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On 3/3/2022 at 9:12 AM, PromoTheRobot said:

 

The last round of conference changes showed me that UB is stuck in the MAC forever. Here you have Conference USA get gutted by two rival conferences, The AAC and Sun Belt, and rather than even consider UB they add doormats like New Mexico State and several FCS schools moving up. Neither of the AAC or Sun Belt even considered UB either.

 

Then you have two C-USA schools offered spots in the MAC; Western Kentucky and Middle Tennessee State. Both chose to stay on the sinking C-USA ship than join the MAC.

 

Besides the obvious problems of UB like stadium and attendance, the bigger problem is Buffalo itself. Pro sports town in the north. Not a college sports market. The northeast, outside of Syracuse, is considered a college sports dead zone.

 

So as long as UB is a D1 school it will always be a MAC school because no one else will have them.

Western Kentucky wanted to join the MAC badly, but the MAC wanted MTSU as their partner, and MTSU didn't want to join for some reason.  If Western finds a partner, that is suitable to the MAC powers that be, they'll jump ship in a heartbeat.  Not sure why MTSU didn't jump ship, but they didn't.  That would have been an awesome win for the MAC if it happened.  Western is an awesome fit.  IMO, Western will be in the MAC sooner or later.

 

The Sun Belt is now the premiere Group of 5 Conference.  The teams it already has like Coastal Carolina, App State, Louisiana, Troy, and soon adding James Madison, Marshall, Southern Miss, etc, coupled with the regional footprint they follow with an emphasis still on ticket sales and gameday atmosphere is a winner.  When all four new teams are officially in, they add quality, decent attendance, and facilities to an already solid league that was getting better.  And it's a Mid Atlantic/Southern league as well.  They are a clear winner of the Texas - Oklahoma move to the SEC.  I mean, JMU, as an FCS program has better facilities than most of the MAC schools already.

 

The MAC is better than C-USA.  Period.  There is no reason to jump to C-USA.  If any team has a beef about not being in a better conference, it's Liberty.  Liberty has ACC like facilities in every sport and a budget to match Power 5 schools.  But of course, politics get in the way of that.  Liberty would make the Sun Belt a Group of 5 SEC.

 

The AAC........they are still decent, but now irrelevant on a large landscape.  They need to accept their role, and make themselves better like the Sun Belt.  

 

As for UB, they really don't offer much.  They are cool in the MAC.  It's too far out of the way for anyone to really want to include them in something bigger.  I always thought that the best team or teams to jump ship in the MAC would be Toledo or Ohio.  But even them, really, where else do they fit?

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Maurice Linquist is on the hot seat he needs to get UB bowl eligibility or he should be fired. He torn down a back to back UB Bulls bowl teams. Drove off a lot of our star players under Lance Leipold. I think Maurice Linquist is a good recruiter but his in game decisions making are horrible. UB Bulls Offensive Coordinator Shane Montgomery I don’t even get why he wasn’t let go last year the UB offense was a disaster. I don’t think Rutgers QB Cole Snyder is the answer at QB from what I see so UB QB is a major weakness? After Maurice Linquist drove our back to back starting QB Kyle Vantrease away to Georgia in the Sun Belt Conference. I question a lot of what is going on there with Maurice Linquist this is a make or break year for Maurice Linquist in my opinion. UB Horns Up! Go Bulls! Let’s Go Buffalo 

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12 hours ago, Buffalo Super Fan said:

Maurice Linquist is on the hot seat he needs to get UB bowl eligibility or he should be fired. He torn down a back to back UB Bulls bowl teams. Drove off a lot of our star players under Lance Leipold. I think Maurice Linquist is a good recruiter but his in game decisions making are horrible. UB Bulls Offensive Coordinator Shane Montgomery I don’t even get why he wasn’t let go last year the UB offense was a disaster. I don’t think Rutgers QB Cole Snyder is the answer at QB from what I see so UB QB is a major weakness? After Maurice Linquist drove our back to back starting QB Kyle Vantrease away to Georgia in the Sun Belt Conference. I question a lot of what is going on there with Maurice Linquist this is a make or break year for Maurice Linquist in my opinion. UB Horns Up! Go Bulls! Let’s Go Buffalo 

 

Lol, for heavens sake. You write the same stuff at ubfan.com. How on earth is a coach in his first REAL season on the hot seat??? (Don't forget Mo Linguist...it's LINGUIST, Not Linquist....came on board 100 days before the start of the 2021 season thanks to Lance Liepold skipping town for Kansas so late.)  Also Mo didn't drive Vantrease away. The competition did. Linguist wants to upgrade that position.

