(04-08-2011 10:34 PM)mikeinsec127 Wrote:  Nova flush with cash, still decides to move up to FBS. The only place to go is he MAC as a football only.

Can't do that. They'd have to pull their other sports out of the BE and into the MAC, or a non-FBS football league.

(04-09-2011 12:46 AM)RecoveringHillbilly Wrote:  

(04-08-2011 10:34 PM)mikeinsec127 Wrote:  Nova flush with cash, still decides to move up to FBS. The only place to go is he MAC as a football only.

Can't do that. They'd have to pull their other sports out of the BE and into the MAC, or a non-FBS football league.

Why is that? The Big East lets Notre Dame be in the Big East in all sports except football and the MAC has let in football only before so why couldn't Nova do it? Not that I think it would happen but why couldn't they do it?

(04-09-2011 01:10 PM)Sultan of Euphonistan Wrote:  

(04-09-2011 12:46 AM)RecoveringHillbilly Wrote:  

(04-08-2011 10:34 PM)mikeinsec127 Wrote:  Nova flush with cash, still decides to move up to FBS. The only place to go is he MAC as a football only.

Can't do that. They'd have to pull their other sports out of the BE and into the MAC, or a non-FBS football league.

Why is that? The Big East lets Notre Dame be in the Big East in all sports except football and the MAC has let in football only before so why couldn't Nova do it? Not that I think it would happen but why couldn't they do it?

Reports on the CAA message board say that Villanova commits to FBS/Big East football on Tuesday.

(04-03-2011 07:03 PM)lmckay92 Wrote:  I only miss the halfway decent MAC schools. Toledo, Miami, and Ohio. Directional Michigan is a non-issue.

Why do Marshall fans always convienently forget about getting pounded in the Rubber Bowl ????

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Reports on the CAA message board say that Villanova commits to FBS/Big East football on Tuesday.
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Sounds good for UMass getting an FBS invite from the MAC.

(04-09-2011 01:10 PM)Sultan of Euphonistan Wrote:  

(04-09-2011 12:46 AM)RecoveringHillbilly Wrote:  

(04-08-2011 10:34 PM)mikeinsec127 Wrote:  Nova flush with cash, still decides to move up to FBS. The only place to go is he MAC as a football only.

Can't do that. They'd have to pull their other sports out of the BE and into the MAC, or a non-FBS football league.

Why is that? The Big East lets Notre Dame be in the Big East in all sports except football and the MAC has let in football only before so why couldn't Nova do it? Not that I think it would happen but why couldn't they do it?

You can't have FB and other sports split between 2 different FBS leagues. ND is fine because it's BE w/ indy FB. Georgetown/Nova are allowed to have their FB in the Patriot/CAA, respectively, because they are FCS leagues. Temple is A-10, and UCF was A-Sun when in MAC FB, neither of which sponsor FBS football.

(04-09-2011 01:34 PM)DexterEagle Wrote:  

(04-09-2011 01:10 PM)Sultan of Euphonistan Wrote:  

(04-09-2011 12:46 AM)RecoveringHillbilly Wrote:  

(04-08-2011 10:34 PM)mikeinsec127 Wrote:  Nova flush with cash, still decides to move up to FBS. The only place to go is he MAC as a football only.

Can't do that. They'd have to pull their other sports out of the BE and into the MAC, or a non-FBS football league.

Why is that? The Big East lets Notre Dame be in the Big East in all sports except football and the MAC has let in football only before so why couldn't Nova do it? Not that I think it would happen but why couldn't they do it?

Reports on the CAA message board say that Villanova commits to FBS/Big East football on Tuesday.

Here is an article from the Philly paper.

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/coll...51209.html

So?

'Nova to BE? UMass to MAC? C-USA unchanged?

(04-10-2011 07:38 AM)emu steve Wrote:  

(04-09-2011 01:34 PM)DexterEagle Wrote:  

(04-09-2011 01:10 PM)Sultan of Euphonistan Wrote:  

(04-09-2011 12:46 AM)RecoveringHillbilly Wrote:  

(04-08-2011 10:34 PM)mikeinsec127 Wrote:  Nova flush with cash, still decides to move up to FBS. The only place to go is he MAC as a football only.

Can't do that. They'd have to pull their other sports out of the BE and into the MAC, or a non-FBS football league.

Why is that? The Big East lets Notre Dame be in the Big East in all sports except football and the MAC has let in football only before so why couldn't Nova do it? Not that I think it would happen but why couldn't they do it?

Reports on the CAA message board say that Villanova commits to FBS/Big East football on Tuesday.

Here is an article from the Philly paper.

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/coll...51209.html

So?

'Nova to BE? UMass to MAC? C-USA unchanged?

Hope the answer to all three is 'yes' with the emphasis on the second.

All these reporters never seem to get it right.

Quote:And for current players, a potential move to the Big East isn't that big an issue. Only the current freshman class would even play a Big East game, because Villanova would stay in the Atlantic Ten for another year and then have two transition years in I-A before becoming a full-time Big East member. For the current group, that wouldn't necessarily be an easy time.

The CAA took over A10 football in 2007.

f.y.i. ---- additional info -----

Quote:Demise/"Rename"The 2005 move of Northeastern University, a football-only member of the A-10, to the Colonial Athletic Association for basketball and Olympic sports began a chain of events that would lead to the demise of the A-10 football conference, at least under the A-10 banner.

At that time, the CAA did not sponsor football, but five of its members in the 2004-05 academic year (Delaware, Hofstra, James Madison, Towson, and William & Mary) were football members of the A-10. The addition of Northeastern gave the CAA six schools with football programs, which under NCAA rules allows a conference to sponsor football. Northeastern agreed to join any future CAA football conference, which meant that the A-10 football conference would drop to six members once CAA football began operation.

With six football members in place, the CAA decided to start a football conference in 2007. The league then invited Richmond, a member of the CAA from 1983 to 2001, to rejoin for football only, because of UR's long-standing in-state rivalries with William & Mary and James Madison. UR accepted the invitation, taking the A-10 football conference below the NCAA minimum of six. Shortly after this, the A-10 football conference opted to disband, with all of its members becoming charter members of the CAA football conference. For all intents and purposes, including the conference's automatic bid to the FCS playoffs, the A-10 football conference became the CAA football conference.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_10_Conference

Villanova postpones vote on Big East football

Quote:According to a source within the Big East Conference, Villanova's board of trustees will not hold an anticipated Tuesday vote on whether to move up to Division I-A and join the Big East for football because the conference's football members are not ready to sign off on the Wildcats' plans.

The chief sticking point, according to the source, is Villanova's plan to use PPL Park in Chester, the 18,500-seat home of the Philadelphia Union, as its primary venue.

Read more: http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/coll...z1JEkmsgUR

(04-11-2011 12:41 PM)NickSkin Wrote:  Villanova postpones vote on Big East football

Quote:According to a source within the Big East Conference, Villanova's board of trustees will not hold an anticipated Tuesday vote on whether to move up to Division I-A and join the Big East for football because the conference's football members are not ready to sign off on the Wildcats' plans.

The chief sticking point, according to the source, is Villanova's plan to use PPL Park in Chester, the 18,500-seat home of the Philadelphia Union, as its primary venue.

Read more: http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/coll...z1JEkmsgUR

The stadium is an issue. Pa Preps mention in another thread Temple has exclusive rights to Saturdays @ Lincoln Field.