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Post by 78purple on Jan 5, 2024 22:50:49 GMT -5
Do we get into the tournament four years in a row and on the bubble in the fifth year out of this new super league? We will if there is more than one bid available.....I think aligning with W + M, Richmond and Villanova is the key moving forward.....similar-minded schools with a higher compete level than the current PL.....As far as BBall, why is it absurd to consider the A-10 ?? ( St Joe's, Fordham, St Bona, LaSalle ,Davidson, Loyola-Chicago )
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Post by longsuffering on Jan 5, 2024 23:50:55 GMT -5
Do we get into the tournament four years in a row and on the bubble in the fifth year out of this new super league? We will if there is more than one bid available.....I think aligning with W + M, Richmond and Villanova is the key moving forward.....similar-minded schools with a higher compete level than the current PL.....As far as BBall, why is it absurd to consider the A-10 ?? ( St Joe's, Fordham, St Bona, LaSalle ,Davidson, Loyola-Chicago ) The inconvenient truth is HC is last of ten PL schools in program wide success. What's your pitch to 'Nova, Davidson, St. Joe's, Richmond, W&M, et al to get them to partner with Holy Cross?
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Post by gks on Jan 6, 2024 9:29:13 GMT -5
My question about the PL has always been...
If you want to be associated with the best academically why in the world would you not want to be associated with the best, or allows members to be the best, athletically? Both are an important part of any campus.
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Post by 78purple on Jan 6, 2024 10:58:03 GMT -5
We will if there is more than one bid available.....I think aligning with W + M, Richmond and Villanova is the key moving forward.....similar-minded schools with a higher compete level than the current PL.....As far as BBall, why is it absurd to consider the A-10 ?? ( St Joe's, Fordham, St Bona, LaSalle ,Davidson, Loyola-Chicago ) The inconvenient truth is HC is last of ten PL schools in program wide success. What's your pitch to 'Nova, Davidson, St. Joe's, Richmond, W&M, et al to get them to partner with Holy Cross? We're talking about football and basketball......the current " State of the Union " basketball-wise notwithstanding, historically, I believe we are ( or were ) tied with Bucknell and Colgate for the most PL titles ( to say nothing of our pre PL history ) and football currently speaks for itself.......it would be a very natural and positive alliance, and would place HC football and basketball at the proper competitive level, without diminishing the " core educational mission "
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Post by 78purple on Jan 6, 2024 10:58:18 GMT -5
My question about the PL has always been... If you want to be associated with the best academically why in the world would you not want to be associated with the best, or allows members to be the best, athletically? Both are an important part of any campus. Amen
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Post by drjack on Jan 9, 2024 19:05:04 GMT -5
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Jan 9, 2024 19:26:07 GMT -5
IMO, if W&M leaves the CAA, they go to the SoCon before they go to the PL. And in that case, Richmond football follows. Then maybe we get Nova.
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Post by cruskater31 on Jan 9, 2024 19:54:59 GMT -5
Please for the love of all things good, take W&M, Richmond, and Nova (football only).
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Jan 9, 2024 20:02:12 GMT -5
Please for the love of all things good, take W&M, Richmond, and Nova (football only). W&M would be all sports. Other 2 obv football only. I am sure the PL would take any and all. Don't know if that group wants to take the plunge.
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Post by drjack on Jan 9, 2024 20:18:37 GMT -5
They (the PL) already relented on the scholarship limits. Get rid of the red shirt and grad transfer limitations while they're at it.
I don't think we have much of a chance to snag them without those 2 rule changes.
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Post by purplehaze on Jan 9, 2024 21:41:46 GMT -5
Travel expenses are a factor in FCS football where no one generates enough revenue to justify more than one (maybe two) plane trip per season. Someone will have to be sure the PL is not a travel hardship for any Virginia schools looking to join (over the CAA or So. Conf.
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Post by fillfittonfield on Jan 10, 2024 0:40:38 GMT -5
I don’t know what’s more shocking: The PL has an “assistant commissioner for communications” OR The “assistant commissioner for communications” actually responded to a media inquiry instead of completely ignoring it.
