03-26-2013, 05:34 PM
Georgia Southern to move to FBS, Sun Belt
March 26, 2013
By Doug Roberson
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia Southern’s move to the Sun Belt Conference is scheduled be announced at a news conference at 9 a.m. Wednesday in Statesboro, and the Eagles will be eligible to compete for all Sun Belt titles in 2014, according a person familiar with the negotiations.
After accepting an invitation to join, the conference is requiring that Georgia Southern declare its intention to the NCAA to move from the FCS level to the FBS level by June 1. Doing so will meet the NCAA’s deadline to be eligible to play on the FBS level by 2014, but it will also mean that the Eagles will be ineligible to compete for the FCS football championship in 2013.
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Congrats on your move up. Hope you can help give GA State some attendance help. Also, would love for my team, the Rice Owls, to come to Statesboro and play sometime. I don't get to see my Owls much around these parts.
March 26, 2013
By Doug Roberson
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia Southern’s move to the Sun Belt Conference is scheduled be announced at a news conference at 9 a.m. Wednesday in Statesboro, and the Eagles will be eligible to compete for all Sun Belt titles in 2014, according a person familiar with the negotiations.
After accepting an invitation to join, the conference is requiring that Georgia Southern declare its intention to the NCAA to move from the FCS level to the FBS level by June 1. Doing so will meet the NCAA’s deadline to be eligible to play on the FBS level by 2014, but it will also mean that the Eagles will be ineligible to compete for the FCS football championship in 2013.
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Congrats on your move up. Hope you can help give GA State some attendance help. Also, would love for my team, the Rice Owls, to come to Statesboro and play sometime. I don't get to see my Owls much around these parts.