(05-07-2020 08:01 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  What if the UAC became an HBCU super conference? Call me crazy but what if they actively recruited the strongest supported HBCUs—let’s say 8 of them and then pushed to be included in FBS?

A lot of the HBCUs are struggling. Maybe taking a gamble and going for FBS could be worth it for them. They could collect a lot more on buy games as FBS schools and if they played each other, plus a buy game against an FCS HBCU it wouldn’t feel like they gave up their heritage as an athletic program.


Alabama A&M
Alabama St
FAMU
Jackson St
Southern
Grambling
NC A&T
NC Central

HBCU fans let me know there should be schools rotated on/off this list.

How would it become a HBCU thing when the first two schools would be UNA and Kennesaw? But you are relatively on to something I been thinking, brace yourselves, this gets long.

(Disclaimer, this is just board thinking, in no way have I heard or have any real reason to believe this will happen)

Givin the makeup of two conferences, the Big South and the SoCon, with the seemingly crumbling of the MEAC, this is my thought,

The new formed UAC(ASUN separated FCS conference)
UNA, JSU, Chattanooga, ETSU, Western Carolina, KSU and two others. That brings 2 Big South football members, and 3 SoCon members (who are not private or Millitary) to a new conference. The question that stays on my mind, with the agreement that the Big South and ASUN have for football, is, Why is the Big South not lashing out at the ASUN?

I think its a bigger collaboration.. one between several conferences. The Socon, Big South, ASUN, MEAC and SWAC.

The Big South added Hampton to a conference that has 3 out of 7 football members that are not full Big South. Presbyterian decided to go non scholarship football so one less. Then adds another MEAC in NCA&T.

The SoCon is primarily private or military with 3 regular public schools.

It makes sense for schools like Jacksonville State, North Alabama and Kennesaw State to play schools like Chattanooga, ETSU, Western Carolina because of schools and Geographic areas.

So the SoCon losses 3, Campbell, Gardner Webb and Charlston Southern (all private) leave the Big South for the SoCon.

The Big South has a plan to replenish with MEAC schools to add to Hampton and NCA&T. Probably with them picking who the invites go to.

The SWAC picks up the rest of the MEAC and realignment in the conference on east and west divisions. The SWAC championship becomes the HBCU national championship.

The ASUN (non football) picks up the non football members of the Big South, SoCon(1) and MEAC(1) and invites Monmouth to go with NJIT with football in the UAC.