(08-20-2023 10:22 AM)BDKJMU Wrote:  

(08-19-2023 08:12 PM)Dukes94 Wrote:  Delaware is screwed. They bring nothing to the table in revenue sports. All of the regional schools either play FCS or are P5. The AAC wouldn’t go slumming to take them, and CUSA would rather take pariahs and not ready for prime time schools. If their dingbat president thinks the CAA is a good geographic and academic fit, then it sounds like sour grapes to me.

Delaware thinks highly of themselves, but it’s an inconsequential school in an inconsequential state.

They’ve got more regional G5 than P5:
Under 200 miles:
-Temple
-Navy
-Army
Under 300 miles
-JMU
-ODU
-UConn
-Liberty
-UMass
Under 400 miles
-Buffalo
-Kent St
-Akron

I didn't state that well. I meant to say that the nearby P5s (B1G, ACC) won't take them (and shouldn't even factor into the discussion), and the nearby G5s are apparently beneath Delaware (C-USA, SBC) or won't take them either (AAC).

Delaware could fit in the SBC, but they don't add anything. They could be a replacement if an SBC school left, but they aren't worth pursuing in addition to the existing SBC schools.