MEAC 2010 Winston-Salem, March 8-13

[JBROB]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_EHYJ36lg4

Seems like the pre-season picks were close for everyone but Del State and MD-Eastern Shore.

[The Sloping Hills and Verdent Green]

Who set up the events schedule for the MEAC?  Why on earth is the cheerleader exhibition on Monday night?  You don't even start playing any games until Tuesday.   Is there not a fan feast scheduled for Saturday?       Then again looking at the highlights from last year's exhibition there were not a lot of folks in attendance.   I guess most folks are not into pyramid building, stunts, and tumbling.       

[MilesBear1]

Sounds like another boring Basketball tournament that is about to get under way.

[JBROB]

Who set up the events schedule for the MEAC?  Why on earth is the cheerleader exhibition on Monday night?  You don't even start playing any games until Tuesday.   Is there not a fan feast scheduled for Saturday?       Then again looking at the highlights from last year's exhibition there were not a lot of folks in attendance.   I guess most folks are not into pyramid building, stunts, and tumbling.      

http://www.meachoops.com/home/default/

Monday is too early.

[wsm]

it all boils down to piss poor leadership

[soflorattler]

it all boils down to piss poor leadership

Give that man a Cohiba...

[JBROB]

I better catch A&T's Men"s Team on Tuesday if I want to see them at all.  I'll catch all the games Thur - Sat.

[Aggie Blues]

Uh, for those NEW People....MEAC Cheerleaders COMPETE...that's what real athletes do...but i guess if watching recycled AKA and Delta Stepshows is your thing, then i guess the CI is where you need to be 

But I do agree, Moving the competition to Monday night was not a smart move...but I'll be there non the less watching my Aggies bring home more trophies

Predictions:

Overall: my money is on them AGGIES

Co-ed: Aggies (if word on the street is true), FAMU (if they compete this year...might give the aggies a run for their money), SC State (maybe NSU of they can be clean)

All Girls: WSSU (If A&T moves to Co-ed..and Morgan still sucks), MSU...everybody else don't matter  

[The Sloping Hills and Verdent Green]

^^^^^^^

All I have ever seen from the MEAC cheerleaders is gymnastics.   What does that have to do with cheering?  Granted gymnastics is for athletes, but gymnists don't cheer.          

CIAA cheeleaders do a lot more than AKA and Delta routines.   At least they can fill up a 19,000 seat arena halfway instead of a couple of hundred people.

[Professor]

it all boils down to piss poor leadership

Give that man a Cohiba...

And some yack

[LULions]

it all boils down to piss poor leadership

Give that man a Cohiba...

........And give me Janet Jackson! 

[Decks]

Why do we keep insisting on comparing everything in the CIAA to the MEAC? Cheerleading styles are different as are some other things. Just because we're HBCU's doesn't mean we all enjoy the same things.
For me I appreciate the gymnastics and athleticism. So much of HBCU culture is chanting, stomping and hand claps. In fact we mimick and copy each other to  the point that there is very little originality in anything we do. Case in point, how many HBCU bands use "I'm so Glad" as a fight song? It's refreshing to see something different.

[Decks]

2009 D1 NATIONAL COLLEGE BASKETBALL CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT ATTENDANCE


1.ACC - 158,112
2.Big East - 155,000
3.Big 12 - 94,614
4.PAC 10 - 77,452
5.SEC - 71,137
6.Big Ten - 68,098
7.Conf USA - 67,349
8.MVC - 54,399
9.Mountain West - 47,612
10.Colonial - 42,698
11.MEAC - 40,046
12.Metro Atlantic - 35,694
13.MAC - 33,074
14.West Coast - 31,380
15.Atlantic 10 - 28,883
16.Western Athletic - 26,288
17.Southern - 24,639
18.Sun Belt - 23,593
19.Horizon - 22,646
20.America East - 19,558
21.OVC - 18,625
22.Summit - 17,682
23.Big South - 15,533
24.Big Sky - 14,856
25.Patriot - 14,197
26.Big West - 8,941
27.Atlantic Sun - 7,914
28.SWAC - 7,046
29.Southland - 6,051

The MEAC essentially ranks in the top 1/3rd among all D1 schools in b-ball tourney attendance, and is top 3 among non-major D1 conferences.

[Bison 4 Life]

CIAA cheerleading= Cita from BET

MEAC= Charlene the cousin that went off to college

[The Sloping Hills and Verdent Green]

CIAA cheerleading= Cita from BET

MEAC= Charlene the cousin that went off to college

Not even close to being accurate.  MEAC Cheerleading --> copycats of what they see on ESPN.  They get no response from their own fans.