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(03-14-2018 06:45 AM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(03-14-2018 05:33 AM)odu09 Wrote:  I am a bit surprised there are plenty of people who want to downgrade football to FCS

Non football fans. We have some

I'm not a non football fan. If the weather is nice and the game is competitive, I enjoy attending football as much as basketball. Weighing the pros and cons, I just think it is more important we get to the A10. I voted for CAA football, but if we can do that and keep football FBS, I'm fine with it. I'm just skeptical. According to Harry M on Twitter last night:

Quote:Little chance of joining the AAC. ODU doesn't have enough of a football history and there are so many other good candidates out there. A new football-only league with A-10 in basketball is ODU's best hope.

This is a compelling option that is not in the poll... a sort of combination of 2-5 with A10 basketball and Sunbelt realignment for football. I'm fine with that. It isn't that the goal is to downgrade football as much as create the best overall solution. Bottom line is the status quo is not sustainable for all sports and we aren't getting into the AAC. The Sunbelt realignment for football could work for us, especially if it Liberty and JMU and Delaware move up, but it is still too far flung and weak for basketball and non-revenue sports to make a hill of beans worth of a difference to the bottom line if you include all sports. According to Harry, there have been discussions, but right now Marshall and WKU are not interested. The problem with the football only conference is the other CUSA schools will have to find a home for their other sports. The Missouri Valley is down to 10 so maybe they would take 2 of them... say MTSU and WKU, which would be an improvement from their standpoints. Still leaves Marshall and probably UAB. The Horizon might be a good fit for Marshall, but not sure where UAB could go that would kill their basketball.