(11-11-2017 11:45 AM)RutgersGuy Wrote:  

(11-11-2017 11:24 AM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  NoDak: Albany would like to do whatever Stony Brook does but the Sea Wolves' program is quite a bit ahead of the Great Danes'.

With that said, if a group of 3 FCS schools jointly declare FBS independence, I think 2 more will craw out of the woodwork to make a conference of 8 even if that conference doesn't get playoff money until the next agreement.

So who could realistically jump up?

Delaware, UNH, JMU, Stony, Albany...who else? They could band up with Liberty and UMass but thats still just 7. Maybe convince Army to join up and you have 8.

Towson might make a go at it. Since it is part of Baltimore Metro area. They could have access to the Raven's football stadium until they could build up their stadium.

North Alabama was looking at the SBC around 2011/12 time period.

Chattanooga might decide to move to FBS. FBS is becoming water town with weaker schools since the stronger schools are moving to FBS. There is not much competition left. Several strong D2 schools could move up, but they seemed to refuse to. (cough, Grand Valley State, Cough, NW Missouri State.)

As it is, schools with no football can't afford to be left behind. That is why VCU, Dayton, Long Beach State, Northridge State, UC-Irvine, Northridge State, Wichita State, Little Rock, UTRGV, Milwaukee, and some others have been flirting to move up in the ranks about adding football.