Welcome Guest! Create an Account login email: password: remember me: BASKETBALLFOOTBALLMESSAGE BOARDCHATLINKS site searchwhere to watchcontact usabout usadvertise with ushelp Message Board BobcatAttack.com Message Board General Ohio University Discussion/Alumni Events Topic:  Leave the MAC to join a stronger conference Topic:  Leave the MAC to join a stronger conference Author Message 71 BOBCAT General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Post Count: 1,887 Status: Offline     Leave the MAC to join a stronger conference    Posted: 12/11/2021 11:19:29 AM  I often wonder if the University ever considered leaving the MAC to move up conference wise? If so was there a plan laid out with needed requirements i.e. 1) Capital improvements to the facilities 2) Airport renovation to handle larger aircraft 3) Cost incurred to leave the MAC 4) Cost to move into a stronger conference 5) Increased salaries to hire better coaches 6) Offsetting revenue increase from the new conference What were all the projected pluses & negatives associated with this plan? GO BOBCATS Back to Top greencat General User Member Since: 3/12/2005 Post Count: 2,308 Status: Offline     RE: Leave the MAC to join a stronger conference    Posted: 12/11/2021 12:51:05 PM  71 BOBCAT wrote: I often wonder if the University ever considered leaving the MAC to move up conference wise? If so was there a plan laid out with needed requirements i.e. 1) Capital improvements to the facilities 2) Airport renovation to handle larger aircraft 3) Cost incurred to leave the MAC 4) Cost to move into a stronger conference 5) Increased salaries to hire better coaches 6) Offsetting revenue increase from the new conference What were all the projected pluses & negatives associated with this plan? GO BOBCATS The MAC was all set to add a couple of new members that would have added some (at least temporary) pizzazz to the league and open up attention in a major and growing southern media market. Then one of the two schools didn't or couldn't spend the relative chump change to move. Then announced 100 million dollars would be spent there on facility upgrades. Back to Top Pataskala General User Member Since: 7/8/2010 Location: At least six feet away from anybody else Post Count: 9,333 Status: Offline     RE: Leave the MAC to join a stronger conference    Posted: 12/11/2021 1:05:48 PM  71 BOBCAT wrote: I often wonder if the University ever considered leaving the MAC to move up conference wise? If so was there a plan laid out with needed requirements i.e. 1) Capital improvements to the facilities 2) Airport renovation to handle larger aircraft 3) Cost incurred to leave the MAC 4) Cost to move into a stronger conference 5) Increased salaries to hire better coaches 6) Offsetting revenue increase from the new conference What were all the projected pluses & negatives associated with this plan? GO BOBCATS Don't forget increased cost of travel to be in any "stronger" conference (if we're ever invited). Right now we can bus to all but two or three schools in the MAC. Getting into almost any other conference will require flying to at least half the other schools. We will get by. We will get by. We will get by. We will survive. Back to Top OUVan General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Bethesda, MD Post Count: 5,580 Status: Offline     RE: Leave the MAC to join a stronger conference    Posted: 12/11/2021 2:41:25 PM  Sounds like the Marshall plan which has blown up in their faces. Back to Top Mike Johnson General User Member Since: 11/11/2004 Location: North Canton, OH Post Count: 1,729 Status: Offline     RE: Leave the MAC to join a stronger conference    Posted: 12/11/2021 2:47:28 PM  71 BOBCAT wrote: I often wonder if the University ever considered leaving the MAC to move up conference wise? If so was there a plan laid out with needed requirements i.e. 1) Capital improvements to the facilities 2) Airport renovation to handle larger aircraft 3) Cost incurred to leave the MAC 4) Cost to move into a stronger conference 5) Increased salaries to hire better coaches 6) Offsetting revenue increase from the new conference What were all the projected pluses & negatives associated with this plan? GO BOBCATS What follows is a test of my memory - which can be suspect. As I am recalling, during the early years of Vern Alden's tenure, the Big 10 contacted Vern about Ohio possibly becoming a replacement for a then non-competitive Northwestern. The idea didn't go very far. If it had Ohio, as to football, could have become the sacrificial lamb that now is the duo of Maryland and Rutgers. As to basketball, under Jim Snyder, Ohio might well have been reasonably competitive, given