(10-21-2022 06:34 AM)Porcine Wrote:  

(10-21-2022 03:25 AM)TroyTBoy Wrote:  

(10-17-2022 04:25 PM)ChooChoo Wrote:  

Maybe one day

Why would the Sunbelt even entertain the notion of a 16 team conference at the G5 level?

Long story short, it could establish the Sun Belt as the G5 superconference.

Then it should be within the geographical footprint. ECU, Memphis, Tulane, WKU or LT. Please no UTSA! Go into Florida before west Texas.

(10-21-2022 07:07 AM)Yosef181 Wrote:  If we continue to increase our TV contract's per school payout in the years ahead, won't it be harder to justify adding an FCS school like Missouri State down the line?

In other words, as our value (per school payout) increases, the likelihood of an FCS addition increasing that value more actually decreases, right? The gap widens.

Yes, I agree.

(10-21-2022 08:04 AM)Was SoMs Eagle Wrote:  

(10-21-2022 06:34 AM)Porcine Wrote:  

(10-21-2022 03:25 AM)TroyTBoy Wrote:  

(10-17-2022 04:25 PM)ChooChoo Wrote:  

Maybe one day

Why would the Sunbelt even entertain the notion of a 16 team conference at the G5 level?

Long story short, it could establish the Sun Belt as the G5 superconference.

Then it should be within the geographical footprint. ECU, Memphis, Tulane, WKU or LT. Please no UTSA! Go into Florida before west Texas.

Tulane is private so they're out, and Memphis would likely never agree to join. That would basically leave UAB, WKU, or La Tech. UAB would be my pick, but part of me would like to sit back and watch if La Tech joined the West.

(10-21-2022 10:08 AM)JTApps1 Wrote:  

(10-21-2022 08:04 AM)Was SoMs Eagle Wrote:  

(10-21-2022 06:34 AM)Porcine Wrote:  

(10-21-2022 03:25 AM)TroyTBoy Wrote:  

(10-17-2022 04:25 PM)ChooChoo Wrote:  

Maybe one day

Why would the Sunbelt even entertain the notion of a 16 team conference at the G5 level?

Long story short, it could establish the Sun Belt as the G5 superconference.

Then it should be within the geographical footprint. ECU, Memphis, Tulane, WKU or LT. Please no UTSA! Go into Florida before west Texas.

Tulane is private so they're out, and Memphis would likely never agree to join. That would basically leave UAB, WKU, or La Tech. UAB would be my pick, but part of me would like to sit back and watch if La Tech joined the West.

(10-21-2022 06:34 AM)Porcine Wrote:  

(10-21-2022 03:25 AM)TroyTBoy Wrote:  

(10-17-2022 04:25 PM)ChooChoo Wrote:  

Maybe one day

Why would the Sunbelt even entertain the notion of a 16 team conference at the G5 level?

Long story short, it could establish the Sun Belt as the G5 superconference.

Which, even if successful, accomplishes what, exactly?

The glue that's going to hold together these massive P5 conferences (if they even do hold together) is massive truckloads of money. We ain't getting massive truckloads of money even with ECU plus one.

(10-12-2022 10:09 PM)polkhigh Wrote:  Missouri only has 1 FBS school. Missouri State would be a great addition.

And that one FBS school can hardly hold on to their own FBS talent.

(10-21-2022 10:55 AM)HarborPointe Wrote:  

(10-21-2022 06:34 AM)Porcine Wrote:  

(10-21-2022 03:25 AM)TroyTBoy Wrote:  

(10-17-2022 04:25 PM)ChooChoo Wrote:  

Maybe one day

Why would the Sunbelt even entertain the notion of a 16 team conference at the G5 level?

Long story short, it could establish the Sun Belt as the G5 superconference.

Which, even if successful, accomplishes what, exactly?

The glue that's going to hold together these massive P5 conferences (if they even do hold together) is massive truckloads of money. We ain't getting massive truckloads of money even with ECU plus one.

