(10-17-2026 09:19 AM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(10-16-2026 04:51 PM)TOPSTRAIGHT Wrote:  

(10-16-2026 11:29 AM)caribbeanhen Wrote:  

(10-12-2026 12:28 PM)Bobcat2013 Wrote:  

(10-12-2026 12:00 PM)Blue Raider Dave Wrote:  The ADs and Presidents of MAC, SBC and C-USA schools should now all get in a room and pool all their teams into a new conglomeration based entirely on geographic considerations. We’re all just fighting to stay alive anyway. Pipe dream, I know, but screw it.

That sounds nice but who benefits? The SBC and MAC are already pretty regional so this would help CUSA schools way more. Why would the SBC and MAC want to help CUSA for minimal gain?

Did anyone answer this part yet?

I'll give an answer. The MAC-other than OHIO (possibly) wouldn't be involved.

The SBC would "help" or cooperate with CUSA because the SBC has become two different conferences in a "somewhat" unhappy marriage. WEST vs EAST.

Geographically SBC WEST and some CUSA schools in several ways have closer similarities/goals.

Same with certain Eastern CUSA schools and the SBC EAST.

A cooperative "swap" of some members would allow schools to join other like-minded institutions And create travel savings and possibly more rivalries.

This is a hypothetical solution^ In the real world--Egoes, bureaucracies, etc. get in the way.

BENEFITS??

Again--both sides gain. Two twelve team conferences save on travel. But> Mainly budgets, enrollment size, and philosophies would have more in common in each league.

You have to put league names to the side when you start looking at these things. People seem to forget that most of the Western half of CUSA/SBC shared a league together at one point and know each other well.

I know the SBC West crowd was pretty jaded when MTSU/WKU etc left for CUSA (I know I was), and some of us have long memories, but at a school level its not like we hated each other. WE just had different goals at the time. Same mistake is happening with the SBC East and West right now. There are slightly different goals, doesn't mean the schools dislike one another.

If Louisiana Tech, who literally had its actual Athletic Director trashing the SBC and other Louisiana Schools 6 years ago, can join the SBC Now, then any school could move if everything worked right. (Side note: That dude is an expert at falling upward.)

Yeah, McClelland's a bozo. We're still dealing with the fallout of his having run his yap. And he can't stop, apparently...

(10-19-2026 12:55 PM)TexanFan Wrote:  

(10-16-2026 06:20 AM)Bobcat2013 Wrote:  

(10-16-2026 03:30 AM)Spolovilo4EVER Wrote:  

(10-14-2026 01:24 AM)TexanFan Wrote:  For me, CUSA, MWC and the SBC are our possibilities, and I have no idea where we stand with any of them. It is a possibility we don’t get an invite, but I believe this will be the only way we stay FCS.

If we only receive one invitation, we will take it.

Personally, I think our best current and future place to grow, is the Mountain West. However, I would have no issue if we join CUSA and get the opportunity to compete against our old buddy and best friend Sammy.

I think we will make a great addition to whichever FBS conference invites us, if one does.

All 3 are "possible" but I do not think the SBC is viable, especially if they increase the exit fee to 25M Everyone knows it would only be a temp thing for us until we go to MWC so why would we agree to go there if we will have to pay some BS extortion fee. Its like agreeing to buy a Toyota Corolla for 200k. Not saying it is not a good car, just not worth that kind of money and we are in the market for a Camry. If CUSA does the same, making the exit fee outrageous for what it is, that would be like buying a Mitshubishi Mirage for 500k. No thanks. If we have to stay in FCS a few more years to get into the MWC I am good with that. But there is no use wasting millions of dollars on entry and exit fees when we know the MWC will in all likely hood be our landing spot within the next 5 years. We may very well go to SBC or CUSA first but I think that would be a huge mistake.

Based on the fact that NDSU had to do it, y'all are going to get extorted no matter where you go. Is it worth it for y'all to pay 28 million+ for the MWC?

Probably not. It is going to be interesting to watch Sac St. over next few years to see if they can be competitive in the MAC. With all the $ they are paying, do they have enough leftover to field rosters?

Our president hasn’t bragged and put FCS schools down to warrant our willingness to spend whatever it takes and then not field competitive teams.

Maybe not explicitly so, but it's been pretty clear that y'all have been gunning for FBS from the get go and many FCS fans have definitely taken that as saying you're too good for FCS without actually saying it.