You may laugh now, but come 09 you will see that things are finally changing for the better down at SUUkemajic wrote:Agree; that could be a hell of an annual battle for the cellar.SUUTbird wrote: I still think SUU should move into the sky though, better fit then UNC since there could be another big rivalry game out of it!
I would love to see SUU in the Big Sky, there is honestly no reason they shouldn't already be in. Kick out Suckramento, and bring on the T-birdsSUUTbird wrote:You may laugh now, but come 09 you will see that things are finally changing for the better down at SUUkemajic wrote: Agree; that could be a hell of an annual battle for the cellar.
How can you kick out a team that according to SuperHornet is not only going to win the Big Sky this year but also the National Championship.ajwildcat wrote:I would love to see SUU in the Big Sky, there is honestly no reason they shouldn't already be in. Kick out Suckramento, and bring on the T-birdsSUUTbird wrote:
You may laugh now, but come 09 you will see that things are finally changing for the better down at SUU
Weber was at the bottom of the barrel not too long ago, so dont get TOO cocky. Your calling Sac st. "Suckramento" but Southern Utah is worse than the hornets.ajwildcat wrote: I would love to see SUU in the Big Sky, there is honestly no reason they shouldn't already be in. Kick out Suckramento, and bring on the T-birds
Agree and as far as I know or have heard the facilities at Sac are much more acclimated to the upgrade of a conference than SUU's are. BF...care to comment?BlackFalkin wrote:Weber was at the bottom of the barrel not too long ago, so dont get TOO cocky. Your calling Sac st. "Suckramento" but Southern Utah is worse than the hornets.ajwildcat wrote: I would love to see SUU in the Big Sky, there is honestly no reason they shouldn't already be in. Kick out Suckramento, and bring on the T-birds
ilovebaker wrote:SUU has pretty good facilities... Their basketball stadium, the Centrum, would be the second or third best stadium in the Sky (after the Dee and Dahlberg ). Their football field isn't great, but its a hell of a lot better than Eastern Washingtons. That is the worst field in the Sky. It's like playing at a high school.
I still have no idea how Sac State got into the BSC...
Sac State came in at the same time as Cal-St Northridge came into the conference, I believe shortly after Eastern Washington (before Portland State). Both Sac State and Northridge were added to establish the conference in California (primarily the Sacramento area in NoCal and Northridge in SoCal/Los Angeles). Northridge was getting no support in the saturated Los Angeles area so they dropped football to concentrate on basketball (they left the conference for the Big West), but Sacramento is still supportive of the conference.frinq wrote:Its a little early to say about Sac State's coach. He's only been there a year if I'm not mistaken. They've been steadiy improving. Didn't Sac State come in about the time PSU did, or a little earlier? Big Sky wanted to reach out to the Northwest coast, where Sac State arguably sits on the edge.
Good luck with all of that.TBirdz wrote:If I am not mistaken, when SUU played Youngstown it was in a downpour of rain. Granted the people of Cedar, St. George, and the rest of southern Utah need to do a better job of getting out and supporting football, but it's about to change. SUU is the only D1 program between UNLV and BYU on I-15. St. George, Cedar City, and the surrounding areas have been estimated to be at nearly 1 million people in the future. The area is growing immensely even w/ the economy the way it is. When the economy picks up, the area will boom. SUU, with the potential of growth, the excellent coaching that is in place, and the administration that has taken over, is about to be one of the premier FCS programs in the country. May sound funny to some, but I truly do think there is a real possibility of comparing it to a program like Texas St., who they seem to play every year now. SUU would be a great asset to any conference. I myself, would love to see it stay where it is for the time being, and when it finally does grow into a force, ignore the BSC, and potentially jump to a newly formed, restored FBS Southwestern Conference, which a lot of people on the net have dicsussed.
