(12-04-2014 12:42 PM)BeliefBlazer Wrote: Is there any room in the CAA for a non FB team? The thought of going to the ASUN makes me sick.
UAB would be a great add to the CAA. Contrary to many posts, the CAA is not "falling apart".
The CAA lost three football programs, ODU, GaSt, and UMass.
ODU and GaSt were not in CAA FB long enough to be statistically significant.
Replacements, SBU and Albany have enough of a commitment to be perennial playoff contenders and more than adequately replace UMass.
Elon has a lot of potential and commitment, and likely benefits from increased CAA exposure with respect to recruiting. JMU is the only program that might leave, and it doesn't look like that will happen anytime soon.
So, en total, the CAA football is at worst a wash, but probably slightly better than before.
The CAA lost it's "big three" (ODU, GMU, VCU) MBB schools, all quality programs, and that hurt. New addition Elon has a way to go, but CoC will be perennially very good. MBB and non revenue sports are stable, and there is still a quality basketball nucleus.
The sky is not falling on the CAA.
JMU is the only program that might leave someday, and even so, as far as revenue sports, it only really affects football, as it is not a power, nor going to be, in MBB. CAA Football will still be very strong with or without them.
So, the CAA is really in good shape except that it could use a strong MBB program. It seems to me that UAB would certainly fill that requirement nicely.