Purdue GDT

[zooropa]

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not a reason for us to limit our ability to play well established DI programs

No point in paying big bucks to play Delaware when SIU & UNI are in the conference.

BTW: anyone think the Jacks are going to win a road game during the conference season?

[TeaJackrabbit]

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I agree jackmd. I just recently joined the Jackrabbit Club and have become more involved thn ever before. I recently had a fundraising idea that I shared w/ Mr. Sell.

To be honest, I have always been a SDSU fan..to some degree. I have followed U of Kansas Jayhawks for the past 20 years. But lately they just don't do it for me. SDSU is my school! I feel much more of a sense of pride. It's fun to follow a program where the AD and coaches will shoot you an email....where you know players on the team and know former players....where you run into current and former players....where the SID will volunteer to send you a DVD of the game that you had to miss b/c of illness...a place where my support is felt and truly appreciated.

[jackmd]

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No point in paying big bucks to play Delaware when SIU & UNI are in the conference.

BTW: anyone think the Jacks are going to win a road game during the conference season?

It will be reason to celebrate when we do.

Think about where we were, it was a good place, a comfortable place, a place we we had reached our potential. Think about where we are going to be. A research park, an exciting, vibrant community, a competitive DI program, a destination for hard working, aspiring young people and the families they bring with them. I want SDSU to be what I think it can be, what it will be.

[jackmd]

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No point in paying big bucks to play Delaware when SIU & UNI are in the conference.

BTW: anyone think the Jacks are going to win a road game during the conference season?

I don't know that you are right about that. Time will tell, I may be wrong. I met with those who were elected, those who were chosen to serve at other institutions and their support for SDSU's move to DI was next to zero. Now, they are in a position of urgency and are acting in response, I don't have respect for people like that, perhaps others do.

I am not in direct opposition I ask only for caution. We have to look our for the best interest of SDSU or we will get burned, again.

[zooropa]

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I don't know that you are right about that.

Dang few good CAA schools play tough OOC schedules. Ditto SIU & UNI. You're beating yourself up if you do that.

Being in the Valley, SDSU can afford to play USD without diminishing their reputation.

The legislature hasn't done SDSU any favors. The BOR hasn't done SDSU any favors. A number of officials unofficially opposed the move. We know all that.

SDSU admin & fans shouldn't care what they think. If they disapprove of SDSU's decisions, so be it. If they approve of SDSU's decisions, so be it. Either way, their opinions shouldn't influence what SDSU does.

[jackmd]

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SDSU admin & fans shouldn't care what they think. If they disapprove of SDSU's decisions, so be it. If they approve of SDSU's decisions, so be it. Either way, their opinions shouldn't influence what SDSU does.

We aren't an established CAA school, we are "new" to DI and FCS football.

If we start sacrificing to satisfy someone elses agenda we will be wishing we stayed DII. One game every other year against a FB team we have dominated for the last 15 years may or may not be worth it in the long run. Have we missed the rivalry? If we have explained to me with objective evidence how we have?

I understand the situation more than you are willing to give me credit for. I understand it by default and in a way I may or may not wish to but in a way that I am willing to understand, whatever that means. Playing USD again is much more complicated than most are willing to admit.

[zooropa]

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We aren't an established CAA school, we are "new" to DI and FCS football.

Right, but the W-L matters more than the teams on the schedule if you're in a power conference (and SDSU is).

Eight wins in the Valley is a guaranteed in. Seven wins is borderline in every conference out there. SDSU needs to schedule to get the best shot at those 8 wins year in and year out. The respect in terms of playoff matchups and hosting will come, assuming SDSU is a regular participant.

SDSU is not sacrificing to satisfy someone else's agenda with this. After falling one game short last year (something oft forgotten by certain fans of a certain hoofed animal, who think that SDSU is having a fluke year), Stig expressed some regrets over a schedule that had SDSU taking on Cal Poly, McNeese, SIU and UNI in the same year. Dropping Delaware for USD satisfies SDSU's interests on the field.

[RowdyRabbit]

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Glad to see the Jacks competed...competed? compote...compat....

