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Yes, both leagues are beanbag leagues and the common denominator is LIU will have played in both. How about the new name: LIU Poster Boys?
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NE10 Fan: Ah, you may be right; it's not that Assumption has had a successful run that has you all puffed up. Maybe you're just a sarcastic twerp.
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Neither the Pioneers nor the Blackbirds. The powers that be at LIU are graciously going to allow the students and alumni to pick a new mascot. My choice is "Joe Jammer," perpetually caught in bumper-to-bumper traffic on the Long Island Expressway while trying to commute between the LIU Brooklyn and Post campuses.
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Originally posted by NE10Fan View PostWhat does success have anything to do with this discussion? The fact that NE10 teams have hung with the top team in the NEC the past two years indicates to me that the competition in that league can't be that much better. And since you brought it up, how many teams in that conference make the playoffs? 2017=1, 2016=1, 2015=1. I wish the LIU Ducks nothing but success in the future.
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What does success have anything to do with this discussion? The fact that NE10 teams have hung with the top team in the NEC the past two years indicates to me that the competition in that league can't be that much better. And since you brought it up, how many teams in that conference make the playoffs? 2017=1, 2016=1, 2015=1. I wish the LIU Ducks nothing but success in the future.
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Originally posted by CALUPA69 View Post. And now the critical question... Is this budding FCS program THE PIONEERS or THE BLACKBIRDS ????
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Originally posted by NE10Fan View Post
And now the critical question... Is this budding FCS program THE PIONEERS or THE BLACKBIRDS ????
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What exactly do you mean by a "beanbag" league in referring to the NEC? With the decision of the NE10 to eliminate Championship Weekend and cut back to a 10-game schedule (thereby virtually guaranteeing that the NE10 will never again put two teams into the NCAA playoffs), could not the same unflattering adjective be applied to the NE10? Don't let a couple of seasons of success at Assumption go to your head. The fact that the majority of NE10 schools voted against Championship Weekend for financial reasons indicates that they are NOT willing to move their programs and/or conference to the next level.
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Originally posted by CWP '68 View PostThat's pretty much what LIU is doing. The only exception I can think of if the top of my head is that softball will play in Brooklyn.
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Until somebody can explain to me, how much money moving to a beanbag D1 league will NET over playing in a DII league, I won't understand anything.
Does the Post and Merrimack moves mean the NE10 gets weaker or stronger?. I would guess that 70 to 80% of the recruits (maybe more) at the DII school level never get offers from D1 schools. That's why they are DII players to begin with. I don't think the NE10 selection set changes much when two schools jump up. Those kids that would have gone to Merrimack or Post will end up going to St As, Franklin Pierce, Stonehill or Pace because they are still DII players. Post and Merrimack will now have to contend with all the other NEC teams and other competing beanbag D1 leagues, for that top 2-10% regional talent, and step up their National recruiting programs to find more.
I honestly think the moves actually weakens the NEC, a league which is not really on anyone's radar and will never compete for anything other than an automatic bid in FCS football tournament. And really, who cares?
Maybe it's enough that they get a hoop teams into March Madness where alumni wet their pants and send donations.
Hopefully it just will distribute the "DII" talent throughout the NE10 and make it more balanced and competitive.
There are enough DIII colleges in NE and NY that eventually, somebody will want to step it up and grow the league.Last edited by NE10Fan; 10-05-2018, 05:48 AM.
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That's pretty much what LIU is doing. The only exception I can think of if the top of my head is that softball will play in Brooklyn.
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Originally posted by cwfenn View PostYou are right - Merrimack has been accepted by the NEC and will transition to D1.
Going forward it would be an interesting experiment by the unified LIU to center their indoor sports (BB, VB,SWIMMING,WRESTLING) in BROOKLYN and their outdoor sports ( FB, SOCCER, BB,SB, CC, T&F, TENNIS,GOLF) in beautiful BROOKVILLE. Yes...no...insane???
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I can see where this will make for slight difficulties for NE10 football but LIU Post is only an affiliate member. What does the East Coast Conference do now; they will be down to nine full members.
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