(02-18-2016 12:45 AM)NoDak Wrote:  

(02-18-2016 12:16 AM)MWC Tex Wrote:  

(02-17-2016 11:50 PM)NoDak Wrote:  

(02-17-2016 11:36 PM)Phlipper33 Wrote:  UT Rio Grande Valley is beginning a study in starting football.

http://m.themonitor.com/news/sources-utr...l?mode=jqm

That seems to be an absolute requirement for the Southland now. UNO and Texas A&M CC had said they would add football, but havent.

That's interesting. Maybe the WAC is starting to head towards being a FCS conference. Southland is too crowded. WAC perhaps get some Big Sky schools down the road or a Southland split?

As stated before, think N Ariz, S Utah, Weber St, Idaho St and N Colo are heading for the WAC when the Big Sky goes FBS. But that's preposterous according to this board.

The Southland LA FCS schools, SELa, Nicholls St, McNeese St, and NWSt, all have some viability problems pending the LA budget deal. UTRGV has a great chance of being in the Southland now, and football would seal it.

The article referenced FBS. Doubt that UTRGV would take it there in the short term. But the long view is that with 50k students projected, FBS has to be considered.

I don't know why the article reference FBS because that isn't possible without a conference invite. The writer may had hoped for FBS but FCS is the plan for UTRGV and they have a new soccer complex that can serve for football also, if desired but with the new 52 acres they bought, they can certainly build a nice stadium that fits for them with the setup for future expansion.
They could be another Sunbelt target and with UTRGV now having a Med School would add to the academic profile of the Sun Belt.