Ohio's success against Big 10 teams during the Snyder years. Now, if anyone wants to blow up what I've just recounted, please feel perfectly free to do so. http://www.facebook.com/mikejohnson.author Back to Top KyleWvr13 General User Member Since: 11/9/2010 Location: Pottstown, PA Post Count: 500 Status: Offline     RE: Leave the MAC to join a stronger conference    Posted: 12/11/2021 4:39:07 PM  I can't think of another conference worth jumping to that isn't a P5, and good luck getting the ACC, let alone the B1G to consider us a potential new member. We would have to dominate football and basketball for a decade or more to even be remotely attractive for either conference to even consider sending us an invite, especially with the non-existent TV market Southeast Ohio is. Most of our financial woes would be solved by more support from our fans and getting more big donners, which can't be solved by waving a magic wand. Jumping to the AAC or Sunbelt would significantly increase our travel budget for all non-revenue generating sports, wiping any likely financial benefits from the slight increase TV revenue for football and basketball. The MAC may not be the most competitive or the most exciting conference, but unless Ohio wants to get into even more debt and trying to compete in the arms race that college sports has become, its a no brainer to stay for the short to medium term. Back to Top stub General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Post Count: 994 Status: Offline     RE: Leave the MAC to join a stronger conference    Posted: 12/11/2021 6:23:06 PM  I wanted Ohio to drop D1 football during the pre-Solich nightmare era, and go full speed into hoops, leave the MAC and going independent. I remember President Ping once raised that question of dropping football in our 0 for the season journey back then, but it went nowhere quickly. One can only wonder where we'd be today if that happened. Last Edited: 12/12/2021 12:10:27 PM by stub Back to Top El Gato Roberto General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Buffalo Grove, IL Post Count: 1,199 Status: Offline     RE: Leave the MAC to join a stronger conference    Posted: 12/11/2021 6:31:51 PM  Nahh…make ‘em come to the MAC! 😄 "The name's Ohio University, but everybody calls me Ohio. Any of you guys call me Ohio U, and I'll kill you." Back to Top The Optimist General User Member Since: 3/16/2007 Location: CLE Post Count: 5,567 Status: Offline     RE: Leave the MAC to join a stronger conference    Posted: 12/11/2021 6:53:07 PM  El Gato Roberto wrote: Nahh…make ‘em come to the MAC! 😄 West Virginia and Kentucky would be great additions to the MAC’s footprint and OHIO could create the “Ohio River Rivalry” with both of them! I've seen crazier things happen. Back to Top BillyTheCat General User Member Since: 10/6/2012 Post Count: 9,943 Status: Offline     RE: Leave the MAC to join a stronger conference    Posted: 12/11/2021 7:21:25 PM  How the Big 10 did not choose OHIO over Maryland or Rutgers, I have no clue. We definitely should be next in line for the Big12. The beauty of our campus alone should get us in! We probably do though need to make a couple facility improvements before we are attractive to the SEC. Back to Top TWT General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Alexandria, VA Post Count: 5,083 Status: Offline     RE: Leave the MAC to join a stronger conference    Posted: 12/11/2021 8:34:28 PM  71 BOBCAT wrote: I often wonder if the University ever considered leaving the MAC to move up conference wise? If so was there a plan laid out with needed requirements i.e. 1) Capital improvements to the facilities 2) Airport renovation to handle larger aircraft 3) Cost incurred to leave the MAC 4) Cost to move into a stronger conference 5) Increased salaries to hire better coaches 6) Offsetting revenue increase from the new conference What were all the projected pluses & negatives associated with this plan? Its going to be much more competitive on the financial outlay than what the MAC is. The MAC is smaller market and the facility arms race is gradual. I would argue salaries are already high enough to attract good coaches from lower level D1 conferences. The lowest paid football coach in the AAC makes 2 million per year at Tulsa so even if Ohio were to move up to the AAC to grow the basketball program it would cost at least 2 million more to meet expectation for AAC football. Then would Ohio even be successful in the AAC paying 2.5 or 3 million for its football coach if it can't even win the MAC? Its smarter IMO to stay in the MAC and keep chipping away at facilities. Ohio has some facility and academic advantages in the MAC. The Convo is