(05-04-2020 09:31 PM)MUsince96 Wrote:  

(05-04-2020 07:48 PM)cruzan_flame13 Wrote:  

(05-04-2020 06:22 PM)MUsince96 Wrote:  

(05-04-2020 05:09 PM)GE and MTS Wrote:  

(05-04-2020 12:09 PM)MUsince96 Wrote:  https://www.herdfans.com/12thman/herd-fa...league/25/

Go to Reply 48. Anyone at Liberty hearing anything about this?

If Liberty is coming aboard does that also mean a team being added in the West?

If this is the case I could see this as 2 leagues operating as 1. In football, perhaps there's 2 eight team divisions with no crossover games?

I have a hard time believing this is true. The poster makes it sound like Liberty is calling some shots. What leverage does LU have to "have a big say so"? I don't see an upside to being in such a large conference with only one NCAA tournament bid plus it relegates our football to a G5. As an independent, we at least can pull a BYU and be quasi-P5.

No idea what leverage Liberty would have either; maybe offering to put down some big money again? But what does the size of the basketball league matter? Whether it's 9 or 16, one bid is one bid. And none of the Indy schedules you're making will get you in the Playoff. So why not play for the NY6 Access Bowl? You can schedule the 2-3 P5's a year you're scheduling now as a member of a conference and qualify for the NY6 Access Bowl. Right now you could go undefeated and you'll be playing the in the Cure Bowl while an undefeated or 1-2 loss G5 conference champ will be in the NY6 bowl.

I'm not talking down. Just reality.

Pointing to basketball, the strength of conference does matter when it comes to strength of schedule. This would help us when it comes with national prestige. The problem is not having baseball, which is a top sport for us.

CUSA is a stronger conference than the A-Sun so it would help your strength of schedule.

http://realtimerpi.com/rpi_conf_Men.html

CUSA also sponsors baseball. It's typically one of the stronger leagues in the country.

http://warrennolan.com/baseball/2019/conferencerpi