On the Josh Graham Show today. Said Athletics is about to announce it.

Really surprised wcu would agree to it

T-Dog wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 5:58 pm

On the Josh Graham Show today. Said Athletics is about to announce it.

I know they are in NC but they don't have a big brand name, they don't travel well, and this should be a blowout win for us every time. We really don't need to play them but if we are going to we better only play them in Boone and beat them by 40+ every time.

AppStFan1 wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 7:49 pm

T-Dog wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 5:58 pm

On the Josh Graham Show today. Said Athletics is about to announce it.

I know they are in NC but they don't have a big brand name, they don't travel well, and this should be a blowout win for us every time. We really don't need to play them but if we are going to we better only play them in Boone and beat them by 40+ every time.

You know who else thinks like this? Carolina. You can’t be offended when someone thinks that App is beneath them and then play the inferiority card when it is convenient.

I think he said we are going to play them at Western also. Did I miss understand?

AppSt94 wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 7:54 pm

AppStFan1 wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 7:49 pm

T-Dog wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 5:58 pm

On the Josh Graham Show today. Said Athletics is about to announce it.

I know they are in NC but they don't have a big brand name, they don't travel well, and this should be a blowout win for us every time. We really don't need to play them but if we are going to we better only play them in Boone and beat them by 40+ every time.

You know who else thinks like this? Carolina. You can’t be offended when someone thinks that App is beneath them and then play the inferiority card when it is convenient.

I agree on sentiment but vis a vis unc football: App has a big brand, App travels well, and unc isn’t supposed to blow us out (and recent matchups bear that out).

ASU85Grad wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 7:58 pm

I think he said we are going to play them at Western also. Did I miss understand?

Nah I just listened to the replay no mention of playing at wcu not something fbs teams do.

BallantyneApp wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 8:04 pm

AppSt94 wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 7:54 pm

AppStFan1 wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 7:49 pm

T-Dog wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 5:58 pm

On the Josh Graham Show today. Said Athletics is about to announce it.

I know they are in NC but they don't have a big brand name, they don't travel well, and this should be a blowout win for us every time. We really don't need to play them but if we are going to we better only play them in Boone and beat them by 40+ every time.

You know who else thinks like this? Carolina. You can’t be offended when someone thinks that App is beneath them and then play the inferiority card when it is convenient.

I agree on sentiment but vis a vis unc football: App has a big brand, App travels well, and unc isn’t supposed to blow us out (and recent matchups bear that out).

So, Linwood is what we want in KBS or whatever the team is called... Campbell, Savannah State, Gardner Webb

I am fine with catamounts...no different than other teams mentioned above

AppSt94 wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 7:54 pm

AppStFan1 wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 7:49 pm

T-Dog wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 5:58 pm

On the Josh Graham Show today. Said Athletics is about to announce it.

I know they are in NC but they don't have a big brand name, they don't travel well, and this should be a blowout win for us every time. We really don't need to play them but if we are going to we better only play them in Boone and beat them by 40+ every time.

You know who else thinks like this? Carolina. You can’t be offended when someone thinks that App is beneath them and then play the inferiority card when it is convenient.

I'm not offended one bit. They don't benefit in any way from playing us and we don't benefit in any way from playing WCU. If we are going to play a FCS team I would at least want a school that will travel well enough to actually help fill the stadium. The only good thing about playing WCU is that we should never be so bad that we can't beat them. You know why I said we should beat them by 40+? It was a 26-point average margin when we were in the same league so there is no reason why we should not beat them by 40+ now that we are FBS and should be getting far better players than they do.

BambooRdApp wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 8:19 pm

BallantyneApp wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 8:04 pm

AppSt94 wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 7:54 pm

AppStFan1 wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 7:49 pm

T-Dog wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 5:58 pm

On the Josh Graham Show today. Said Athletics is about to announce it.

I know they are in NC but they don't have a big brand name, they don't travel well, and this should be a blowout win for us every time. We really don't need to play them but if we are going to we better only play them in Boone and beat them by 40+ every time.

