Know Your FAU Owls, new building, and more
Hopefully most of you are starting a three-day holiday weekend. If not, here is some stuff to help get through the day.
NEW DUCKET OFFICE
There is some construction going on next to The Oxley.
Right now it is just a hole in the ground, but eventually what will rise from this place is a new ticket office.
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The Oxley is behind and to the left in this picture, and that is The Burrow in the background, with the practice baseball field to the right.
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The old office was a double-wide trailer parked next to The Oxley that was condemned last year, meaning the ticket office moved into The Oxley on the second floor.
Oh, and the construction project you are most interested in, the stadium, is supposed to come up at the July 22 BOT meeting.
3 part debate: Build big later, build small now, and if build small now, which side to build? The home side, with luxury boxes, etc, or the visitors side, with just seats?
KNOW YOUR OWLS
OK, the receiver we know is Chris Bonner. The question is, who is the DB covering him?
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BELT, C-USA MERGER?
Here is how the blogger up in Murfreesboro is battling the Dreaded Summer Doldrums – by envisioning a merger of C-USA and the Sun Belt.
That would at least put FAU, FIU and UCF in the same league.
I do think there will be some conference reshuffling in the years ahead, but I don’t envision something as grand as this.
I am thinking economics is going to drive some of it, since we may get out of this recession but I don’t see things being like they were when the bubble was expanding.
Regardless of what happens, I think more Florida schools should play each other more often.
FAU having one in-state game in football this season is not good. FAU should be playing a minimum of three – FIU, UCF or USF, and one of the big three – UF, FSU, Miami – each year.
That makes better economic sense for the university and is better for the fans on both sides of the sidelines.
Later…
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Well, turns out my post on how Switzer was still dumping on Howard Schnellenberger 20 years after Switzer was forced out at Oklahoma was
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Yes, oversigning is legal, but it is rarely used, and when Houston Nutt signed 37 at Ole Miss in Feb., then bragged “I could have signed 80,” the SEC quickly stepped in said, “No You Can’t,” and imposed the “Houston Nutt Rule,” capping recruiting classes to 28 (the most that can enroll each year is 25).


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