(06-05-2020 12:46 PM)CarlSmithCenter Wrote:  Can't speak to Robert Morris but SC State has been plagued by serious financial and leadership problems for a several years now, if they make a move I would suspect it would be to D-II, not the Big South, though being in a league with A&T and Hampton for football and the low-cost of travel for Olympic sports to play Upstate, Charleston Southern, PC and Winthrop would probably be alluring.

From what I understand, most of SCSU's financial issues are on the university side, and moving down to D2 wouldn't help their athletics budget deficit much if at all because they would no longer have access to FBS guarantee games. They played two guarantees on an 11 game schedule in 2018 and will likely do so again in the near future. If they're looking to stay D1 outside the MEAC, it's basically Big South or bust, and the Big South as constructed would actually reduce their travel. I believe their longest road trip for non-football sports would actually be to Hampton of all schools.

RMU football is a mortal lock to join the Big South if RMU moves to the Horizon League. Their only other real option as a football-only member would be the CAA, and the CAA would almost assuredly pass on that. Big South won't say no to anybody who wants to play football.