32counter said:

1,260 posts about 3 non existent games.What about the other 28 games?Talk about having idle time chasing windmills…Sad.

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I for one love this thread. It is the perfect encapsulation of UR athletic leadership being asleep at the wheel. We sat on our asses with our OOC and got left out of a quality MTE. So we hopped on this Gulf Coast sh*t show at the 11th hour to save face and appeal to the part of the fanbase that doesn't play close attention to the schedule, so they could say "hey look at this great MTE experience we have" and the gullible old ladies on social media would praise them.

But now, it is like a slow motion car wreck cause Gulf Coast is so third rate that they can't even fulfill the basic obligations of an MTE. Meanwhile, our big rival, conference partner, is playing in a great MTE and not only that just did not 1 but 2 victory laps on us by announcing 2025 and 2026 top of the line MTE's.

This is what you called grade A prime message board fodder and I am here for it.

See some head to head, it would help the A10 to do very well on those.

SpiderDogg said:

I’m curious (but too lazy) to look at the Mountain West teams non con schedule. That league is our peer, although obviously a step above A10 the past few years. Do those teams also have sad out of conference schedules? Or have they been able to schedule well this year? Would tell us if our hunch that Power 5 schools are avoiding the top mid major programs is a real thing or just an A10 scheduling problem

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Just a quick glance over a few of their top teams non-conference highlights. I didnt dig too deep into potential MTE matchups unless it was already there on the schedule:

UNLV- Memphis, Mississippi State (MTE), Butler OR Northwestern (MTE), Creighton, Dayton
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Colorado State- Ole Miss, Washington (MTE), TCU OR Santa Clara (MTE), Colorado, VCU
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Utah State- Iowa (MTE), Bonnies, St Marys, South Florida
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SDSU- Gonzaga, Cal, Texas A&M + Oregon + Creighton (all 3 MTE)
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New Mexico- UCLA, St Johns, Arizona State (MTE), Saint Marys OR USC (MTE), VCU
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Nevada- Washington, Vanderbilt (MTE), Seton Hall OR VCU (MTE), Washington State
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Boise State- Clemson, San Francisco, Washington State, St Marys, possible second round matchup in their MTE with Duqesne and possible third round with Boston College. They seem to be the only ones that didn't end up in an upper tier MTE.

Pretty damn strong overall.

5 OT in Newark.

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32counter said:

It’s a sad joke.The thread is a nothing burger.4th grade stuff.

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4rh grade. Now you're talking my language. Thanks for helping me out.

I’m curious (but too lazy) to look at the Mountain West teams non con schedule. That league is our peer, although obviously a step above A10 the past few years. Do those teams also have sad out of conference schedules? Or have they been able to schedule well this year? Would tell us if our hunch that Power 5 schools are avoiding the top mid major programs is a real thing or just an A10 scheduling problem

1. Anderson
2. Gilyard
3. Cline
4. Anthony
5. Harper
6. Burton
7. Gonzalvez
8. Lindsay
9. Golden
10. King

32counter said:

It’s a sad joke.The thread is a nothing burger.4th grade stuff.

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Yes, you’ve routinely made your superiority over the rest of us clear with your repeated snide comments.

I guess you don't like train wrecks.

Tell me all about the scouting reports on W&M and VMI, 32. That should be a December week of games that really energizes the fan base.

SFspidur said:

Feel free to talk about the other 28 games if you like. Or don't follow the thread.

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It’s a sad joke.The thread is a nothing burger.4th grade stuff.

Stats actually indicate a meager but very sad 31% of 1260 posts mention the MTE games. The Mount Olive game is running alone in 2nd place.

Also please note this board much prefers “a watched pot never boils”.

Feel free to talk about the other 28 games if you like. Or don't follow the thread.

1,260 posts about 3 non existent games.What about the other 28 games?Talk about having idle time chasing windmills…Sad.

Please, not shilling for anyone

Has been a fierce partisan debate over crime - Up? or Down?

Just throw out two articles for information and consideration:


Many won't like the second source, forget the partisan spin and pay attention to the government stats cited:

I feel like there are some other people we are forgetting but of course can't think of any of the top of my head. In my view, KA is #1 and Gilyard is #2. Then maybe Cline and Golden. Gonzo needs to move up the list. I thnk I'd move Burton down some. And move K0 up. And I'd move King down because as exciting as he was, we have no idea if he would have just been a one hit wonder. For me, longevity counts.

That's disappointing. I hope someone else snaps him up but I had hoped for the Spider connection to work in his favor. Does he have more Spider records than Coach Atkinson

VT4700 said:

I think 18-4 would have definitely had us in the picture. We will never know, but I just feel 10-3 OOC with wins over UNLV, UNI, and Wichita St, though not great wins, along with an 8-0 A-10 start would have gotten us a lot of attention, even after losing to VCU to put us at 18-4.

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i agree ... The UNI game was so winnable ... worst game of the season except for the last 3

Sure you're getting around that, but they can't prevent teams from just "happening" to schedule these neutral site games. The MTE is what the contract says it is. If it's a 2-game MTE in the contract, then the teams can do whatever they want for their other 29 games...NCAA isn't going to be able to say who they can/can't play and where.

The Players Era thing is a workaround too, and that seems to be going ahead as planned despite the NCAA having a few grumbles.

brooklyn brownstone said:

Oh I get it. But if we'd beaten UNI and Wichita St to be 18-4 last year, would we have been getting at large buzz? The metrics - I'm trying to recall here, so correct me if I'm mistaken - said otherwise by end of year, no? I thought it would have bumped us like 5 NET spots up to have won those games, and neither were a Q1 game that would have added value as a win (instead of being an anchor as a loss.)

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I think 18-4 would have definitely had us in the picture. We will never know, but I just feel 10-3 OOC with wins over UNLV, UNI, and Wichita St, though not great wins, along with an 8-0 A-10 start would have gotten us a lot of attention, even after losing to VCU to put us at 18-4.

they need to separate rev and non-rev sports into separate conferences with geograhic-based conferences for non-rev sports.

they added the clause that all teams in the MTE have to play the same number of games for a reason.
clearly you're trying to get around that.

Oh I get it. But if we'd beaten UNI and Wichita St to be 18-4 last year, would we have been getting at large buzz? The metrics - I'm trying to recall here, so correct me if I'm mistaken - said otherwise by end of year, no? I thought it would have bumped us like 5 NET spots up to have won those games, and neither were a Q1 game that would have added value as a win (instead of being an anchor as a loss.)

VT4700 said:

But, we were only 16-6 thru 22 games last year. Even with a much worse OOC schedule, 19-3 would put us in much better shape this year.

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did we win or lose the 22nd game AT VCU to make us 19-3?