Leland to a team that didn't make the tourney last year and now has a new coach

FAU made the tournament. They were an 8 or 9 seed.

Walker entered the portal this morning. AW a finalist for the UIC job. Walker committed to FAU. That's an interesting landing spot. Obviously they've been a hot name recently with their final four run followed up with another great season in which they were easily in the tournament regardless of co...

Great post, Lion. I have no idea how realistic it is, but if we could get ETSU and Chattanooga on board with our current group we'd be talking about a really nice conference.