can't speak for anyone else but personally, i'd hate to see them leave. in fact, i'd hate to see any meac member leave, especially an original founder.

say what you want about howard athletics, but i've been an aggie since '75, i've followed the league very closely ever since. i've competed in the meac, i've been to at least one sports event at every campus in the meac and after all these years, in my honest opinion, no meac school has been declared a "rival" by other meac schools more than howard! it seems howard is everyone's rival. to me, that says a lot.

they don't always have the largest crowds at football/basketball games, but no school "rubs it in your face" more than howard! no pa announcer pysses me off more than howard's! he can't just let you have it when they score, but you've got to hear his big mouth every time they get a freakin' first down!

as a matter of fact, seemingly because of the distance between the two, one of the most underrated rivalries in the league is a&t and howard. especially back in the day when both schools were at or near the top of the league in football and basketball (yeah, i know that's been quite a while). back then, even howard supporters traveled in droves to attend games in greensboro. and of course we've always and still do turnout big anytime we play in dc. howard is probably our biggest football/basketball rival outside of the state of north carolina. it use to be scsu in football until they moved our games to a neutral site. hopefully this year the a&t/scsu football rivalry will be reborn. i think this year will be the first time in a very long time that they've moved the a&t/scsu football games back on campus. football games "on campus" against scsu use to be automatic sellouts…

Nice post. I think I'm gonna cry.
Howard and A&T are definitely rivals.

Ya'll know the alumni at Howard won't allow us to leave. Puleeezzz. This has been a funny thread.

Who can leave?

Obviously we all don"t really want Howard to go.

We love...


.....hence the populartity of this topic...(three pages in a span of hours)

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Originally posted by BORN IN RATTLER, USA:
But why would leaving be somebody becoming high and mighty? If it is a move upward, why would it be considered high and mighty?

Crabs in a bucket I tell ya!

Crabs...? Not hardly.

For anyone of the conference's schools to think they have the resources or demand to leave for this so-called move upward, they are delusional. In this case 'delusional' = 'high and mighty'

Reality check. We all know some who have had theirs recently.

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Originally posted by Da Seer:
I would truly hate if they left, it would be one less guaranteed victory on our schedule.

Yep. And for most of the teams in the conferenece

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Originally posted by TooLiveThunderBro.:
Gotta keep the Bison around. They're like arrogant cousins who live upstate. They get on your nerves but they're still family.

Originally posted by The Dark Knight:

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Like a bunch of drunk uncles.

And aunts,especially the ones who think they "still have it."

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Originally posted by FAMUGAL:

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Originally posted by Da Seer:
I would truly hate if they left, it would be one less guaranteed victory on our schedule.

Yep. And for most of the teams in the conferenece

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Originally posted by TooLiveThunderBro.:
Gotta keep the Bison around. They're like arrogant cousins who live upstate. They get on your nerves but they're still family.

Originally posted by The Dark Knight:

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Like a bunch of drunk uncles.

And aunts,especially the ones who think they "still have it."

Translation:

I would truly miss not having Howard here. I'd totally lose my excuse for buying season tickets and subscribing to the Hilltop AND BisonRoundup\com

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...AND BisonRoundup.com

Not me...

Not that bored or desperate.

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Originally posted by HAMPTONITE:
with Coppin, MESU, Del State and WSSU. Uh no thanks those schools suck.

Wow. So much for lifting each other up.

And, I am sure that my many relatives who have graduated from two of these schools who have gone on to have great careers in their chosen fields would tend to disagree.

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Originally posted by decatur g:
why do you ask?

The brief history of Meacfans says 'YES' we would care, despite whatever positive or negative responses it would receive.
Some would percieve it as progressive or doing what is in the interest of your school, others may percieve it as being separatist or admission of failure.

Regardless, if folks didn't care, they wouldn't respond.

^^^what he said.

I don't understand why are we even have this discussion.

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Originally posted by goody26:
I don't understand why are we even have this discussion.

just lighthearted conversation without merit, in my opinion. i see no harm in that…

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Originally posted by oleschoolaggie:

no pa announcer pysses me off more than howard's! he can't just let you have it when they score, but you've got to hear his big mouth every time they get a freakin' first down!

I Think Hampton's PA is equally as annoyin!!!

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Originally posted by AGGieMAnIAC704:

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Originally posted by oleschoolaggie:

no pa announcer pysses me off more than howard's! he can't just let you have it when they score, but you've got to hear his big mouth every time they get a freakin' first down!

I Think Hampton's PA is equally as annoyin!!!

MOOOOOOOOOVE THE CHAIN!! FIRST DOWN..........PIRATES!!

Nope, as long as we can still play the Battle for the Real HU.

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Originally posted by AGGieMAnIAC704:

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Originally posted by oleschoolaggie:

no pa announcer pysses me off more than howard's! he can't just let you have it when they score, but you've got to hear his big mouth every time they get a freakin' first down!

I Think Hampton's PA is equally as annoyin!!!

yeah, but we've only played at their stadium every other year since they joined the meac in the 90's. that howard announcer must be an old school dude, seems like dude has been callin' their games forever! same dude! football and basketball! i've heard his mouth for so long i can hear dude in my dreams, "AND ITS FIRST DOWN AND TEN!"
i'll give dude credit though, he's smooth in basketball. he'll make a statement and pause in silence about 3 seconds before his last word. after the 3 second pause he'll whisper the final word… howard fans know what i'm talkin' 'bout...

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Actually the announcer at Howard is a very good friend and replaced me when I moved to Coppin.

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Originally posted by oleschoolaggie:

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Originally posted by AGGieMAnIAC704:

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Originally posted by oleschoolaggie:

no pa announcer pysses me off more than howard's! he can't just let you have it when they score, but you've got to hear his big mouth every time they get a freakin' first down!

I Think Hampton's PA is equally as annoyin!!!

yeah, but we've only played at their stadium every other year since they joined the meac in the 90's. that howard announcer must be an old school dude, seems like dude has been callin' their games forever! same dude! football and basketball! i've heard his mouth for so long i can hear dude in my dreams, "AND ITS FIRST DOWN AND TEN!"
i'll give dude credit though, he's smooth in basketball. he'll make a statement and pause in silence about 3 seconds before his last word. after the 3 second pause he'll whisper the final word… howard fans know what i'm talkin' 'bout...

Thats another topic, and a good one, you should start it...who is the best and most annoying in the conference

Howard should stay. We love to talk smack but we need Howard. Most of our schools are emerging academically. In recent years we have seen our schools add great academic programs. Howard is still the academic standard that we all live up to. Howard is like the one brother in the chapter that makes us all a little more legit.

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Originally posted by HAMPTONITE:
Would I care? Athletically Yes The taste of buffalo wings would surely be missed. For 13 straight years you have not beaten us in football.

Academically? Yes, We always need an assistant King to the conference well I understand that you want to establish your own fiefdom. There can only be one king in the MEAC. Academically, it only leaves us in the MEAC. YUCK, maybe there on to something.

If Howard leaves that means we have to share a conference with Coppin, MESU, Del State and WSSU. Uh no thanks those schools suck.

Now the question is if Hampton leaves would you care? The MEAC would be hurt, but the MEAC will survive if Howard leaves, where are they going to go? Yeah right LOL.

that's a very arrogant comment. even though howard has had less success recently than hampton, i believe howard would be more missed IMO. i won't let this debate go in another direction by saying anything more than... Howard will definitely be missed if they were to leave. I think we all see certain schools as essential. as much as i hate to say, the 3 main members in the MEAC are NCA&T, FAMU, and Howard.