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Post by DFW HOYA on Jan 10, 2024 1:25:00 GMT -5
Wondering how many PL teams are actually at 63. Bucknell seems like it would fall short, perhaps others.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Jan 10, 2024 6:38:31 GMT -5
Travel expenses are a factor in FCS football where no one generates enough revenue to justify more than one (maybe two) plane trip per season. Someone will have to be sure the PL is not a travel hardship for any Virginia schools looking to join (over the CAA or So. Conf. W&M travel-wise I don't think would see much of a difference between CAA, SoCon and PL. The toughest one for them would be the long bus trips to Hamilton (or flight into Syracuse or Ithaca and then a decent bus ride after landing). But they'd have American, Navy and Loyola all as very reasonable bus trips in most sports. BU and HC would be flights for them but no worse than Hofstra, Stony Brook and Northeastern. The only Virginia school in the SoCon right now is VMI and thats probably a 4 hour drive from Williamsburg. If the Tribe moved here, wouldn't surprise me to see Richmond follow them in football and possibly Elon for all sports...if the SoCon let them back in.
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Post by timholycross on Jan 10, 2024 11:17:46 GMT -5
Not sure exactly how the CAA football makes its schedule, but you have to figure that W&M has to go to Albany, Stony Brook, UNH, URI, Bryant and Maine every 4th year or something like that.
So spread those 6 trips over 4 years you have 1 or 2 trips a year that are pretty far.
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Post by sader1970 on Jan 10, 2024 11:20:33 GMT -5
I think they should just join the Patriot League if we can just look past that they are a state school.
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Post by trimster on Jan 10, 2024 12:12:18 GMT -5
I think they should just join the Patriot League if we can just look past that they are a state school. Albeit an excellent college, whether state or private.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Jan 10, 2024 12:39:16 GMT -5
Not sure exactly how the CAA football makes its schedule, but you have to figure that W&M has to go to Albany, Stony Brook, UNH, URI, Bryant and Maine every 4th year or something like that. So spread those 6 trips over 4 years you have 1 or 2 trips a year that are pretty far. CAA is POD-based scheduling now I believe. So in theory, less travel despite expanding geography if that makes sense. In the PL, they'd have Fordham, Holy Cross and Colgate as longest trips, so you figure same thing 1-2 flights per season. Bucknell also has to be 5 hours or so by bus too.
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Post by hc69 on Jan 10, 2024 12:59:40 GMT -5
Why do so many believe W&M wants to leave the CAA and if they did leave they'd want to go north rather than south? They signed on to the recent CAA expansion. Clearly they like being in a higher ranked 16 team conference that gets four bids rather than in lower ranked ten team conference that would get only two.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jan 10, 2024 13:01:26 GMT -5
Why do so many believe W&M wants to leave the CAA and if they did leave they'd want to go north rather than south? They signed on to the recent CAA expansion. Clearly they like being in a higher ranked 16 team conference that gets four bids rather than in lower ranked ten team conference that would get only two. Agree. W&M is in that southern part of the CAA. Don't think they'd have any interest in leaving. If anything, they'd go to the SoCon...but, again, don't think that buys them anything. It's the four northern-most CAA schools (Maine, UNH, URI, and Albany) that should absolutely secede.
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Post by midwestsader05 on Jan 10, 2024 13:05:36 GMT -5
Why do so many believe W&M wants to leave the CAA and if they did leave they'd want to go north rather than south? They signed on to the recent CAA expansion. Clearly they like being in a higher ranked 16 team conference that gets four bids rather than in lower ranked ten team conference that would get only two. Agree. W&M is in that southern part of the CAA. Don't think they'd have any interest in leaving. If anything, they'd go to the SoCon...but, again, don't think that buys them anything. It's the four northern-most CAA schools (Maine, UNH, URI, and Albany) that should absolutely secede. Make that 5 with Bryant. Those 5 are just not like the others. Starting with just being football affiliates.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jan 10, 2024 13:41:41 GMT -5
Not sure exactly how the CAA football makes its schedule, but you have to figure that W&M has to go to Albany, Stony Brook, UNH, URI, Bryant and Maine every 4th year or something like that. So spread those 6 trips over 4 years you have 1 or 2 trips a year that are pretty far. CAA is POD-based scheduling now I believe. So in theory, less travel despite expanding geography if that makes sense. In the PL, they'd have Fordham, Holy Cross and Colgate as longest trips, so you figure same thing 1-2 flights per season. Bucknell also has to be 5 hours or so by bus too. From the UNH schedule press release
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Post by efg72 on Jan 10, 2024 22:10:38 GMT -5
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Post by nhteamer on Jan 11, 2024 11:37:31 GMT -5
No, really? you must be wrong. The earth is flat some still say.
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Post by DFW HOYA on Jan 11, 2024 13:16:51 GMT -5
Or, to his former players. Someone calculated the total NFL salaries paid to Saban-coached players at Alabama. Through 2023, over $2.26 billion.
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