(10-27-2016 05:24 AM)rokamortis Wrote:  

(10-27-2016 01:43 AM)DavidSt Wrote:  http://www.ocregister.com/articles/footb...ogram.html

Found the Fullerton State's article. There is a movement to try and bring football back by 2020 or before. The movement wants to get the team back into FBS. If the passion is there, and donations roll in? We might see Fullerton State having football again.

Any updates in the last 3 years since this article was published?

Lol

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(06-17-2015 11:39 AM)indianasniff Wrote:  IPFW could have made a move to football when the minor league baseball team moved downtown and left a stadium across the street from Campus. This might be fun

Get them in the MAC and in 5 years they could be beating IU and PU.

(10-14-2016 09:07 AM)FloridaJag Wrote:  

(10-12-2016 10:44 AM)MplsBison Wrote:  Sounds good to me, with regard to UNF and FGCU starting football.

- UNF and private Jacksonville U can share the Jags stadium, when the Jags leave for St Louis.
- FGCU can serve the 1M+ in Fort Meyers-Coral-Naples.

Should FGCU play football?

I ask because the topic came up again, much to my surprise, during a recent FGCU basketball game. On this ESPN 3 broadcast, the halftime guest was FGCU President Wilson Bradshaw. I asked him some generic questions. One was, “what did he see for the future of FGCU athletics beyond his retirement (in 18 months)?” He quickly stated, “Football. I don’t think it is a question anymore of if, but when.”

http://www.news-press.com/story/sports/c.../78371820/

It (FGCU) they ever did that they could do well at the FCS level.

At least FGCU football would have a guaranteed FCS home in the Big Atlantic Sun South.


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(07-17-2016 07:44 AM)DavidSt Wrote:  

(07-16-2016 11:13 AM)chargeradio Wrote:  Gonzaga is about 10 years late in getting in line for a FBS split from Division I - had they been FBS, their best shot would have been to be football-only in the Mountain West instead of Utah State, Nevada, or San Jose State - the Mountain West would then have 10 full members and 12 members in football instead of 11/12.

If Gonzaga does add, the only "split" that will be brewing is from the Pioneer League - San Diego and Gonzaga would still need at least 4 more to join them, but this could be the beginnings of WCC football. The WCC could offer its own no-scholarship or low-scholarship league instead of having its members play PFL conference games in Florida, Iowa, and North Carolina.

And if Gonzaga were somehow going FBS, do you think the Missouri Valley Conference's attitude about merging with the WAC would have been different if they were told Idaho's travel partner is Gonzaga?


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The rumor about Gonzaga came out a few years ago if BYU wanted to rejoin the MWC. It is really heating up now for them to add. They used to have football and was in The Big Sky at one time. All these talks and rumors about the west coast schools adding football to stay up with the P5 for all sports, and to join them when splitting off. It would be nice to get more D1 schools in Washington, Oregon and California get going. All those 3 states have a large population that the schools that have football can't handle them all.

The Zags are a small school and would be overshadowed by Eastern Washington, let alone State and even Idaho. I've been telling them how to run their athletic program a lot lately but they'd be better focusing solely on basketball, trying to make the WCC as good as possible or head east if they can.

On a side note, do you guys think there might be some mutual interest between Hawai'i and the WCC? Hawai'i could still fly into California and bus and then fly to Portland and bus to Spokane or vice-versa. Do that and the WCC just may start to resemble a western A-10.

Why would the WCC be interested in Hawaii? Or Air Force. The WCC is composed entirely of schools with church affiliations. All of them are small except BYU.

Hawai'i would benefit by joining something that resembles a major conference. The WCC would get a subsidized annual trip to Hawai'i (big for potential recruits) and a school that adds to its credibility. Hawai'i is special and it's not unheard of for conferences composed mostly of private schools to have token public or two.

And by resemble a major conference, I mean a conference that has well known and sometimes nationally ranked programs. Plus, BYU and Hawai'i have a connection and on some levels, a rivalry.