nice but if you can add to it a basketball practice facility that takes it up another level. Most Memorable Bobcat Events Attended 2010 97-83 win over Georgetown in NCAA 1st round 2012 45-13 victory over ULM in the Independence Bowl 2015 34-3 drubbing of Miami @ Peden front of 25,086 Back to Top Jeff McKinney Moderator Member Since: 11/12/2004 Post Count: 6,120 Status: Offline     RE: Leave the MAC to join a stronger conference    Posted: 12/11/2021 9:05:40 PM  I honestly can't believe we are having this conversation *again* on this board. We are stuck in the MAC, for better or for worse. We don't have the profile or resources to move up. No one wants us. Back to Top Casper71 General User Member Since: 12/1/2006 Post Count: 2,983 Status: Offline     RE: Leave the MAC to join a stronger conference    Posted: 12/11/2021 9:28:30 PM  Thank you Jeff. Back to Top Pataskala General User Member Since: 7/8/2010 Location: At least six feet away from anybody else Post Count: 9,333 Status: Offline     RE: Leave the MAC to join a stronger conference    Posted: 12/11/2021 9:29:36 PM  Jeff McKinney wrote: I honestly can't believe we are having this conversation *again* on this board. We are stuck in the MAC, for better or for worse. We don't have the profile or resources to move up. No one wants us. Our version of "Groundhog Day." We will get by. We will get by. We will get by. We will survive. Back to Top The Optimist General User Member Since: 3/16/2007 Location: CLE Post Count: 5,567 Status: Offline     RE: Leave the MAC to join a stronger conference    Posted: 12/11/2021 9:56:52 PM  I’ve developed my own fictional basketball-only conference. I am willing to donate money to make this happen. East: Temple Umass Buffalo St Bonaventure Vermont Hofstra Delaware Niagara West: Ohio Marshall Kent Akron WKU Middle Tennessee Toledo Miami I've seen crazier things happen. Back to Top The Optimist General User Member Since: 3/16/2007 Location: CLE Post Count: 5,567 Status: Offline     RE: Leave the MAC to join a stronger conference    Posted: 12/11/2021 9:58:45 PM  Jeff McKinney wrote: I honestly can't believe we are having this conversation *again* on this board. We are stuck in the MAC, for better or for worse. We don't have the profile or resources to move up. No one wants us. I think you are underestimating our resources :-) I've seen crazier things happen. Back to Top Bobcat Love General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Post Count: 1,090 Status: Offline     RE: Leave the MAC to join a stronger conference    Posted: 12/11/2021 10:08:23 PM  This Board oF Trustees can't even walk and chew gum at the same time. You want to discuss expectations of increased performance in the Athletic or Academic Departments? Might as well be speaking Mandarin Chinese to these no-talents hand picked by Dewine. Back to Top The Optimist General User Member Since: 3/16/2007 Location: CLE Post Count: 5,567 Status: Offline     RE: Leave the MAC to join a stronger conference    Posted: 12/11/2021 10:23:47 PM  Bobcat Love wrote: This Board oF Trustees can't even walk and chew gum at the same time. You want to discuss expectations of increased performance in the Athletic or Academic Departments? Might as well be speaking Mandarin Chinese to these no-talents hand picked by Dewine. Dewine sucks. Sounds to me like we need a coup d'état. Anyone have some Bitcoin to throw down? I've seen crazier things happen. Back to Top Pataskala General User Member Since: 7/8/2010 Location: At least six feet away from anybody else Post Count: 9,333 Status: Offline     RE: Leave the MAC to join a stronger conference    Posted: 12/11/2021 11:23:50 PM  The Optimist wrote: Bobcat Love wrote: This Board oF Trustees can't even walk and chew gum at the same time. You want to discuss expectations of increased performance in the Athletic or Academic Departments? Might as well be speaking Mandarin Chinese to these no-talents hand picked by Dewine. Dewine sucks. Sounds to me like we need a coup d'état. Anyone have some Bitcoin to throw down? DeWine is too worried about his own phony-baloney job to do anything worthwhile. We will get by. We will get by. We will get by. We will survive. Back to Top Jerry86 General User Member Since: 12/18/2010 Post Count: 645 Status: Offline     RE: Leave the MAC to join a stronger conference    Posted: 12/11/2021 11:41:44 PM  Pataskala wrote: The Optimist wrote: Bobcat Love wrote: This Board oF Trustees can't even walk and chew gum at the same time. You want to discuss expectations of increased performance in the Athletic or Academic Departments? Might as well be speaking Mandarin Chinese to these no-talents hand picked by Dewine. Dewine