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Re: Stony Brook to CAA?
« Reply #30 on: July 11, 2012, 12:03:36 am »
Time will tell but I can tell you sooner...you can take it or leave it. We are joined at the hip...
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Re: Stony Brook to CAA?
« Reply #31 on: July 20, 2012, 12:36:11 pm »
Hope you make it in the CAA. Would be a great addition, just don't know if you are being blocked by Hofstra.
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Re: Stony Brook to CAA?
« Reply #32 on: July 21, 2012, 10:38:18 am »
I dont think Hofstra cares much about a football only member or if they have a say in it after what they pulled in 2009. All sports is something else . Somehow they think if we move into the CAA it  threatens them from a recruiting standpoint and some media coverage.  Yet when we had the Battle of Long Island every year in mens lax it was a fan favorite. One year the game was played at SBU and drew almost 7k and it was a Tuesday night ! Fingers crossed we are in . Thanks for the support from JMU by the way.
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Re: Stony Brook to CAA?
« Reply #33 on: July 22, 2012, 08:47:17 am »
I am thinking you are in as football only, especially if the reports about Albany coming to the CAA are true.
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Re: Stony Brook to CAA?
« Reply #34 on: July 22, 2012, 10:16:08 am »
I agree JMUFan. After reading posts from various boards and some news postings, and in light of the CAA Commissioner visiting SBU last week, I expect to hear that both SBU and Albany join as football members. Whether they join in all-sports is a toss-up, imo.
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Re: Stony Brook to CAA?
« Reply #35 on: July 22, 2012, 10:45:52 am »
This is interesting, hope your AD isn't acting irrational.

" Jon Rothstein @JonRothstein 21m Sources say CAA wants Stony Brook for full membership and Albany just for football but Stony Brook will decline offer. Very happy in AEC."
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Re: Stony Brook to CAA?
« Reply #36 on: July 22, 2012, 10:57:41 am »
That may be  a very true statement. Reason being  SBU has plans under way to move to an FBS Conference in say the next 5-6 years. They dont want to pay  the 1 million exit fee at that time to move all sports out of the CAA.  The football exit fee of 250 k they will pay. Also I dont think SBU wants to  undermine the AEC now that Boston Univ left.  So an interesting turn of events  . Hopefullly  the CAA will still accept us as football only member and we get the best of both worlds.  The goal all  along has been FBS in all sports so I wouldnt be surprised if at the end of the day we are still in the Big South/AEC.
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Re: Stony Brook to CAA?
« Reply #37 on: July 22, 2012, 11:55:13 am »
97, you say that SBU has plans for FBS in the next five years. I know we've had this discussion on this board before, but I assume you're speculating...I have not heard anything about this except speculation and preferences by some of our esteemed fan board members. I have mixed feelings about moving to FBS and have all along, but I'm curious why you sound so certain.
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Re: Stony Brook to CAA?
« Reply #38 on: July 22, 2012, 01:24:01 pm »
 I have to agree w/ry last I heard Fiore say during College World series was that they are happy w/AE and had no plans on moving. As far as football I have not heard anything regarding an FBS move.  Again I will say Stony Brook has just recently had national success and that's because of the conf we play in. Baylor just got awarded 250 million to buid a new stadium, Stony Brook is not going to get that kind of money to build a stadium to hold 30,000. I feel that with the smaller donations and grants that they are recieving that they are doing a great job upgrading facilities. It is not a bad thing to be a big fish in a small pond. Just look at what has happened to Hofstra since they moved to the CAA, no more football and average other sports. Sometimes the grass is not greener on the other side.
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Re: Stony Brook to CAA?
« Reply #39 on: July 22, 2012, 02:55:19 pm »
Agree Chrissy. SBU will NEVER have a football program comparable to Ohio State, Florida, or even Maryland. Not in our lifetimes. The age of big sports growth has passed. SBU came late to the party, so there will always be a glass ceiling at the FBS level. That said, SB certainly CAN have a consistently Top 15 FCS team that can regularly compete for a national championship. What's not to like about that! I'd rather avoid the pitfalls of big time (FBS) football with the abuses and excessive partying. I think the SB student experience is best served by having a top tier FCS program. After all, that's what college should be about...a balanced (academics, sports, social life) student experience.
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Re: Stony Brook to CAA?
« Reply #40 on: July 22, 2012, 10:31:26 pm »
No no No. I want Big time College Football in Long Island. It seems like we, the fans, have completely different views on the future of SBU. I want Big East/ACC football just like most public Universities in the US. I'm not specifically saying Ohio State, Florida, Penn State, Michigan, Texas... etc... More like the Maryland, Duke, Utah, Colorado, Connecticut, Rutgers, Syracuse, North Carolina, etc

I want SBU to be big in academics and athletics. lol

I gotta keep dreaming

Never say Never!

p.s: College Football keeps getting better and better...and there is a lot of untapped potential in the Northeast. Uconn rose to 40k filled stadium in a ten year period. Why can't we? Stony Brook should be the College Football team of downstate NY... I'll leave upstate to Army/Syracuse/Buffalo/Albany
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Re: Stony Brook to CAA?
« Reply #41 on: July 23, 2012, 12:28:22 pm »
The stated goal of our athletics department has been to bring FBS level football to StonyBrook at some point in time. Whether sooner or later that would be a direction I would like to see us go. As for the tweet by John Rothstein that we declined an  invite as an all sports member to the CAA if true I take with mixed emotion. If our plan as I said is FBS in the 5-7 year range then maybe that makes  sense. If we are looking at 10-12 years or longer then I could not think of a better conference for us to be in than the CAA .  The two  conferences we are in now have become unstable. Liberty and Coastal  Carolina both have openly stated they are looking for new homes. The AE just lost Boston Univ. with no announced replacement. Who knows who else my bolt. Plus the CAA is head and shoulders above the AE any day.
So we will just have to wait see what comes out of all this , hopefully in a few weeks.
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Re: Stony Brook to CAA?
« Reply #42 on: July 23, 2012, 01:05:47 pm »
Hey everyone- my apologies if i havent been paying close enough attention- but has anyone else in the mentioned leaving?  I see a bit of chatter about UalbanY football- is that all sports?  Anything official on that?

I wouldnt get too upset about BU.  I mean they were probably the best overall athletic program in the AE, but SB (and even UA) were creeping in!!!  GO SB
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Re: Stony Brook to CAA?
« Reply #43 on: July 23, 2012, 01:28:17 pm »
It  looks like Albany will  enter   the CAA as a football only member. Nothing official yet from the CAA, but Albany officials including their  coach see Albany in the CAA  with us (Full Member /football only ?). Also Rhode Island that had announced  moving to the NEC will stay in the CAA for football now.  Only question now seems  to be is SBU going in as a full or football only program. Interesting times!
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Re: Stony Brook to CAA?
« Reply #44 on: July 23, 2012, 01:38:21 pm »
   Why would you want to be like rutgers or maryland, uconn etc they don't play for titles. Just for the record I am not against a move to the CAA if that is what is going to happen, I'm just saying that the CAA is not the end all. If it happens it happens but if we stay were we are we wiil be fine. I want football to play for 1-AA titles and our other sports to be major players in Div 1. Downstate NY and LI is a pro town people care about all the pro sports offered here. I just do not see 1/4 billion dollars allocated for a new stadium. You can't build it on campus because there is only one major roadway that accesses the school. All I am saying is enjoy what we have never had here before, I do appreciate the passion though.
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