• Billy Napier

 #22415  by Davemeister
 Fri Dec 06, 2019 10:24 am
Once upon a time he was a candidate for HC job at Furman.
 #22478  by FurmAlum
 Sat Dec 07, 2019 4:09 pm
He'll fit in there worse than he fit in in at UT. I don't blame them for hiring him, though.
 #22488  by fufanatic
 Sat Dec 07, 2019 10:02 pm
Meanwhile, App State won the Sun Belt, is ranked, and will not be going to a big bowl. I just don’t see a lot of upside to being low FBS unless you can go to a major bowl as Group of 5 winner. Which is a challenge as a member of Sun Belt or Conference USA.
 #22516  by gman84
 Sun Dec 08, 2019 9:15 am
fufanatic wrote:
Sat Dec 07, 2019 10:02 pm
Meanwhile, App State won the Sun Belt, is ranked, and will not be going to a big bowl. I just don’t see a lot of upside to being low FBS unless you can go to a major bowl as Group of 5 winner. Which is a challenge as a member of Sun Belt or Conference USA.
$$$ and more $. I noticed the continued stadium expansion. I’d say their move to the SunBelt has paid dividends.
 #22518  by gman
 Sun Dec 08, 2019 9:57 am
gman84 wrote:
Sun Dec 08, 2019 9:15 am
fufanatic wrote:
Sat Dec 07, 2019 10:02 pm
Meanwhile, App State won the Sun Belt, is ranked, and will not be going to a big bowl. I just don’t see a lot of upside to being low FBS unless you can go to a major bowl as Group of 5 winner. Which is a challenge as a member of Sun Belt or Conference USA.
$$$ and more $. I noticed the continued stadium expansion. I’d say their move to the SunBelt has paid dividends.
Exactly. Moving up has paid huge dividends for App State. To think there is not an upside is silly. There is no money to be made at the FCS level, unless you are N. Dakota State. It’s a money pit.
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 #22523  by fufanatic
 Sun Dec 08, 2019 11:06 am
Yeah obviously money is on a different level. My whole point was about level of play, and a bowl in Alabama despite winning league and being ranked doesn’t get me excited. To be fair, if they hadn’t choked at home against Georgia Southern they might very well have ended up as the Group of 5 representative.

But App is clearly playing the long game and if they end up in the American I’ll change my tune.
 #22525  by cavedweller2
 Sun Dec 08, 2019 11:49 am
gman84 wrote:
Sun Dec 08, 2019 9:15 am
fufanatic wrote:
Sat Dec 07, 2019 10:02 pm
Meanwhile, App State won the Sun Belt, is ranked, and will not be going to a big bowl. I just don’t see a lot of upside to being low FBS unless you can go to a major bowl as Group of 5 winner. Which is a challenge as a member of Sun Belt or Conference USA.
$$$ and more $. I noticed the continued stadium expansion. I’d say their move to the SunBelt has paid dividends.
App St will be in the ACC within 10 years.
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 #22532  by Affirm
 Sun Dec 08, 2019 1:12 pm
cavedweller2 wrote:
Sun Dec 08, 2019 11:49 am
gman84 wrote:
Sun Dec 08, 2019 9:15 am
fufanatic wrote:
Sat Dec 07, 2019 10:02 pm
Meanwhile, App State won the Sun Belt, is ranked, and will not be going to a big bowl. I just don’t see a lot of upside to being low FBS unless you can go to a major bowl as Group of 5 winner. Which is a challenge as a member of Sun Belt or Conference USA.
$$$ and more $. I noticed the continued stadium expansion. I’d say their move to the SunBelt has paid dividends.
App St will be in the ACC within 10 years.
You mean the AAC?
 #22537  by cavedweller2
 Sun Dec 08, 2019 2:13 pm
No I mean ACC.
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 #22563  by gman84
 Sun Dec 08, 2019 7:05 pm
cavedweller2 wrote:
Sun Dec 08, 2019 2:13 pm
No I mean ACC.
Agree, they would certainly be more competitive than most of the current ACC members.