(10-29-2016 11:39 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  And by resemble a major conference, I mean a conference that has well known and sometimes nationally ranked programs. Plus, BYU and Hawai'i have a connection and on some levels, a rivalry.

The question is when will the Big West starts to sponsor football again? Several schools are looking yo add it, and they could grab Sacramento State, Northern Arizona, Dixie State, Azusa Pacific and Humboldt State. That would leave GNAC down to 3 football schools with Central Washington, Simon Fraser and Western Oregon which I think Big Sky could take to replace the California schools.

For Big West Football to work they are going to need existing Big West schools to add/restart the sport, Schools like Cal St Fullerton, Cal St Northridge, and Long Beach St. I also think they need to add the likes of New Mexico St, Sacramento St, and Northern Arizona. Coercing Hawaii to move down to FCS would help too.

D2 upgrades are not the route to go.

It makes no sense for any FBS school to go FCS as long as it has a conference. Hawaii would be a full member of the Mountain West if that were to happen, or barring that, they'd join the WAC and at least they'd have some decent flight options to Seattle and Phoenix (Grand Canyon).


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(10-30-2016 04:14 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  For Big West Football to work they are going to need existing Big West schools to add/restart the sport, Schools like Cal St Fullerton, Cal St Northridge, and Long Beach St. I also think they need to add the likes of New Mexico St, Sacramento St, and Northern Arizona. Coercing Hawaii to move down to FCS would help too.

D2 upgrades are not the route to go.

Big West was a former FBS conference.

Cal-San Diego wants to move up, and thinking of adding football.

Azusa Pacific does have a 10,000 seat stadium, and the Big West could used them along with the other 3 California schools to boast up their teams. Azusa would be football only while the rest of the sports go to the WAC.

D2 schools that could make the move to help with football wise?
Azusa Pacific
Humboldt State
Dixie State
Central Washington
Simon Fraser
Western Oregon
Colorado Mesa
Colorado Mines
Colorado State-Pueblo
West Texas A&M

Schools out west that could start football?
Cal-San Diego
Long Beach State
East Bay State
Northridge State
Fullerton State
Cal.-Irvine
Western Washington
Grand Canyon
Utah Valley
Seattle
UTRG
Montana State-Billings
Chico State
Sonoma State
Santa Clara
Cal.-Riverside

(10-30-2016 07:28 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  

(10-30-2016 04:14 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  For Big West Football to work they are going to need existing Big West schools to add/restart the sport, Schools like Cal St Fullerton, Cal St Northridge, and Long Beach St. I also think they need to add the likes of New Mexico St, Sacramento St, and Northern Arizona. Coercing Hawaii to move down to FCS would help too.

D2 upgrades are not the route to go.

Big West was a former FBS conference.

Cal-San Diego wants to move up, and thinking of adding football.

Azusa Pacific does have a 10,000 seat stadium, and the Big West could used them along with the other 3 California schools to boast up their teams. Azusa would be football only while the rest of the sports go to the WAC.

D2 schools that could make the move to help with football wise?
Azusa Pacific
Humboldt State
Dixie State
Central Washington
Simon Fraser
Western Oregon
Colorado Mesa
Colorado Mines
Colorado State-Pueblo
West Texas A&M

Schools out west that could start football?
Cal-San Diego
Long Beach State
East Bay State
Northridge State
Fullerton State
Cal.-Irvine
Western Washington
Grand Canyon
Utah Valley
Seattle
UTRG
Montana State-Billings
Chico State
Sonoma State
Santa Clara
Cal.-Riverside

You are trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist.

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Clarke University (Iowa/NAIA/Heart of America Conference) adds football for 2018:

http://www.victorysportsnetwork.com/Clip...n-2018.htm

(01-31-2016 11:07 AM)chargeradio Wrote:  It would not surprise me if the Sun Belt has talked with UTA and even Little Rock as part of their due diligence on whether or not to renew Idaho and New Mexico State. I feel Idaho is safe as long as UTA doesn't restart their program.

Then Idaho is very safe. No way in hell UTA is starting a program. They have better sense than that. Folly.