Depending on what happens with the P5 conferences, the Sun Belt could establish itself as high as the 4th best conference which would be quite the accomplishment from a just a few years ago.

(10-21-2022 08:04 AM)Was SoMs Eagle Wrote:  

(10-21-2022 06:34 AM)Porcine Wrote:  

(10-21-2022 03:25 AM)TroyTBoy Wrote:  

(10-17-2022 04:25 PM)ChooChoo Wrote:  

Maybe one day

Why would the Sunbelt even entertain the notion of a 16 team conference at the G5 level?

Long story short, it could establish the Sun Belt as the G5 superconference.

Then it should be within the geographical footprint. ECU, Memphis, Tulane, WKU or LT. Please no UTSA! Go into Florida before west Texas.

It's less than an hour from Texas State. Did you mean UTEP?

(10-22-2022 10:34 AM)Porcine Wrote:  

(10-21-2022 10:55 AM)HarborPointe Wrote:  

(10-21-2022 06:34 AM)Porcine Wrote:  

(10-21-2022 03:25 AM)TroyTBoy Wrote:  Why would the Sunbelt even entertain the notion of a 16 team conference at the G5 level?

Long story short, it could establish the Sun Belt as the G5 superconference.

Which, even if successful, accomplishes what, exactly?

The glue that's going to hold together these massive P5 conferences (if they even do hold together) is massive truckloads of money. We ain't getting massive truckloads of money even with ECU plus one.

Depending on what happens with the P5 conferences, the Sun Belt could establish itself as high as the 4th best conference which would be quite the accomplishment from a just a few years ago.

We can be #4 without adding anybody and becoming a superconference. Let’a keep straight the cause and effect here. The SEC and Big Ten are (theoretically) able to maintain big numbers because they long ago established themselves as the cream of the crop and could demand big dollars which led to everyone wanting to be a part of it. They didn’t become good and crazy profitable just by adding members.

(10-22-2022 12:14 PM)HarborPointe Wrote:  

(10-22-2022 10:34 AM)Porcine Wrote:  

(10-21-2022 10:55 AM)HarborPointe Wrote:  

(10-21-2022 06:34 AM)Porcine Wrote:  

(10-21-2022 03:25 AM)TroyTBoy Wrote:  Why would the Sunbelt even entertain the notion of a 16 team conference at the G5 level?

Long story short, it could establish the Sun Belt as the G5 superconference.

Which, even if successful, accomplishes what, exactly?

The glue that's going to hold together these massive P5 conferences (if they even do hold together) is massive truckloads of money. We ain't getting massive truckloads of money even with ECU plus one.

Depending on what happens with the P5 conferences, the Sun Belt could establish itself as high as the 4th best conference which would be quite the accomplishment from a just a few years ago.

We can be #4 without adding anybody and becoming a superconference. Let’a keep straight the cause and effect here. The SEC and Big Ten are (theoretically) able to maintain big numbers because they long ago established themselves as the cream of the crop and could demand big dollars which led to everyone wanting to be a part of it. They didn’t become good and crazy profitable just by adding members.

They didn't get that way by staying small either. They got that way by keeping/adding schools that fit. Fit matters, not numbers.

(10-22-2022 01:13 PM)Porcine Wrote:  

(10-22-2022 12:14 PM)HarborPointe Wrote:  We can be #4 without adding anybody and becoming a superconference. Let’a keep straight the cause and effect here. The SEC and Big Ten are (theoretically) able to maintain big numbers because they long ago established themselves as the cream of the crop and could demand big dollars which led to everyone wanting to be a part of it. They didn’t become good and crazy profitable just by adding members.

They didn't get that way by staying small either. They got that way by keeping/adding schools that fit. Fit matters, not numbers.

That’s what I’m saying. Super or not, we’ll be fine. The SBC just added 4 schools 3 months ago and is now as big as any G5 has ever been and survived.