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Post by wcu4life on Mar 25, 2013 18:30:08 GMT -5
Serious discussion please. Does this mean an end of the Battle for the OMJ? Will basketball & other sports still be scheduled? Will this hurt the WCU athletic revenue and bottom line?
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Post by WesternFan on Mar 25, 2013 18:56:08 GMT -5
I think it has too. Once ASU become FBS, they will not play home and home games with us. It would certainly not be fair traveling to Boone every year, so the jug game dies, IMO. I'm sure they will not be able to pay us what an ACC or SEC team can for our money game, so I don't think there will be any kind of regular meetings in the future (not sure they'd want to play us anyway, as they no longer consider us relevant).
We be foolish not to play them in other sports, as long as they are willing to go home and home, much like we do with UNCA. They would remain good OOC games for all other sports besides football.
That football "home game" every other year should be the only revenue lost. We need to develop another rival fast, someone that will bring WCU fans to Cullowhee.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2013 20:57:32 GMT -5
NAH NAH NAH NAH! NAH NAH NAH NAH! HEY HEY HEY! GOODBYE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Count me amongst the herd GLAD, GLAD, GLAD they are gone!!!!!!! I am going to love LMAO to see the Sunbelt teams turn them into cellar dwellers!!! take the jug, the series, the records. WHO CARES!!! YOU'RE GONE! YOU'RE GONE! YOU'RE GONE!!!
Time to DOMINATE the SoCon catamount nation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO CATS!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2013 21:02:58 GMT -5
Get good and we have Furman and ETSU as natural rivals. SO GLAD APP IS GONE!!!!!!!!
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Post by CharlotteCat on Mar 26, 2013 10:45:00 GMT -5
It will mean the death of the jug battle. Our only hope is that we can beat ASU this year, so the jug will retire in Cullowhee. Otherwise, we'll never see it again.
Maybe this will be a little motivation for the football team. ASU will be playing for nothing this coming season. They can't win the conference or go to the FCS playoffs.
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Post by The Cats on Mar 26, 2013 13:51:29 GMT -5
Appalachian State calls 4 p.m. press conference Wednesday to announce move to Sun Belt
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Post by BigCat on Mar 26, 2013 16:00:58 GMT -5
I think we could develop a good rivalry with Furman and ETSU, IF we can start winning football games. It would take some time to replace ASU, but ETSU could become a big rivalry game in football and basketball.
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Post by sylvacat on Mar 30, 2013 21:25:06 GMT -5
We have to win to have a rival, App hasnt called us a rival for years, they look at GASO as there rival. Being a rival to Furman?!? MEH
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2013 8:20:22 GMT -5
We have to win to have a rival, App hasnt called us a rival for years, they look at GASO as there rival. Being a rival to Furman?!? MEH In the early 80s, I would say Furman more than any other SoCon team was Western's rival. The 2 games in 1983 were CLASSICS! Not to mention when WCU eeked out a 20-19 win in Gville in 86, it led to a "memorable" postgame rant by Jimmy Satterfield to the shock of the Furman faithful. LOL! Oh yes, there is a rival there, but it's been quiet for some time, no thanks to our performance as well. GO CATS! |
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