Author Topic: 2012-2020: Future of SBU Football - Conference Affiliation, FBS Football, etc  (Read 25743 times)

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South  Florida could very well be  a top 25 or 20 team.  I hope their coach has enough class not to let this get out of hand. I think he does  but I still see something like a 45-7 beating  down there .  Overall  I guess 6-5 is very optimistic or maybe 5-6 either way the playoffs  are still far off.

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Street & Smith one of the most respected magazines in the country ranks us 9th

Carbone is going be the starting QB and Fields will get playing time and that is a fact

The only way Coach P. is let go is if they really bomb as he still has a lot of support by the ones who make those decisions

The real key to the 2017 season is how physically they get beat up by South Florida if they come out of it in good shape they'll be okay however if they come out in bad shape then the season could be a long one

Campi. I think you are correct about Carbone being the starter. Coach P hinted to that last fall, on signing day.. I heard it with my own ears. he said. "Fields needs to prove to him that he can be a starting quarterback" I didnt like that when I heard it and a few people in the room looked around at each other as if like. OHHHHHH NOOOOO..... Carbone is going to be the starting quarterback again?!?!...

In my warp way of thinking I wouldnt mind if SB goes 1-10 or 0-11.. I thnk 2-9 or 3-8 is more likely the season, but a total rinsing is what the program needs so they can start over..

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I'm a (former) season ticket holder that would almost certainly re-up if it means seeing Tyquell under center. Carbone was unfortunately abysmal last year throwing the ball.
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its really unfortunate how little excitement there is surrounding this program- at least on this board- so close to the season.  i truly hope its not a reflection of the larger fan base.
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its really unfortunate how little excitement there is surrounding this program- at least on this board- so close to the season.  i truly hope its not a reflection of the larger fan base.

Four consecutive losing seasons will take all the wind out of your fan base. We're already a school that struggles greatly with fan apathy. Imploding every year due to horrid QB play and mediocre offensive coaching will only make it worse. We're the dedicated fans and if we're not even excited, just imagine how the average student and/or fan feels? We'll be lucky to win three games this season.

Our style of play doesn't help us either. People prefer to watch the high scoring spread offenses, or at the very least watch competent QB play if you're running a pro-style system. We haven't had a good QB since Essington graduated. It's such a damn shame, because this program has talent and the defense has been elite.

Had we had even a halfway competent QB we'd have surely made some playoff runs these past couple seasons with Hemphill running the defense. Letting Hemphill run off to Wake Forest rather than promoting him to HC will haunt this program for a long time. He'll be the HC at a very good G5 program within the next five years mark my words.

Building hype around your program is a 3-4 year process. We'll have to start over from square one since none of the current students or players have experienced a conference championship season while at SBU.
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Well spoken Va Seawolf we need change in our play calling and  personel  on the sidelines

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its really unfortunate how little excitement there is surrounding this program- at least on this board- so close to the season.  i truly hope its not a reflection of the larger fan base.

Four consecutive losing seasons will take all the wind out of your fan base. We're already a school that struggles greatly with fan apathy. Imploding every year due to horrid QB play and mediocre offensive coaching will only make it worse. We're the dedicated fans and if we're not even excited, just imagine how the average student and/or fan feels? We'll be lucky to win three games this season.

Our style of play doesn't help us either. People prefer to watch the high scoring spread offenses, or at the very least watch competent QB play if you're running a pro-style system. We haven't had a good QB since Essington graduated. It's such a damn shame, because this program has talent and the defense has been elite.

Had we had even a halfway competent QB we'd have surely made some playoff runs these past couple seasons with Hemphill running the defense. Letting Hemphill run off to Wake Forest rather than promoting him to HC will haunt this program for a long time. He'll be the HC at a very good G5 program within the next five years mark my words.

Building hype around your program is a 3-4 year process. We'll have to start over from square one since none of the current students or players have experienced a conference championship season while at SBU.

Bingo!!! Well said and truthful..

I've been a football season ticket holder for a very long time and have no plans of letting that go, unless my son Varsity gan=mnes get in the way, but just last night I was hanging with a few of my friends who are recent season ticket holders as well, and some are considering not renewing their tickets for next season. I asked why!! and was told we suck, plain and simple..

People go to games to watch their team win games, not lose. Thats how you build a fan base. They also like to see excitement something this team lacks the last 4 years.. They also like it when a quarterback is the captain of the team and takes control of the offense. ie; THROWS THE BALL, make diving catches, QB runs it in for a touchdown, TE runs it in for a TD ... Not just running play calling up the gut for no gain, every other play !!!!

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I'm pissed the Home Opener is so late into the season. Students will be settled in their academics and may not even show up to Game 1. I hope I'm wrong.

I haven't been following as closely but I will be there like always! Go Wolves!
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I'm pissed the Home Opener is so late into the season. Students will be settled in their academics and may not even show up to Game 1. I hope I'm wrong.

I haven't been following as closely but I will be there like always! Go Wolves!

The home opener is usually well attended. I recall a few years back we played Towson in the opener and that game was the last week of September. Playing the opener on the 16th is fine. What would **** me off is if we lost to Sacred Heart again. That game last year was the most inexplicable loss I've seen by this program since I've been following it.

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That was strange considering we beat two top teams in North Dakota and Richmond then get blown out by Sacred Heart .

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New member here. Been going to Stony Brook sporting events for a few decades now and call me crazy I'm excited about the football season. I'm not dumb though, it's hard to have a College Football following in this area but not impossible. Let's hope this team can shock some people and have an interesting season so they can get some new fans.

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New member here. Been going to Stony Brook sporting events for a few decades now and call me crazy I'm excited about the football season. I'm not dumb though, it's hard to have a College Football following in this area but not impossible. Let's hope this team can shock some people and have an interesting season so they can get some new fans.

While I appreciate the optimism, what is this based on? Our top notch defensive coordinator is gone, and with him the brains of the unit that's prevented us from going 0-11 these past three seasons. This team is talented, so there's always the possibility we win a few games and go on a run, but unless Fields is the next Cam Newton, I don't see it happening.

We can definitely carve out a nice niche for ourselves out here if we start winning being the only D1 program on long island. If we start winning 9+ games a season, go FBS, and continue that? We won't be able to expand the stadium quickly enough! If only a small fraction of the people on LI gave enough of a damn to come out and watch a winning team we'd have no problem filling the stadium. Even at 25K seats like in that stadium rendering on the Seawolves United site.   

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My optimism? I said I was excited "about the football season" and hoped the team would shock us. I love football season and Stony Brook is the easiest way to see a halfway decent football in this area. Never did I say I was optimistic.

That being said the defense is still good and hopefully the running game can be effective. We can all pray to the football gods that the QB play is just a little bit better.

I think talking about the FBS is a little crazy.

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The Brookland guys are creating a podcast. You can listen to the first episode here https://soundcloud.com/brookland-907557196

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