Still rumor, but sounds like it may happen. This would completely redo our SBC schedule. Not a bad thing since we have both App State and Coastal on the schedule next year. USM will be part of the western division so we're guaranteed to play them.
USM, ODU, Marshall and James Madison may play in SBC next year
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Still rumor, but sounds like it may happen. This would completely redo our SBC schedule. Not a bad thing since we have both App State and Coastal on the schedule next year. USM will be part of the western division so we're guaranteed to play them.
How good do y’all think jmu could be in the sunbelt next year? I know withers said they were a much better team than txst his first year there but that is not saying much. I am guessing they will not be able to beat the top teams like ull and coastal but will be competitive with the rest. Upper half of the conference is my guess.
DrumCat
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Beats us to a bowl game, most likely.
I heard today....
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According to this thread in the Sun Belt board we'll know something in the next week. This would probably mean a complete change to the conference schedules for all sports next year.
JMU is definitely a good program except for when they were mad that EW left them for us. They should have celebrated that move.
Many fans on their blogs were celebrating. I recall wondering why they were not more butt hurt over the situation at the time.
LadyMango
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Im curious about what the west will be like with USM and Troy. USM as it stands now is on our level of football disappointment. Troy might give us competition for #2 ( aka the smallest dumpster fire in a division of dumpster fires)
My sarcasm aside Im pretty excited about the adds. Astate, the ULs, USM, USA, and Troy will be a fun all sports league of peer institutions to compete in.
My sarcasm aside Im pretty excited about the adds. Astate, the ULs, USM, USA, and Troy will be a fun all sports league of peer institutions to compete in.
Now time to see what the updated TV deal will look like.
slycat
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I think that info has leaked. I want to say ~2M annually per school. About equal to what the new AAC teams are getting over there. There is somewhere between 2-3M. Also more TV games on weekends on extended ESPN networks.
Bobcat2010
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Now time to see how how that 2023 coaching market looks.
It’s a short list
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Do hope coaching salary pools increase. I’ll believe 2M when I see it, but regardless what the increase is, hope coaching salary pool, recruiting budget, production budget get a bump on the bottom line margin for all sports.