@AUJimHalpert@JudgeSma@ryanhammer09 The word mid has a meaning. Theres the power conferences, then the conferences that are in the middle, then the lower. So yes, these are middle. But that’s cool. Thanks for the insight.
@AUJimHalpert@JudgeSma@ryanhammer09 Then Auburn is an exception in past years. But if you’re saying there’s no problem with how the current system awards the high majors for keeping the mid majors strengths of schedules low, then we won’t find common ground. The system is broken.
@AUJimHalpert@JudgeSma@ryanhammer09 This isn’t the battle I care to fight. The Big Sky is at least on the lower end of the mid major spectrum. But no, The SoCon being the 23rd ranked conference out of 31 does not describe a “middle” major. Some schools single handed graduate out of their conferences but take time.
@AUJimHalpert@JudgeSma@ryanhammer09 I’m sorry but less than 10 to name in a decade is wild. And some are borderline. The reality is high majors gain nothing from scheduling mid majors and it keeps their NET higher. We agree with that. It’s not the schools problem so much as an incentive program.
@AUJimHalpert@JudgeSma@ryanhammer09 They play in the SoCon. That is a low major conference. They deserve these games too. But being willing to play the true MID majors who can beat the high majors regularly is the fear most schools refuse to overcome. I just thought it was funny that Auburn hadn’t scheduled any.
@AUJimHalpert@JudgeSma@ryanhammer09 You do know that there’s mid majors and low majors. Buy games against the worst conferences is very different from home and homes or 2 for 1’s against the conferences ranked between 6 and 10. The former is what primarily is happening.
@realDonJunk@RedditCFB Perhaps not a literal guarantee but all MVC fan bases knew about his meeting with STL during the season and there was no real doubt that he was going there from people very clued in. ISU never had a realistic shot. But it’s all competing sources at the end of the day.
@realDonJunk@RedditCFB The best Belmont players will come with. It would give them postseason experience which none of them have. That used to be an important springboard into the following year. Maybe it’s not valued anymore.
@trevormay23@SSN_Jays@awfulannouncing 2nd oldest college basketball conference with a significant amount of top 50 all time players that’s been consistently poached and had to always reinvent itself to stay near the top. Even if we leave it one day, I’ll always have high respect for it.
@SSN_Jays@trevormay23@awfulannouncing I spent my entire childhood hating Creighton. To see your account defending the MVC in 2026 warmed my heart. - An SIU fan that Still H8’s Cr8on (who roots for you in the tourney and adored Korver as a Bull but would’ve defended Kent Williams being better with my life in 2003) 😂
@JasonSpencerDJ@austinnarber Even as a fan of an MVC team admittedly, with all objectivity, the MVC is THE best 1 bid league so that has to matter. Not to mention the MVC’s record in the NCAA tourney over the past 20 years is the best of all mid majors. But you’re right that Lunardi won’t show that respect.
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@DrBigBalls95@midwestillini@PhilipBLee@greg_price11 Sounds good to me. I only took the total data for murder that was presented in the clip. These fox people don’t actually care about these neighborhoods. They’re just useful for narratives without context. Sensationalizing. Not people I want to give the time of day.
@DrBigBalls95@midwestillini@PhilipBLee@greg_price11 I don’t know why this turned into a debate. The facts were skewed to make Chicago look worse. That’s all. I’m not saying it’s paradise but I’d feel much more comfortable in a metro area in general than a small town known for violent crime. That’s me. Have a blessed day.