(04-14-2015 07:21 PM)GE and MTS Wrote: If JMU accepted a Sun Belt invitation, I don't think we'd be more attractive to C-USA. I think JMU would be more attractive after their transition period was over and they were full FBS since they wouldn't have the stigma of being FCS and they'd be fully transitioned. That would be very undesirable for us.
There are so many moving parts and possibilities with C-USA it's difficult to speak in absolutes. Scenarios for C-USA include:
- if JMU joins SBC, does Liberty get C-USA invite
- if U-AB, gets booted from C-USA, and JMU joins SBC, does Liberty figure there?
- if U-AB, gets raided and loses a team(s), and JMU is with the SBC, is Liberty in the C-USA mix?
- if U-AB goes to 16, and if there's an east/west alignment for C-USA, does Liberty figure into that?
- if C-USA takes one of the tops SBC team(s), and JMU is with the SBC, is that a Liberty opening
- add in C-USA loses any team(s) to B1G or AAC, and JMU is SBC, another Liberty opening.
So, it seems if JMU does join the SBC that would actually add more, later options for LU. Granted it 143 days before football season begins, and we all amuse ourselves with armchair procrastination, but any of these possibilities, even though remote to happen, did occur, it would open a door for Liberty.