(02-18-2016 08:52 AM)MWC Tex Wrote:  

(02-18-2016 12:45 AM)NoDak Wrote:  

(02-18-2016 12:16 AM)MWC Tex Wrote:  

(02-17-2016 11:50 PM)NoDak Wrote:  

(02-17-2016 11:36 PM)Phlipper33 Wrote:  UT Rio Grande Valley is beginning a study in starting football.

http://m.themonitor.com/news/sources-utr...l?mode=jqm

That seems to be an absolute requirement for the Southland now. UNO and Texas A&M CC had said they would add football, but havent.

That's interesting. Maybe the WAC is starting to head towards being a FCS conference. Southland is too crowded. WAC perhaps get some Big Sky schools down the road or a Southland split?

As stated before, think N Ariz, S Utah, Weber St, Idaho St and N Colo are heading for the WAC when the Big Sky goes FBS. But that's preposterous according to this board.

The Southland LA FCS schools, SELa, Nicholls St, McNeese St, and NWSt, all have some viability problems pending the LA budget deal. UTRGV has a great chance of being in the Southland now, and football would seal it.

The article referenced FBS. Doubt that UTRGV would take it there in the short term. But the long view is that with 50k students projected, FBS has to be considered.

I don't know why the article reference FBS because that isn't possible without a conference invite. The writer may had hoped for FBS but FCS is the plan for UTRGV and they have a new soccer complex that can serve for football also, if desired but with the new 52 acres they bought, they can certainly build a nice stadium that fits for them with the setup for future expansion.
They could be another Sunbelt target and with UTRGV now having a Med School would add to the academic profile the of the Sun Belt.

You are going to have to wait awhile before UT RGV adds to anybody's academic profile. A couple of weeks ago it came out in the press that the university is now on probation by the accrediting agency. Serious blow and horrible PR (although they are bound to sort it out).

(12-19-2016 08:35 PM)UTArlingtonMaverick Wrote:  

(01-31-2016 11:07 AM)chargeradio Wrote:  It would not surprise me if the Sun Belt has talked with UTA and even Little Rock as part of their due diligence on whether or not to renew Idaho and New Mexico State. I feel Idaho is safe as long as UTA doesn't restart their program.

Then Idaho is very safe. No way in hell UTA is starting a program. They have better sense than that. Folly.

Dude, consensus is nothing near unanimity. The fact that your father killed UTA football in 1985 says a lot about your dismissive attitude.

(12-19-2016 08:44 PM)UTArlingtonMaverick Wrote:  

(02-18-2016 08:52 AM)MWC Tex Wrote:  

(02-18-2016 12:45 AM)NoDak Wrote:  

(02-18-2016 12:16 AM)MWC Tex Wrote:  

(02-17-2016 11:50 PM)NoDak Wrote:  That seems to be an absolute requirement for the Southland now. UNO and Texas A&M CC had said they would add football, but havent.

That's interesting. Maybe the WAC is starting to head towards being a FCS conference. Southland is too crowded. WAC perhaps get some Big Sky schools down the road or a Southland split?

As stated before, think N Ariz, S Utah, Weber St, Idaho St and N Colo are heading for the WAC when the Big Sky goes FBS. But that's preposterous according to this board.

The Southland LA FCS schools, SELa, Nicholls St, McNeese St, and NWSt, all have some viability problems pending the LA budget deal. UTRGV has a great chance of being in the Southland now, and football would seal it.

The article referenced FBS. Doubt that UTRGV would take it there in the short term. But the long view is that with 50k students projected, FBS has to be considered.

I don't know why the article reference FBS because that isn't possible without a conference invite. The writer may had hoped for FBS but FCS is the plan for UTRGV and they have a new soccer complex that can serve for football also, if desired but with the new 52 acres they bought, they can certainly build a nice stadium that fits for them with the setup for future expansion.
They could be another Sunbelt target and with UTRGV now having a Med School would add to the academic profile the of the Sun Belt.

