(06-26-2020 09:47 AM)BePcr07 Wrote:  

(06-26-2020 09:44 AM)bullet Wrote:  

(06-25-2020 10:07 PM)BePcr07 Wrote:  

(06-25-2020 08:40 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(06-25-2020 05:13 PM)BePcr07 Wrote:  Good for them. Tennessee St must've said "no" or Florida A&M insisted on Bethune-Cookman. Now to see how the MEAC responds...or doesn't.

I doubt FAMU insisted on B-C. Its just that the realistic choices were:
1) stay at 11;
2) Tennessee St. who wasn't likely;
3) B-C;
4) Go to 14 and effectively kill the MEAC making the SWAC the lone Div I HBCU conference.

Bethune-Cookman is not exactly a good fit for the SWAC which is why I wonder if Florida A&M insisted.

If you want 12 and TN St. isn't coming, B-C is the next best fit.

As far as needing to be at 12 with all HBCUs, this is true. However, I'm not sure why they rushed to 12 unless Tennessee St said "no" and Bethune-Cookman was potentially pursued by another conference like the Atlantic Sun.

The point is that there is nobody else. Why wait if there is only one option? Durham, NC and Norfolk, VA are a long ways away and make no sense as a #12. Maybe as a #13/#14 pair. SIAC schools cannot afford Div. I.