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RE: So James Madison to Sun Belt?
(03-30-2013 07:22 PM)Wedge Wrote: (03-30-2013 05:59 PM)Attackcoog Wrote: (03-30-2013 05:56 PM)Dukes09 Wrote: (03-30-2013 05:29 PM)chess Wrote: That's what it looks like.
Too bad. ODU, Charlotte, and Marshall could use a closer school in the conference.
it is in everyone's best long terms interests to come together in an east coast conference one day. that is if america 12 and/or cusa schools can get over the "lower perception" of the asu, ga so and jmu teams in the sun belt.
Ive been saying that for a while. CUSA and the rest of the Sunbelt should have merged. Then there would be no real need to bring up more FCS schools and CUSA would have had 2 very geographically workable divisions--one in the east, and one in the west. However, there are certain lines that some schools will not allow to be crossed. So, because of that, we will continue to have not one, not two, but 3 overlapping non-AQ conferences. Two is pretty inefficient. Three is just a special kind of stupid.
What the heck, let's see what you get if you merge the BE FB holdovers with CUSA and SBC, excluding schools transitioning to FBS, and then divide into two divisions/conferences.
West: UTEP, SMU, UNT, Houston, Rice, Tulsa, La Tech, Tulane, ULL, ULM, Memphis, MTSU, USM, Ark St
East: UConn, Temple, Marshall, Cincinnati, WKU, ECU, UAB, Troy, USA, UCF, USF, FAU, FIU
As a fan of one of those teams, do you like that alignment?
Well first off, you physically cant even have a 14 team division as NCAA rules require that you play every other team within your division. Assuming no OOC games, the best you could do is a 13 team division. Secondly, the idea is that CUSA has already essentially merged with the Sunbelt. My sugggestion is to simply take the other 4 teams. Why is that such a radical proposition? I suppose you could have two seperate conferences. But keep in mind you are mixing schools that have 30-50 millon dollar budgets with schools that have athletic budgets that are half that much. The merger Im thinking of would look something like this.
West: UTEP, UNT, Rice, La Tech, ULL, ULM, MTSU, Ark St, UTSA, N Texas
East: Marshall, WKU, UAB, Troy, USA, FAU, FIU, ODU, USM, Charlotte
Now, how is that so incredibly horrible and unfathonable? Which schools is it you find totally distasteful? Who is the awful fit? Most of these schools are going to be playing against one another anyway. These schools all have roughly compatible athletic budgets and exist within a pretty resonably tight footprint. Lots of driveable games in both divisions. It seems like a perfectly reasonable option that avoids the alternative---bringing up a slew of unecessary FCS schools.
If I were the other conferences, I'd even agree to set up the BCS non-AQ payout to pay conferences on an equal "per school" basis just so we wouldnt have to bring up any more FCS schools. Theres plenty of inventory and plenty of FBS schools. There is no shortage. We just need to organize things so nobody ends up homeless.
(This post was last modified: 03-30-2013 07:53 PM by Attackcoog.)
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