(02-13-2012 06:24 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(02-13-2012 05:17 PM)Louis Kitton Wrote:  

(02-13-2012 05:10 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(02-13-2012 04:52 PM)Louis Kitton Wrote:  

(02-13-2012 03:28 PM)JMU Duke Dog Wrote:  Future MAC?
East: Akron, Buffalo, Delaware, Kent State, James Madison, Massachusetts, Ohio, Old Dominion
West: Ball State, Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Miami (OH), Northern Illinois, Toledo, Western Michigan

Thoughts? Appalachian State could always substitute for Delaware if the Mountaineers do not end up in the Sun Belt with more southern schools.

I think ASU and JMU could be added all sports to the MAC as a package because both are with in 3-4 driving distance of Ohio. They are closer to the MAC footprint than Western Kentucky/Middle Tennessee. Both ASU and JMU are prototype residential schools as well and bring in their own recruiting base.

That would give the MAC 15 football schools with UMass departing. As for the 16th I don't think Delaware could handle a football only situation in the MAC since the CAA has a football conference. The MAC will need another football only school and the best name I can come up with is Stony Brook which plays its sports in the American East while football only in Big South.

Since the American East doesn't sponsor football I don't see what would be stopping Stony Brook from putting its football in the MAC aside from not having 15,000 seats.

If Temple and UMass are gone, we'll have 12 football schools. Adding ASU and JMU would make it 14.

I don't feel confident UMass is going to the alliance (we will get the real name tomorrow at noon) since they are only opting for 1 football only at this time with Temple.

If UMass is gone the MAC could court some of the SBC schools, taking a bloc of them in central timezone. There is no point in going east if UMass is no longer around.

Well you said we'd be at 15 with UMass departing, and adding those 2 schools.