Sun Belt Adding Men's Soccer, League Will Include Two SEC Schools

[KajunKrazy]

Get rid of track.

How many track meets have You gone to?

The same amount as soccer games I’d go to.

[KajunKrazy]

We can barely get 25k butts in the seats for a top 25 ranked football team. Soccer attendance would be low low low.

Lower than shorty.

[ZoomZoom]

Beach volleyball…girls jumping up and down in bikinis…remember, they’re somebody’s daughter, especially if YOU have a daughter.

[ZoomZoom]

We ought to go with it just for the entertainment value it provides . . .

Lafayette has tried both indoor and outdoor soccer. Only indoor stuck around an appreciable time, but much like the Icegators, the entertainment value grew old.

[cajun_lannister]

Beach volleyball…girls jumping up and down in bikinis…remember, they’re somebody’s daughter, especially if YOU have a daughter.

Why I'm only having sons..

[ZoomZoom]

Why I'm only having sons..

Got one yet? If not, how many daughters before you stop? :-)

[cajun_lannister]

Got one yet? If not, how many daughters before you stop? :-)

Got 2 boys and I'm DONE !

[Turbine]

Got 2 boys and I'm D-ONE !

I put you in your proper place.

[JamesTheJeweler]

Ahh. But softball is so much better

Well, softball is played by women, so technically it IS a p____y sport.

[LouisianaB]

Lafayette has tried both indoor and outdoor soccer. Only indoor stuck around an appreciable time, but much like the Icegators, the entertainment value grew old.

Swampcats indoor was successful both on field and financially. Only reason it folded was the league folded.

[LouisianaB]

Beach volleyball…girls jumping up and down in bikinis…remember, they’re somebody’s daughter, especially if YOU have a daughter.

They aren’t in bikinis for college

[BigGreenTruck]

I’m a soccer guy. Ok, who is our “Alfred Lamson” in this situation? Soccer on the women’s side is so far behind, men’s would be even further behind. And soccer does not draw. Check out Marshall”s best draws and stadium size. Do some research before flipping a booger on the wall and hoping it sticks.

Been to multiple state championships involving local h/s teams. It’s the parents and usually a hundred or so students showing up as far as support. There’s not a deep rooted fire in Lafayette for soccer. But we get a guy like Marshall has that throws millions at it, sure.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vete...Soccer_Complex

Marshall sucked for decades until the sugar daddy came along.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsha...men%27s_soccer

I hate to dig up an old thread but Ive got to put some things straight:

1) Marshall does not have a "Sugar Daddy" for men's soccer. Jeff Hoops and his family have given not only to Marshall but WVU and most of the DII/DIII/NAIA schools in WV. The soccer stadium was going to be built without his 750K gift (Vet Memorial Stadium was 8.9 million).

2) Veteran's Memorial Stadium at Hoops Family field has the capacity of 1006. But it's record crowd was 3,033. And there was probably another 1.5-2K turned away vs #4WVU. Coach Chris Grassie believes a crowd of 10K could be reached against WVU and Kentucky if there was a good enough place to hold it.

Despite Hoops Family Field only holding 1006. It has had many more than that:
Sept 21 2021 #4WVU 3,033 - 2-2T (Marshall ranked #6)
Nov 24 2019 WVU 2,126 2-1W (NCAA Tournament Game, 1st ever time Marshall had made the NCAAs, Marshall was the 11th seed)
Nov 3 2019 #15Kentucky 2,032 1-0W (Marshall ranked #20)
Sept 21 2021 #10Kentucky 1,728 0-0T (Marshall ranked #1)
Aug 23 2013 Campbell 1,433 3-0W (1st ever game at Hoops Family Field)

3)The Sun Belt will be one of the best soccer conferences in the nation. It will fight the Big East for the 2nd best conference and on some years will fight the ACC for the top spot.

SBC Soccer:
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ODU
JMU
GA State
GA Southern
Coastal Carolina
Marshall
Kentucky
South Carolina
WVU
UCF (2023)

In the last 3 years:
7 of the 10 have made the NCAA
6 of the 10 have been raked the Top 25
5 of the 10 have been raked in the Top 15
4 of the 10 have been ranked in the Top 10
3 of the 10 have been ranked in the Top 5
2 of the 10 have been ranked #1 or #2
1 National Championship

Also as much as some of you all along with others like Arkansas State and Appy State wanting to get in on men's soccer. It would almost be discouraged by those in the conference now. Anyone starting up would surly drag the conference down as a power. That's not a knock on any university, just a fact is all.

As it is this conference will most likely have anywhere between 3-5 schools ranked at any time and will be a multi bid league each year.

[Turbine]

I... Also as much as some of you all along with others like Arkansas State and Appy State wanting to get in on men's soccer. It would almost be discouraged by those in the conference now. Anyone starting up would surly drag the conference down as a power. That's not a knock on any university, just a fact is all....

To bad Louisiana didn't start as an independent years ago when many fans were vocal about making it happen.