(10-03-2020 08:50 AM)chargeradio Wrote:  Could the CAA potentially host a breakaway FBS contingent?

West - Georgia State, Georgia Southern, Western Kentucky, Middle Tennessee, Appalachian State
East - Delaware, James Madison, Marshall, Old Dominion, Charlotte

C-USA then invites Texas State:
West - UTEP, Texas State, UTSA, North Texas, Rice
East - Louisiana Tech, Southern Mississippi, UAB, FAU, FIU

That then leaves the Sun Belt with the following:
Louisiana, Louisiana-Monroe, Arkansas State, South Alabama, Troy, Coastal Carolina, Texas-Arlington (non-football), Little Rock (non-football)

That would then leave the following schools in search of new homes: Towson, Northeastern, Hofstra, Drexel, William & Mary, Elon, UNC-Wilmington, College of Charleston

Texas-Arlington and Little Rock join C-USA for all sports but football, while FAU and FIU transition to football only and park their other sports in the Atlantic Sun. The Sun Belt takes in UMass and UConn for short-term football deals while Kennesaw State and Missouri State transition to FBS; and then Elon, UNC-Wilmington, College of Charleston, and William & Mary as non-football members. Drexel and Towson join America East, which takes over FCS football from the CAA. Hofstra and Northeastern join the Northeast Conference.

I put this out there a few months ago, but could CAA use its CAA Football conference to create a second all-sports conference the way the ASUN wanted to with that swimming league to become the UAC?

The FCS/non-football members move to CAAF and rename it the CAA, then the shell of the original CAA (new name TBD) would invite CUSA and SB Eastern teams, and possibly Liberty. JMU and potentially Delaware would stay with the FBS schools.