You are going to have to wait awhile before UT RGV adds to anybody's academic profile. A couple of weeks ago it came out in the press that the university is now on probation by the accrediting agency. Serious blow and horrible PR (although they are bound to sort it out).

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016...-ut-campus

So, Louisville is in deeper doo doo.

(12-19-2016 08:44 PM)UTArlingtonMaverick Wrote:  

(02-18-2016 08:52 AM)MWC Tex Wrote:  

(02-18-2016 12:45 AM)NoDak Wrote:  

(02-18-2016 12:16 AM)MWC Tex Wrote:  

(02-17-2016 11:50 PM)NoDak Wrote:  That seems to be an absolute requirement for the Southland now. UNO and Texas A&M CC had said they would add football, but havent.

That's interesting. Maybe the WAC is starting to head towards being a FCS conference. Southland is too crowded. WAC perhaps get some Big Sky schools down the road or a Southland split?

As stated before, think N Ariz, S Utah, Weber St, Idaho St and N Colo are heading for the WAC when the Big Sky goes FBS. But that's preposterous according to this board.

The Southland LA FCS schools, SELa, Nicholls St, McNeese St, and NWSt, all have some viability problems pending the LA budget deal. UTRGV has a great chance of being in the Southland now, and football would seal it.

The article referenced FBS. Doubt that UTRGV would take it there in the short term. But the long view is that with 50k students projected, FBS has to be considered.

I don't know why the article reference FBS because that isn't possible without a conference invite. The writer may had hoped for FBS but FCS is the plan for UTRGV and they have a new soccer complex that can serve for football also, if desired but with the new 52 acres they bought, they can certainly build a nice stadium that fits for them with the setup for future expansion.
They could be another Sunbelt target and with UTRGV now having a Med School would add to the academic profile the of the Sun Belt.

You are going to have to wait awhile before UT RGV adds to anybody's academic profile. A couple of weeks ago it came out in the press that the university is now on probation by the accrediting agency. Serious blow and horrible PR (although they are bound to sort it out).

It sounds like the accredation agency had some concerns with the merger w/UTB and the new university. It'll be resolved soon and the Med school has already started and taking their second class of students.
They aren't in trouble like North Carolina is.

(12-20-2016 08:27 AM)MWC Tex Wrote:  

(12-19-2016 08:44 PM)UTArlingtonMaverick Wrote:  

(02-18-2016 08:52 AM)MWC Tex Wrote:  

(02-18-2016 12:45 AM)NoDak Wrote:  

(02-18-2016 12:16 AM)MWC Tex Wrote:  That's interesting. Maybe the WAC is starting to head towards being a FCS conference. Southland is too crowded. WAC perhaps get some Big Sky schools down the road or a Southland split?

As stated before, think N Ariz, S Utah, Weber St, Idaho St and N Colo are heading for the WAC when the Big Sky goes FBS. But that's preposterous according to this board.

The Southland LA FCS schools, SELa, Nicholls St, McNeese St, and NWSt, all have some viability problems pending the LA budget deal. UTRGV has a great chance of being in the Southland now, and football would seal it.

The article referenced FBS. Doubt that UTRGV would take it there in the short term. But the long view is that with 50k students projected, FBS has to be considered.

I don't know why the article reference FBS because that isn't possible without a conference invite. The writer may had hoped for FBS but FCS is the plan for UTRGV and they have a new soccer complex that can serve for football also, if desired but with the new 52 acres they bought, they can certainly build a nice stadium that fits for them with the setup for future expansion.
They could be another Sunbelt target and with UTRGV now having a Med School would add to the academic profile the of the Sun Belt.

You are going to have to wait awhile before UT RGV adds to anybody's academic profile. A couple of weeks ago it came out in the press that the university is now on probation by the accrediting agency. Serious blow and horrible PR (although they are bound to sort it out).

It sounds like the accredation agency had some concerns with the merger w/UTB and the new university. It'll be resolved soon and the Med school has already started and taking their second class of students.
They aren't in trouble like North Carolina is.

Or Louisville as well.