You know who else thinks like this? Carolina. You can’t be offended when someone thinks that App is beneath them and then play the inferiority card when it is convenient.

I agree on sentiment but vis a vis unc football: App has a big brand, App travels well, and unc isn’t supposed to blow us out (and recent matchups bear that out).

So, Linwood is what we want in KBS or whatever the team is called... Campbell, Savannah State, Gardner Webb

I am fine with catamounts...no different than other teams mentioned above

I really don't want Lindenwood or those others either. I would much rather have G5 schools come to Boone and we go to them. We need schools who can actually help fill the stadium more and benefit financially. There is not a single FCS school who can help with that. When it comes to UNC at least we could help fill BOA Stadium but if we played WCU in BOA they would maybe bring 2,000 fans max.

BallantyneApp wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 8:04 pm

AppSt94 wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 7:54 pm

AppStFan1 wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 7:49 pm

T-Dog wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 5:58 pm

On the Josh Graham Show today. Said Athletics is about to announce it.

I know they are in NC but they don't have a big brand name, they don't travel well, and this should be a blowout win for us every time. We really don't need to play them but if we are going to we better only play them in Boone and beat them by 40+ every time.

You know who else thinks like this? Carolina. You can’t be offended when someone thinks that App is beneath them and then play the inferiority card when it is convenient.

I agree on sentiment but vis a vis unc football: App has a big brand, App travels well, and unc isn’t supposed to blow us out (and recent matchups bear that out).

I understand your point but is that the driver that you think that it is ? IF these games are scheduled. I believe that the caveat to the gambling revenue that is being dispersed comes with an agreement to play more in state opponents within the university system. If the bill requires UNC and State to come to Boone or Greeneville then it should require App and a Charlotte to travel to Cullowhee.

App doesn’t need Western to come to town to fill KBS but they may need APP to fill EJW.

BallantyneApp wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 8:04 pm

AppSt94 wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 7:54 pm

AppStFan1 wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 7:49 pm

T-Dog wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 5:58 pm

On the Josh Graham Show today. Said Athletics is about to announce it.

I know they are in NC but they don't have a big brand name, they don't travel well, and this should be a blowout win for us every time. We really don't need to play them but if we are going to we better only play them in Boone and beat them by 40+ every time.

You know who else thinks like this? Carolina. You can’t be offended when someone thinks that App is beneath them and then play the inferiority card when it is convenient.

I agree on sentiment but vis a vis unc football: App has a big brand, App travels well, and unc isn’t supposed to blow us out (and recent matchups bear that out).

FBS programs don’t travel to FCS programs, this is a poor analogy. We aren’t traveling to the Whee in football. Sounds like some bad intel, probably traveling there in basketball and other sports.

We’re done with small ball, that’s why we made the jump. No need to be play any FCS team AWAY. They can come to us if they want though.

We BETTER not go to damn Cullowhee. This game doesn’t excite me anymore, but if we play, it better be in Boone. Every. Single. Time.

GO APPS!!

AppStFan1 wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 8:39 pm

BambooRdApp wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 8:19 pm

BallantyneApp wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 8:04 pm

AppSt94 wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 7:54 pm

AppStFan1 wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 7:49 pm

I know they are in NC but they don't have a big brand name, they don't travel well, and this should be a blowout win for us every time. We really don't need to play them but if we are going to we better only play them in Boone and beat them by 40+ every time.

You know who else thinks like this? Carolina. You can’t be offended when someone thinks that App is beneath them and then play the inferiority card when it is convenient.

I agree on sentiment but vis a vis unc football: App has a big brand, App travels well, and unc isn’t supposed to blow us out (and recent matchups bear that out).

So, Linwood is what we want in KBS or whatever the team is called... Campbell, Savannah State, Gardner Webb

I am fine with catamounts...no different than other teams mentioned above

I really don't want Lindenwood or those others either. I would much rather have G5 schools come to Boone and we go to them. We need schools who can actually help fill the stadium more and benefit financially. There is not a single FCS school who can help with that. When it comes to UNC at least we could help fill BOA Stadium but if we played WCU in BOA they would maybe bring 2,000 fans max.