sucks. Sounds to me like we need a coup d'état. Anyone have some Bitcoin to throw down? DeWine is too worried about his own phony-baloney job to do anything worthwhile. As an alum who lives out of state at least DeWine comprehended what Covid might do. Sadly, Ohio is one of the worst states in the US now. Having just been back seems most in Ohio don't know what a mask is. Back to Top Jeff McKinney Moderator Member Since: 11/12/2004 Post Count: 6,120 Status: Offline     RE: Leave the MAC to join a stronger conference    Posted: 12/12/2021 12:01:49 AM  Don't let this get partisan or it's going to Siberia. How many times do we have to go through this? Back to Top bobcatsquared General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Post Count: 5,257 Status: Offline     RE: Leave the MAC to join a stronger conference    Posted: 12/12/2021 8:16:14 AM  DeWine started off the pandemic making the right calls with advice from Dr. Acton. But his own republicans have put too much pressure on him and his re-election bid that he has backslided over the past 12 months. Last Edited: 12/12/2021 8:16:52 AM by bobcatsquared Back to Top OhioCatFan General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 14,313 Status: Offline     RE: Leave the MAC to join a stronger conference    Posted: 12/12/2021 10:14:34 AM  Mike Johnson wrote: What follows is a test of my memory - which can be suspect. As I am recalling, during the early years of Vern Alden's tenure, the Big 10 contacted Vern about Ohio possibly becoming a replacement for a then non-competitive Northwestern. The idea didn't go very far. If it had Ohio, as to football, could have become the sacrificial lamb that now is the duo of Maryland and Rutgers. As to basketball, under Jim Snyder, Ohio might well have been reasonably competitive, given Ohio's success against Big 10 teams during the Snyder years. Now, if anyone wants to blow up what I've just recounted, please feel perfectly free to do so. Not sure about the B1G gambit, but I do know that Alden tried to put together an eastern conference with WVU, Ohio, Rutgers and some others. The conference that he envisioned was very much like the Big East (minus Ohio) that emerged later. The only BLSS Certified Hypocrite on BA "It is better to be an optimist and be proven a fool than to be a pessimist and be proven right." Note: My avatar is the national colors of the 78th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, which are now preserved in a climate controlled vault at the Ohio History Connection. Learn more about the old 78th at: http://www.78ohio.org Back to Top greencat General User Member Since: 3/12/2005 Post Count: 2,308 Status: Offline     RE: Leave the MAC to join a stronger conference    Posted: 12/12/2021 12:07:16 PM  Jerry86 wrote: As an alum who lives out of state at least DeWine comprehended what Covid might do. Sadly, Ohio is one of the worst states in the US now. Having just been back seems most in Ohio don't know what a mask is. Ohio is at 68% with one shot (18 & up) 63% fully vaccinated. Michigan is similar at 70/64. Pennsylvania is at 95/68 - MUCH better. If people would get vaccinated and at least wear a mask into a crowded Kroger?** **By vaccinated, I don't mean one shot...I mean two plus get the booster. Maybe even take immunity support supplements that can even be found in gummy-bear form for the kids. And is $2.59 too much for playing it extra safe? https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0260/4747/9880/products... Back to Top SBH General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Post Count: 4,039 Status: Offline     RE: Leave the MAC to join a stronger conference    Posted: 12/12/2021 12:08:17 PM  Bobcat Love wrote: This Board oF Trustees can't even walk and chew gum at the same time. You want to discuss expectations of increased performance in the Athletic or Academic Departments? Might as well be speaking Mandarin Chinese to these no-talents hand picked by Dewine. They wrote checks. That's all that matters when it comes to serving on a state university board in Ohio. As in all things, money corrupts this process. Dewine should be facing jail time for his role in the FirstEnergy scandal. Back to Top Showing Replies:   1 - 25  of 51 Posts Jump to Page:   1 | 2 | 3    Next > View Other 'General Ohio University Discussion/Alumni Events' Topics                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               WHO'S ONLINE There are 220 Active Visitors on BobcatAttack.com 215 Guests 5 Registered Users:   bornacatfan, Mike Coleman, SouthernCat, LuckySparrow, Gill There are no other users looking at this page.

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