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Appy State job open, let's get the Lobo to App State campaign going!!!!

dubs21 said:
Do you really think that the athletic department are in worse shape now with Cobb, than before with Laney? Please elaborate. The stadium is transformed as well as many other sports facilities. Average attendance is around 30k, not 15k in football. Yosef contributions were up to $2.7 million this year. Men's bball sucks, women's is much better. Darcey Vincent is a Cobb hire.
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Avg. attendance was 26,358 this year, leading the FCS.
 
How did we get an App State athletic department shill on our board? Just know that a lot of alums are not happy with how Coach Moore was let go.
 
SkinsNDeacs said:
I don't give a damn what went on. I don't care if Jerry Moore pissed on Cobbs shoes...he could not have handled this worse. Is Cobb still going to tout Moore's accomplishments while looking for a bigger job (that he never gets)? That will be fhttp://www.ogboards.com/forums/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=1017615un to watch.
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DemonYosef said:
If ASU was a member of CUSA, it would have the second-highest attendance rate in the conference.
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And after a couple of seasons in CUSA or the like App would never draw that many fans again....
 
dubs21 said:
Do you really think that the athletic department are in worse shape now with Cobb, than before with Laney? Please elaborate. The stadium is transformed as well as many other sports facilities. Average attendance is around 30k, not 15k in football. Yosef contributions were up to $2.7 million this year. Men's bball sucks, women's is much better. Darcey Vincent is a Cobb hire.
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All of that was built on the back of the success of the football team (Moore). Like I said earlier, it is an absolute joke that Cobb goes around interviewing for "bigger" jobs with Jerry Moore's resume in his pocket and then has the nerve to force him out / fire him.
 
Deacon2002 said:
And after a couple of seasons in CUSA or the like App would never draw that many fans again....
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Bingo. Give App a few years of average (at best) teams in a middling conference (at best). We would be lucky to draw 10K fans. Cobb's FBS dream is as dumb as him firing the man that built the program.
 
Things that would be bad for APP if they don't move up:

Three divisions develop
1) The major conferences
2) Lower D-1A conferences (the one where Wake, Duke etc. will end up)
3) 1-AA becomes third tier
 
bojanglefunk said:
Things that would be bad for APP if they don't move up:

Three divisions develop
1) The major conferences
2) Lower D-1A conferences (the one where Wake, Duke etc. will end up)
3) 1-AA becomes third tier
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Add to that fact, that the Southern Conference is becoming the conference of small, private schools. ASU is, by far, the biggest, with Georgia Southern a distant second.
 
Why are people so confident that APP, with 85 scholarships, wont be able to compete in the Sun Belt or CUSA or other lower FBS conference. If we move up, we wont have to stay at 60 some scholarships. I'm not confident that they will be world beaters or conference champs every year, but i'm not sure they can't either.
 
Has a school ever moved backwards from D-1A to D-1AA? I understand some of the resistance for not wanting to jump to 1A, but it seems like the logical step for App to go to D-1A.
 
dubs21 said:
Why are people so confident that APP, with 85 scholarships, wont be able to compete in the Sun Belt or CUSA or other lower FBS conference. If we move up, we wont have to stay at 60 some scholarships. I'm not confident that they will be world beaters or conference champs every year, but i'm not sure they can't either.
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Marshall says hi
 
I think Marshall is a better comparison. Marshall had a rich 1AA history with National Championships and an amazing following. Once they moved up to 1A/FBS they middled in a mid-major program and they have not been heard from since. I don't think they even average 12K for home games now.
 
They averaged 25k this year.

Season Attendance Totals
Year Dates Total Average
1991 10 208,539 20,854
1992 10 217,146 21,714
1993 11 230,155 20,923
1994 10 224,285 22,428
1995 9 185,852 20,650
1996 11 227,712 20,701

Moved up to FBS
1997 6 158,382 26,397
1998 7 173,515 24,788
1999 7 200,715 28,673
2000 6 167,304 27,884
2001 6 152,732 25,455
2002 7 194,520 27,789
2003 5 139,186 25,933
2004 5 129,664 23,620
2005 6 159,062 26,510
2006 5 130,155 26,031
2007 6 180,120 30,020
2008 6 148,593 24,766
2009 6 133,415 22,236
2010 6 162,276 27,046
2011 5 129,371 25,874
Total 150 3,652,699 24,351
 
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Also, Marshall did extremely well when they first moved up, then got hit with sanctions.
 
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