(09-13-2021 07:29 AM)SkullyMaroo Wrote:  

(09-12-2021 10:55 PM)MinerInWisconsin Wrote:  

(09-12-2021 10:34 PM)geauxcajuns Wrote:  

(09-12-2021 10:25 PM)esayem Wrote:  It makes ZERO sense for a G5 league to go beyond 12, let alone 16 like posters who won’t let the coast 2 coast AAC die. Do they not understand how the expanded playoffs will work?

If the Sun Belt it expands, it does so after the AAC picks off a few C-USA schools. No school is moving unless they know they aren’t getting that ticket.

The AAC and SBC can kill off CUSA. Or the MWC and SBC can kill off the AAC. Either way, there is chaos and turmoil in the G5 ranks.

Just as the SBC wasn't killed off when they lost 5 schools last go around, CUSA won't be killed off this time. If it has to rebuild with FCS schools to survive, that's what will happen.

Even if 5 teams defected CUSA would be at 9 teams - so they’re not getting killed off. From there CUSA could try and add Liberty or NMSU to get to 10 to feel more stable. My main concern if I was a CUSA team would be if the Sun Belt and AAC went big and/or if the MWC decided they wanted in on the game and made a play for some Texas schools. Still, they could backfill, but the conference would look drastically different.

On another thought, if SBC and AAC take teams, and it’s possible MWC could be interested… couldn’t the MAC, another ESPN property, also take a couple teams - like WKU and MTSU perhaps? Realignment is a crazy game and nothing would surprise me.