(01-29-2018 09:50 AM)The Cutter of Bish Wrote:  

(01-29-2018 09:27 AM)NoDak Wrote:  The OVC has been degrading steadily. Any self respecting school is either out or is looking. The Murray State board says their time is short. Expect Belmont, Jax St, and EKU wil be gone too.

Yeah, EKU and Belmont come to mind right after Murray State. I do wonder about Tennessee State and whether OVC picks up MEAC and SWAC schools, or if TSU moves over to one of them.

With Jacksonville State...what's it worth to them, and where do they go? OVC is a step up over Southland and Big South...it's not like SoCon, CAA, or the MVC is going to reach out for them, and Sun Belt is highly unlikely. How far south would the Horizon or Summit go? Would they even be wanted by that group?

Have expressed this before. See the A Sun wooing wannabe FBS schools like EKU, Jacksnville St, JMU, Delaware, Stony Brook, and Albany. Lipscomb would be gone in a second to the OVC and NJIT to AE but Belmont to the SoCon.

OVC picks up W Ill, which doesnt want any part of a Dakota centric coference, and S Ind. The OVC still maintain schools, but very low budget ones