(02-03-2015 03:23 PM)monarchoptimist Wrote:  

(02-03-2015 01:08 PM)ARSTATEFAN1986 Wrote:  East Carolina
Charlotte
Appalachian State
Georgia State
Georgia Southern
Florida Atlantic
Florida International
Old Dominion
Liberty
Army
Marshal
James Madison

I guess Old Dominion should just take our basketball program behind the back of the proverbial house make a quick end of it. I'm sure ECU would feel the same way about their football program should they ever have the misfortune of ending up in a conference like proposed above.

These threads are great. After reading them I always feel better about myself.

Ditto Charlotte.

(02-03-2015 11:01 PM)BirdstheWord Wrote:  

(02-03-2015 01:13 PM)uakronkid Wrote:  

(02-03-2015 07:16 AM)BirdstheWord Wrote:  

(02-01-2015 12:57 PM)He1nousOne Wrote:  I was talking more about geographical entities than I was public vs private. The Big Ten and MAC often work in Home/Away/Home relationships. That means Big Ten teams visit once. Those two locations would be two good visit locations for Big Ten teams, especially since Maryland and Rutgers are now part of The Big Ten.

There is a very strong working relationship between the two conferences. So that type of move would make sense. I don't know about any potential removal of a team. I will admit I don't know enough about that to make a comment in either direction. My internal opinion is that they wouldn't do it despite the strong argument that could be made that lessening the presence in Michigan but I am not sure doubling up in Illinois is the best possible move if you are going to resort to such drastic measures such as removing EMU.

I would feel bad for those folks and I would imagine there are some good relationships between the folks of CMU, WMU and EMU. They are all pretty much in the same boat and in a way, voting to kick one of them out then kind of feels like a blow to them all or a potential future blow. Top that off with the worry that would then be felt by the Ohio schools. There are more Ohio schools than there are Michigan schools. I just don't see how a vote to remove EMU could happen due to the Ohio/Michigan centered nature of the conference.

I would say get rid of Liberty and JMU and look for one in the corridor of schools along the way. Youngstown State?

Why, oh why would you think that the MAC would want to add a seventh university in Ohio?

Natural ri alries and a quality team that is in a location that makes sense.

Go to Youngstown.... It's not a place you want to stay. Plus they would have zero rivalries with anyone in Ohio. Toledo has BG, Miami and Ohio, Akron and Kent.

Plus YSU hasn't been relevant since Tressel left. YSU ever joined the MAC that means a couple of Ohio schools are leaving the MAC.

(02-05-2015 12:59 AM)utpotts Wrote:  Go to Youngstown.... It's not a place you want to stay. Plus they would have zero rivalries with anyone in Ohio. Toledo has BG, Miami and Ohio, Akron and Kent.

Plus YSU hasn't been relevant since Tressel left. YSU ever joined the MAC that means a couple of Ohio schools are leaving the MAC.

Just being in the same state makes for a rivalry. Youngstown State not has Tressel as their president and Bo Pelini as their head coach. Who knows how long that will last for, but right now they are poised to do big things.

(02-05-2015 06:45 AM)BirdstheWord Wrote:  

(02-05-2015 12:59 AM)utpotts Wrote:  Go to Youngstown.... It's not a place you want to stay. Plus they would have zero rivalries with anyone in Ohio. Toledo has BG, Miami and Ohio, Akron and Kent.

Plus YSU hasn't been relevant since Tressel left. YSU ever joined the MAC that means a couple of Ohio schools are leaving the MAC.

Just being in the same state makes for a rivalry. Youngstown State not has Tressel as their president and Bo Pelini as their head coach. Who knows how long that will last for, but right now they are poised to do big things.

No it doesn't. Fans of Akron, Kent, Miami don't view Toledo as a rival and vice versa. The state is over saturated with D1 universities, adding another does nothing but only water down the product of every school in Ohio outside of Ohio State. The MAC is already Ohio school heavy.

Remember Jim Tressel used to coach YSU before going to OSU and that was the last time they were relevant in D1-AA football.

East Carolina
Old Dominion
Charlotte
Temple
Tulane
Georgian State
Houston
Memphis
UAB
USF
UCF
SMU

(02-05-2015 03:09 PM)panama Wrote:  East Carolina
Old Dominion
Charlotte
Temple
Tulane
Georgian State
Houston
Memphis
UAB
USF
UCF
SMU

UAB doesn't play football anymore.