No one is talking about playing anyone in boa stadium. All teams play Patsy's on their schedule (or what they think are lesser teams ) earlier in the season to help gel in live situations. Given nil and virtually having a new team every year, having one game early in September with a Patsy is actually a good idea. For KBS, schedule Parents weekend for that game. You will never have an issue with a sell-out as all freshman moms are missing their babies.
Although we have a good program historically and hope we do going forward, we probably should play as FCS team for reasons noted above. If Michigan, Texas A&M (and, yes, they thought we were a Patsy before the game), we would not have the stories and brand we have today.

PS no offense to all the Patsies out there

Saint3333 wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 9:10 pm

BallantyneApp wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 8:04 pm

AppSt94 wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 7:54 pm

AppStFan1 wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 7:49 pm

T-Dog wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 5:58 pm

On the Josh Graham Show today. Said Athletics is about to announce it.

I know they are in NC but they don't have a big brand name, they don't travel well, and this should be a blowout win for us every time. We really don't need to play them but if we are going to we better only play them in Boone and beat them by 40+ every time.

You know who else thinks like this? Carolina. You can’t be offended when someone thinks that App is beneath them and then play the inferiority card when it is convenient.

I agree on sentiment but vis a vis unc football: App has a big brand, App travels well, and unc isn’t supposed to blow us out (and recent matchups bear that out).

FBS programs don’t travel to FCS programs, this is a poor analogy. We aren’t traveling to the Whee in football. Sounds like some bad intel, probably traveling there in basketball and other sports.

If I recall The SBC, at one time, had a rule prohibiting member schools from playing AT FCS schools.

Saint3333 wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 9:10 pm

BallantyneApp wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 8:04 pm

AppSt94 wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 7:54 pm

AppStFan1 wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 7:49 pm

T-Dog wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 5:58 pm

On the Josh Graham Show today. Said Athletics is about to announce it.

I know they are in NC but they don't have a big brand name, they don't travel well, and this should be a blowout win for us every time. We really don't need to play them but if we are going to we better only play them in Boone and beat them by 40+ every time.

You know who else thinks like this? Carolina. You can’t be offended when someone thinks that App is beneath them and then play the inferiority card when it is convenient.

I agree on sentiment but vis a vis unc football: App has a big brand, App travels well, and unc isn’t supposed to blow us out (and recent matchups bear that out).

FBS programs don’t travel to FCS programs, this is a poor analogy. We aren’t traveling to the Whee in football. Sounds like some bad intel, probably traveling there in basketball and other sports.

If I recall The SBC, at one time, had a rule prohibiting member schools from playing AT FCS schools.

Some folks parrot what they hear third hand rather than step back and view things from a medium distance.

It would be unprecedented for us to travel to an FCS school in football.

Technically, all stadiums in the western half of the state belong to App. They would all be home games for us.

pop5app wrote: ↑

Fri May 02, 2025 6:01 am

Saint3333 wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 9:10 pm

BallantyneApp wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 8:04 pm

AppSt94 wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 7:54 pm

AppStFan1 wrote: ↑

Thu May 01, 2025 7:49 pm

I know they are in NC but they don't have a big brand name, they don't travel well, and this should be a blowout win for us every time. We really don't need to play them but if we are going to we better only play them in Boone and beat them by 40+ every time.

You know who else thinks like this? Carolina. You can’t be offended when someone thinks that App is beneath them and then play the inferiority card when it is convenient.

I agree on sentiment but vis a vis unc football: App has a big brand, App travels well, and unc isn’t supposed to blow us out (and recent matchups bear that out).

FBS programs don’t travel to FCS programs, this is a poor analogy. We aren’t traveling to the Whee in football. Sounds like some bad intel, probably traveling there in basketball and other sports.

If I recall The SBC, at one time, had a rule prohibiting member schools from playing AT FCS schools.

Correct, the SBC won't allow. Also, Gillin isn't dumb enough to even consider it.