Drove through Cedar City a couple weeks ago. Nice little 'burg. Reminded me a little of Missoula. I can NOT, however, in any way, shape or form, see the "surrounding area" with a MILLION people in my lifetime. If by "future" you mean "50 years", then maybe so. But not in the next 25. Or, if by "surrounding area" you're including the area from SLC to Vegas, then sure.TBirdz wrote:If I am not mistaken, when SUU played Youngstown it was in a downpour of rain. Granted the people of Cedar, St. George, and the rest of southern Utah need to do a better job of getting out and supporting football, but it's about to change. SUU is the only D1 program between UNLV and BYU on I-15. St. George, Cedar City, and the surrounding areas have been estimated to be at nearly 1 million people in the future. The area is growing immensely even w/ the economy the way it is. When the economy picks up, the area will boom. SUU, with the potential of growth, the excellent coaching that is in place, and the administration that has taken over, is about to be one of the premier FCS programs in the country. May sound funny to some, but I truly do think there is a real possibility of comparing it to a program like Texas St., who they seem to play every year now. SUU would be a great asset to any conference. I myself, would love to see it stay where it is for the time being, and when it finally does grow into a force, ignore the BSC, and potentially jump to a newly formed, restored FBS Southwestern Conference, which a lot of people on the net have dicsussed.
TBirdz wrote:Sounds crazy to me as well, but there are publications on the web that estimate in the next 25 years there will be 750K people in Iron (Cedar City) and Washington (St. George) counties. I was probably being a bit too liberal in my figures in my first post. Last time I was down there it seems that the two cities are building and growing in the direction of one another.
Dont get beside yourselfTBirdz wrote:... is about to be one of the premier FCS programs in the country......
SUU needs to beat CalPoly, & UCDavis in the same season FIRST... before they can begin to really campaign on being a premier, elite, established program.I don't know what the hell you're smoking, but it must be good shit! You're talking about maybe winning the Great West and you're picked to finish dead last.TBirdz wrote:By no means at all do I think SUU is a national champ. contender right now. I am just suggesting that there is a ton of potential in the program. With the things I mentioned prior, I truly do think that SUU has the POTENTIAL to achieve that ELITE level. We will definitely see how far the program has come this year. We get to show off to S. Utah when we play Dixie the first game. We need to be competitive at San Diego St and Utah St, maybe even pulling off an upset. Take care of our nonconference games at home, maybe even getting a road win there, and winning the Great West.
That never stopped bobkitty fans....GOKATS wrote:I don't know what the hell you're smoking, but it must be good shit! You're talking about maybe winning the Great West and you're picked to finish dead last.TBirdz wrote:By no means at all do I think SUU is a national champ. contender right now. I am just suggesting that there is a ton of potential in the program. With the things I mentioned prior, I truly do think that SUU has the POTENTIAL to achieve that ELITE level. We will definitely see how far the program has come this year. We get to show off to S. Utah when we play Dixie the first game. We need to be competitive at San Diego St and Utah St, maybe even pulling off an upset. Take care of our nonconference games at home, maybe even getting a road win there, and winning the Great West.
1. Cal Poly
2. UC Davis
3. South Dakota
4. North Dakota
5. Southern Utah
http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/t...spx?id=4243171
FO..............AZGrizFan wrote:That never stopped bobkitty fans....GOKATS wrote:
I don't know what the hell you're smoking, but it must be good ****! You're talking about maybe winning the Great West and you're picked to finish dead last.
1. Cal Poly
2. UC Davis
3. South Dakota
4. North Dakota
5. Southern Utah
http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/t...spx?id=4243171
You gotta be shittin' me Pyle! You call a 46-10 game tight? We more than tripled your rushing yds., more than double the passing yds., and total yds. for the game. You didn't get your first points of the game until twom minutes were gone in the 4th qtr. and the score at that point was 39-0. You just made it over 200 yds. and we just barely missed 500. I am starting to see where you are coming from if you consider that a tight game. I'm glad to have you here Tbirdz but come on man lets deal with the facts and not go off into fantasy land here.TBirdz wrote:SUU has averaged 1 win for what, 2004-2007? Last year they were almost .500 with a first year coach. Last time they went into the state of Montana they played the beloved Griz to a tight game and were within one play of winning at the "other" school in Montana. Key word: POTENTIAL!!!
