(10-14-2026 05:36 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  Also, despite the App fan on Twitter who has been dropping floods of hints they are 50/50 to join the PAC 12.

This "predictor" should not be trusted and despite being told multiple times spanning years to stop, they won't.

Troy has been a bit of a bouncing ball. I agree that I think the add will be in the east, but if it's in the west, would Troy fans be ok with moving back east again?

(10-14-2026 05:39 PM)Yosef181 Wrote:  

East Carolina and Charlotte are candidates, according to Brett McMurphy.

I did not read it myself (it's behind an On3 paywall), but someone was showing it on YouTube.

For those who have access to On3: https://www.on3.com/teams/miami-hurrican...re-coming/

Just pause for a moment and think about the completely mythical world where JMU joined the AAC only to watch ECU replace them.

That would be a glorious day on Twitter. And it has zero chance of happening, but it would be glorious.

(10-14-2026 05:57 PM)APPdiesel Wrote:  Troy has been a bit of a bouncing ball. I agree that I think the add will be in the east, but if it's in the west, would Troy fans be ok with moving back east again?

Troy fans have generally said they would as long as the SBC protected the series with South Alabama. Now, I don't know who the West add would be then. There are options out West, but none that improve the travel at all outside of Troy's neighbors in Northern Alabama.

Troy to the East would make the league even more disparate in competition than it is now East/West

(10-14-2026 05:58 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(10-14-2026 05:39 PM)Yosef181 Wrote:  

East Carolina and Charlotte are candidates, according to Brett McMurphy.

I did not read it myself (it's behind an On3 paywall), but someone was showing it on YouTube.

For those who have access to On3: https://www.on3.com/teams/miami-hurrican...re-coming/

Just pause for a moment and think about the completely mythical world where JMU joined the AAC only to watch ECU replace them.

That would be a glorious day on Twitter. And it has zero chance of happening, but it would be glorious.

I can see ECU wanting to jump off the carousel in principle, but the immediate cost is prohibitive and everyone knows that.

Unless the American is flipping that $23 million as Charlotte’s dowry to get rid of them, I don’t how or why that conversation even starts.

I just don't see ECU or Charlotte as anywhere near even a remote possibility. But who knows in all this craziness?

(10-14-2026 05:36 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  Also, despite the App fan on Twitter who has been dropping floods of hints they are 50/50 to join the PAC 12. I think the odds of that happening anytime soon are low. App has certainly looked at its options, and boosters would love to leave, but everything I understand is that App wants to pocket JMU's exit fees and see what the SBC does before it heads for the hills

Of course, we could be also talking about their sister school "App State-Happy Valley" if the Coastal Fan's viral twitter graphic is to be believed.

App joining the PAC is an awful idea. I would rather App go back to the SoCon.

I am not going to get what I wish (AAC, SBC, and CUSA re-organizing into three new geographically sound mid-Atlantic, southeast, and southwest conferences), I would like to see Ohio, Delaware, and Liberty join the SBC (or WKU if Liberty gives people heartburn), assuming McMurphy's ECU and UNCC talk is non-sense, of course.

I’m not a fan of only adding one school tbh. There are a few good options we could get, and we should grab them to help keep us firmly in the 2-3 spot among G6 rather than bordering on 4-5.

The Sun Belt has been courting ECU for at least two years.

Will it work? Who knows at this point.

(10-14-2026 07:02 PM)lelandhardy Wrote:  I’m not a fan of only adding one school tbh. There are a few good options we could get, and we should grab them to help keep us firmly in the 2-3 spot among G6 rather than bordering on 4-5.

If the mouse isn't going to pay more then add only one. If the mouse will pay for it add as many as needed to get revenue somewhere close the American/PAC.

IMHO 12 is the perfect number for a conference. 14 felt a little bloated but having divisions helped that a lot. Football drives the bus but more teams fighting for a single bid in most other sports (not including soccer or baseball) will get really old eventually.

(10-14-2026 07:03 PM)T-Dog Wrote:  The Sun Belt has been courting ECU for at least two years.

Will it work? Who knows at this point.

Considering Coastal just signed a long term football series with ECU, I'm going to say there is a 0% chance they are joining the SBC.

(10-14-2026 08:21 PM)TealNation Wrote:  

(10-14-2026 07:03 PM)T-Dog Wrote:  The Sun Belt has been courting ECU for at least two years.

Will it work? Who knows at this point.

Considering Coastal just signed a long term football series with ECU, I'm going to say there is a 0% chance they are joining the SBC.

ULM and La Tech scheduled a series right before Tech joined the Sun Belt

The Belt would be better off not adding a team. No matter who they add, it will be a downgrade from James Madison. Why split the pie with another hungry member that doesn’t add anything to the conference? It probably be better if one more team left and the new number is 12.

Of course, Gill is not the sharpest tool in the shed so the conference may be headed downhill with him at the helm.

In no world are we poaching the current American conference after they just took our most competitive program. Its going to be from CUSA or MAC. I just hope we dont expand the geography too much. I like the regionality of the SBC and I think being somehwhat close is definitely a strength of this conference.

Could App for UNCC just trade places? They're closer to that majestic airport you know.

Why would ECU take a pay cut?

I know ECU isn’t happening but could you imagine Twitter’s reaction if they did. It would be GLORIOUS. Plus adding ECU baseball would be fun. Also… Charlotte… really?? McMurphy did call the JMU move out a few weeks back lol. Maybe he knows something we don’t!

(10-14-2026 09:15 PM)Troy_Fan_15 Wrote:  I know ECU isn’t happening but could you imagine Twitter’s reaction if they did. It would be GLORIOUS. Plus adding ECU baseball would be fun. Also… Charlotte… really?? McMurphy did call the JMU move out a few weeks back lol. Maybe he knows something we don’t!

Charlotte would be the worst option for us outside of maybe FCS, and I think most fans would agree. No way SBC leadership should consider that. Let CUSA have them back (misfit toys)

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Would East Carolina consider it if ESPN promised to keep their money the same until 2032. It would essentially cost the network no additional monies as the $7m is already allocated for. ECU is a football and baseball school which is a better fit in the SBC, whereas the AC is "big city", basketball, and no fans football conference.