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22 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

Lol, for heavens sake. You write the same stuff at ubfan.com. How on earth is a coach in his first REAL season on the hot seat??? (Don't forget Mo Linguist...it's LINGUIST, Not Linquist....came on board 100 days before the start of the 2021 season thanks to Lance Liepold skipping town for Kansas so late.)  Also Mo didn't drive Vantrease away. The competition did. Linguist wants to upgrade that position.

Gonna be a great season 

 

true year #1 with a reloaded squad!

 

Horns up 🤘🤘

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On 7/18/2022 at 1:09 AM, Buffalo Super Fan said:

Maurice Linquist is on the hot seat he needs to get UB bowl eligibility or he should be fired. He torn down a back to back UB Bulls bowl teams. Drove off a lot of our star players under Lance Leipold. I think Maurice Linquist is a good recruiter but his in game decisions making are horrible. UB Bulls Offensive Coordinator Shane Montgomery I don’t even get why he wasn’t let go last year the UB offense was a disaster. I don’t think Rutgers QB Cole Snyder is the answer at QB from what I see so UB QB is a major weakness? After Maurice Linquist drove our back to back starting QB Kyle Vantrease away to Georgia in the Sun Belt Conference. I question a lot of what is going on there with Maurice Linquist this is a make or break year for Maurice Linquist in my opinion. UB Horns Up! Go Bulls! Let’s Go Buffalo 

 

Some hot seat. <_<

 

 

14 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:

I honestly expect UB to be A MAC East contender and will challenge for the Overall crown 

 

revamped defense with a offense in year 2

 

Could be.  Could be anything.  Every MAC school got ravaged by the portal. 

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On 7/22/2022 at 4:38 PM, Back2Buff said:

I don't understand the Linguist extension.  At the end of the day, the college extension means really nothing.  If he is good, he will be gone, with or without, an extension.

I'll bet it increases his buyout. If Mo has a good year he could be gone.

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I wonder what the current NCAA landscape will do to the prospects of the Leipolds and the Linguists of the world.  

 

You would think there will be even more of an arms race and a lot of retreads among the top 30 or so programs.  The Kansases, Arkansases, and Illinoises are facing a much steeper hill at this point.  Maybe you can get a payday, but you cannot achieve any success.  Bowl games will be tough to come by, and your seat will probably get warm pretty quick.  

At least in the MAC, you can make a good living, remain pretty safe if you do a reasonably good job, and create a legacy that is better than 3-and-done at Kansas followed by coaching at Bryant and Stratton.

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8 hours ago, May Day 10 said:

I wonder what the current NCAA landscape will do to the prospects of the Leipolds and the Linguists of the world.  

 

You would think there will be even more of an arms race and a lot of retreads among the top 30 or so programs.  The Kansases, Arkansases, and Illinoises are facing a much steeper hill at this point.  Maybe you can get a payday, but you cannot achieve any success.  Bowl games will be tough to come by, and your seat will probably get warm pretty quick.  

At least in the MAC, you can make a good living, remain pretty safe if you do a reasonably good job, and create a legacy that is better than 3-and-done at Kansas followed by coaching at Bryant and Stratton.

 

MAC schools, and really every school not in a super conference, has to scout to win, every season. Anyone good will be gone so you have to stock the pipeline endlessly. Plus there will be players who are stuck behind starters at super conference teams that want to be the guy, and can be if they drop down. After all the point is going pro, not winning at college.

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On 7/22/2022 at 11:10 PM, Buffalo716 said:

I bet you’re a hit at party’s 

 

I'm not really sure what this is intended to imply.  

 

I just find it odd to give a guy an extension that has no on field success, where a defensive coach had some of the worst defense I have ever seen.

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On 7/22/2022 at 4:38 PM, Back2Buff said:

I don't understand the Linguist extension.  At the end of the day, the college extension means really nothing.  If he is good, he will be gone, with or without, an extension.

