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ESPN Group of 5 Power Rankings

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Re: ESPN Group of 5 Power Rankings

Unread post by Yosef84 » Sat Aug 31, 2024 6:13 am

Saint3333 wrote:
Wed Aug 28, 2024 1:43 pm
Fans 1975-1984 - WCU & LR
Fans 1985-1994 - Furman and Marshall
Fans 1995-2004 - GS and Furman
Fans 2005-2014 - GS and Furman?
Fans 2015-2024 - GS and ULL?
Fans 2025-future - JMU and Marshall...
Pretty close, but I honestly don't remember LR being considered a "rival". That status probably goes back to the 70's but had wrapped up before I got to App in 1980. I also wouldn't be so quick to remove GS from the list moving forward but the other two are definitely up there with them.

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Re: ESPN Group of 5 Power Rankings

Unread post by BambooRdApp » Sat Aug 31, 2024 7:43 am

Yosef84 wrote:
Sat Aug 31, 2024 6:13 am
Saint3333 wrote:
Wed Aug 28, 2024 1:43 pm
Fans 1975-1984 - WCU & LR
Fans 1985-1994 - Furman and Marshall
Fans 1995-2004 - GS and Furman
Fans 2005-2014 - GS and Furman?
Fans 2015-2024 - GS and ULL?
Fans 2025-future - JMU and Marshall...
Pretty close, but I honestly don't remember LR being considered a "rival". That status probably goes back to the 70's but had wrapped up before I got to App in 1980. I also wouldn't be so quick to remove GS from the list moving forward but the other two are definitely up there with them.
Unless Marshall is going to be in running for Easter year in and year out...that is TBD.
What made them being an important game while I was in school..was due to them being damn good.
Well, it is up to Alumni to mentor younger alumni that Stink is stink and will always Stink... it's deeper than hate!!!
That is generational!!!
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Re: ESPN Group of 5 Power Rankings

Unread post by Bigdaddyg1 » Sat Aug 31, 2024 10:54 am

I still recall back in my days (82-86) both times Marshall came to Boone they packed the visitor side

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Re: ESPN Group of 5 Power Rankings

Unread post by Yosefus » Sat Aug 31, 2024 6:07 pm

Bigdaddyg1 wrote:
Sat Aug 31, 2024 10:54 am
I still recall back in my days (82-86) both times Marshall came to Boone they packed the visitor side
If I'm not mistaken at least one we got beat. Would have been before 86. I graduated 85

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Re: ESPN Group of 5 Power Rankings

Unread post by Black Saturday » Sun Sep 01, 2024 8:12 am

Bigdaddyg1 wrote:
Sat Aug 31, 2024 10:54 am
I still recall back in my days (82-86) both times Marshall came to Boone they packed the visitor side
We were there the same years, except I took 1 more year to complete my Masters in Hell Raising. Class of '87
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Re: ESPN Group of 5 Power Rankings

Unread post by Bigdaddyg1 » Sun Sep 01, 2024 8:57 am

Black Saturday wrote:
Sun Sep 01, 2024 8:12 am
Bigdaddyg1 wrote:
Sat Aug 31, 2024 10:54 am
I still recall back in my days (82-86) both times Marshall came to Boone they packed the visitor side
We were there the same years, except I took 1 more year to complete my Masters in Hell Raising. Class of '87
I think at least one of those games was a win and ended with a goalpost being torn down. I lived in Eggers freshman year and recall a club game played on a Sunday after the goalpost went down. They had to go to the other end for kicks.

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Re: ESPN Group of 5 Power Rankings

Unread post by Stonewall » Sun Sep 01, 2024 9:08 am

LR was a 50s and 60s rivalry. By the early 70s the divide was pretty deep. They fielded some good teams though and I think played for and may have won a small college championship way back. It was Western from then on , until it wasn’t. Marshall until they moved up. Southern since. I think the future rival is JMU. Maybe everyone in the East ?

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