*begin rabbit trail* whats the past tense of compete? *end rabbit trail*

Anyway, glad to see the Jacks gave Purdue a good game...as a fan, I didn't expect the Jacks to win, (I'm sure Coach and the players did), but I did expect them to be in the game, and they were...not something we could've said in the last few years.

Looking forward to getting to a few games this year!

[jackmd]

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Right, but the W-L matters more than the teams on the schedule if you're in a power conference (and SDSU is).

Eight wins in the Valley is a guaranteed in. Seven wins is borderline in every conference out there. SDSU needs to schedule to get the best shot at those 8 wins year in and year out. The respect in terms of playoff matchups and hosting will come, assuming SDSU is a regular participant.

SDSU is not sacrificing to satisfy someone else's agenda with this. After falling one game short last year (something oft forgotten by certain fans of a certain hoofed animal, who think that SDSU is having a fluke year), Stig expressed some regrets over a schedule that had SDSU taking on Cal Poly, McNeese, SIU and UNI in the same year. Dropping Delaware for USD satisfies SDSU's interests on the field.

You will not see me argue the point that our schedule has been difficult. Perhaps to the point that it cost us a playoff spot last year. I will not concede to that thought, it is flawed, we should have beaten McNeese and the point would therefore be moot.

I know without a doubt that we will be viewed with less respect for settling for a game with a team that wanted to stay DII only 3 years ago. A team, despite the fact that they won at Cal-Poly, lost 66-7 to UNI, lost to UNC, and that has not proven itself at this level. I am not saying they won't prove themselves at this level. Much of our respect at this level has come from our willingness to play the best, to play them at their place, to aspire to be the best. Settling for a game with an institution that has no held us in a position of respect is not the same. Resign yourself to whatever you want, I am less willing to do so.

[zooropa]

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You will not see me argue the point that our schedule has been difficult. Perhaps to the point that it cost us a playoff spot last year. I will not concede to that thought, it is flawed, we should have beaten McNeese and the point would therefore be moot.

I know without a doubt that we will be viewed with less respect for settling for a game with a team that wanted to stay DII only 3 years ago. A team, despite the fact that they won at Cal-Poly, lost 66-7 to UNI, lost to UNC, and that has not proven itself at this level. I am not saying they won't prove themselves at this level. Much of our respect at this level has come from our willingness to play the best, to play them at their place, to aspire to be the best. Settling for a game with an institution that has no held us in a position of respect is not the same. Resign yourself to whatever you want, I am less willing to do so.

I'll paste this and my response on the USD 2011 thread

[leeshajo]

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A lot of respect for SDSU from Purdue's coach...

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=293242509

ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands -- Purdue coach Matt Painter said his seventh-ranked Boilermakers were outplayed and out-toughed by South Dakota State.

However, the Boilermakers weren't outscored.
E'Twaun Moore scored 22 points and beat South Dakota State 74-63 on Friday night in the first round of the U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam.
"The key was the flow of the game, and I thought they were tougher than us and quicker than us," Painter said. "We talked at halftime about staying tight with them and carrying out our assignments."

rest of it at the link...

[Jacks99]

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I'll paste this and my response on the USD 2011 thread

Thanks... Just a bit of thread drift

[SF_Rabbit_Fan]

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Could someone please point me in the direction of discussion on the Purdue basketball game?

I seem to have stumbled into a football thread somehow.

[SturgisJeff]

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Could someone please point me in the direction of discussion on the Purdue basketball game?

I seem to have stumbled into a football thread somehow

[SturgisJeff]

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"Overall, I felt South Dakota State played smarter, definitely played harder, there's no doubt about it," said Painter, whose team improved to 2-0 on the young season. "They were the tougher team tonight. They battled us and gave us all we could handle.

"Hopefully it's a lesson to our guys. I told them how good South Dakota State was. We showed them how skilled they were, but I don't think on tape you could see how tough they were. They knocked us off of screens, they knocked us out of the post and when the ball went up they were the ones trying to get into us instead of us getting into them. You have to give them credit for coming out and playing harder."

http://purdue.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1019111