(05-27-2021 10:47 AM)PojoaquePosse Wrote:  

(05-27-2021 09:21 AM)Bobcat2013 Wrote:  

(05-27-2021 09:00 AM)jedclampett Wrote:  

(05-26-2021 07:41 AM)DoubleRSU Wrote:  

(05-24-2021 11:04 AM)PojoaquePosse Wrote:  It is entertaining that the WAC announcement about the 5 new teams came with the stipulation that all the FCS schools would explore FBS? People can laugh at anything they want, I guess. But facts are facts. That's what happened. I don't know why folks can't accept that.

You can study it all you want. Lamar and SHSU could have been FBS 10 years ago. Southern Utah didn’t leave the Big Sky to be left by the Texas schools, “when they join FBS”. Not happening anytime soon. Southern Utah isn’t joining FBS either.

Some of you might want to take a look at the ASUN CSNBBS board under the topic of "ASUN Expansion," or a similar thread that I started to ask them their opinions about the future direction of that conference."

It appears that the range of views over there is somewhat similar to the views on this board:

--Some of them see the ASUN as moving toward FBS status, while others disagree and think it's more likely to proceed as an FCS conference.

--One or two of them noted that they haven't yet identified a 6th football school and suggested that it might be a good idea to extend their temporary plan to play the WAC football teams.

--Both boards seem to agree that they will be FCS conferences, but to have different views about whether or when or how they would transition to FBS, if they ever do.

--It appears that both conferences are in a somewhat similar situation, and for either of them to put a FBS conference together, their best bet might be some kind of an ongoing scheduling alliance.

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There is one big difference: the WAC still has an FBS charter apparently. The ASUN does not. Still not sure about the practicality of the FBS charter thing myself though.

There is another big difference. The WAC announced that all FCS teams would do a study to explore going to FBS. I don't think the ASUN has expressed a similar edict. So any ASUN speculation on FBS is just that...speculation. The WAC is openly looking at FBS. They explicitly told us that.

One other thing. In a couple years, the WAC will not need an alliance with the ASUN. Tarleton and Dixie will be FCS and the WAC will have 7 FCS teams which gives them an auto qualifier.

Good points.

Regarding ASUN, they're saying that the President of one of their schools, Central Arkansas, made a bold public statement to the effect that the ASUN is planning to become a FBS conference.

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