I don't agree with it either that said not sure of anyone that be better as not followed the NCAA as closely since Covid hit. 

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On 7/26/2022 at 8:59 AM, Back2Buff said:

 

I'm not really sure what this is intended to imply.  

 

I just find it odd to give a guy an extension that has no on field success, where a defensive coach had some of the worst defense I have ever seen.

 

Because last year was last year. A year where a new coach had 100 days to recruit and assemble a staff, done at a time when when every other team was done hiring. Did we all forget about Lance leaving for Kansas late?

 

If anything this tells me AD Mark Allnut is expecting big things from Mo Linguist. He's not going be a coach that sticks around for 5+ years. This extension is probably more about increasing his buyout number.

 

Linguist could well be gone after this year, off to a larger conference. His forte is recruiting and this is the year where recruiting is winning. The MAC got slammed hard by the transfer portal. Every program was flipped upside down. No one knows what anyone's got. But the team that recruits best has the best chance.

 

So here's looking forward to a successful Bulls season.

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On 8/20/2022 at 9:41 AM, Talley56 said:

This is the last weekend without football that matters until mid/late February.  Only a few college games next weekend but I'll take it.

 

I'm very tempted to fly down to DC and catch UB at Maryland on 9/3. UB plays UMass on 10/15. That's only a 2 hour drive away for me.

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On 8/23/2022 at 8:19 PM, Buffalo716 said:

UB has 7 Committed for the 2023 class so far

 

Not one of those players have any stars next to their name rn tho, Which is a little concerning

 

Lot Of time left tho 

I wouldn’t worry about how many stars UB recruits are. I would worry about UB the university not addressing UB Stadiums horrible outdated scoreboard there is zero excuse for that we are a FBS football school a fake New York State flagship. If UB was a real state flagship our UB Stadium wouldn’t look like it does now with a horrible track and a worse early 2000’s scoreboard horrible. I question when UB Stadium starts falling apart like Highmark Stadium and Key Bank Center if UB the university is going to bother with FBS football anymore. I would be more concerned with UB Bulls football existing then star numbers by UB recruits because of the UB university attitude of doing nothing from the schools end. If it isn’t student fees or private money from donors the state and university isn’t interested in football or really anything athletics wise unfortunately as a UB Bulls fan in my opinion. UB Horns Up! Go Bulls! Let’s Go Buffalo 

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7 minutes ago, Buffalo Super Fan said:

I wouldn’t worry about how many stars UB recruits are. I would worry about UB the university not addressing UB Stadiums horrible outdated scoreboard there is zero excuse for that we are a FBS football school a fake New York State flagship. If UB was a real state flagship our UB Stadium wouldn’t look like it does now with a horrible track and a worse early 2000’s scoreboard horrible. I question when UB Stadium starts falling apart like Highmark Stadium and Key Bank Center if UB the university is going to bother with FBS football anymore. I would be more concerned with UB Bulls football existing then star numbers by UB recruits because of the UB university attitude of doing nothing from the schools end. If it isn’t student fees or private money from donors the state and university isn’t interested in football or really anything athletics wise unfortunately as a UB Bulls fan in my opinion. UB Horns Up! Go Bulls! Let’s Go Buffalo 

UB football Is the only program that makes money for the school

 

They have a recruiting pipeline that goes from New York to GA and VA and FL

 

At one point that was the nicest track in the MAC

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On 8/29/2022 at 4:21 PM, PromoTheRobot said:

Just booked a flight to DC. Gonna be at Maryland Saturday!

I just looked up where College Park, MD is.  I had no clue it was so much closer to Washington than Baltimore.  If you are there long enough you should check out an Orioles game as they are suddenly fun to watch.  Adley Rutschman and Gunnar Henderson are two rookies who have recently held the title of "the #1 Prospect" in all of baseball and the team is 9 games over .500.  Enjoy the Bulls game!  I will be watching on Spectrum 382.  Anxious to see how Cole Snyder looks.                        

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24 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:

UB really needs to drop football.  Terrible stadium and a program that should have a firm goal to be in a better conference, but instead toils in mediocrity against MAC schools. 

Take thy negative crap somewhere else

 

This is a thread for fans of the program not people who want to bury it bro

 

Drop the program LMAO

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